China's reformist New Citizens Movement is widening the attraction of activism with its low-key gatherings—and its loose cell structure worries the mighty Communist state despite the group's tiny size, campaigners say.

Overt political advocacy in China is often associated with a small circle of die-hards, but the amorphous movement instead aims to make the everyman an activist, prompting a crackdown by protest-wary authorities.

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