In his journal “Rightful Resistance revisited,” Kevin O’Brien addresses whether the form of resistance to the government found in China is consistent with the definition of rightful resistance.  Rightful resistance is a form of  popular resistance against the state where citizens seek to legitimize their cause by using the states own rules or rhetoric.  I agree that the resistance in China is rightful resistance due to the fact that the citizens use legal modes to achieve their ends.  An example used by O’Brien is the people of Henen, who used the regulations of the central government to get out of excessive taxes being placed on them by their local government.  They threatened to report the violations if they did not repeal the taxes.