> Surprisingly, though, they will tolerate a pretty heavy dose of economic inspired protest. Some things the Central Committee realizes are more powerful: A group of Chinese upset over a money issue.
Not true at all.
Here is how they typically handle Chinese upset over a money issue - people who lost their life savings in the recent P2P lender collapse:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-lenders-p2p-insight-idUSKBN1KX077
The only protests the CCP will allow are those sanctioned and instigated by the CCP itself for political reasons. Past examples include: Protests/boycotts against French businesses (Carrefour); against Japanese businesses during Island disputes; against South Korean Lotte for THAAD defense.
You know, I been there, seen them. Maybe you have lived there also, I don’t know. But if not and you want to believe Reuters or CNN on the subject, I’m sure they are happy to have you as one of their misinformation devotees.