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On October 28, in Handan, Hebei, the project management department of the Hanma Connecting Line project under China Railway No. 3 Engineering Group Co., Ltd. faced protests as rights defenders parked vehicles with 'pay back the debt' slogans outside the project department gate for several consecutive days due to unpaid wages.
On October 14, owners of Minghe No.1 Phase II in Handan, Hebei hung banners to protest the unfinished project and the failure to deliver homes on schedule, accusing the developer of deceiving and defrauding ordinary people of their hard-earned money.
According to reports by The Paper and Red Star News in October 2026, the family said that as of October 14 they had still not received the more than 62,000 yuan in compensation ordered by the court.
During the National Day holiday, a blogger filmed scenes of elderly people waiting for work at 5:30 a.m. at a labor market in Handan, Hebei: a 75-year-old man lifted his bicycle to prove his strength after being rejected for his age, a 64-year-old man said he had been looking for work for 10 years but was still passed over because bosses wanted younger people, and three people shared one extra-wide bed, paying 100 yuan a month in rent with no heating.
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.
On September 10, 2026, at the entrance of Feixiang District No. 2 Middle School in Handan City, Hebei Province, several students were seen holding small red flags and lining the road to welcome faculty and staff entering the school. The video sparked heated discussions online, with netizens joking that the style is similar to North Korea.
On August 11, 2026, Wu Lina, the whistleblower in the case of the enforcement bureau chief of Congtai District Court in Handan, Hebei soliciting bribes, appeared publicly for an exclusive interview, questioning why no conclusion had been announced more than half a year after the municipal party committee demanded an investigation.
On August 4, 2026, the Handan Intermediate People's Court in Hebei announced that an audio recording of improper remarks circulating online was authentic. Guo Hongbo, director of the enforcement bureau of the Congtai District Court, was suspended and placed under a special investigation for soliciting bribes from a female party to the case and verbally harassing her.
On July 11, 2026, a cattle farm in Qincun, Linzhang County, Handan, Hebei was exposed for illegally employing people with disabilities of unknown identity who lived next to the cattle pen. When a volunteer blogger went to investigate and report the matter, she was followed by the farm owner, who grabbed her car door and threatened her.
On June 28, 2026, at the Louli Reservoir project in Handan, Hebei, migrant workers, owed unpaid wages, staged an extreme rights-defense action by threatening to jump off a building rooftop, drawing local attention to wage arrears in government-funded investment projects.
The court found the operator liable for 70 percent of the responsibility; after deducting the 10,000 yuan previously advanced, more than 62,000 yuan in compensation is still owed. The ruling takes effect on June 23, 2026, and does not include disability compensation or subsequent medical expenses.
In November 2025, a 12-year-old girl in Quzhou County, Handan, Hebei went to work at an unlicensed plasticine workshop, putting in 8.5 hours a day; on the 13th day of work her right arm was drawn into a mixer, and she was later assessed as having a level 6 disability.