2026-11-11
On November 11, Jimu News reported that the Dongguan First Hospital affiliated with Guangdong Medical University deducted 10,304.50 yuan from an attending physician's performance pay because a patient had outstanding fees. Since June, the hospital has implemented a new regulation requiring medical staff to collect overdue payments and deducting department performance pay proportionally.
2026-11-09
On the evening of November 9, a student passed away at the Zhuhai Campus of Jinan University for unknown reasons, and the police immediately sealed off the scene.
2026-11-06
A report released by Bloomberg Economics on November 6 stated that if the Democratic Party slows down AI investment and data center construction after a major victory in the U.S. midterm elections, China's growth, which relies on AI hardware exports, will be hit. Net exports contributed nearly 40% of China's economic growth in the third quarter, and chips and computer products accounted for 40% of the year-on-year increase in exports in the first nine months.
2026-11-06
At the Bu Ming Bai Festival held in Tokyo, the Bu Ming Bai Podcast invited Professor Xu Chenggang to discuss the institutional logic behind China's economic growth and recession, as well as how ordinary people can cope, using his book 'The Institutional Genes' as a starting point.
2026-11-06
On November 6, netizens filmed sanitation workers in Shenzhen, who were participating in city appearance maintenance for the APEC meeting, lacking proper rest and dining facilities. They were seen squatting on the roadside at noon eating cold meals and pickles they brought themselves, and sleeping in green belts at night. Netizens are calling for the improvement of rest stations and hot meal support.
2026-11-04
On November 4, a Douyin influencer posted a video stating that a friend of over 20 years had passed away at a garment factory in Gaoyou, Jiangsu, due to long-term overwork. Chat logs show the female worker mentioned on November 19, 2025, that she was working overtime until 10 PM every day with no days off on Sundays, once saying, "I will die of sudden cardiac death sooner or later," and had been pressured by the finance department and the factory manager to return to work.
2026-11
A factory in Jiangxi forcibly deducted workers' wages for two consecutive months without any explanation, causing wages to drop to 2,500 yuan and triggering protests.
2026-10-30
On October 30, Finnish police announced an investigation into a case of suspected labor trafficking of Chinese workers, arresting 9 people, with 4 held in custody. The case involves a battery material plant construction site in Kotka, a Finnish labor dispatch company, and a Chinese employer. Previously, Yle revealed that workers were required to return wages exceeding a lump-sum salary, with harsh breach-of-contract clauses.
2026-10-27
The documentary on day laborers in Majuqiao, Beijing, previously released by Feng Ge, was taken down before and after its release, becoming inaccessible to the public.
2026-10-27
On October 27, a netizen submitted via [Niuma.ICU] to expose that Shenzhen Deshengyuan Technology Co., Ltd. requires 6 workdays per week and 12 hours per day, that the workshop has only fans with temperatures exceeding 30 degrees, that no social insurance or housing provident fund is paid, and that wages are not paid on time.
2026-10-26
On October 26, Bloomberg reported on a Morgan Stanley study saying that the Chinese stock market may not have bottomed out yet, and that offshore Chinese stocks could fall another 10%–15% before approaching historically low valuations, with weak economic consumption, pressure on e-commerce, and fears of tax-triggered selling of trusts intensifying the adjustment.
2026-10-26
On October 26, a netizen published an article comparing the Majuqiao day-labor market in Beijing with the Yizhuang industrial park just across the river: workers crowd into vans before dawn with cargo and passengers mixed together, earning 180 yuan for a five-hour trip, and sleeping in dormitories converted from kitchens; across the river, SMIC and JD.com are brightly lit. The article noted that there are over 200 million people in flexible employment and that the youth unemployment rate was about 18% in September.
2026-10-25
Chinese influencer "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" released a 25-minute video documenting his experience as a day laborer in Majuqiao, Beijing. The video sparked widespread discussion online before being taken down.
2026-10-25
Bloomberg reported on October 25 that China's stock market has shrunk by about $3.5 trillion from its high earlier this year in May, with the CSI 300 index falling into a bear market the previous week, as weak consumption and price wars squeeze corporate profits.
2026-10-22
A netizen submitted to [Niuma.ICU] claiming that the Chuxiong Power Supply Bureau of Yunnan Power Grid frequently forces overtime with no overtime pay; public holidays that are not taken automatically expire; wages of grassroots and outsourced employees have barely risen in over a decade and are often deducted; and there is a stark polarization in treatment between those with connections and everyone else.
2026-10-22
On October 22, a blogger posted a video on Douyin claiming that a 73-year-old stone carving worker earns 200 yuan a day, works amid clouds of dust without wearing a dust mask, with the caption “I don’t mind that he’s old, he doesn’t mind that I pay so little,” sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-19
A woman recalled on Douyin that she used to do piece-rate work at JD Logistics, working 18 hours a day, six days a week with one day off, earning over 5000 yuan a month; coworkers still worked while injured but were mocked for being slow. After she left the job, she was attacked by netizens for talking about this experience online.
2026-10-17
On October 17, a Douyin blogger posted a video recounting that he had served on the border in Tibet for eight years and, after leaving the army, taken a job at an electronics factory, quitting after just one month. He said, "The edges that eight years of border duty couldn't smooth away were worn completely clean in thirty days at the factory," sparking netizen jokes about employment practices at electronics factories, such as two-shift rotations and military-style morning meetings every day.
2026-10-08
The Chinese Communist Party issued the Measures for Protecting the Rights and Interests of Workers in New Forms of Employment, proposing to ban platforms from inducing workers to register as individual businesses and to ban multi-layer subcontracting to evade employment responsibilities.
2026-10-13
On October 13, the IMF released its latest World Economic Outlook, raising Taiwan's 2026 growth forecast from 5.2% in April to 10.7%, while lowering the mainland's forecast by 0.1 percentage points to 4.5%; Taiwan's growth is mainly driven by demand for AI and advanced chips.
2026-10-11
According to a report by the Financial Times, China's economic growth in the second quarter fell to 4.3%, below the full-year target range of 4.5% to 5%. Retail sales and fixed-asset investment were weak, and the property market has been in a downturn for more than five years.
2026-10-11
Srinivasan, head of the International Monetary Fund's Asia Department, noted that China's growth model of relying on investment, manufacturing and exports is approaching its limits, and suggested improving the social security system, adjusting local government incentives and the land-finance model, warning that otherwise the country could fall into a prolonged slowdown.
2026-10-11
Research by the Conference Board shows that interest payments on the debt of China's central and local governments are expected to reach 1.4 trillion yuan in 2026, far exceeding the roughly 348 billion yuan in 2014; central government debt service is projected to rise to 19.2% of the general public budget.
2026-10-11
On October 11, a Douyin blogger posted an animation in which a mole gets beaten in a whack-a-mole machine to earn money and support its family, with the caption "the pillar of the family, the offcut of society." The video received more than 170,000 likes and over 60,000 shares, and netizens in the comments section left messages mocking themselves.
2026-10-11
On October 11, a satirical video set against a bridge-construction background circulated on Douyin. Management claimed that after pay cuts, workers did not dare to speak up, while workers replied, “We never intended to do a good job in the first place — we’re letting each other down on both sides.” Netizens coined the term “问薪无愧” (feeling no guilt when asked about pay) and it became a hot topic of discussion.
2026-10-10
The [Niuma.ICU] team compiled a shame list of China's auto industry based on netizen submissions, with BYD ranking first with 54 complaints, accused of "one life for 200,000 yuan" and "two days off per month at most"; overtime work and pressure-based assessments accounted for more than half of the industry's problems.
2026-10-09
A netizen submission claimed that employees at Guangdong Dongbo Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. don't get off work until after 11 p.m. every night, with monthly overtime reaching over 100 hours.
2026-10-08
On October 8, The Wall Street Journal reported that, facing difficulties such as the real estate downturn, insufficient domestic demand, and second-quarter GDP growth slowing to 4.3%, the stimulus measures introduced by the Chinese government — including mortgage subsidies and capital injections into banks — lean toward caution and are unlikely to fundamentally reverse the economic weakness.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a netizen posted to expose an internal "improvement proposal" at a container factory in Guangdong. In response to employees using the restroom too often and slowing down production, the proposal suggested wearing adult diapers to boost output. The employee who posted said they must submit at least one proposal every month or be fined. In the comments, one person reported that after a coworker died of sudden death on the night shift, day-shift staff were required to fill out disclaimer forms, and the company made employees swear an oath that no safety accidents would occur.
2026-10-07
On October 7, a legal blogger posted a video on Douyin claiming that inmates enjoy fully state-funded medical care, consultations with specialists, and nutritious meals, while grassroots prison officers are overworked and can hardly get time off — it feels more like they are serving the criminals. The video was taken down about an hour after it was posted.
2026-10-06
A netizen submission claimed that Zhuhai Gree Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. worked overtime for the entire 7-day National Day holiday, working every day until 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., and went back to the site on October 14 to re-adjust the equipment, averaging about 12 hours of work per day with almost no rest during the period.
2026-10-05
A netizen submission claimed that Zhongshan Chuangmeng E-Commerce Co., Ltd. has daily working hours of up to 12 hours, with unpaid overtime and no days off throughout the year.
2026-10-05
On October 5, at the Ningdu toll station in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, a rider on a motorcycle heading onto the expressway was intercepted by staff wielding an electric hedge trimmer; during the confrontation his camera was seized and damaged, and the rider has reported the case to the police and is awaiting handling.
2026-10-04
On October 1, the Mixue Bingcheng Luoyang flagship store's opening day revenue exceeded 1 million yuan. Recruitment information showed that part-time employees for morning, afternoon, and night shifts were paid 100 to 120 yuan, which equates to an hourly wage of about 12 yuan. This sparked heated discussion after being exposed by netizens on October 4.
2026-10-04
On October 4, a netizen posted yearbook data pointing out that the average monthly wage in Shandong Province had already reached 3,570 yuan in 2012. Several local netizens reported that actual wages today still hover around 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, and complained about regressions in labor rights, such as inflated salary figures in job postings, the splitting of performance pay, and the widespread practice of 12-hour shifts in factories.
2026-10-04
On October 4, an employee claiming to be from BYD's second factory in Huyi, Xi'an, posted a photo of the words "Run Away Fast" written on a yellow pillar. Netizens in the comments section sarcastically called BYD a "blood-sweating steed" and a "sweatshop," while complaining about poor treatment and heavy exploitation.
2026-10-03
On October 3, a blogger posted a video interviewing a sanitation worker, who said they earn 1,500 yuan a month with no days off all month; calculated at 30 days a month and about 10 hours a day, the hourly wage is only about 5 yuan. The blogger then tested the purchasing power of a 5-yuan budget, buying a small amount of ingredients and sarcastically commenting on a happy life. Commenters said 5 yuan can buy one hour of a sanitation worker's labor.
2026-10-02
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.
2026-09-30
On September 30, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a new book, "Toward a New Growth Model for the Chinese Economy," on its official website, pointing out that linking local officials' performance evaluation to GDP targets has led to infrastructure expansion, land-sale financing, and the accumulation of local government financing vehicle (LGFV) debt. LGFV cash flows can cover only about one-quarter to one-third of interest payments. The book recommends improving social security, advancing household registration (hukou) reform, and increasing the progressivity of the tax system.
2026-09-30
Recently, a company in Guilin, Guangxi posted a job opening offering a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan, requiring no days off on holidays or during the Chinese New Year, and also demanding that a guarantee letter be signed with family members and friends providing signatures and fingerprints, prompting netizens to submit the information for exposure.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen posted their personal monthly working-hours record, showing a single-day maximum of 18.2 working hours. In the related recommendations, many workers posted their attendance for September and the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, with monthly working hours generally over 300 hours and some exceeding 350 hours, complaining about working non-stop without any rest.
2026-09-30
On September 30, in Burqin, Altay, Xinjiang, a China Energy Engineering infrastructure worker complained that he got no day off for National Day, no triple pay and no compensatory day off, then mocked himself by saying he wished the motherland prosperity.
2026-09-29
The fiscal interest subsidy policy was officially announced on September 29 and went into effect at the start of the National Day holiday; combined with developer discounts, it drove up new home transaction volumes in some key cities.
2026-09-29
An X account named “所谓伊人在水一方” uploaded a video of a female teacher talking about student safety, in which she reminds high school students to guard against strangers, vehicles, and the risk of losing contact.
2026-09-28
On September 28, 2026, the U.S. Senate passed the Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act (S.4009), a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Ted Cruz and Jeff Merkley, by unanimous consent. The bill requires the U.S. President to impose sanctions on foreign individuals who knowingly participate in, assist, or support China's forced organ harvesting, including freezing their U.S. assets, prohibiting transactions, and revoking or denying visas; it directs the Secretary of State to assess whether the Chinese government is systematically engaged in forced organ harvesting and to submit a special report to Congress; and it extends protections to Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, and other prisoners of conscience. The bill was subsequently sent to the House of Representatives for consideration.
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2026-09-27
During the performance at the Guangzhou Strawberry Music Festival on September 27, the audience took part in a circle-running interaction. A warning notice from the public security authorities was played at the scene, stating that this disrupted order and violated the Public Security Administration Punishments Law. The police had already collected evidence by drone aerial filming and taken away 3 audience members for investigation, sparking widespread dissatisfaction, with the crowd collectively chanting “Refund.”
2026-09-27
According to a submission, Lanzhou Wanli Aviation Electromechanical has arranged for no holidays during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day as part of a "100-day sprint," without paying overtime wages.
2026-09-25
On September 25, a netizen submitted a report stating that Shanxi Taiyuan Wanbailin District Lantai Property Group Co., Ltd. has long required employees to work unpaid overtime and weekend shifts, while higher-level leaders and the boss frequently subjected employees to verbal pressure and PUA.
2026-09-25
On September 25, a netizen in Guangdong posted a video showing a factory rushing orders during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, with workers standing on a high-speed assembly line rapidly repeating tasks such as processing phone cases, sparking heated discussion online; some complained that the daily wage was only 150 yuan.
2026
The video's author lists indicators from the first half of the year — contracting consumption, high-ranking officials falling from power, declines in fiscal revenue and household savings, and rising unemployment and credit defaults — claiming all have set historical records; no unified source can be found for any of the data.
7月22日
Chuanghui Electronics Factory in Ganzhou, Jiangxi is accused of bullying and exploiting summer student workers, ultimately settling wages at only "one yuan per hour." Reports state that under the pressure of economic downturn, capital's exploitation of low-level laborers has intensified.
2026-09-24
On September 24, a netizen from Hebei reported that their school notified staff that a lottery would be used to determine the list of teachers required to donate blood. A later update revealed that employees pooled together over 1,000 RMB to hire someone as a substitute donor, and stated that another blood drive would be held in two months.
2026-09-24
According to a netizen submission, the boss of Changlin Restaurant in Nancheng, Dongguan City, subjected an employee to extreme verbal and character insults with a vicious attitude, and subsequently fired them.
2026-09-23
During the peak potato harvest season in Inner Mongolia, pregnant women and nursing mothers from migrant worker families in Sichuan, Henan, and other places brought their children to pick potatoes in the fields. Some piece-rate pay was as low as 1.8 yuan per bag.
2026-09-23
A garment enterprise in Shenzhen issued a notice stating that to ensure normal operations before and after the holiday, the company has suspended leave privileges, requiring all employees to work normally and halting all leave requests.
2026-09-22
Starbucks China stores require employees to hand-draw smiles on every cup of coffee. Those who miss drawing them will receive a secondary warning, and accumulating two warnings will result in the loss of their 13th and 14th-month bonuses or even termination.
2026-09-22
Recently, multiple netizens reported that schools and workplaces have mobilized blood donation by offering holidays, subsidies, or wage deduction threats. Treatment varies drastically, and some participants have been accused of being selfish.
2026-08-29
On August 29, a dispatch worker posted online that their employer reduced their salary by 1000 yuan without prior notice, and, citing a demand from the discipline inspection commission, ordered them to return nine years' worth of physical examination fees and holiday benefits. The employer claimed that dispatch workers should not enjoy such benefits, leaving the individual feeling helpless due to age and employment pressure.
2026-09-21
On September 20, villagers in Shangliangkeng Village, Dapo Town, Gaozhou, Maoming, Guangdong, clashed with relevant personnel while trying to stop their crops from being forcibly cleared, resulting in one death and three injuries. On September 21, a large number of villagers went to the gate of the Dapo Town government to hang banners for rights defense, with a large number of law enforcement personnel maintaining order at the scene.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a netizen posted a video on Bilibili interviewing local security guards and cleaners, revealing that their daily wage was only 55 to 64 yuan, and used supermarket purchasing power to satirize the low human rights advantage of cheap labor in China, triggering discussion among netizens.
2026-09-18
In a conversation, Morgan Stanley's Chief Economist for China, Xing Ziqiang, pointed out that China's social security expenditure accounts for only about 8% of GDP, far below the OECD average of 25% and the levels of developing countries with similar per capita GDP, and also mentioned group disparities in the enjoyment of public services.
2026-09-20
On September 20, Shangguan Zhengyi posted that at a ton-bag yard in Shiti Village, Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan, a mute woman with deformed hands had been doing hard labor there for many years. The local aid station had intervened a month ago, but her relatives have not yet been found, and her labor compensation and background remain under investigation.
2026-09-21
On September 21, in a certain place of Zhejiang, an elderly person with double-arm disability survived by scavenging, only able to open and rummage through trash cans with his feet; the related comment section was subsequently restricted from commenting.
2026-09-19
On September 19, it was exposed that after rectification, the student protection post at Eryumatou Primary School in Wutongqiao District, Leshan, Sichuan, was still manned by elderly people. Previously, parents reported that the protection post increased the burden on dual-income families, and the education bureau had requested the cancellation of mandatory scheduling. The school's system requires protection personnel to hold equipment while on duty and explicitly demands that they promptly stop criminal acts when discovered.
2026-09-19
On September 19, Huang Yiping, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, stated at the Beijing Economic Forum that artificial intelligence may exacerbate the contradiction between China's overcapacity and insufficient household purchasing power. He pointed out that distribution leaning toward capital leads to weak demand, and suggested increasing the proportion of household income through market-oriented reforms, while the central government borrows to repair the balance sheets of local governments and enterprises.
2026-09-20
On September 20, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi stated that a video he previously exposed—showing disabled individuals in Huguan County, Changzhi, Shanxi, being forced to do hard labor and suffering from unpaid wages—was restricted by the platform to "private viewing only" on the grounds of "incontaining inappropriate display content." Shangguan Zhengyi questioned the lack of local regulation, stated that similar situations still exist within Changzhi's jurisdiction, and called for an investigation.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a space under a bridge near Xingfucheng in Longhua District, Shenzhen, was sealed off with iron bars and water-filled plastic barriers. The filmer pointed out that the area was originally a shelter for the homeless from the rain, and this blockade aims to drive away the homeless population, sparking criticism from netizens over urban management methods.
2026-09-18
On September 18, at a shopping mall square in Qiantang District, Hangzhou, multiple disabled individuals performing street art came into conflict with security guards and local police. Chaos and chasing broke out on the scene, with someone scattering white powder, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
2026-09-04
On September 4, a video showed a woman operating a machine in a textile workshop with her young child on her back. The surrounding environment was messy and equipment was running continuously, posing serious safety hazards and triggering strong criticism from netizens regarding factory management and labor living conditions.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a netizen shared chat logs from applying for a nurse position, revealing that private clinics engage in illegal hiring practices such as 8-to-10 shifts, one-day weekends, and no social security. Subsequently, multiple nurses chimed in with exposures, stating that during their work in private clinics, they were often required to take on non-medical tasks like cooking, grocery shopping, and cleaning, with extremely low pay.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a food delivery worker in Jiangsu fell asleep from extreme fatigue at a traffic light intersection while making a delivery at 2 AM. The incident resonated with many netizens, as several delivery workers reported suffering fractures from falling after dozing off while riding, reflecting the survival dilemma under high-intensity labor in the delivery industry.
2026-09-20
Public commentary points out that Chinese tech companies process data at a low cost by exploiting domestic labor, thereby enabling the distillation and application of foreign artificial intelligence models, which has sparked concerns over technological ethics and labor rights.
2026-09-20
To pass Walmart's social responsibility audit, Guangxi Wuzhou Tianmijia Bee Industry required employees to memorize false statements to cover up long-term mandatory overtime without days off, wage withholding, illegal employment practices, and lack of fire safety facilities, while also carrying out hasty temporary renovations to cope with the inspection.
2026-09-20
On September 20, a netizen in Xiongan, Hebei posted that the police came to their home and confiscated a toy gun bought online, and then seized their high-spec computer on the grounds of video game addiction, only returning it after forcing them to sign a guarantee letter stating it was "voluntarily handed over for safekeeping."
2026-08-30
On August 30, a blogger tested the purchasing power of sanitation workers in Heze, Shandong. The interviewed worker had a monthly salary of only 600 yuan, working 4 to 5 hours a day with no weekend holidays. The blogger conducted a shopping test based on a daily wage of about 20 yuan, sparking discussions among netizens about low wages and the lack of social security.
2026-09-19
At the Tsinghua Wudaokou Chief Economists Forum, four scholars—Lin Yifu, Yu Yongding, Yao Yang, and Li Xunlei—concentrated their efforts to call on the central government to adopt expansionary fiscal policies and bail out local government debt.
2026-09-19
Yunnan Jiuji Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiuji Network) internally implements a "Striving Value" system, quantifying employees' overtime hours and daily behavior as core indicators for performance appraisal and daily management.
2026-09-19
On September 19, a Bilibili blogger posted a video claiming that Lucky Cup staff earn a monthly salary of 3,000 to 4,000 yuan, with no days off each month and 15 hours of work per day, equivalent to an hourly wage of about 8.89 yuan, lower than the price of a 9-yuan drink in the store, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-09-18
Manufacturing assembly line workers use the term "airplane speed" (feijila) to describe the extremely fast pace of the factory line, which operates at high speeds like an airplane. This term refers to high-intensity "screw-tightening" work, reflecting the harsh working environment and physical and mental stress faced by grassroots laborers.
2026-09-16
On September 16, JD.com food delivery riders reported that the platform's rest function has been changed to require approval from station managers. If not approved, the platform will continue to force orders on them. This mechanism has now been widely implemented across the country, sparking concerns among riders about the infringement of their labor rights.
2026-09-18
Recently, a video showing a worker in Jiangxi holding his breath and diving into filthy sewers for cleaning and dredging operations without any safety protection measures has sparked widespread discussion in society regarding labor safety guarantees.
2026-09-17
On September 17, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a disabled man in Huguan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, had been illegally held by a foreman and forced to perform hard labor at a cattle farm for over 30 years. The man claims to be from Henan, and his wages were withheld by the foreman, who claimed the man was "picked up." After Shangguan Zhengyi reported the case to the police, local authorities failed to respond within 25 minutes. The man's identity and the details of his confinement are still under investigation.
2026-09-15
On September 15, The Wall Street Journal published an article pointing out that while China can avoid a sudden financial crisis through its state-controlled financial system, the losses from real estate and bank bad loans will not disappear. Economist Michael Pettis believes that the losses will be borne by ordinary residents in the long run through low deposit returns and shrinking asset values, rather than manifesting in public forms such as bank failures.
2026-09-17
Changsha has started a large-scale crackdown on e-bikes. Online rumors claim the trigger was a delivery worker colliding with the Deputy Secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee. The official notification did not respond to the rumors.
2026-09-15
On September 15, a blogger posted a video comparing the hourly wages of cleaners in Germany with the treatment of cleaners in China. The video satirized the idea that the so-called purchasing power advantage of the RMB is actually built upon cheap labor, sparking discussions among netizens regarding labor value and social security.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a netizen posted on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) claiming that a Chinese-funded project near the port of Ust-Luga, Russia, only offers one day off per week and allows employees to go out only once a month. Performance bonuses are withheld during leave, and there is evidence of nepotism. The netizen advised fresh graduates against working there. The netizen did not name the company, but according to public information, it is suspected to be the Baltic Chemical Complex project contracted by China Chemical Engineering Seventh Construction Co., Ltd.
2026-09-15
On September 15, German Chancellor Merz criticized China at the Berlin Entrepreneurs' Conference, stating that through state intervention, overcapacity, and export subsidies, China has driven the EU's trade deficit with China to over 300 billion euros. EU leaders plan to discuss in October whether to deploy trade defense instruments.
2026-09-16
An employee of the milk tea shop “Yidian Dian” discovered a foreign object in the black tea, reported it to quality control and was instructed to remove it and continue using it. The employee later applied for arbitration due to an irregular labor contract, and the company sent someone to his grandparents’ home to threaten them in order to force him to give up defending his rights.
2026-09-15
On September 15, a garbage site in a certain area of Shandong displayed a sign prohibiting picking up trash and imposing a fine of 500 yuan, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a blogger posted a video showing the food purchased at a German Aldi supermarket with one hour of a cleaner's wages, and comparing the difference between German cashiers working seated and domestic employees working standing, sparking discussion among domestic employees and netizens about workers' rights and cheap dividends.
2026-08
A work schedule for August from a new energy vehicle supplier shows that employees worked 31 days without a single day off, totaling 474 hours of work. With a total income of 10,428 yuan, the average hourly wage is 22 yuan, reflecting the extreme labor intensity faced by grassroots workers.
2026-09-05
On September 5, a screenshot showing that security personnel for the Shanghai China GT Chinese Supercar Championship earned only 60 yuan per day attracted public attention. Netizens used this incident to discuss how labor dispatch and multiple layers of outsourcing lead to mismatched compensation and risk, pointing out that systemic exploitation of the grassroots can cause a loss of society's ability to respond to crises.
2026-09-13
On September 13, 2026, a ride-hailing driver in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was found dead in his car. He had been deceased for two or three days before being discovered, and the police set up a cordon to handle the scene. Local peers reported that due to overcapacity, high platform commission rates, and low-priced orders such as 'fixed-price' fares, drivers are forced to drive for long hours under extreme fatigue.
2026-09-13
On September 13, during the Harbin Marathon in Heilongjiang, a large number of university student volunteers were arranged to stand guard for free at race supply stations on a bridge in heavy rain, maintaining supply tables and squatting on the ground to seek shelter from the rain. Volunteers on-site revealed that it was entirely unpaid volunteer service, with no compensation, receiving only bread, sausages, and milk as brunch.
2026-09-15
Wen Bin, chief economist at China Minsheng Bank, published a column on September 15 saying that the financing structure in August continued to optimize and better match new quality productive forces; the claim is accused of masking the contraction of credit in the private sector.
2026-09-15
In September 2026, a factory job posting in Shenzhen was exposed online: a monthly salary of 3,800 to 4,500 yuan, 10 hours of work per day, and only 2 days off per month, sparking attention toward working conditions in first-tier cities.
2026-09-15
In September 2026, a woman doing odd jobs at a factory said online that a factory in Changzhou, Guangzhou stipulates that workers who fail to reach the output quota (100 units per hour) receive an hourly wage of only 13 yuan, and that she herself completed only two to three hundred units a day.
2026-09-15
In September 2026, a post circulated online showing that a female day laborer worked a full 30 days and over 450 hours in a month, about 15 hours a day, for a monthly income of only five or six thousand yuan.
2026-09-15
In September 2026, a Shenzhen worker posted online that he worked 7 hours that day and earned only 18 yuan, lamenting that hourly wages at domestic factories are just over ten yuan, and recalling the working conditions he previously enjoyed at a foreign-invested factory.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, a Huawei exclusive store in Zhejiang Province forced two on‑the‑job employees to perform compulsory deep‑squat punishments, requiring them to squat continuously in place for dozens of times. Passersby on the scene witnessed and recorded the whole incident on their phones; the video later spread on social platforms, sparking netizens’ doubts and criticism of the company’s labor practices. The store has not issued any public response.
2026-09-12
On the evening of September 12, 2026, homeowners in the Cuiping Bay community of Baqiao District, Xi'an protested against unreasonable property fee charges. Video from the scene shows the owners shouting "Is there any law?" before police used violent methods to maintain order and arrested several protesters. The incident was shared online by netizens, who accused the police of abusing their authority.
2026-09-12
On September 12, 2026, Jianlu Clothing Co., Ltd. in Suqian, Jiangsu Province was exposed by a current employee who claimed that in August 2026 the company arranged employees to work more than 350 hours, and also deducted overtime pay, failed to fully pay social insurance, and covertly forced employees to resign. The employee said that long-term excessive overtime had caused serious bodily damage. Subsequently, the employee submitted a report to the local labor inspection department and formally delivered a "Notice of Forced Termination of Labor Relationship" to the company.
2026-09-12
On September 12, a recruitment notice for Harbin Marathon security staff appeared online, requiring work from 5 p.m. that afternoon until 2 p.m. the next day, about 21 hours in total. The employer offered only 160 yuan salary plus a 20 yuan meal allowance, and demanded applicants provide their own food, lodging, tents and other equipment, and spend the night on the street. Some members in the recruitment group questioned the mismatch between workload and pay, and netizens in the comments criticized it as low‑human‑rights exploitation, saying “less than nine yuan per hour.” This notice has sparked attention and controversy over the labor system for security at large events.
2026-09-11
On September 11, a netizen revealed that a Uniqlo employee who requested to use the restroom due to diarrhea was denied by the store manager, who cited insufficient staff. The netizen claimed that leaving the post without approval faces a warning or dismissal, and using the restroom for more than 5 minutes is criticized. Related comments were deleted and controlled.
2026-09-10
On September 10, news spread on social media platforms that BYD had suspended profit-sharing bonuses for the 2025 fiscal year. After an internal employee posted to confirm this, they were called in for a talk and forced to delete the post. Meanwhile, multiple employees leaked that they had not received pay raises for a long time, housing subsidies had decreased, and performance bonuses had dropped, leaving concentrated satirical satirical own comments under the company's official account.
2026-09-10
A teacher in Wuhan posted a video exposing their August salary of only 120 yuan, received on Teacher's Day. They were deducted 1800 yuan due to being on sick leave since June after an injury and the student enrollment not meeting the required standard. Although the Wuhan Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau accepted their work-related injury claim application on August 3rd, the result is pending and they have to cover their own surgical expenses. Their appeals to superiors have been fruitless.
2026-09-10
On September 10, a netizen in Beijing filmed a challenge to find 100 jobs without weekends. In the video, a low-level security guard revealed that he did not have a single day off last month, working 12 hours a day, approximately 84 hours per week, and had no social security contributions such as the five insurances and one fund.
2026-09-10
On September 10, a video revealed that brands like Starbucks have 8 to 9 days off per month, while others like Bawang Chaji have only 4 days. Netizens left comments confirming this and calling for the implementation of two-day weekends.
2026-09-11
A blogger visited multiple bubble tea and dessert shops to investigate labor conditions. Employees reported working shifts of about 9 to 10.5 hours a day, with only 3 to 4 days off per month, and only one shop had relatively better labor conditions.
2026-09-07
A hot pot restaurant owner in Nantong, Jiangsu, claimed during a live stream that they work 17 hours a day, and influencer Yongge's defense of them has sparked public opinion controversy regarding employee shareholding and exploitation.
2026-09-07
"Now the general environment is poor, the only way is to trade time for it." On September 7, a hot pot restaurant owner in Nantong, Jiangsu, connected with Yongge, stating that the shop operates from 11 AM to 4 AM, 17 hours a day, "basically without rest," which has continued for two or three months. Upon hearing this, Yongge exclaimed: "My goodness, 17 hours!" The owner responded: "Now the general environment is poor, now the only way is to trade time for it." The shop... #RebelAcademy
2026-09-08
Chery Automobile employees posted on an internal forum questioning the ban on combining holidays during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, sparking resonance among employees regarding high-pressure overtime and strict leave policies; the post was subsequently deleted.
2026-09-04
Videos posted by netizens in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, show that more than 200 workers picking potatoes were housed in simple sheds, with men and women sleeping together in large open dormitories, and the living environment was extremely primitive.
Location: Chifeng, Inner Mongolia ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2026-09-09
A Tastin store in Shandong restricted employees' restroom use by requiring them to make up the time, forced them to clock in early and clock out late, and coerced employees into signing contracts voluntarily waiving their social security.
2026-09-09
On September 9, screenshots posted by a Shandong netizen revealed that a Tastien store required employees to clock in 5 minutes early and clock out 5 minutes after their shift ended, and stipulated a fine of 20 yuan for being 1 minute late.
2026-09-08
Huawei rolled out the so-called “Striver Application Form,” requiring employees to voluntarily give up holidays, overtime pay and other basic labor rights. This practice was later imitated by a number of Chinese companies.
2026-09-08
In the comments section of an avoid-this-brand post on Xiaohongshu on September 8, a netizen pointed out that Pop Mart's contract factory has no days off in a busy month, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. shifts are common, and the hourly wage is 10 yuan, urging people to avoid it.
2026-09-05
A worker said that after completing a month of work with 12-hour shifts rotating between day and night, he resigned without another job, believing such work cannot be sustained long-term.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, a netizen published a post exposing that dispatched workers at JD.com's Shanghai Asia No. 1 warehouse account for as much as about 70%, allegedly violating the statutory red line on employment, with working hours exceeding 13 hours and strict meal and rest conditions.
2026-09
At the GT China race venue, a racing accident occurred, the vehicle caught fire, rescue personnel responded slowly, and driver Ollie Millroy was seriously injured.
2026-09
As the lives of ordinary people grow ever harder, the Chinese Communist Party authorities seem to turn a blind eye to their suffering, continuing to tout a bright outlook for China’s economy and calling on all sectors of society to revel in economic prosperity.
2026-09
Netizens reported that the organizer offered a daily salary of 3000 yuan for safety officers, but after multiple layers of subcontracting through recruiters and security companies, the two on‑site staff each received only 60 yuan per day.
2026-09
An elderly person in Tianjin had their handicrafts forcibly confiscated by law enforcement officers while selling them at a street stall, sparking public concern and condemnation over the hardships faced by ordinary people at the bottom of society.
2026-09
In the first 8 months of 2026, securities transaction stamp duty grew nearly twofold year-on-year. Funds mainly changed hands among households, brokerages, the fiscal authorities and insurance companies, without generating any new investment.
2026-09
At the recent Tsinghua PBC School Forum, economists within the system, including Lin Yifu, Yu Yongding, Yao Yang, and Li Xunlei, rarely criticized economic policy en masse. Yu Yongding said the central government's books are clean while local governments are a complete mess, and called on the central government to issue bonds to replace local debt.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, Gelonghui reported that Xingyu Co., Ltd.'s Serbia plant has differential employment practices for Chinese and foreign employees: foreign employees leave work on time, while Chinese dispatched employees work about 10 hours a day on average and work overtime.
2026-09
Rumors circulate that a restaurant owner in Shenzhen exploits employees, who work 17 hours a day for a monthly salary of only 3,000–5,000 yuan; some food-service workers are calling on their peers to treat employees well.
2026-09
Online reports say a factory in Shenzhen is offering conditions of more than 12 hours of work per day at an hourly wage of 13 yuan, and telling those who can't accept it to leave, reflecting the harsh treatment at domestic factories today.
2026-08-30
According to netizen reports, multiple Chinese-funded construction sites in Kyrgyzstan halted work due to the visit, and some Chinese workers were asked to stay in dormitories or designated areas.
2026-08-27
On August 27, a netizen posted a video claiming that a Haier factory required workers to work for 8.5 consecutive hours without eating, drinking, or using the restroom. A worker was questioned by management for going to the toilet, leading to a heated argument; the video was subsequently taken down.
2026-08-26
A worker from CIMC in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, suspected of being exhausted after work, was found sleeping directly on the ground late at night with only a plastic bottle under his head, sparking public concern over the living conditions of grassroots laborers.
2026-08-26
Before the flood hit, workers requested evacuation but did not obtain approval from their Chinese-national supervisor; after the supervisor left, they fled, floodwaters and mud poured into the tunnel, and many were trapped.
2026-08-25
A frontline nurse at a grassroots hospital recorded her nearly 26-hour shift on August 25, which involved high-intensity medical operations, sparking public discussion about the overwork of medical staff.
2026-08-23
People’s Daily continues to publish “Zhong Caiwen” articles, claiming that China’s economy has shown “strong resilience.”
2026-08-23
Chinese state media published an article characterizing the 4.7% economic growth in the first half of the year as high-quality, arguing that it is in line with the current economic reality.
2026-08-22
People’s Daily published an article signed “Zhong Caiwen,” arguing that observations of China’s economy should not focus only on single-month data.
2026-08-20
A Chinese man attempted to exit China through Shanghai Pudong Airport with his 8-year-old son. Because the son holds a US passport, the airline stopped them on the grounds that he "wouldn't be allowed into the US," claiming the son had no right to leave China.
2026-08-20
Outside Vanke Cloud City in Xiamen, chengguan (urban management officers) and police drove off street vendors, injuring 3 people who were sent to hospital. The incident began when people with connections fenced off a stretch of the street and converted it into a paid night market; the vendors were cleared out after refusing to enter because the fees were too high.
2026-08-20
A woman claiming to be a BYD employee protested outside the BYD factory in Chengdu, burning joss paper and calling for the abolition of the 12-hour night shift system.
2026-08-19
A large number of young people gathered below the Times Fengjun building and sang the national anthem loudly; plainclothes officers and police entered, seized flags and carried out mass arrests, triggering a standoff at the scene.
2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, reports circulated online that outside Shiziping Station of Chongqing Rail Transit, more than ten chengguan (urban management) enforcement officers beat a street vendor in the middle of the street. Video of the violent enforcement scene spread widely on social networks, sparking strong condemnation.
2026-08-17
Li Qiang presided over a State Council meeting, calling for persisting in expanding domestic demand, focusing on the principal contradiction, seizing on areas with long industrial chains and large scale, and promoting the domestic economic cycle and consumption upgrading.
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, China's National Bureau of Statistics rarely broke its long-standing convention of releasing data in the morning, postponing the July national economic data to 3 p.m., after the A-share market closed, sparking market concerns that the data was under pressure.
2026-08-13
On August 13, 2026, an employee at the Guangdong restaurant brand 'Bu Ke Zha Ji' (No Fried Chicken) collapsed after being overwhelmed by a massive volume of individual orders, sparking public concern. The authorities subsequently announced that the employee had received their final wages and resigned.
2026-08-12
On August 12, a JD.com courier in Shenzhen posted about his extremely long working hours and said he was criticized by managers for damaging the company's image; he was subsequently placed on indefinite leave.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a JD heavy-cargo courier in Shenzhen exposed on social networks the extreme labor intensity of having only one day off in half a year, and was subsequently ordered by management to stop work indefinitely.
2026-08-11
Video footage from a disaster site in Taizhou, Zhejiang, on August 11, 2026, shows some relief workers directly throwing disaster-relief food and supplies into filthy floodwaters for victims to fish out themselves, drawing criticism from netizens for a lack of dignity and basic empathy.
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, during a typhoon, a notice circulated online claiming that a Shanghai company said it would not accept any work from home unless employees provided proof that their residential compound was flooded, otherwise they would be treated as absent without leave, sparking widespread public criticism.
2026-08-09
On a footbridge near Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, chengguan officers clashed with street vendors and brutally beat male and female vendors, sparking online outrage and widespread post deletions. Police later announced that three chengguan assistant officers involved in the case had been criminally detained.
2026-08-09
On August 9, a lone-shift employee at a restaurant in Guangdong broke down and cried out under the pressure of a large volume of delivery orders; it was later reported that the employee had resigned, and that the only rectification issued was over a trash can lacking a lid.
2026-08-09
On the evening of August 9, 2026, on an overpass near Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei, several chengguan assistants clashed with street vendors while on patrol. The chengguan personnel struck vendors' heads with metal implements and kicked them bare-chested, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
2026-08-09
On August 11, 2026, at the site of the natural gas-to-methanol chemical complex project in Saint Petersburg, Russia, contracted and built by China National Chemical Engineering No. 7, a large number of Chinese workers launched a rights defense protest due to long-standing neglect of labor rights and wage arrears.
2026-08-06
The yield on one-year US Treasury bonds reached 4.6%, compared to 1.3% for a five-year fixed deposit at China Construction Bank and 1.7% for savings bonds issued by the Ministry of Finance.
2026-08-05
A woman posted a video saying that at 3 a.m. on August 5, Beijing police forced their way into the hotel room she was staying in, demanded to inspect her phone, and refused to explain the specific reason.
2026-08-04
On August 4, 2026, at a high-rise exterior wall construction site in Shandong Province, a high-altitude worker used paint to write the three large characters "Too Hot" on the wall to protest working in extreme heat, resonating widely with netizens.
2026-08-02
In August 2026, several grassroots civil servants and public institution staff in Fushun, Liaoning reported that the municipal party secretary was pushing formalist flood control: whenever it rained, everyone was sent out to stand guard on the streets, and staff were even required to keep watch continuously at sites with 40-degree heat and no cooling facilities.
2026-08-02
In August 2026, construction projects in many parts of China promoted the use of enclosed air-film systems for all-weather construction. Frontline workers and netizens reported that inside the film, summer temperatures reach 40 or 50 degrees with dust everywhere, questioning that the move is actually a way to avoid work stoppages in severe weather and high-temperature allowances.
2026-08
An employee of a new mobilization automobile supplier worked 31 days in August, with a total work time of 474 hours, averaging 15.8 hours per day, and a maximum of 17.5 hours in a single day, sparking concerns over labor exploitation.
2026-08
In Liuzhou, Guangxi, a middle-aged couple struggling to make a living by street vending were driven to despair after chengguan (urban management officers) violently seized their stall. The female vendor jumped from a height, sparking intense public concern over the livelihood struggles of the underprivileged and the issue of violent law enforcement.
2026-08-01
On August 1, 2026, Qiushi, the journal of the CCP Central Committee, published an article candidly acknowledging that there is a temperature gap between macroeconomic data and the micro-level experience of the ordinary public, conceding that intensifying competition for jobs and improvements in income have fallen short of expectations, sparking widespread social discussion.
2026-08
In August 2026, several migrant workers from Henan posted videos exposing that they worked up to 15 hours a day picking goji berries in Yumen, Gansu under harsh conditions, and that when they tried to quit, their wages were docked and they were blocked from leaving.
2026-07-30
Multiple workers gathered in rights defense outside the Jiamusi Postal Bureau in Heilongjiang, reporting that the unit had not paid their housing provident fund and that there were problems such as exploitation and deliberate obstruction. During the incident, someone fell to the ground and was carried away by medical personnel.
Location: Jiamusi, Heilongjiang ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-07-30
On July 30, 2026, the CCP Central Committee Politburo held a meeting to analyze the economic situation. The Wall Street Journal reported that the meeting emphasized supply-side optimization and the implementation of existing policies, sending a clear signal that there is no intention to unleash flood-style massive stimulus in the face of slowing economic growth.
2026-07-29
People's Daily published guidance opinions, releasing a strong signal of investigating the Ctrip monopoly case and cracking down on antitrust involution, drawing outside attention to the authorities' further rectification of foreign and private enterprises.
2026-07-26
Recently, netizens photographed the toilet doors at a base of domestic leading automaker Chery, which were covered in messages from workers complaining about 12-hour two-shift rotations, a monthly wage of only two to three thousand yuan, an overly fast assembly line, and frequent fines, while also writing down their true feelings such as "run fast" and "Chinese people cheat Chinese people."
2026-07-24
The CCP Central Committee held a symposium with non-Party figures at Zhongnanhai. Presiding over the meeting, Xi Jinping said that China's economy is currently facing certain difficulties and challenges.
2026-07-24
At a symposium with non-Party figures, Xi Jinping acknowledged for the first time in his own words that China's economy is experiencing a severe downturn. The news is regarded as an important milestone, foreshadowing the gravity of China's economic situation.
2026-07-23
On July 23, 2026, a logistics delivery worker in Luzhou, Sichuan, repeatedly knelt and kowtowed on the spot to apologize to a customer after a parcel delivery was delayed, fearing that a negative review and complaint from the customer over the delay would cost him his livelihood, sparking criticism of the platform's harsh penalties.
2026-07-22
On July 22, 2026, Zhang Enhui, Secretary of the Changchun Municipal Party Committee, presided over an enlarged meeting of the Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee. The official communiqué stated that the city's economic development is currently facing "unprecedented difficulties and challenges."
Location: Changchun, Jilin ·
Importance IV ·
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2026-07-22
On July 22, 2026, the CCP Changchun Municipal Committee held an expanded standing committee meeting to conduct an in-depth analysis of the economic situation in the first half of the year, and the official announcement rarely admitted that the city's economic development is facing unprecedented difficulties and severe challenges.
2026-07-18
The 8 detainees in the Xi'an church case were swiftly handed over to the court; their lawyers received no notice and were not heard.
2026-07-05
On July 5, two sanitation workers in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, stated in an interview that their monthly salary is only about 2000 yuan, with no days off year-round, making it difficult to take leave even when sick.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, the underside of a pedestrian overpass in Dongguan, Guangdong, was physically sealed off with iron railings. Reports online said the move was intended to prevent homeless people from sleeping under the bridge, drawing public criticism of the practice of excluding vulnerable groups.
2026-07-16
On July 16, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi published a report revealing that two people with disabilities of unknown identity in Jingshan City, Jingmen, Hubei, had been held by a local rice mill and a scrap station for periods ranging from several years to 20 years, reduced to unpaid forced labor and subjected to abuse.
2026-07-15
Lawyer Hou Zhiyuan, while attending the trial of lawyer Wang Qing for alleged fraud, intervened in a dispute between a family member and the police, and was taken by the police to the detention room's steel cage for 20 minutes, during which he experienced discomfort.
2026-07-15
On July 15, 2026, China's National Bureau of Statistics released data showing that national GDP grew 4.7% year-on-year in the first half of 2026, while growth in the second quarter slowed to 4.3%, falling short of the full-year target, with real estate investment down 18% year-on-year.
2026-07-15
China announced that GDP grew 4.3% in the second quarter. Nominal growth exceeded real growth for the first time in 13 quarters, mainly driven by price increases upstream.
2026-07-12
On July 12, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi published a post reporting that a cement sales point in Shilin Town, Dengzhou City, Henan had illegally forced an unidentified disabled man to carry cement and do hard labor for more than ten years, and called on local authorities to investigate and rescue him.
2026-07-08
A China economic briefing released by the World Bank on July 8 pointed out that China's domestic demand will continue to shrink and housing prices will fall, with the root cause being that the government of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) uses 43% of its budget for investment while underfunding people's livelihood.
2026-07-07
Renowned macroeconomist Gao Shanwen has passed away due to illness at the age of 55. He previously worked at institutions such as Peking University and Guotai Junan Securities, and was well-known for his profound insights and warnings regarding the Chinese economy.
2026-07-05
In July 2026, videos circulating online showed that two sanitation workers in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, earned less than 2,000 yuan a month, worked excessively long hours with no days off all year round, had to buy their cleaning tools out of their own pockets, and were even blocked from taking sick leave.
2026-07-04
The quarterly meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China adjusted the economic tone from "steady progress" to "toward the new, toward the better," and listed structural optimization as one of the challenges facing the economy.
2026-07
China's official data shows Q2 GDP grew 4.3% year-on-year, the slowest pace since the end of 2022.
2026-07
The market widely expects China's year-on-year GDP growth in the second quarter of 2026 to fall back to 4.2% to 4.5%, while the Bank of China Institute of International Finance has forecast 4.7%.
2026-07
China recently completed a successful recovery of a reusable rocket, sparking public discussion about China's technological breakthroughs and future investment in space programs.
2026-07
According to revelations, relevant reservoirs in Hengzhou, Guangxi discharged floodwaters without notifying residents in advance, doing so in the middle of the night, which caused people to be swept away by the flood.
2026-07
According to reports, police stood guard in disaster-stricken Hengzhou, Guangxi after the disaster, barring people from entering the affected area, and claimed the arrangements were meant to avoid triggering public opinion risks.
2026-07
According to a Chengdu resident, some women enter dance halls and stay for free, charging 5 to 20 yuan to dance with or sit beside patrons, and they face harassment in the dark environment.
2026-06-27
On June 27, 2026, a food delivery rider in Huzhou, Zhejiang suddenly collapsed and began convulsing while making a delivery due to prolonged high-intensity overwork, and was urgently taken to hospital by ambulance. The incident sparked an outcry among riders over labor rights and overtime order dispatching.
2026-06-26
Chinese workers contracted for Russia's Baltic Chemical Complex project launched a strike and protest march starting on June 26 due to long-term harsh living and working conditions and unpaid wages.
2026-06-25
On June 25, 2026, an incident of violent enforcement by chengguan occurred at the Xujia Po agricultural market in Yueyanglou District, Yueyang, Hunan. More than ten chengguan officers clashed with a citizen, causing the citizen to fall to the ground and fall unconscious. A large crowd gathered at the scene to watch and protest.
2026-06-23
On June 28, 2026, media reports revealed that after Biyang County in Henan adopted a siphoning-style, profit-driven enforcement model, similar practices also appeared in several places in Nanyang, Henan, where cold-chain trucks were lured to detour across the border only to be seized — 213 tonnes of frozen goods were confiscated within 47 days and auctioned off for cash to be turned over to the state treasury.
2026-06-22
During a flood season emergency drill held in Xiongzhou, Hebei, elderly villagers were forcibly dragged out, sparking netizens' associations with and questions about forced demolition.
2026-06-18
The website of the Chinese Communist Party's theoretical journal Qiushi published a commentary article titled "Boost Consumption with Greater Vigor," proposing measures such as increasing residents' income, improving the social security system, rescuing the real estate sector, and repairing residents' balance sheets.
2026-06-18
On June 18, 2026, a Jiangsu netizen posted a video showing a group of people in camouflage uniforms entering a courtyard, forcibly cutting off electricity and internet, pinning two elderly people to the ground and beating them for 15 minutes, then carrying out a violent forced demolition after the beating.
2026-06-14
When Cheng Li-wun delivered a speech at the Los Angeles Marriott Hotel, Chinese overseas dissidents Su Yifeng and Yue Zailin publicly questioned and protested her pro-CCP stance on the spot, and were subsequently violently ejected, gagged, and beaten by security guards and others.
Location: Los Angeles, United States ·
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2026-06-08
An 18-year-old boy in Kaizhou District, Chongqing, jumped into the river after being chased by fishery administration personnel while fishing downstream of a regulating dam. Law enforcement officers failed to rescue him, triggering protests from onlookers and family members on the shore, which were suppressed by the police.
Location: Kaizhou District, Chongqing ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2026-06
A video claims that 25-year-old Li Ming from Hunan was telephoned by police in his hometown while traveling in Malaysia and ordered to return home by a deadline, otherwise he would be treated as a "fraud" suspect and his household registration might be canceled; this claim has not been confirmed by any public reports.
2026-06
A Chinese tour guide in Thailand pressured and intimidated tourists, threatening to prevent them from returning to China and demanding they delete their videos.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, a netizen posted a video complaining that security checks at JD.com's large-scale commercial gala in Beijing were extremely harsh, requiring attendees to undergo strip searches and strictly banning support items, sparking public controversy.
2026-05-28
On May 28, 2026, a netizen submission claimed that a supermarket owner in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, publicly sought redress, saying that the supermarket was forcibly evicted by the developer and subjected to violent expulsion, that repeated calls to the police yielded no results, and that no lawyer dared to take the case.
Location: Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan ·
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2026-05-26
On May 26, 2026, an office worker in Nanning, Guangxi posted a complaint saying that their company, because performance targets had not been met, was forcing employees to accept physical punishment. The employee firmly refused this unreasonable rule and had a verbal confrontation with the supervisor on the spot.
2026-05-21
On May 21, 2026, Chinese Human Rights Defenders released a special research report pointing out that millions of secondary vocational students in China face forced internships every year, involving excessive working hours, withheld pay, and abuse of child labor, which has led to the abnormal deaths of multiple interns.
2026-05-14
On May 14, 2026, the owner of a factory in Xixian New Area, Shaanxi reported that after he refused to let subdistrict urban construction personnel in plain clothes enter the factory for an inspection, the subdistrict office dispatched multiple comprehensive enforcement vehicles to continuously block the factory gate for 11 days. Local officials responded that "blocking the gate was appropriate."
Location: Xixian New Area, Shaanxi ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2026-05-03
On a rural road in Huangtukan Town, Dandong, Liaoning, an severely overloaded minivan lost control and crashed into a large tree by the roadside. The vehicle was packed with 21 seasonal workers picking blueberries, resulting in eight deaths and thirteen injuries.
2026-04-28
Shenzhen has seen another food delivery rider collapse unconscious from overwork on his electric scooter, sparking public discussion about the living conditions of riders.
2026-04-28
A video of a food delivery rider in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, carrying a child on his back while making deliveries has drawn online attention, with netizens leaving comments lamenting the hardships of life and expressing dissatisfaction with official "lying flat" remarks.
2026-04-25
Justin Yifu Lin, dean of the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University, said in Hefei that China is only 135 dollars short of the high-income country threshold and could cross it by next year at the latest.
2026-04-24
A welder in Guangdong collapsed on the spot from overwork after working 16 consecutive hours, drawing netizens' attention to the survival pressures faced by底层 laborers.
2026-01-24
On January 24, the Political and Legal Affairs Commission's official newspaper Legal Daily reposted a video from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs rebutting UN experts' "forced labor" remarks. Hundreds of netizens sarcastically mapped it onto their own experiences of working overtime, and the comments section was subsequently cleared out, leaving only emojis.
2026-01-19
China's statistical department announced that the nominal GDP for 2025 is approximately 140 trillion yuan, a figure used to estimate the economic losses caused by information control.
2026-01-14
China Labor Watch has released an investigative report stating that while the art toy Labubu became a global hit in 2025, workers at its Chinese contract factories face harsh conditions such as low wages and excessive overtime, creating a sharp contrast with the brand Pop Mart's commercial success.
2026
According to International Monetary Fund estimates, the actual scale of the Chinese government's debt in 2026 will be about 200 trillion yuan, reaching 135% of GDP.
2026
Based on calculations using International Monetary Fund data, China’s actual government debt ratio is projected to exceed 200% in 2026.
2026
Based on data from the International Monetary Fund, the video estimates that China's fiscal deficit in 2026 is expected to exceed 15%.
2026
Data from China's Ministry of Commerce shows that after reaching a peak of 1.23 trillion in 2024, the national actual utilized foreign investment fell to 747.6 billion last year, a year-on-year decrease of 40%, and has continued to decline by 7% this year on a low base.
2026
A fried chicken shop in Shenzhen saw a surge in late-night orders, with only one employee on site working continuously, at one point kneeling on the ground before convulsing and collapsing; afterwards the employee was physically fine and has since left the job.
2026
The Shenzhen Longhua District Federation of Trade Unions said that employees at a fried chicken restaurant broke down and developed respiratory alkalosis due to an excessive number of orders, and warned that related symptoms may occur frequently in high-temperature environments.
2025-12-27
Zhang Liang, an engineer at Beijing-based state-backed Fanghong, had been working long hours at high intensity since August 2025. After working 140 consecutive days of overtime, he suffered a sudden illness and passed away on Saturday, December 27, while working overtime, at the age of only 37.
2025-12
According to estimates in the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics' "2025 Report on the Fiscal Conditions of Provinces, Cities, and Counties," in 2024 the average fiscal self-sufficiency rate of the country's 2,774 county-level areas was about 38%, with the lowest county at only about 1%.
2025-01-19
On January 19, an elderly person with a first-degree visual disability in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, reported that since 2017, their subsidies were cancelled under the pretext of poverty alleviation. Subsequent applications for 'wufu' (five-guarantee) status yielded no benefits, and after petitioning, their disability subsidy was also cancelled, leaving them in a desperate situation.
Location: Chifeng, Inner Mongolia ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2025
In 2025, China's high-tech industry actually used 241.8 billion yuan in foreign investment, down 15.6% year on year.
2025
In 2025, China's birth population was 7.92 million, with a birth rate of only 5.63 per thousand, ranking second to last in the world.
2025
China-Brazil bilateral trade volume reached $188 billion in 2025, ranking first in Latin America, yet Brazil's GDP growth rate over the past 15 years ranks second to last among major Latin American countries.
2025
Despite the Chinese ban, Japan's total seafood exports recovered in 2025 and hit a record high of 423.1 billion yen, a year-on-year increase of 17.2 percent.
2025
Statistics bulletin of the National Health Commission shows that in 2025 there were 15.109 million voluntary blood donation visits nationwide, with a donation rate of 10.9 per 1,000 people; all three key indicators dropped by about 11% compared with 2023; in 2024, donations were already more than 1 million visits fewer than in 2023.
2024-12-03
In a speech at the end of 2024, Gao Shanwen expressed sensitive views on the cyclical bubbles, consumption structure, actual growth rate, and future low growth of the Chinese economy. The speech was subsequently banned, marking his final public address.
2023-04-01
On April 1, 2023, the home of Zhang Heng, a villager from Zicun Village in Xixian New Area, Shaanxi, was forcibly demolished by more than ten armed people; Zhang Heng and his son fought back, killing one demolition worker. The court later found that Zhang Heng had acted in legitimate self-defense and acquitted him.
2023
Last year, daily rental rates in China's robot rental market ranged from 5,000 to 15,000 yuan, used mainly for performance-type events such as mall openings, auto show booths, and warm-up acts at annual galas.
2022-10
University of Chicago scholar Martinez, using satellite nighttime light data, found that annual GDP growth in authoritarian countries is overstated by an average of about 35%, and that China's figure may have been overstated by about one third over the past two decades.
2022-03-28
Shanghai implemented a lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, with residents restricted from going out; the program said the doors of some residents had been welded shut.
2022
In 2022, backed by massive subsidies, China's photovoltaic industry as a whole achieved net profits of over 100 billion yuan, reaching the industry's peak.
2021
The video points out that China did not begin to relax the three-child policy until 2021, and that before then, adjustments to the family planning policy lagged seriously behind.
2018-01-11
In January 2018, Tianjin Binhai New Area switched its GDP statistical basis from registered to local, revising its 2016 GDP from 1,000.231 billion yuan to 665.4 billion yuan, a drop of about one third; the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Statistics said this had no impact on the city's overall GDP.
2017-11
Cai Qi, then Beijing Party Secretary, stressed at a meeting that bayonets must draw blood, and directed the large-scale expulsion of Beijing's low-end population, which left large numbers of people sleeping on the streets in the bitter winter and drew worldwide condemnation.
2017-03
China Newsweek published an article titled 'The Truth of Huawei's 34-year-old Employees' on page 6 of the 7th edition on March 23, 2017, revealing the event of Huawei centrally clearing out employees over 34 years old in 2017.
2012
The sum of GDP figures reported by provinces and municipalities in 2012 was 57.66 trillion yuan, about 10% higher than the 51.93 trillion yuan calculated by the National Bureau of Statistics; the bureau said the difference was mainly due to double counting in the tiered accounting system and differences in raw data.
2008-05-12
On May 12, 2008, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Wenchuan, Sichuan. Official statistics as of September 25 recorded 69,227 dead and 17,923 missing, with a large number of houses collapsed; the video links the casualties to building quality.
2007-03
The then-Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, Li Keqiang, told the US Ambassador that Liaoning's GDP figures were man-made and for reference only, and that he only looked at electricity consumption, railway cargo volume, and bank loans.
2003-03-20
Hubei youth Sun Zhigang was sent to a custody station in Guangzhou for not carrying a temporary residence permit and was beaten to death. The incident spread rapidly across the internet and eventually led the State Council to abolish the custody and repatriation system.
2001-12-11
On December 11, 2001, China officially became a member of the World Trade Organization after an agreement was reached at the ministerial conference in Doha.
2000
At the fifth national census in 2000, the total fertility rates of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang had all fallen below 1.0, 23 to 25 years ahead of the national average.
1993-12
In late 1993, China determined the plan to unify the RMB exchange rate, merging the official and market rates. The relevant reforms were officially implemented the following year.
1988
When Huawei was first founded, Ren Zhengfei required all staff to keep mattresses under their desks so they could sleep at the company and work directly when tasks were urgent. This is the origin of "mattress culture."
1985-04-15
Ma Yanqin was sentenced to death and executed by firing squad in 1985 on charges related to hooliganism. Years later, her case and the plight of her family have sparked public attention and reflection.
1976
In October 1976, the ten-year-long Cultural Revolution ended with the "downfall of the Gang of Four"; the prolonged political campaigns had a severe impact on China's economy.
1959
1961 was the most brutal year of China's Three Years of Natural Disasters, during which over 10 million Chinese people starved to death, and cannibalism even occurred in rural areas. Despite this, 9.49 million newborns were born that year.