On October 25, a rally was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, in support of Wangwang, a stray dog in Jieyang, Guangdong, and her puppies. Participants held up signs in the rain, with slogans in Chinese, English, and Japanese calling on China to enact an anti-animal-cruelty law and severely punish animal abusers.
On October 24, residents of Manila, Philippines took to the streets with their dogs, holding up "JUSTICE FOR WANGWANG" signs to support the stray mother dog "Wangwang" and her puppies who were abused to death in Jieyang, Guangdong, calling for an end to animal abuse and stronger animal protection.
On October 23, a netizen shared a photo of the large screen on the facade of SOGO department store in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, showing a pixel-art image of "Jieyang Wangwang" against a yellow background, with a mother dog and three puppies huddled together, in memory of the stray dog Wangwang who was tortured and killed.
On October 11, the Shaanxi Yan'an Stray Animal Rescue Charity Association posted on Weibo to report "Jinxing Loves Food" for livestreaming the slaughter of stray dogs and selling dog meat on Douyin, criticizing the platform for tolerating the spread of cruel and bloody footage.
On September 17, a netizen posted that a milk tea shop displayed the slogan "STOP ANIMAL ABUSE" on the homepage of its delivery store and included cartoon stickers with the words "Respect life, treat animals kindly" with orders to promote the concept of anti-animal abuse.
On September 9th, multiple students at Xinhua Primary School in Hechuan District, Chongqing, experienced nosebleeds. Parents suspect formaldehyde exceeding standards, while the school claims compliance and some parents were asked to delete posts.
On September 2, 2026, The Paper reported that one week after the exposure of formaldehyde cabbage in Zhangjiakou, Hebei, sales of Bashang napa cabbage plunged by more than 50% year on year, leaving about 50,000 mu of cabbage facing unsalable difficulties.
On September 1, 2026, multiple students at Nanguan Primary School in Juye County, Heze, Shandong experienced symptoms such as dizziness and nosebleeds. As many as 260 students from 9 classes took leave due to the pungent smell of newly applied paint.
In the late night of August 31, 2026, two men brought large hunting dogs onto the campus of North China Electric Power University in Baoding, Hebei to hunt and kill stray animals. Several dogs are unaccounted for, and the men verbally abused and threatened students who were filming to gather evidence.
On August 26, 2026, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced test results showing that all eight batches of Chinese-produced cabbage declared for customs clearance on the 24th and 25th tested negative for formaldehyde, with no formaldehyde components detected.
On August 26, 2026, a public-interest blogger in Xinxiang, Henan was stopped by staff while clearing dangerous ground studs on the street on the grounds that the grinding dust affected environmental protection; the subsequent response from the environmental department, which suggested filing in advance, sparked heated discussion.
On August 24, 2026, in response to the incident in Hebei, China, where cabbage was dipped in a formaldehyde solution, South Korea's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced that it was verifying with the Chinese side whether the cabbage in question had been exported to South Korea, and that it would conduct up to three formaldehyde tests on imported Chinese cabbage.
On August 22, blogger Yulie Qige exposed the scandal of formaldehyde-treated cabbage in Kangbao County, Hebei, one of the recent vegetable safety incidents to come to light.
On August 7, 2026, a netizen posted a photo showing a double-decker tram on the streets of Hong Kong covered with a public service advertisement on the theme of opposing animal abuse, accompanied by rainbow elements and slogans, in support of the dog "Wangwang," who was abused to death in Jieyang, Guangdong.
On August 5, 2026, a WeChat official account user reported that after publishing public-interest images and texts supporting anti-animal-abuse legislation and voicing support for Wangwang in Jieyang, they were subjected to forced post deletion by the platform and restrictions on the use of their image-posting account functions.