While the government is determined to keep news of all disturbances out of the media--or at least downplay their size and disruptiveness--it has been possible to collect information on nearly 200 separate events occurring between 1994 and 2004, some from news sources in Hong Kong, some from the Western media, and a few from Chinese publications.
这些报道反映了同一种普遍增强之中的模式：各级政府，不论是北京还是地方，一般而言都容忍由手持请愿书和标语的农民和工人参与的，声势和规模较小且非破坏性的游行和静坐。如果示威者们只是自发、无组织、地方性和无领袖的，政府对其态度则更为宽容。