Sexual Minorities · Full chronicle and history

On November 10, thousands of comments appeared under a Douyin video related to human trafficking, with many netizens sharing their own experiences or those of people around them who had been trafficked.

On the evening of November 9, a student passed away at the Zhuhai Campus of Jinan University for unknown reasons, and the police immediately sealed off the scene.

On November 7, the Pride Parade was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with participants calling for an end to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community.

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.

Recently, an online store selling LGBTQ+ themed brooches, bracelets, and other accessories had its products repeatedly removed by the platform for being 'politically sensitive.' In a clearance notice, the owner stated that the repeated removals were too exhausting and that they were preparing to close the shop.

On November 2, 'Baitou Baiwei', the same-sex partner of ancient-style singer Wu En, posted that the funeral home procedures had been completed and the cremation time scheduled. They added that they had not expected their own name to be the one left on Wu En's death certificate. The related topic reached number 2 on the Weibo trending list. Same-sex couples cannot register for marriage in mainland China.

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 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.

According to the Instagram account of the "Chinese Rainbow Alliance," netizens discovered that the "Notice on Human Organ Donation" displayed in a hospital stipulates that donation is only permitted for those without a history of high-risk activities such as homosexuality or bisexuality, while China's current regulations contain no such ban.

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 16, the Weibo LGBTQ+ science popularization account 'Lao Shuang Jia Chuan Sheng Tong,' which had approximately 141,000 followers, was permanently banned by the platform. The account had long been dedicated to popularizing knowledge about bisexual and LGBTQ+ communities. Its homepage currently indicates that it has been banned for violating community guidelines, and all historical content is inaccessible.

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 September 1, 2026, the Fire and Rescue Brigade of Sanjiang New Area in Yibin, Sichuan, listed “no history or tendency of homosexuality” and “no cross-dressing” among the basic conditions for applicants in its recruitment notice, setting restrictions on sexual minorities and triggering widespread public controversy.

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.

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.