police clashes · Full chronicle and history

On October 29, two teenagers in Guangxi entered a local police station armed with hammers and iron rods and smashed a seized motorcycle.

On October 25, at a Shangri-La hotel in Zhejiang, rapper "MulaSakee" got into a heated argument after being refused when he tried to check his girlfriend's phone. Passersby called the police. When officers attempted to intervene, he pushed them and was subsequently struck on the head three times with a police baton, requiring thirteen stitches. He later live-streamed himself showing his blood-stained clothing, claiming he would hold the police accountable for violent law enforcement. The police have not yet issued a statement.

According to a Voice of Hope report, when chengguan (urban management officers) confiscated the goods of street vendors, they seized a female vendor's liquefied gas cylinder, causing the vendor's belongings and food to spill all over the ground. Sanitation workers joined the argument as a result, angrily berating the chengguan, while onlookers also expressed contempt for the chengguan's behavior.

On October 5, Indonesian police evacuated 75 foreign workers to the provincial police headquarters to ensure security and investigate the conflict. Media reported that they are from China. Currently, the 75 people are being questioned and having their identities verified as witnesses.

Since June 10, 2026, hundreds of residents of Wuchang, Wuhan have clashed with police over a planned hazardous waste laboratory at their doorstep.

On September 20, a physical altercation broke out between two passengers on a train in Hebei over a minor dispute. Video footage shows that when the train police officer arrived to handle the situation, he was holding a cigarette and appeared indifferent to the ongoing argument, triggering netizen criticism regarding his work attitude and professionalism.

On September 18, at a shopping mall square in Qiantang District, Hangzhou, multiple disabled individuals performing street art came into conflict with security guards and local police. Chaos and chasing broke out on the scene, with someone scattering white powder, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.

Local government in Zhijiang, Hunan, dispatched administrative staff and police into a residential compound in an attempt to demolish facilities deemed excessively tall while refusing compensation, triggering on-site protests by owners, and the two sides at one point came into conflict.

On September 14, over one hundred miners at Xinglong Coal Mine of Xihan Group in Hancheng, Shaanxi Province, whose wages had been withheld for several months, went to the government service center to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, during which they got into a physical clash with police and security guards maintaining order on site.

On September 14, 2026, over 100 miners at the Xinglong Coal Mine of the Xi'an Group in Hancheng, Shaanxi, went to the government service center to demand unpaid wages after being owed several months of pay, during which physical clashes broke out with police and security guards at the scene.

On September 10, 2026, a conflict between urban management officers and vendors occurred near Hairui Cultural Park in Haikou City, Hainan Province, attracting a large crowd of onlookers.

From September 8 to 13, 2026, governments in Kunming, Yunnan; Haikou, Hainan; Nanning, Guangxi and other places deployed chengguan and police to drive away street vendors making a living by setting up stalls, triggering clashes.

A ride-hailing driver picked up two male passengers coming out of a bathhouse. Because he could not answer where they had gone to buy sex, he was verbally abused by them throughout the trip, and the driver went to the police station to report the incident.

A large number of young people gathered below the Times Fengjun building and sang the national anthem loudly; plainclothes officers and police entered, seized flags and carried out mass arrests, triggering a standoff at the scene.

On the evening of August 18, 2026, tensions escalated at the protest site outside TF Entertainment in Chongqing, where female fans and protesters splashed water on each other and engaged in physical shoving; police then intervened and detained several people.

From August 17, 2026, outside the Times Fengjun Building in Nan'an District, Chongqing, large groups of young people and celebrity-chasing fans broke into a physical conflict, splashing liquid on each other and brawling; SWAT police subsequently arrived at the scene and took away multiple people.

Under the pretext of maintaining city appearance and the environment, local governments in multiple places have massively driven out unemployed street vendors, triggering multiple clashes between police and civilians.

On a footbridge near Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, chengguan officers clashed with street vendors and brutally beat male and female vendors, sparking online outrage and widespread post deletions. Police later announced that three chengguan assistant officers involved in the case had been criminally detained.

On August 2, 2026, a medical malpractice incident occurred at an unlicensed clinic in Tongmu Town, Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, resulting in the death of a patient. The victim's family spoke out to defend their rights, claiming that the body was forcibly seized and cremated by the local government and police.

CCTV cited data from the Ministry of Public Security stating that the number of criminal cases nationwide decreased by 16.1% year-on-year from January to May. However, the phenomenon of multiple regions investing financially in expanding detention centers and prisons has led to external doubts about the real public security situation.

Family members of Yan Peng argue with the police, citizens clash with the police, and multiple people are forcibly taken away.

After the Daxiaojing Scenic Area in Luodian, Guizhou, handed over operations to the "Minsheng Company," villagers were prohibited from using bamboo rafts to carry passengers. Villagers began protesting on July 18, and on July 24, they clashed with government personnel, police (Public Security), and company staff.

In Liaoning Yingkou, Juxiaohua and Yikoudai platform users clashed physically during a rights defense event, with some rights defenders forcibly taken away by the police.

Hundreds of residents in the Shimao Yunjing community in Chengdu, Sichuan, blocked roads to protest after their numerous attempts to defend their rights failed due to dissatisfaction with high property management fees, lacking services, and safety hazards. During the protest, they clashed with police and government personnel, resulting in multiple residents being arrested and at least one injured.

On May 22, 2026, the Luchuan County Public Security Bureau in Guangxi announced that a knife attack had occurred locally, leaving 2 civilians and 5 police officers handling the case injured; the suspect was caught at the scene. Online reports said onlookers at the scene had cheered.

In May 2026, at the Gongdishan Comprehensive Market in Haifeng County, Guangdong, a 75-year-old vegetable vendor was pushed down by security personnel, suffering a muscle strain and being taken to hospital. Afterwards, the market management denied that any bullying or beating had occurred. The security staff involved have been criticized and educated, and the police have intervened.

In 2025, Hong Kong recorded a total of 89,137 criminal cases, 50% more than the 59,225 cases in 2019. Among them, 43,212 were fraud cases, accounting for half, with victims defrauded of HK$8.1 billion. Fraud cases have multiplied fivefold from fewer than 10,000 in 2019.

Data shows that in 2024, the annual number of criminal cases filed by Chinese police (Public Security) exceeded 10 million, a sharp increase compared to 2000, with the majority of short-sentence cases involving various "pocket crimes."

According to online reports, in the interrogation record of Han Jihua, the driver in the Huludao child-crashing case, dated November 24, 2018, he stated that his child died as a result of violent law enforcement by police and that his subsequent rights defense was obstructed; the official bulletin said his motive was trivial matters of daily life, and no public report can be found for this claim.

On October 16, 2007, the inspection squad of the Zhabei Branch went to Beijing to visit Yang Jia and his mother, Wang Jingmei. Yang Jia demanded that the police pay 10,000 yuan in compensation. The inspection squad did not agree, nor did it discipline any police officer.

On the evening of October 5, 2007, Yang Jie was sightseeing in Shanghai. Riding a rented bicycle past the intersection of Zhijiang West Road and Pushan Road in Zhabei District, he was stopped by officers from the Zhijiang West Road police station and taken into the station for questioning until the early hours of October 6. He said he was insulted and beaten inside the station, which was the starting point of his nonstop complaints over the following year.

On October 28, 1977, over 100 Hong Kong police officers, dissatisfied with investigations by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, stormed its headquarters and injured personnel; Governor Murray MacLehose ultimately announced an amnesty for old cases of corruption that had not been investigated before January 1, 1977.