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.
2026-11-07
Nanjing University has been exposed for spending over 31 million yuan to install surveillance equipment in 103 classrooms. Officials claim the move aims to increase student engagement, sparking public criticism over the waste of public funds and the oversight of public power.
2026-11-06
On November 6, a food delivery rider in Nanjing, Jiangsu, suspected of dying suddenly while sitting on his electric scooter at a traffic light. Passersby stepped forward to check on him and provide assistance, but rescue personnel arrived and were unable to resuscitate him. The body has been removed.
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.
2026-11-03
After an internal appeal failed, the teaching assistant posted their experience online. Subsequently, their office access was revoked and their employment contract was terminated. The contract stipulated a work week of no more than 40 hours over five days.
2026-11-03
Recently, a restaurant in Nanjing put up a sign at its entrance reading "Kylian Mbappé and related derivatives are prohibited from entering," attracting widespread attention.
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.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the official website of Hongshan College of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics released a tender announcement, planning to purchase a cross-border VPN monitoring system with a budget of 245,000 yuan. The system is required to integrate with internet authentication, link to the real names of faculty and students, and track the number of 'sensitive site visits' per person. The system must be capable of decrypting Shadowsocks traffic and include a real-time dashboard for statistics on circumventing the Great Firewall.
2026-10-28
Hong Youcheng, 32, worked in research and development at Nanjing Wandes Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. He says that after a dispute with the company over work injuries and overtime, his computer, phone and identification documents were taken away, and that in 2024 and 2026 he was twice sent to a psychiatric hospital, staying a total of about eleven months. Over the years, he repeatedly reported the matter to the police and filed lawsuits, but none were accepted.
2026-10-17
On October 17, a graduate teaching assistant in Nanjing went hiking for about 5 hours on their day off and did not reply to messages from parents. They were held accountable by their leadership, and the work group subsequently required staff to check their work phones at least once every three hours on days off.
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.
2026-10-12
On October 12, Asia Weekly reported that Xu Huping, the former director of the Nanjing Museum and the central figure in the museum's antiquities case, died of lung cancer less than a month after being sentenced; on October 14, the Nanjing Museum's customer service said it had not yet obtained the information, and no official notice had been released.
2026-09-30
On September 30, some high schools in Changzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, and other places in Jiangsu province suddenly adjusted the National Day holiday for senior students from three or four days to seven days. Schools notified students and parents to attend a parent meeting that evening to explain the situation. Netizens speculate it may be related to rumors of student falls.
2026-09-27
In the first year of the nationwide marriage registration policy, Nanjing saw marriage registrations increase by more than 15% year on year, with over 22,000 couples from elsewhere coming to obtain their marriage certificates. The Wall Street Journal noted that this may only attract people who were already planning to marry, and does not necessarily resolve concerns about the economic burden of marriage and childbearing.
2026-09-26
On September 26, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu, set up a dedicated "children's infusion study area" equipped with desks and chairs in the pediatric infusion zone, drawing public attention.
2026-07-14
Wang Xiaohong convened a national symposium of public security department and bureau directors in Nanjing; on the evening of the day the meeting ended, Sichuan's vice governor and public security department director Huang Ruixue died suddenly of illness at the age of only 54.
2026-07-14
The national symposium of public security department and bureau heads was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong attended and emphasized the tune of absolute loyalty. The meeting was arranged and prepared by Hu Binchn, Vice Governor of Jiangsu Province and Director of the Public Security Department.
2026-09-22
Taiwan Executive Yuan Minister of Labor Hung Sun-han visited Nanjing, China from September 20 to 22 to attend the Human Resources Development Ministerial Meeting. After returning to Taiwan, he stated that he was not belittled.
2026-09-21
On June 30, multiple children at the affiliated kindergarten of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology experienced vomiting, and parents got no answers after pressing for two months. On September 14, a safety officer at the kindergarten's canteen exposed severe hygiene issues, such as washing shoes in vegetable washing pools and scrubbing woks with mops. The kindergarten had long ignored rectifications, and regulatory authorities failed to inspect the kitchen surveillance footage.
2026-09-20
On the evening of September 20, Taiwanese Labor Minister Hung Sun-han arrived in Nanjing to attend the APEC Human Resources Development Ministerial Meeting held on the 21st. This is the first ministerial-level official to visit mainland China since the Lai Ching-te administration took office. The Mainland Affairs Council stated that he entered using the meeting invitation letter and did not need a Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents.
2026-09-15
On September 15, Nanjing Medical University released live photos from the first class of the 2026 academic year orientation. The promotional slogan in the PPT stating "Choosing to study medicine was the right choice" sparked student dissatisfaction, with a large number of students flooding the comment section with "Anti-Fraud Lesson 1" in protest.
2026-09-15
On September 15, a netizen in Nanjing transferred travel expenses, triggering an anti-fraud warning; although he proved to auxiliary police that he was not scammed, he was still required to go to the police station for a lesson. Because he refused to go, his bank card was frozen that night by the Criminal Police Brigade of the Jiangning Branch of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Xu Huping, former director of the Nanjing Museum, was sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined 200,000 yuan for accepting bribes in engineering contracts and commercial cooperation. Previously, Xu Huping had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and stripped of his benefits. This ruling did not involve the illegal allocation of cultural relics.
2026-09-14
Teacher Wang, a kindergarten health teacher and cafeteria safety officer, revealed on September 14 that cafeteria ingredients were taken and used privately.
2026-09-14
Teacher Wang, a campus health teacher and cafeteria safety officer at the kindergarten, stated on September 14 that the vegetable washing sinks were soaked with 84 disinfectant for anti-mosquito nets, and were also used for washing hair and scrubbing shoes.
2026-09-14
Wang, a health teacher and cafeteria safety officer at the kindergarten, stated on September 14 that the cooking wok was used to scrub sewer covers and mops.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, two elderly residents in Yuhua District, Nanjing, who had suffered oppression from the District Commerce Bureau for 23 years without resolution, hung banners with black backgrounds and white text, along with "Injustice" slogans, at their residence, accusing central government directives of becoming empty words and reporting nighttime harassment.
2026-09-10
The Security Department of Nanjing Engineering Institute, during a freshman safety education course, categorized circumventing the Great Firewall as a matter of political security and stated that it is illegal in itself, requiring students not to use circumvention tools and to use official library channels for researching information.
2026-09-09
On September 9, several workers at Nanjing Chengbei MixC used ropes to hang banners on the outer wall to demand their unpaid wages.
2026-08-25
On August 28, 2026, following reports that cabbage from Kangbao, Hebei was dipped in formaldehyde solution, several large agricultural wholesale markets in Nanjing, Wuxi and other parts of East China successively announced a complete ban on the entry and sale of Chinese cabbage from Kangbao County, Hebei.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, in Qiaolin Town, Pukou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, an elderly man who had sought rights defense for nearly ten years after his house was mistakenly demolished was followed, tracked, and intercepted by unidentified people throughout his petition to air his grievances.
2026-08-24
Nanjing Zhongcai Market conducted random inspections of Chinese cabbage, finding no formaldehyde or other harmful substances. Authorities stated that the previously reported “formaldehyde cabbage” incident was an isolated case and the products had been destroyed.
2026-06-26
On June 26, 2026, the South China Morning Post reported that a Southeast University team had developed an integrated communication-sensing metasurface system for 6G, which eliminates signal blind spots while sensing and calculating the movement of people around it, and was accused of harboring hidden risks of imperceptible surveillance.
2025-12-21
On December 21, Guo Dianli, a former curator at the Nanjing Museum, filed a real-name report against former director Xu Huping, accusing him of massively and illegally embezzling and smuggling cultural relics relocated from the Palace Museum during his tenure, and selling them to overseas businessmen and domestic artifact dealers for huge profits.
2024-10
In October 2024, a cosplay event at Nanjing Happy Valley was terminated.
2022
Hu Xiaowu, a professor at Nanjing University, conducted a questionnaire survey of 1,200 people in 2022, finding that 63% of young people under 18 have basically no contact with their relatives.
2009
Zhou Jiugong, head of the Jiangning District Housing Bureau in Nanjing, was brought down and in 2009 was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
2008-12
Photos of Zhou Jiugong smoking famous-brand cigarettes and wearing a luxury watch during a meeting were posted online, and netizens used them to investigate his consumer goods and income.
2007
In a 2007 case in Nanjing in which a person helped an elderly person who had fallen to the ground, the judge ordered the helper to pay compensation on the grounds that "if you didn't bump into him, why did you go and help him," and the ruling sparked nationwide discussion about extortion targeting those who act courageously to help others.
2006-10
In October 2006, the Pengyu case occurred in Nanjing. The court of first instance ordered the young man who had helped an elderly person who fell to compensate the plaintiff. The reasoning in the judgment and the subsequent handling sparked a long-running nationwide controversy over trust and mutual assistance among strangers.
1912-01-01
On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat-sen delivered the Inaugural Address in Nanjing, swore the oath to assume the office of Provisional President, and the Provisional Government of the Republic of China was formally established — the first central government of the Republic of China.