China Unicom · Full chronicle and history

Recently in Guizhou, a Douyin blogger posted a photo of a China Unicom promotional display board claiming that a one-time payment of 699 yuan entitles one to 400 yuan in medical insurance and 699 yuan in communication fees. In the comments section, netizens posted similar medical insurance discount coupon posters from China Mobile, and pasted an anti-fraud reminder reading “pay first and get cash back later is always a scam” as satire.

On October 20, outside the China Unicom office in Changsha, Hunan, multiple employees wearing red vests printed with the words “Unicom,” “Pay back the money,” and “Demand unpaid wages” gathered to defend their rights. They ate boxed meals on site and insisted on protesting, demanding that the leaders come out and resolve the issue. Commenters posted screenshots of their low pay to show support.

On October 17, the Chinese Students Association at Moscow State University announced that it had reported the course of the incident, complete evidence, and the progress of communications to the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy in Russia.

On October 15, a winning bid announcement reposted by Caizhao Network showed that Sichuan Dazhou Vocational College of Traditional Chinese Medicine's "Illegal Great Firewall Circumvention Management Equipment and Services Project" was awarded to China Unicom (Sichuan) Industrial Internet Co., Ltd. for 136,500 yuan.

On October 14, a Xiaohongshu user posted that they traveled to Thailand during the National Day holiday and activated an overseas communication service. After returning home, their China Unicom number was "suspended by the carrier." Two online applications to restore the service were rejected, and the service hall told them the number would have to be cancelled if it was not restored within 24 hours. Calling 10015 to file a complaint still had no effect.

On October 12, a netizen posted that China Unicom had used their information to open 30 mobile SIM cards without their knowledge or authorization; after discovering this, China Unicom's Jilin Changchun branch canceled and transferred the relevant phone cards in the person's absence.

On October 3, China Unicom rolled out its eSIM service in a limited gray release. Users applying for eSIM eligibility online for the first time must obtain it through a lucky draw, drawing complaints from netizens.

Several telecom industry workers and netizens in the comments section reported that the company mandated all staff to work without a single day off from October 1 to 7 during the National Day holiday, promoted services in residential communities, and paid no overtime; some employees even paid out of their own pockets to deliver broadband in order to meet their quotas.

On September 30, China Unicom Hebei gathered its employees before the holiday for a rally, where all staff raised their right fists and swore that they would definitely hit their sprint targets in the 7-day National Day challenge.

From September 18 to 19, several netizens in the comments section described similar experiences, involving late-night service suspensions, customer service claiming they had no authority to handle the issue, and delays of two months without resolution, affecting China Mobile and China Unicom users.

The House Select Committee on the CCP released a report stating that US subsidiaries of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom remain embedded in US internet infrastructure and are linked to nearly 109,000 suspicious routing anomaly events.

On July 14, 2026, the Hohhot Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Inner Mongolia announced that the first-prize entry "Saleyuanlin" in the open photography bimonthly competition, which had previously drawn public questioning, was indeed AI-generated; officials revoked its award qualification and suspended the competition for rectification.

The National Audit Office of China released an audit work report revealing that between 2023 and 2025, the Bank of China used employee capital contributions to "make up numbers" and packaged private equity funds as public funds, evading a cumulative 2.367 billion yuan in taxes.

Recently, a blogger on Douyin used official reports as source material to expose insiders and connected personnel at China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom and China Broadcasting Network who illegally issued SIM cards and became the hidden hands behind telecom fraud. The video was reported and taken down by the carriers on the grounds of reputation infringement.

The House Select Committee on the CCP has launched an investigation into the U.S. subsidiaries of China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom, and will hold hearings on Chinese cyber espionage operations.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Cao Xingxin, former Vice General Manager of China Unicom who long served in the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee, was subjected to disciplinary review and investigation, and later sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revoked the Section 214 operating authorization of China Unicom Americas Operations Co., Ltd.

The Soviet Union passed the Law on Cooperatives, allowing private cooperatives to operate under the umbrella of state-owned enterprises. This turned the floodgates for converting accounting currency into cash from the Communist Youth League to every factory director across the country.

The Soviet Union passed the State Enterprise Law, delegating financial and production autonomy to factories. Factory directors were allowed to retain profits and determine production, but the lack of clear property rights opened a loophole for subsequent asset siphoning.

The Soviet Union, through multi-channel and large-scale financial transfusions, supported the CCP in maintaining its military and political machinery when it was being encircled and suppressed by the Kuomintang.