Via China Study Group, this article on the South China Morning Post says that many petitioners in China “no longer see government as their saviour. ”
“Researchers from a state think-tank have warned the central government that petitioners are losing faith in it and are resorting to drastic action to solve their woes.
A Chinese Academy of Social Sciences report cautioned that an increasing number of petitioners no longer saw the central government as a benefactor that could help them in their struggles against corrupt local bureaucrats, and some have resorted to other measures, such as violence. ”
