10.13
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
On October 13, 2026, Philadelphia City Hall hosted the second Health Fair. The event was initiated by City Councilmember Jim Harrity and aimed to provide health information and community resources to the public, as well as to raise public awareness of mental health and recovery from substance abuse. According to Sound of Hope, Falun Gong practitioners took part in the event and set up a booth, which attracted many residents to stop by and learn more, and Councilmember Harrity also attended to express his support.
10.10
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On October 10, a person claiming to be a senior mathematics student at a 985 university posted asking for help, saying that his college entrance exam preferences had been secretly altered by his parents, causing him to fail and repeat a year; 9 cameras had been installed at home to monitor him; he was diagnosed with severe depression; he received two academic warnings for failing courses and now faces the risk of being expelled, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
09.30
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 30, a Douyin blogger posted a video criticizing schools for oppressing students with fake two-day weekends and a score-first mentality, saying that children study with the posture of slaves. The video received more than 470,000 likes and over 20,000 comments, and many people in the comments section wished to fall sick in order to ask for leave.
09.20
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 20, a parent posted a video complaining about their child's weekly resistance to going to school, sparking widespread discussions among netizens regarding the child's mental health issues. Multiple netizens pointed out that the child may have developed psychosomatic symptoms and questioned the necessity of forced schooling.
09.17
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 16, a parent publicly shared a medical report diagnosing their 10-year-old child with severe depression, sparking widespread public discussion. Some parents questioned the diagnosis and the authenticity of children's mental health issues, while other netizens criticized parents for ignoring their children's psychological needs, arguing that the parents themselves were the ones in greater need of medical attention.
09.16
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 16, a parent shared that their 10-year-old child tested positive for severe depression symptoms, sparking discussion among netizens about the excessive psychological pressure on children in China.
09.15
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 9
·Guangzhou
On September 15, a medical student in an eight-year bachelor-master-doctorate joint program at Southern Medical University fell to death on campus. Online rumors indicated that both of the student's parents were critically ill in the ICU, the leave request was approved for only three days, and the student faced heavy academic, research, and work pressures. After the incident, students laid flowers at the scene to mourn.
[Follow-up · September 15, 2026] On September 15, a 2020-cohort eight-year clinical medicine student at Southern Medical University fell to death. At the time of the incident, the Tencent Video show "The King of Land. Offer 8" was being recorded on campus, triggering public concern and discussion over the high-pressure training model and professional competition pressures faced by medical students.
[Follow-up · September 15, 2026] On the morning of September 15, numerous netizens left comments in the review section of Southern Medical University's admissions office social media account, demanding that the school authorities respond to recent controversial incidents.
[Follow-up · September 15, 2026] On September 15, a student suicide by falling occurred at Southern Medical University. On September 16, students on campus published posts mourning the deceased classmate.
[Follow-up · September 15, 2026] On September 15, an official WeChat account published an article mourning the deceased and calling for the establishment of a student burden-reduction mechanism, arguing that advisor authority should have boundaries and students are not cheap labor. The article attracted attention and was subsequently taken down after publication; the author later republished the original text.
[Follow-up · September 16, 2026] On September 16, Southern Medical University released an announcement confirming the student's fall on campus and ruling out homicide. The school stated it would strengthen student mental health work, which triggered netizens' questioning of faculty ethics issues.
[Follow-up · September 16, 2026] On September 16, Wang, the advisor of the student who fell to death at Southern Medical University, responded that the online rumors were untrue. Regarding key issues such as the student's parents' car accident and the duration of the leave, Wang refused to respond on the grounds of school regulations and hung up the phone when pressed about the number of leave days.
[Follow-up · September 16, 2026] On September 16, Southern Daily reported that the family members of the student who fell to death at Southern Medical University denied that the advisor coerced the student, and displayed transfer records from the advisor. On the same day, China News Weekly called the advisor regarding the online rumor of "only three days of leave granted," but the advisor did not respond and hung up the phone.
[Follow-up · September 17, 2026] On September 17, a fellow lab-mate of the student who fell to death at Southern Medical University publicly spoke out for the school's advisor, Teacher Wang, stating that she suffered cyberbullying and attempting to defend her.