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Hongtu Middle School in Datian County, Fujian Province, required students from the third grade of primary school to senior high school grade 3 to participate in social practice training every semester, charging a fee of 288 yuan. Taking leave was prohibited in principle; those needing leave had to go through layered approval by the head teacher, grade leader, and principal, which sparked dissatisfaction among parents.

From last year to mid-September 2026, 13 provincial party committee secretaries-general have taken office, including several officials with backgrounds in energy or finance, sparking external attention regarding personnel changes in local power centers and high-level strategic layouts.

On September 9, a Xiaohongshu user in Fujian discovered a weird recruitment advertisement on the BOSS Zhipin platform. A certain front-desk reception position implemented a 'Work 8, Rest 16' system, where the recruiter defined the 16 hours after work as rest time. Related screenshots sparked heated discussions online, with netizens mocking the 'off-work is rest' logic and the distorted labor treatment.

A shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian suddenly caught fire, with the blaze lasting nearly 8 hours and causing 28 deaths. Leaders from the State Council and provincial and municipal governments subsequently visited the scene and apologized.

The dam collapse of the Liulan Reservoir in Guangxi flooded downstream villages, leaving a large number of disaster victims trapped for days facing material shortages and secondary disasters. Official staging of propaganda afterwards sparked public doubt and criticism.

Multiple earthquakes have occurred successively in Yibin City, Sichuan Province. Among them, Gaoxian experienced multiple tremors in a single day, with the highest reaching magnitude 5.0. Informed whistleblowers claim that the earthquakes are related to high-pressure fluid injection for local shale gas development.

Severe convective weather struck Changzhi, Shanxi, uprooting multiple roadside trees, damaging several cars, and causing severe flooding on some roads.