Abstract
This thesis examines the implementation of unpopular policies in contemporary China by empirically analyzing resettlement work in the Three Gorges area. Millions of people had to move due to the mega Dam project. From the beginning, resettlers opposed to the policy against their interest. They utilized various ways to resist resettlement work. The forms of migrant resistance ranged from peaceful petition to violent protest. But the effort was in vain. By manipulating press reports, by creating model villages of resettlement, by utilizing informal relative network, by reorganizing local town government into troop-like organizations, by employing charisma, and by coercion and concession, the local state temporarily resettled people