Recently, a netizen uploaded a video on Douyin showing a man lying next to a truck, repairing it while receiving an IV drip. Netizens commented, 'You spend your whole life trading human flesh for pork,' sparking sighs over the living conditions of low-income laborers.
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.
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 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.
On October 16, the Liangshan Prefecture investigation and handling task force announced that the county head of Leibo County was given an intra-Party warning and transferred from the county head post, the director of the county education and sports bureau received an administrative warning and was transferred out of the education system, the county party committee official in charge was admonished, and authorities apologized.
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 14, according to a report by Modern Express, Li, director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Leibo County, Liangshan, Sichuan, has been transferred from his post. The county Education and Sports Bureau said the investigation is still ongoing, while the Liangshan Prefecture Education and Sports Bureau said the investigation and handling have been completed and the results will be released in accordance with regulations.
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 August 26, Leibo County in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan held the 2026 autumn education administration meeting, proposing that teachers scoring below 30 in primary school and below 15 in junior high must collectively take a "shame photo" to motivate teaching performance through humiliating means.
After the Leibo County education administration meeting ended on August 26, the principal responsible official of the county government made a temporary proposal to take a group photo together with relevant leaders, low-scoring subject teachers, and principals; the county leaders set the two characters "shame" as the backdrop for the photo, seriously damaging the professional dignity of teachers.
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.