2026-11-11
After a student died, a large number of family members gathered at the gate of the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Experimental School to defend their rights, accusing the school of delaying notification to parents and shirking responsibility by claiming the 'child fell on their own'.
2026-11-11
A PPT from the Southeast University Medical School circulating online shows that out of 236 freshmen enrolled, only 133 remain, a dropout rate of 43.6%. In Medical Imaging, 6 out of 21 remain, and in the 5+3 integrated clinical program, 39 out of 86 students transferred out. Some students claim that in their freshman year, the class size dropped from over 30 to 14.
2026-11-10
On November 10, a parent in Jiangsu reported that the school announced an 8:20 AM start time but did not actually implement it, claiming the notice was just a notice. Multiple students and parents in the comments section stated they had encountered similar situations, noting that some schools have 'yin-yang' (fake/hidden) class schedules.
2026-11-10
On November 10, netizens reported that a high school student at Guilin Guidian Middle School in Guangxi was disciplined by the school for privately bringing a camera to film classroom footage and uploading it to social media. The homeroom teacher notified the parents, labeling the student's behavior as a "cognitive problem," and sent a photo of the student being "educated" in the office.
2026-11-08
Recently, a set of screenshots of netizen comments has been circulating on social media. Netizens use 'music student' to refer to depressed students, 'playing the violin' to refer to self-harm, and 'singing bel canto' to refer to crying. A netizen from Hebei claimed that almost the entire high school class were 'music students,' and when a classmate self-harmed, they once thought, 'one less competitor.' Another netizen mentioned that even when hospitals identified issues, the school would not grant leave, and a netizen from Jiangsu mentioned a 'series of over a dozen jumps.'
2026-11-05
On November 5, The Paper reported that universities including Jiangnan University, Heilongjiang University, Wenzhou University, and Northeast Forestry University have introduced AI classroom patrol systems to monitor attendance rates and student engagement (head-up rates). Jiangnan University's system covers 462 classrooms, has analyzed over 120,000 class hours, and automatically sends alerts for abnormal classroom situations, while Southern Medical University uses AI to grade classes.
2026-11-05
Two individuals, the account owner and the video producer who previously exposed management issues at the old campus of Liaocheng No. 3 Middle School in Shandong on Douyin, were taken away by police for questioning on November 5 and ordered to stop posting any content related to the school. Previously, students had complained about excessive time spent at school and insufficient rest time.
2026-11-05
On November 5, 2026, the School of Economics and Management at Jiangxi Normal University issued a public criticism against a 2024 student for traveling abroad without authorization. The student claims this severely violates their rights to privacy and reputation.
2026-11-04
Recently, universities in Jilin and other regions have required students to attend and vote in local district and county People's Congress representative elections. It is stipulated that abstention is not allowed, and leave is not granted for off-campus internships. There are people guiding students to mark circles or crosses next to candidates, and taking photos is prohibited. Students have posted online to complain.
2026-11-04
Students from the old campus of Liaocheng No. 3 High School in Shandong reported that the school requires students to arrive at 6:45 AM and leave at 10:30 PM. Freshmen and sophomores get a break once every two weeks, while seniors get a break once every three weeks. Students have fainted and been taken to the hospital by ambulance, and many suffer from mental health issues. The school administration ignores these problems, the municipal education bureau covers for them, and students' exposure posts on Douyin have been maliciously reported multiple times.
2026-11-04
On November 4, the official WeChat account of Xiamen City Vocational College published an article stating that the school is launching a "Digital Yuan on Campus" campaign. It requires students to open and link digital yuan wallets and top them up. Some class meetings indicated that digital yuan will subsequently be used to fully cover payment scenarios such as cafeterias, supermarkets, and utility bills.
2026-11-03
Media reports indicate that Nanjing University's Xianlin Campus has implemented a smart classroom system equipped with facial detection and intelligent recognition algorithms, which tracks real-time attendance and head-up rates, sparking criticism over privacy violations.
2026-11-02
On November 2, netizens posted an exposé revealing that Nanjing University recently implemented a "smart classroom system." The system uses classroom cameras to monitor and record attendance rates, late arrivals, and student attentiveness (head-up rates) in real-time. Some teachers have notified students that these attendance data will affect their daily grades and could even lead to the cancellation of exam eligibility, sparking questioning and anger among the students.
2026-11
Recently, students at Dongguan No. 5 High School spontaneously formed a 'Long-Haired Men's Club.' On the day of its founding, over 100 students attended the gathering, most out of curiosity. After the gathering, the initiating students were punished by the school, and comments on related content have become invisible.
2026-10-30
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.
2026-10-29
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.
2026-10-29
On the evening of October 29, Longchuan County Experimental Middle School in Heyuan, Guangdong, experienced a water and power outage due to equipment failure. As the school refused to let students leave, a large number of students gathered and climbed over the walls to leave the campus.
2026-10-29
On the evening of October 29, Longchuan County Experimental Middle School in Heyuan, Guangdong, experienced a power and water outage for several hours due to equipment failure. Students, unable to study or live normally, demanded to leave the school. Because the electric gate was malfunctioning and school leaders refused to let them out, the students gathered at the school gate, shouting in unison to be allowed to go home.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a Weibo user posted on behalf of another, stating that a student was reported during a scholarship evaluation because they had photoshopped a Christmas hat onto their social media profile picture last year.
2026-10-27
Beijing Sanfan Middle School issued an internal notice on October 27 stating that a student from Class 8, Grade 3 ate a steamed bun during the mid-term Chinese mock exam on October 26, which seriously violated exam regulations. Following a grade-level review, it was decided to issue a disciplinary notice of criticism.
2026-10-26
Recently, a college student posted on Xiaohongshu saying that the windproof cover on her electric bike parked at the school gate was stolen. After she reported it to the police, she was scolded by her academic advisor. She apologized repeatedly and said the matter had been resolved, but was still accused of "going her own way even when police handling is involved."
2026-10-25
Recent chat records from the Qian Xuesen class of the Automation Department at Harbin Engineering University show that a counselor, dissatisfied with the class's grades, told students they are not qualified to be refined and should not shower every day, demanding that they study at all times except for one cultural and sports activity per month, and said he would check the daily routines of students with low grades.
2026-10-25
On October 25, a student at Zhengzhou No. 16 Senior High School posted a video reporting that a hair dryer caught fire in the dormitory while the school was enforcing a mandatory stay on campus. The students tried to use a fire extinguisher to save themselves, only to find it damaged and unusable, and the fire alarm's volume was too low to serve as a warning.
2026-10-24
On October 24, netizens captured footage of parents at Shandong Experimental Middle School delivering food to students inside the school through an iron fence. Students ate inside the fence while parents kept them company outside it, and what appeared to be electric fence equipment was installed above the fence. The video sparked heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-24
Recently, a student at a university in Hebei asked for leave from a counselor because of his niece's birth. After being refused, he was still lectured with words like “don’t have such thoughts” and “studies come first,” and was asked in return whether his high school homeroom teacher would have approved the leave. The chat records were submitted and exposed.
2026-10-23
On October 23, a parent at Jiangnan Experimental Primary School in Tunxi, Huangshan, Anhui held up a sign at the school gate seeking help, saying that while the child was in class on September 28, the child was repeatedly poked with a ballpoint pen by a deskmate, leaving more than 20 bruises on the limbs. The school only made the student involved reflect at home for three days; the parent demanded the student be transferred out of the class and asked the education bureau to intervene.
2026-10-23
On October 23, a netizen posted that the class committee of Changchun Humanities College notified students to arrive at the classroom at 6:45 for morning self-study, during which attendance would be taken and phones collected; bringing breakfast, placing water bottles on desks, sleeping, and chatting were strictly prohibited. The author said that not participating would result in deducted academic credits.
2026-10-22
Large numbers of students in Suqian, Jiangsu, have posted their schools' temporary closure notices, most citing repairs for a cafeteria boiler failure; commenters speculate it may be related to a student's fatal fall in the area.
2026-10-22
On October 22, despite cooling temperatures and rainy weather, Zhengzhou Industrial Safety Vocational College in Zhengzhou, Henan, still organized a large gathering of students on the sports field to listen to leaders' speeches. Many students got soaked and caught colds with fevers, while the leaders stood right on the stage. Some students said that last year they were also required to hand in their phones and delete related content.
2026-10-22
On October 22, the netizen who posted the exposure video stated in the comments section that they had been asked to delete the video, adding "I'm going to disappear, brothers."
2026-10-22
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.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Wuzhou No. 7 Middle School in Wuzhou, Guangxi responded to an incident on the evening of October 16 in which a teacher stopped senior-year students from leaving the school and shouted “I’ll drive over and kill you,” saying the teacher had been criticized and educated for improper emotional management, that the students kept provoking, and that the video circulating online had been cut off at both ends, refusing to provide the full video. The Wuzhou Municipal Education Bureau said it had clarified the course of events and would strengthen disciplinary guidance for individual students.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a student in Zhejiang posted that they had not installed any circumvention software and had only used the campus network to visit the PTE test official website and the immigration bureau websites of New Zealand and Australia to apply for a visa, but was questioned by the school, which accused them of “accessing sensitive foreign-related websites.”
2026-10-15
On October 15, a netizen posted to expose that Nanjing Audit University had launched a “Dormitory Anomaly Analysis” feature in its student affairs system, matching dormitory and campus gate turnstile data with class schedules to automatically record class absences and anomalies; in serious cases, students are disciplined according to the student handbook. Students posted to question this and reported that the “Direct Feedback Box” in WeChat Work could not be opened.
2026-10-14
On October 14, the Silk Road College of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical University held a student management work meeting, demanding a strict ban on students circumventing the Great Firewall to go online and on unorganized gatherings, strictly observing the bottom line of online speech and conduct, and incorporating this into the building of civilized norms.
2026-10-14
On October 14, a university teacher posted on a social platform, saying that what he teaches students is knowledge that is years behind, mocking himself as "a product of the previous industrial revolution teaching knowledge from the era of industrial Cthulhu," and feeling powerless for his students. The post received 857,000 likes and 157,000 reposts.
2026-10-13
On October 13, a student at Wuhan City Vocational College posted a video claiming that the 'Budao Lepao' running check-in app required by the school is filled with pop-up ads for coupons and lucky draws, and that closing them often leads to the automatic download of unrelated applications, sparking resonance and complaints from many college students in the comments section.
2026-10-11
On October 11, according to domestic media reports, a member of the parent committee at Siji School in Jinwan District, Zhuhai, proposed in a group chat that parents take turns going to the school to supervise students' midday rest, claiming the move was intended to allow teachers to rest better.
2026-10-11
On October 11, at Xiamen Xiang'an Middle School in Xiamen, the cumbersome entry security checks and phone inspection procedures caused a large number of students to queue outside the campus for more than an hour.
2026-10-10
During the National Day holiday, some schools in Shandong assigned physical education check-in tasks through apps such as "Tiantian Tiaosheng" (Jump Rope Every Day). Videos of students jumping rope at scenic spots in various places and uploading the footage flooded the internet, and similar situations occurred in Zhejiang as well. The Shandong Provincial Department of Education responded that the check-ins are not a unified mandatory task of the provincial department, but are implemented independently by each school.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a person claiming to be a senior mathematics student at a 985 university posted asking for help, saying that his college entrance exam preferences had been secretly altered by his parents, causing him to fail and repeat a year; 9 cameras had been installed at home to monitor him; he was diagnosed with severe depression; he received two academic warnings for failing courses and now faces the risk of being expelled, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-10
On October 10, 2026, a netizen submitted a report claiming that a student at Huabing Middle School in Urumqi was given a major demerit by the school for eating instant noodles, drawing attention.
2026-10-08
Qilian County in Qinghai opened a total of 102 student dormitory rooms in two schools to accommodate visitors. Staff moved and packed students' belongings; the county later decided to write letters of thanks and distribute cultural and creative gift packages. Public reports said opinions were sought from the education department and the schools, but it was not stated whether students or parents had consented.
2026-10-08
On October 8, People’s Daily published an article about Qilian County opening student dormitories to house tourists, arguing that it is difficult to conclude from the available information alone that the local authorities bullied students for the sake of tourists, while acknowledging that further explanation is still needed regarding the protection of students’ rights. The related topic trended on Weibo, with netizens asking whether county guesthouses and government dormitories are also used to receive tourists.
2026-10-05
On October 5, a senior student at the Shanwei School of South China Normal University High School posted online, saying that the school's National Day holiday ran only from the afternoon of October 4 to the evening of October 6, and that a parents' meeting was held before students left campus on the afternoon of October 4, at which a PPT instructed parents not to agree to leave requests, and three students who had asked for leave to go out and eat were named.
2026-10-03
On October 3, Qilian County in Qinghai saw hotels fully booked as more than 100,000 tourists flooded in. The county Culture and Tourism Bureau arranged for over 500 tourists to stay in the student dormitories of schools such as Qilian County Ethnic Middle School, without consulting the students in advance, and publicized the matter as an achievement, drawing questions from netizens.
2026-10-02
On October 2, a netizen revealed that after a student at Xiuyuan Middle School in Shuyang, Suqian, Jiangsu, reported to the education bureau that the school was giving only one and a half days off for the National Day holiday, the student received a phone call from someone claiming to be a teacher in the principal's office, was questioned with "if you don't want to study, then don't," and was scolded. The student's complaint information was suspected of having been handed over to the school. The school responded that it was a teacher's personal act, drawing criticism.
2026-09-30
On the morning of September 30, the family sought justice for their daughter at the main gate of Tongji University, but no school leaders or her academic advisor appeared. Her brother uploaded an account of what happened to Xiaohongshu and other platforms, where it was deleted within a short time; in the afternoon, some students uploaded the related content to GitHub to prevent post deletion.
2026-09-30
On September 30, multiple netizens posted that while the Experimental School of Hengshui Middle School in Hebei was holding a sports meet, students were required to carry a "toilet pass" when using the restroom. The pass required the name, class, gender, and the exact time of restroom use down to the minute, and had to be signed and approved by the class monitor and the homeroom teacher. Each pass was limited to one person for a single use and had to be returned to the Education Office afterward. Some netizens said such strict controls were not the first time at local schools.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a middle school student in Handan posted a long essay accusing school leaders of being keen on superficial projects, with thousands of students forced to accompany leaders in a “drill,” grades treated as achievements, holidays exploited, and free will suppressed.
2026-09-30
On September 30, netizens exposed that Xingning No. 1 High School in Meizhou, Guangdong arranged intensive return-to-school self-study and exams during the National Day holiday, nominally two days off but actually amounting to only one day, and also exposed an internal recording of the school issuing a threatening ultimatum to students via broadcast.
2026-09-29
On September 29, the Beijing Institute of Technology announced that faculty member Pei Yi had seriously violated professional conduct standards for teachers, revoking his qualification as a graduate supervisor and terminating his employment. Pei Yi had previously sparked controversy over remarks made in class discussing feminism and noting that all members of the Politburo Standing Committee are male.
2026-09-29
On September 29, a first-year PhD student at Xi’an Jiaotong University posted that after applying to leave campus and go home from the evening of September 30 to the evening of October 7, the student’s advisor demanded that they find another cooperating advisor as soon as possible and removed them from the group chat, citing “incompatible research philosophies.” The leave request was not approved; anyone who leaves will bear the consequences, and the student was also required to clock in at the shared workspace on time.
2026-09-28
On September 28, at Leiyang No. 1 Middle School in Hunan Province, the first-year senior high grade lured students into classrooms, locked the doors, and collectively forced haircuts and imposed charges on the grounds that their hairstyles were non-compliant, triggering panic; some students climbed over the wall to escape.
2026-09-28
Fujian Changle First Middle School arranged supplementary classes during the statutory Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, giving only 1 day off for the Mid-Autumn Festival and only 2 days off for National Day.
2026-09-26
When asked about the specific university, the student who made the disclosure claimed that saying it would lead to being invited for 'tea' (police interrogation). Subsequently, the student publicly begged for mercy in the comments section, stating that if the school demanded the video be deleted, they would do so immediately, and repeatedly expressed gratitude to the school and teachers.
2026-08-21
Hundreds of former students of the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School gathered at the school for three consecutive days, demanding the return of deposits that had been withheld for a long time, during which conflicts broke out with the school.
7月22日
A netizen shared a video of two elderly people fighting over cardboard boxes, sparking sighs in the comments section about social involution. Some netizens pointed out that given the involution and food safety issues in China, many people might not even live long enough to reach the age of fighting over cardboard boxes.
2026-09-23
Ministry of Education spokesperson and Vice Minister Wang Guangyan announced that China has built the world's largest and highest-quality education system, with 270 million people having received higher education.
2026-09-23
Anyue Middle School in Ziyang, Sichuan, gave students only one day off for the Mid-Autumn Festival, sparking a collective protest in which students shouted from their dormitory building; student representatives gave speeches at the school gate, after which the school changed the holiday to three days.
2026-09-23
On September 23, students at Anyue Middle School in Ziyang, Sichuan, held a collective protest after their Mid-Autumn Festival holiday was compressed; the school restored the three-day holiday on the 24th.
2026-09-22
Students at Zhongshan Memorial Middle School in Guangdong chanted in residential buildings to protest after the school broke its holiday promise by cutting the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday down to just one day.
2026-09-20
On September 20, inside a classroom at Qiqihar No. 3 Middle School in Heilongjiang Province, students wrote messages such as "not a single penny of corruption spared" and "not a single regular class taught" on their desks or walls, protesting the school's teaching quality and integrity issues.
2026-09-21
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.
2026-09-19
Universities such as Sichuan University and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics have stipulated that consumer-related bad habits such as smoking, alcoholism, and internet addiction will be listed as grounds for canceling tuition waiver eligibility. This regulation has re-attracted online attention due to the recent controversy over relief eligibility triggered by a girl from a low-income family in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, who traveled to Hong Kong to attend a concert.
2026-09-21
Xinyi People's Hospital in Maoming, Guangdong Province, was exposed for tying interns' blood donation to a two-day holiday. After relevant complaints were posted online, the head of the hospital's education department demanded in a work group that school team leaders investigate the student who posted it, threatening that if they did not come forward voluntarily, the school would be contacted directly.
2026-09-17
On September 17, students at Hainan Commercial School reported extreme military training intensity, including 6 laps of frog jumps, 500 squats, and long-distance running daily, which continued even in the rain. Multiple students suffered leg injuries and were unable to walk after training, and some students chose to drop out as a result.
2026-09-19
On September 19, an intern at Luoping County People's Hospital exposed that they were not given a holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival and was threatened in a group chat by a leader surnamed Luo, who said he would make them "die."
2026-04
In April 2026, a physician at Southern Medical University Pearl River Hospital posted a notice in a work group chat, requiring students not to take temporary leave unless there is a death in the family. The chat record was exposed in July and trended on hot searches, sparking widespread public discussion about the high‑pressure management of the medical education system and students' rights.
2026-09-16
On September 16, to comply with the implementation of the "Shanxi Provincial Electric Bicycle Management Regulations," multiple schools in Yongji City, Shanxi Province, required students to bring the helmets used for riding electric bicycles into classrooms and mark them with their class and name. Helmet usage was incorporated into students' daily behavior evaluations and growth records, triggering netizens' doubts about insufficient campus space and over-management.
2026-09-15
On September 15, Changchun Medical Vocational College implemented a strict campus lockdown, requiring students leaving the campus to obtain parental leave and a physical signature from their counselor. Students questioned whether this move was intended to restrict off-campus consumption and force them to make high-priced purchases at campus canteens and supermarkets.
2026-09-16
On September 16, during Jilin University's 80th anniversary celebrations, first-year students were locked inside the central stadium for training, and the gates were closed prohibiting students from leaving to eat, causing them to be exposed to high temperatures, with some students feeling unwell. Students questioned that the school's action was to prevent freshmen from colliding with leaders or alumni vehicles.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, a high school student uploaded a video on a social platform showing the school’s teaching building stairwell sealed off by dense fences. The video quickly spread among students, and students from other schools also began sharing similar footage. Netizens commented that the teaching building resembled a prison, leading to heated discussion. So far, no school or education authority has responded.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, a senior student disclosed on an online forum that a class group at his university posted a “Student Information Collection” document, requiring students to fill in their ID numbers, detailed home addresses, and parents' workplaces and submit them to the new class advisor. The student and his classmates expressed concerns about the public form, saying the information would be visible to the entire class, and ultimately none of the classmates filled in that section. The incident has sparked controversy over personal data protection in higher education.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, a senior student at Dongguan Experimental Middle School had his night snack taken by first- and second-year students after a late class dismissal. After reporting to the school, the administration posted a notice on the bulletin board, including the statements “The teacher wants you to rank in the top 100 of the grade, can you do it?”, “Your parents want you to get into a 985 university, can you meet the requirement?”, and “Don’t always expect others to satisfy you, learn to empathize.” The incident sparked heated discussion online, with netizens questioning the school’s pressure tactics. The next day, September 12, the original poster’s account was deleted.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, a netizen posted on a social platform stating that when using the university learning software “Zhidao”, even after closing the app and clearing the background, after turning on VPN a prompt “VPN environment detected, please adjust network” still appears. The netizen worries this prompt could be monitored by the school and affect credits or graduation. Zhidao belongs to Zhihui Tree Net, and its privacy policy effective from July 1, 2025 states that the platform will collect device identifiers and IP in the background, and may provide abnormal learning behavior data to the school after school authorization.
2026-09-11
On September 11, netizens exposed the extremely primitive accommodation and bathing environments at the junior high department of Hepu No. 4 Middle School in Beihai, Guangxi. Dozens of students are crowded into a single large dormitory, relying only on a few ceiling fans during the sultry summer. The washing and bathing facilities are old and damp. The so-called improvement in conditions consisted only of installing a door in the bathhouse, sparking public concern.
2026-09-13
On September 13, a blogger who claimed to be a graduate of Hengshui No. 2 High School posted a video saying that a second-year high school girl suffered a psychological breakdown after being verbally abused by her homeroom teacher and slit her wrists in the dormitory, committing suicide.
2026-09-10
A 15-year-old female student at Luancheng Middle School in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, who scored 736, was repeatedly forced by the school to cut and straighten her naturally curly hair, and was harassed and denied entry. Just 7 days after enrolling, she suffered a mental breakdown and jumped to her death. Her family later protested at the school gate with a petition, and special police were stationed at the scene. After the incident was exposed, graduates and netizens revealed that the school has long had extreme regulations, such as not providing seats in the cafeteria, forcing students to eat standing up, and implementing militarized management.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, netizens exposed screenshots of some university group chats showing that voluntary blood donation and bone marrow donation can be counted as bonus points for comprehensive evaluation, with bone marrow donation reaching as high as 10 points per time. Upon investigation, the scholarship or comprehensive evaluation review details of universities such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine indeed contain regulations that treat blood donation and hematopoietic stem cell donation as bonus items, sparking public controversy.
2026-09-11
In September 2026, multiple high schools in Zhengzhou were exposed for implementing Saturday single day off for make-up classes and mandatory boarding since the start of the semester, with schedules from 6 AM to 11:30 PM. Unable to accept the excessively long schedule and the change from two days off to a single day off, students chose to commit suicide after only 10 days of school.
2026-09-11
After the start of the school year in September 2026, many high schools in Zhengzhou were exposed for forcing all students to board. The daily schedule lasts from 6:00 AM to 11:30 PM. In addition to regular classes, morning reading and evening self-study sessions are arranged. Some schools have compressed meal times and require students to enter the classroom early for study.
2026-09-09
On September 9, AI designer Mihrolla released a surrealist video, using metaphor to showcase the academic burden and ideological constraints in Chinese education.
2026-09-08
Due to over-enrollment, Jingdezhen College organized personnel late at night to forcibly break down doors and pry locks to compel a senior female student to move to a dormitory with poor environment, and threatened her with party membership and civil service exams.
2026-09-08
Henan University of Economics and Law has implemented a mandatory facial recognition and location-based clock-in attendance system, and stipulates that leave of absence requests require parental cooperation, sparking widespread questioning and dissatisfaction among students regarding the excessive administrative and prison-like management of universities.
2026-09-07
China University of Petroleum: You're Mom If You Play Games
2026-09-08
According to the student who posted the message, when Jingdezhen University ordered fourth-year female students to move dormitories, it gave each of them only 30 yuan as compensation, deposited into their bank cards, while the new dormitories were dirty and cluttered and had reduced space.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, primary and secondary school teachers in various regions posted on social media to complain about schools disguisedly forcing donations. Quotas were assigned based on senior teacher rank or permanent staff status, with requirements to post screenshots of the donations in work groups, triggering strong resentment.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, Tang Jiafeng, a famous postgraduate entrance exam math tutor, publicly declared that English is merely a tool, calling for an end to English's status as a core course in basic education and an end to the worship of foreign things, sparking fierce public controversy over education reform.
2026-09-04
On September 4, 2026, several students at Henan Vocational College of Art reported that the school issued a sudden notice on the eve of the new term, ordering sophomores to transfer to a secondary vocational program. Students questioned whether the school was using the name of work-study alternation as a pretext to covertly arrange for them to work in factories.
2026-09-03
A plan by Zizhuang Primary School in Yongchuan, Chongqing, to charge students a tray-cleaning fee of 45 yuan per semester has sparked controversy. On September 3, 2026, the Yongchuan District Education Commission announced that the charge was non-compliant and ordered the school to stop it immediately.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, a parent exposed the schedule of the high school division of Haikou City No. 4 Middle School, which shows that the school forces students to collectively watch a half-hour broadcast of Xinwen Lianbo during the evening self-study period, sparking public discussion.
2026-09-01
On the day school started, the Xiangyang Public Security account in Hubei posted a video claiming that police made a surprise inspection of Xiangyang High-tech Foreign Language School and searched through students’ personal belongings.
2026-09-01
In Huazhou, Guangdong, a large number of students' parents gathered at the school gate to protest after some students were required to transfer to other campuses, and clashed with police.
2026-09
Police told Enxu that Li Zheng was being detained on suspicion of organized crime; the report also stated that Li Zheng's network of schools was still registering companies and promoting new schools.
2026-09
Over 1,000 students at Xiapu No. 1 Middle School in Fujian staged a collective protest demanding the cancellation of evening self-study before the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday; students said the school threatened them with disciplinary punishment and set up checkpoints to stop them, and their demands were not met.
2026-09
Beijing No. 18 Middle School recently replaced its principal with one from Shandong along with a number of teachers, sparking dissatisfaction over their poor Mandarin, low teaching quality, and an open letter from the principal criticizing students; subsequently, the principal was exposed as allegedly having a prior rape record, leading to collective student protests.
2026-09
Middle school students in many places report conflicts in canteen dining times and insufficient food, leading to long-term hunger among students; parents call on schools to increase meal preparations.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, some kindergartens in Hong Kong had young children perform Chinese-style marching drills to raise the flag at their opening ceremonies, and the Education Bureau disclosed that it had held 40 flag-raising workshops for more than 1,000 kindergarten teachers across Hong Kong to strengthen patriotic identity.
2026-09
A high school student tearfully complained that school ends at 3:20 pm on Saturday and he must be back before 3:00 pm on Sunday — by the time he gets home, finishes his homework and sleeps, it's basically time to return to school again; meanwhile, the wall next to a public phone at a middle school has been carved full of the words "go home" by students.
2026-09
A teacher at Tongling No. 1 High School in Anhui, Anhui Province, posted a complaint saying that in addition to regular teaching they must constantly take part in teaching-research activities, write study reflections, work on papers and research projects, and set exam questions, saying: "Why can't work just be teaching? I'm so miserable, I want to escape all of this."
2026-08-28
Hong Kong's Education Bureau announced a series of student mainland exchange programs themed on the "90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army's Long March" for the new school year, arranging for students to visit relevant memorial sites and participate in themed activities.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, the Hong Kong Education Bureau sent a circular to all primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong, launching a student mainland exchange program for the 90th anniversary of the Long March victory, organizing students to visit Zunyi and other places to enhance their sense of identity.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, a student at Guizhou Aviation Vocational and Technical College raised questions about off-campus arrangements in an internship group chat. An instructor threatened the student that they would not receive a diploma if they did not participate, and the student was subsequently forcibly removed from the group chat by an administrator.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, students at No. 17 Middle School in Yiyang, Hunan Province, posted a video exposing the dirty, run-down and dilapidated conditions of their dormitories. The school subsequently responded by saying these were conditions from previous years and demanded that students delete the exposé video.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, a freshman at Zhejiang University with a leg injury was filmed leaning on crutches as he insisted on taking part in military training. The video prompted netizens to question the compulsory nature of university military training and its inhumane rules.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, Aite Qidi Yulongwan Kindergarten in Laiyang, Shandong issued a report stating that family members of 3 students forcibly entered the teaching area and beat the kindergarten director and teachers, causing injuries, and that the kindergarten is cooperating in pursuing legal responsibility against the attackers.
Location: Yantai, Shandong ·
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2026-08-23
On August 23, 2026, a netizen posted to expose Fuzhou Institute of Technology's high-pressure management, which forces morning check-ins and confiscates phones, and also instructs the student union and students to report and manipulate comments on social platforms regarding negative content about the school.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, students at the Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng, Henan, gathered in protest at the school gate over the cumbersome deposit refund process and abnormal student status information, climbed over the iron gate into the campus shouting "refund our money," and multiple police cars arrived at the scene.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, several students at the Sino-German School of Shanxi University of Finance and Economics posted online to protest, accusing the school of breaking its "3+1" promise of studying in Germany upon enrollment by forcibly shortening the overseas semester to less than half a year and obstructing the paperwork.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a Beijing Film Academy graduate using the name "Shang Mengmeng" posted an account saying that after she had long complained about secondhand smoke on campus and wore protective gear to protect herself, she was pinned to the ground in the street by six school staff members while walking off campus, who tore off her gas mask and seized her phone.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, a student rights platform revealed that teachers at Hechang Middle School in Lüliang, Shanxi, forcibly searched the WeChat and Douyin private messages and personal photo albums of several female students on the pretext of investigating a conflict; the school subsequently acknowledged that this was indeed inappropriate.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, the principal of a martial arts school in Jiyuan, Henan, posted a night patrol video on social media. Late at night, he entered the dormitory with a flashlight, forcibly lifted the bedding of students in bed, checked their undergarments, and filmed and published the footage. After drawing criticism for violating privacy, he took it down.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, a counselor at Southwest Medical University in Sichuan notified students that everyone was required to purchase brand-new textbooks through a school-designated mini-program, with second-hand books strictly banned, sparking online protests and exposure by students.
2026-08-09
On August 9, 2026, a student at Yangling Experimental School in Xianyang, Shaanxi submitted a report stating that the school notified students to return nearly a month early for extra classes, that it has long-running high-intensity morning and evening self-study sessions, and that it charges about 500 yuan per month in after-school service fees as well as miscellaneous fees to be borne by students themselves.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, a student rights defense organization revealed that Yingshan High School in Sichuan Province illegally held supplementary classes and charged students fees during the summer vacation, while publicly claiming to offer free after-school care. During this period, students were forced to stay on campus at noon, and the quality of the cafeteria food was poor.
2026-08-06
On August 6, a netizen submitted a report saying that after students reported their school for starting the semester early to the 12345 hotline and the Education Bureau, the Education Bureau leaked the students' list to the school, and school leaders pressured the students according to the list, demanding that they withdraw their complaints.
2026-08-05
On August 5, students at Xinjiang Agricultural University organized materials to report that the school compels students to perform high-temperature, heavy manual labor during the summer vacation at tomato plants and similar facilities, working shifts of up to 12 hours, while confiscating their mobile phones and providing poor accommodation conditions.
2026-08-05
On August 5, 2026, Guangzhou No. 113 Middle School in Guangdong Province was exposed by students for using a voluntary pledge as cover to effectively force summer tutoring, and the school sits right next to the Tianhe District Education Bureau building, sparking accusations of regulatory dereliction.
2026-08-01
On August 1, 2026, Peicheng Senior High School in Pei County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province posted a notice at the elevator entrance of the teaching building, explicitly prohibiting all students from taking the elevator up and down the building, raising questions about the rights of disabled students and formalism on campus.
2026-07-22
In late July 2026, a doctoral student at a university in Chongqing publicly accused their supervisor under their real name on social platforms of long-term personal humiliation and appropriation of research achievements, revealing chat records in which the supervisor said the student was like an ant, sparking public attention to supervisor-student relationships in higher education.
2026-07-21
From July 21, 2026, Qizhen School in Zhangjiakou, Hebei was exposed for forcing senior year students to attend a fully closed summer tutoring program six days a week, sparking student protests over severe lack of rest.
2026-07-10
First-year high school students at Anlu No. 1 High School in Hubei Province staged a collective strike to protest the school's decision to cut their original 20-day summer vacation down to just 5 days. Chanting slogans such as "Against centralization, advocate equality" and "Return our 20-day summer vacation," they ultimately forced the school administration to compromise and restore the long break.
2026-07-07
On July 7, a senior student at Hubei Normal University was restrained by security department personnel and injured. The injury was assessed as a secondary minor injury, and the student's finger is still unable to bend normally.
2026-07
The Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School in Dengfeng, Henan, has been exposed for coaches mistreating students and withholding students' deposits over a long period. After the incident came to light, hundreds of students gathered in protest for three consecutive days, demanding the return of their deposits.
2026-06-29
In June 2026, Zhizhi Middle School in Hengshui, Hebei was exposed for enforcing strict hairstyle inspections, forbidding students from entering the school with any hairstyle other than a buzz cut; after a student filmed a video disclosing this, the school's teachers sent private messages intimidating the student in the name of the Cyberspace Administration of China, demanding that the post be deleted within a time limit.
2026-06-25
On June 25, 2026, Jinghua Yuan Middle School in Chenzhou, Hunan lined up confiscated student phones on the steps and had teachers smash and destroy them with hammers in front of all the school's teachers and students, sparking widespread controversy over the school's harsh management approach.
2026-06-20
The Taierzhuang Music Festival in Zaozhuang, Shandong withheld and delayed the part-time wages of college students, leading a large number of students to gather for rights defense. Videos of the rights defense were removed across the entire internet.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, a student at the Animation School of Jilin University of the Arts posted a plea for help, saying that she had suffered long-term bullying from her dormitory head, class monitor and others, which led to depression, and that her report to the school yielded no results, while the suspected bullies were developed as probationary Party members and awarded scholarships.
2026-06-12
On June 12, 2026, it was reported online that a student at Shaanxi Electromechanical Vocational and Technical College was publicly criticized by the school administration and given a disciplinary penalty for voluntarily giving up joining the Communist Youth League.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, a mother in Luotian County, Huanggang, Hubei, posted a video saying her child died at Luotian Siyuan School. Because the school gave no direct response afterward and shirked responsibility, the family went to the school to gather, defend their rights, and demand the truth.
2026-06
Blogger Shiju Insight posted in June this year that some university technician classes failed to recruit enough students and in the end had to hold classes together with ordinary classes starting from junior high school graduates; the teachers' lecturing pace was extremely slow and the content extremely shallow, and high-end skills training turned into a big pot of stew for just killing time.
2026-06-01
A university teacher submitted a post arguing that engineering education accreditation, while wearing a non-governmental mask, is actually an administrative directive that reduces engineering universities to formalistic administrative performances, resulting in the 'high schoolization of universities'.
2026-05-27
On the evening of May 27, 2026, strict new dormitory phone control rules introduced by Guangzhou Information Technology Vocational School triggered a strong student backlash, with multiple students collectively shouting from the dormitory buildings to protest the mandatory management enforced by the school's student affairs office.
2026-05-27
On May 27, 2026, a college graduate in Henan posted to report that during graduation season their counselor repeatedly urged students in a group chat to sign, warning that online-signed employment agreements would be directly tied to internship and thesis grades and the issuance of graduation certificates, in order to apply pressure.
2026-05-26
On May 26, 2026, a student at a Shanghai university exposed online that a counselor sent a notice urging blood donation in the class group chat, and stipulated that those unwilling to donate blood must handwrite and submit a statement of no less than 500 characters within a deadline, sparking criticism that this was disguised coercion.
2026-05-21
On May 21, 2026, Chinese Human Rights Defenders released a special research report pointing out that millions of secondary vocational students in China face forced internships every year, involving excessive working hours, withheld pay, and abuse of child labor, which has led to the abnormal deaths of multiple interns.
2026-05
In May 2026, it was reported online that Wenshang County No. 1 Middle School in Jining, Shandong Province sparked collective student protests over long-term cuts to holidays; large numbers of high school students gathered on campus and held banners reading "Fight for national sovereignty abroad, remove national traitors at home" to express their dissatisfaction.
2026-04-29
Beijing Huangzhuang Vocational High School was relocated by the school authorities to a smaller campus lacking basic facilities such as a cafeteria and a sports field, sparking a collective protest in which students confronted school staff in the corridors and at the school gate.
2026-01-12
On January 12, procurement documents released by Henan Medical University showed that the school spent 550,000 yuan to build a student comprehensive profiling analysis platform. The platform conducts non-intrusive collection and intelligent analysis of students' daily behavior, academics, mental health, and financial aid information, and includes functions such as dynamic tracking of key students and four-level grid management.
2025-10-20
On October 20, 2025, the School of Business Administration of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics issued the "Notice on Carrying Out Tuition Reduction and Waiver Work for Undergraduate Students in the 2025-2026 Academic Year," which likewise listed smokers, heavy drinkers, and those addicted to the internet and other consumption-type bad habits as circumstances for canceling tuition waiver eligibility.
2025-05-15
On May 15, a female student at Beijing University of Technology Gengdan Institute went to the infirmary for a medical note due to menstrual cramps, but was asked by the on-duty staff to pull down her pants to prove her physical condition. Afterward, the school administration released a statement on Douyin, insisting that the on-duty staff's workflow complied with regulations and accusing the related videos circulating online of being distorted.
2024-10
A school group notice requires all student clubs to refrain from holding team-building or recreational activities on campus between October 31 and November 3, and instructs groups to contact their faculty advisors separately.
2024-09
Online reports claim that China has begun implanting chips into student school uniforms for location tracking and surveillance.
2024-06-13
Netizens submitted records of extreme point deductions at Hengshui No.2 High School, showing that students were frequently penalized for everyday details such as holding books incorrectly, using the restroom at night, not lying down properly while sleeping, and even laughing or combing hair.
2010
Henan examinee Li Mengmeng scored 565, 13 points above the first-tier cutoff, but her paper application form never entered the admission process and was forgotten in the admissions office.
2006
Starting in 2006, rural western China was the first to waive tuition and fees; in 2007 this was extended to all rural areas, and in 2008 free education was achieved in both urban and rural areas. The Two Exemptions and One Subsidy policy covered 150 million rural students, bringing to an end the system of paying fees during the compulsory education stage.
1950
The author's uncle scored excellently on exams at Shanghai No. 5 Middle School in the 1950s, but because his father was a fugitive landlord he could not attend university and was assigned to an agricultural university in the northwest; that school was located in a famine-stricken area where people starved to death. After he returned to Shanghai, his household registration had already been transferred out so he could not re-register there, and he ultimately returned to his hometown in Zhejiang to farm and live out his days.