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The Swarm Effect: China's 2022 Covid Protests

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This paper analyzes China's 2022 COVID protests as a case study of 'swarm' coordination dynamics, examining how decentralized protest organization enabled mass mobilization against zero-COVID policy and how government responses specifically targeted these swarm characteristics. The research argues that understanding swarm protocols—their enabling traits and vulnerabilities—is essential for analyzing both protest movements and governmental counter-strategies.

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