It is odd how protests over an issue are tolerated by the Chinese government. It is the same with taxi strikes and other protests over economic issues. Don't make more out of this than the issue presented on the surface. Likely that's all it is.
Yep. A timely twist of the pressure valve.
"It is odd how protests over an issue are tolerated by the Chinese government. It is the same with taxi strikes and other protests over economic issues."
This is the only outlet they have since they don't have a representative gov't elected by the people. It's the same way they show their displeasure in every 3rd-world country which is either authoritarian or corrupt. The illegal immigrant protests in the US were sparked by the same thought process since that's what they do in Latin American when they are unhappy. But they caused a backlash instead of a positive response as the immigrants expected.