Zhejiang University · Full chronicle and history

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.

On August 13, 2026, blogger Geng tongxue (Student Geng) released a video publicly accusing, under his real name, a paper published by a Zhejiang University research team in Nature Cell Biology of multiple instances of data fabrication and academic misconduct.