Hanzhong · Full chronicle and history

On October 22, a hornet attack occurred during a 're-walking the Long March' hiking event organized by Ningqiang Tianjin Senior High School in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, at the Hanyuan Forest Park. Dozens of teachers and students were sent to the hospital for treatment, with some reportedly admitted to the intensive care unit.

On August 14, 2026, investigative journalist Li Weiao disclosed during a field visit to the mountainous areas of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, that elderly left-behind farmers receive only 200 yuan in pension per month; living in straitened circumstances, they still have to stay up all night in the fields to ward off wild boars to make a living.

In Hanzhong, Shaanxi, Zhang Koukou attacked the Wang family in revenge for his mother being killed 22 years earlier and the murderer receiving a light sentence, killing three members of the Wang family. After the incident he turned himself in, and was executed the following year, sparking intense public discussion about judicial fairness and private revenge.

Zhang Koukou, a veteran from Hanzhong, Shaanxi, witnessed his mother beaten to death by local thugs as a child. In 2018 he returned home and killed several members of the family responsible, a case seen as a typical instance of folk revenge against village bullies and local tyrants.