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Chinese protesting more as social problems grow Beijing may find it hard to retake reins - Kathleen E. McLaughlin, Chronicle Foreign Service Sunday, May 1, 2005 Shanghai -- Anti-Japanese demonstrators who drew global attention as they marched -- and sometimes rampaged -- in China's large cities in recent weeks are part of a growing climate of dissent in the country, analysts say. Despite its rising prosperity, China has seen a dramatic increase in public demonstrations after several years of nervous quiet followed the violent government crackdown on the Tiananmen Square demonstrations in 1989. The number of protests grew to more...