2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, in Guanghan City, Deyang, Sichuan Province, a migrant worker seeking unpaid wages climbed a tall roadside streetlight pole and sat there for as long as 8 hours in 36-degree heat to defend his rights.
2026-07-19
On July 19, 2026, a blogger conducting an on-site investigation in Deyang, Sichuan, found that frontline sanitation workers there earn only 1,700 yuan per month, work six days a week with no overtime pay, and their actual pay is significantly below the local statutory minimum wage.
2008-06-25
Liu Shaokun, a teacher in Deyang, Sichuan, photographed school buildings that collapsed during the earthquake and questioned the construction quality. He was taken away by police on June 25, 2008, and was later sentenced to one year of re-education through labor.