In the run-up the 100-year anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) founding on July 1, Beijing has imposed extensive “stability maintenance” measures, including flight bans, traffic controls, and crackdowns on petitioners. “Stability maintenance” is an often-used Chinese term for the authorities’ efforts to censor public opinion and suppress dissent, including petitioners and human rights activists. Since May 22, the authorities have been driving out external populations from villages to towns. According to Weiquan Wang, a Chinese website devoted to news about human rights activists, Beijing began a massive cleanup from June 12, demanding a complete elimination of political dissent by June 20. On June 11, Beijing’s municipal authorities announced they would classify nine administrative districts as restricted areas from June 13 to July 1, including Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai, Shijingshan, Fangshan, Tongzhou, and Daxing, where the flying of drones, remote control aircraft, kites, balloons, and flying paper lanterns …