Select Protests in China:
The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley (1891) (MIT’s Visualizing Cultures)
- View Chinese pamphlet with translations and notes
- 1891 Book images
- 1891 Book introduction translation
The Boxer Uprising: The Gathering Storm in North China (1850-1900) (MIT’s Visualizing Cultures)
1989 Tiananmen Square Protests (June Fourth Incident)
- Tiananmen Square Protests (History.com, 5/31/2019)
- Tiananmen Square Fast Facts (CNN.com, updated 5/25/2020)
- Timeline: Tiananmen protests (BBC.com, 6/2/2014, includes videos)
Falun Gong practitioners at Zhongnanhai (4/25/1999)
- China to Arrest Falun Gong Leader (BBC News, 7/29/1999, Focus on Faith Program)
- China’s Crackdown on Falun Gong (BBC News, 8/3/2017, Witness History Program)
Recent high-profile mass protests in China (BBC News, 7/3/2012)
Hong Kong
- Hong Kong crisis: at least 360 arrested as China protests grow (The Guardian, 5/27/2020)
- China’s Rebel City: The Hong Kong Protests (Video: South China Morning Post, 12/7/2020)
- The Hong Kong protests explained in 100 and 500 words (BBC News, 11/28/2019)
- Why are there protests in Hong Kong? All the context you need (BBC News, 5/21/2020)
Select Protests in Japan:
Tokyo May Day Riots (1952) – May 12, 1952
- The May Day Riots (Office of the Command Historian, 2012)
- Bloody May Day (Cross Currents)
- Labor Unions – (Cross Currents, various articles)
- May Day Riots, Tokyo, Japan (National Archives Catalog)
Anpo Protests (1959-1960 and 1970) against the US-Japan Security Treat that allowed the United States to maintain military bases in Japan.
- After the Uprising: the Anpo treaty protests and the unmaking of Japan’s postwar left (The Nation, 3/3/2020)
Todai Riots (1968-1969) started with the protests by medical students at the University of Tokyo (Todai) about the working conditions of interns
- The Todai Riots: 1968-69 (The Japan Times, Deep Dives)
- 1968: The year Japan truly raised its voice (The Japan Times)
- Legacy of 1960 protest movement lives on (The Japan Times, 6/11/2010)
- Tokyo Riots (Video, 1952)
Recent Protests in Japan:
- Thousands march in Tokyo to protest Myanmar coup, biggest Japan demonstration so far (Reuters, 2/14/2021)
- Have Japanese youth lost the spirit of protest? (DW, 3/31/2021)
- Why are Japanese Youth Distancing Themselves from Social Activism? (Nippon.com, 3/30/2021)
- Japan’s “Artsy” Protest Culture: Anti-nuclear demonstrations following the Fukushima crisis are something new, but not quite an embrace of protest (The Diplomat, 6/13/2011)
- Japan’s student protests: To the barricades in designer gear (BBC News, 10/20/2015)
- Tokyo 1960: Days of Rage and Grief
- History and background of Protests in Japan, 1960
- Protest Art in 1950s Japan: The Forgotten Reportage Painters
Political Protest in Interwar Japan – 1 (Unit)
- Image Gallery (Ohara Institute for Social Research, Hosei University)
- Parties and Politics
- Labor Activism
- Farmers’ Movements
MIT’s Visualizing Cultures MOOCs:
Select Protests in South Korea:
Candlelight protests to impeach President Park, 2016–2017
- S Korea Sees largest protests against President Park Guen-hye (BBC News, 11/26/2016)
- South Koreas are showing the world how protests can work (The Washington Post, 12/8/2016)
- South Koreans Rally in Largest Protest in Decades to Demand President’s Ouster (NY Times, 11/13/2016)
- Revolution by Candlelight: How South Koreans Toppled a government (Dissent, 2017)
- Koreans Have Mastered the Art of the Protest (Foreign Policy, 12/2/2016)
- South Korea’s candlelight protests (East Asia Forum, 2/7/2017)
- Nan Kim, Candlelight and the Yellow Ribbon: Catalyzing Re-Democratization in South Korea (The Asia-Pacific Journal/Japan Focus, 7/15/2017)
2018–2019 South Korean protests.
- In Seoul, Crowds Denounce a Divisive Politician. Days Later, Others Defend Him. (NY Times, 10/12/2019)
- Why are Street Protests so Common in South Korea? (The Diplomat, 8/15, 2019)
- Scandal over justice minister galvanizes South Koreans to protest (Reuters, 10/12/2019)
- S. Koreans hold massive rally against justice minister (YONHAP News Agency, 10/3/2019)
Key Moments in Protest Histories
- 10 years on: 'Yongsan disaster' victims still want fact-finding, justice (The Korea Times, 1/20/2019)
- 6 die as evicted tenants protest in South Korea (NBC News, 1/19/2009)
- South Korea redevelopment battles turn deadly (Los Angele Times, 2/9/2009)
- South Korea: Clampdown against Sewol ferry anniversary protest an insult to the victims (Amnesty International, 4/17/2015)
- Heavy Police Presence At Ferry Demonstrations Bring Seoul To A Halt (NPR, 4/18/2015)
- South Korea Sewol ferry protest turns violent (BBC, 4/18/2015)
- Videos Show Police in South Korea Dousing Sewol Protesters With Water Cannons (Vice, 5/2/2015)
- Activist in South Korea Dies of Injuries From Police Water Cannon (NY Times, 9/25/2016)
- Five Years Since the Death of the Farmer, Baek Nam-gi: Water Cannon Guidelines Still Not Established (The Kyunghyang Shinmun, 11/11/2020)
- “Black Protests” Call End to Outdated Abortion Law (Korea Exposé, 12/14/2017)
- The First Rally Against South Korea’s Spycam Porn Epidemic (Korea Exposé, 5/21/2018)
- My Life Isn’t Your Porn: Why South Korean Women Protest (Korea Exposé, 6/9/2018)
- South Korea: After 12 Years of Protests, Women Workers Get ‘Dream Jobs’ Back (Labor Notes, 8/2/2018)
- ‘My Last Stand’: In South Korea, a Protester’s Lone Fight Against Samsung (NY Times, 4/19/2020)
- South Korean Ends Yearlong Tower Protest After Samsung Apologizes (NY Times, 5/29/2020)
- South Korea Baffled by Stop-and-Search, Policy Bus Walls During Protests (The Diplomat, 10/5/2020)
- How violent protests in South Korea became a thing of the past (PRI, 7/2/2020)