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On November 9, Bloomberg Businessweek published a report on interviews with marginalized youth in Shenyang: a 19-year-old earns 3,800 yuan a month at Mixue Bingcheng and eats only one meal a day, while a 17-year-old survives by sleeping in pool halls and livestreaming dance performances. Interviewees described being trapped in an 'endless cycle.'

A tuberculosis screening at Kangping No. 1 High School in Shenyang, Liaoning, involved the reuse of needles. Discrepancies between official figures and parent-reported numbers have sparked protests.

At the Halloween event scene in Shenyang on October 31, someone dressed up as a pandemic-prevention 'big white' and hung a 'Stay strong, Wuhan' banner, using cosplay to satirize the zero-COVID lockdowns.

A middle school in Shenyang committed a serious medical violation during a tuberculosis skin test screening for students, using the same needle on 78 students without changing it, which led parents to gather at the school to demand an explanation.

The investigation team for tuberculosis screening in Kangping County issued a report, admitting that a medical worker violated operational protocols involving 78 students, and claimed that the results of the full-staff special testing showed no abnormalities.

On October 28, during a PPD skin test screening for tuberculosis organized by Kangping County High School in Shenyang, Liaoning, it was verified that multiple students shared the same needle. The school administration proposed arranging tests for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C for the affected students.

After the shared needle incident was exposed, a large number of parents rushed to Kangping County High School to protest and negotiate, questioning the risk of infection and demanding in unison that the school release surveillance footage, while expressing dissatisfaction with the school's initial plan to conduct blood tests.

A netizen posted her mother's retirement benefit verification form on Xiaohongshu. Her mother processed her retirement in Yuhong District, Shenyang on October 28, with a cumulative actual paid pension insurance of 22 years and 8 months. Starting from November, her monthly pension was assessed at 2255 RMB, triggering discussions among netizens regarding pension disparities.

During a tuberculosis screening for students at Kangping County High School in Shenyang, Liaoning, a serious medical violation occurred where multiple students were subjected to the use of shared needles, sparking panic and protests among parents.

The trial of Shenyang petitioner Fu Youling, charged with the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, has opened; the prosecution recommended a fixed-term prison sentence of two years.

On October 22, a senior student at Shenyang No. 11 High School in Liaoning Province received a disciplinary demerit from the Moral Education Office for singing at school, and was publicly posted and announced to the entire school.

During the morning rush hour on October 14, guardrail painting work on an overpass in Shenyang, Liaoning, was carried out without any covering measures. Scattered paint stained a large number of passers-by and passing vehicles. Some residents said the glasses of both they and their children were ruined by the paint, while netizens joked that the project had been subcontracted layer by layer.

On September 12, Ma Shanshan was transferred to serve as Deputy Secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Leading Group of the Shenyang Municipal Government. On September 15, through People's Congress procedures, she was appointed Vice Mayor and Acting Mayor of Shenyang.

On September 15, 2026, Ma Shanshan was appointed acting mayor of Shenyang.

On September 14, former Shenyang Party Secretary Huo Bugang appeared in public in his new roles as Deputy Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee, filling the deputy provincial party secretary vacancy left by Xiong Maoping's departure.

On September 12, 2026, the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee decided to appoint Ma Shanshan as deputy secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the leading Party members group of the Shenyang Municipal Government; she will become the next mayor of Shenyang. She is 47 years old and was only appointed secretary of the Fuxin Municipal Party Committee less than a year ago.

The Party Leadership Group of Genertec went to Shenyang Machine Tool to collectively study Xi Jinping's inspection speech from 13 years ago, reiterating it as the group's number one core business and the carrier of national will.

In the early hours of August 21, 2026, police in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, carried out a special operation against illegally modified vehicles gathering for races and “street racing and exhaust-popping” in the Qipanshan area, arresting 15 people on site and temporarily impounding 31 vehicles.

On August 17, 2026, one month since the underground garage collapse accident at Midea Times City in Shenyang, affected owners report that they remain homeless and must continue repaying their loans on schedule, while online rights defense has encountered platform throttling.

On July 28, 2026, netizens exposed the poor sanitary conditions at the Shengwei Food Factory in Yuhong District, Shenyang, Liaoning. Maggots were found swarming in the food packaging area that supplies buffets and in the gaps of turnover trays, raising concerns about food safety in the catering supply chain.

In July 2026, an online public opinion risk alert issued by the Chinese Communist Party's Shenyang Dadong District Cyberspace Administration was exposed. Officials listed a public service advertisement on shopping mall big screens supporting a stray dog tortured and killed in Jieyang as a political risk being hyped overseas, and ordered a comprehensive investigation and removal.

On July 15, 2026, the iconic “Sincerity Tripod” landmark at the Nan Market in Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, collapsed and was destroyed after heavy rain. Its interior was found to be filled with a structure pieced together from thin sheet iron, prompting netizens to mock it as a fake vanity project.

Shenyang's "Midea Times City" collapsed following a heavy rainstorm; the residential complex was built about 7 years ago. Residents reported that community workers and police instructed occupants not to post photos and videos of the scene.

On July 14, 2026, the Fuhai Yuntian community in Shenyang, Liaoning, was left without water, power, or internet for more than 30 hours due to heavy rain, bringing basic life to a standstill. Several property owners gathered downstairs in the community to demand an explanation.

Typhoon Bavi struck Shenyang, with 24-hour rainfall reaching 340 millimeters, breaking records. Urban roads were severely flooded and traffic was paralyzed.

Heavy rain in Shenyang caused the retaining wall of an underground parking garage to collapse. On-site videos show the collapsed wall was allegedly backfilled with construction waste.

On July 13, 2026, Shenyang in Liaoning was hit by extreme heavy rainfall, causing severe waterlogging at 73 locations in the urban area. On some road sections the water depth reached nearly 4 meters, submerging vehicles. The authorities activated a Level One flood control emergency response and ordered work stoppages and school suspensions.

On July 13, 2026, heavy rainstorms hit Shenyang in Liaoning, causing a retaining wall of an underground garage to collapse. Footage from the scene showed the collapsed wall was packed with large amounts of backfilled construction debris, raising suspicions of shoddy workmanship and corner-cutting in the project.

On October 1, 2013, Xia Junfeng was buried on the seventh day after his death; his family went to the Shenyang Memorial Cemetery, and besides relatives and friends, hundreds of netizens came to see him off; the authorities blocked and deleted related news.

On September 25, 2013, after the Supreme People’s Court approved his death sentence, Xia Junfeng, a street vendor from Shenyang, Liaoning, was executed by the Chinese Communist Party’s evil regime. Earlier, while setting up his stall on the street, he was beaten by chengguan and forced to draw a knife in self-defense, killing two chengguan. The court categorically refused to admit the defense’s eyewitness testimony, sparking years of joint appeals by legal scholars, lawyers, and citizens across the country to “spare his life.” Before his death, Xia Junfeng left these last words: “I will never accept this even in death; I was acting in self-defense.”

After taking office, Xi Jinping inspected Shenyang Machine Tool and said that technology, like food, cannot be relied on others for; the remarks have since served as a long-standing political banner for the high-end CNC machine tool and industrial mother machine sectors.

On May 9, 2011, the Liaoning Provincial High People's Court concluded the second-instance trial, upholding the first-instance judgment of the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court and sentencing Xia Junfeng to death; his defense lawyer argued that Xia Junfeng had acted in self-defense, which was not accepted.

On November 11, 2009, the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xia Junfeng to death for intentional homicide in a first-instance ruling; his defense lawyer said the court refused to accept testimony from six eyewitnesses and instead relied on the testimony of chengguan officers.

On May 16, 2009, Xia Junfeng and his wife were penalized by chengguan for setting up an unlicensed street stall in Shenyang. A conflict broke out at the Binhe duty room, in which Xia stabbed two chengguan officers to death. The defense argued that he had been beaten by a group first and acted in self-defense, but the court did not accept the claim.

On May 16, 2009, Xia Junfeng and his wife were caught operating an unlicensed street stall by chengguan in Shenhe District, Shenyang, and Xia Junfeng went with the law enforcement officers to the Binhe duty office to receive punishment.