The Social Unrest topic is used to aggregate articles, forum discussions, and materials related to "social unrest" on the Fanzei website, helping readers to engage in continuous reading and systematic understanding around the same topic.
Recently, netizens in many places posted on social media platforms that they had received calls from 12340, the national social sentiment and public opinion survey hotline, where staff asked about their satisfaction with local public security and their daily living conditions.
Economist Yao Yang, Dean of the Dishui Lake Advanced School of Finance at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, said in a video posted on "Yao Yang Shuo" that about 100 million people in China actually pay individual income tax, that an annual income of 100,000 to 120,000 yuan puts one in the top 10% by income, and that an annual income of about 300,000 yuan puts one in the top 1%. The bottom 10% of earners account for only 0.4% of all income and have negative net wealth, and around 600 million people nationwide still earn less than 1,000 yuan per month.
On October 18, 2026, Beijing time, riots broke out during protests in Bordeaux, France, and a local Hermès store was looted by demonstrators. According to on-site video posted by the X account @clashreport, the shelves inside the store were emptied. The incident occurred against the backdrop of recent social unrest in France, and no further detailed reports of casualties or police arrests have been available so far.
On October 17, a Douyin blogger complained that young people are told to abandon the “student mindset” as soon as they enter society, asking why honest people should reflect on themselves after being taken advantage of, and saying that those who cheat and deceive are the ones who should truly reflect. The post struck a chord with netizens, who left comments in共鸣.
A netizen inside the Great Firewall shared records of fines imposed on their family by the Chinese Communist Party. The fines covered a wide range of items, and the specific items were not detailed in the tweet.
On October 2, YouTube creator Bumingbai Podcast released an episode, gathering letters from eleven listeners to discuss various experiences of feeling inferior while living in China.
On September 17, a netizen uploaded an AI short film to Douyin in which a young person runs desperately while carrying a basket on their back containing their parents, only to be criticized for falling behind, sparking widespread resonance and discussion among netizens about the heavy burden of family.
On July 10, the U.S. Department of State issued a notice strongly advising U.S. citizens in China to register for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), with the warning content for the first time listing social unrest as a potential hazardous event.
After Black Sea shipping routes were disrupted, China turned to South and North America for emergency spot purchases of grain, with international grain traders charging an extra $42.5 per ton.
China's total retail sales of consumer goods rose 0.6% year-on-year in July; retail sales of automobiles fell 13.2% year-on-year from January to July.
In May 2026, China's total retail sales of consumer goods fell 0.6% year-on-year, marking the first monthly decline since December 2022, with sharp drops in sales of automobiles, home appliances, building materials and other categories.
In May 2026, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China fell by 0.6% year-on-year.
In 2026, major riots broke out in France and many European countries. Large numbers of illegal immigrants and far-left organizations intervened in student protests, which escalated into looting, vandalism and arson. The unrest then spread to Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Albania and other places.
After 1949, a large number of Chinese social elites left China; related accounts regard this as the starting point of the subsequent changes in social structure.