Beijing Border Closure · Full chronicle and history

Villagers in Baoshang Village, Anping Town, Langfang, Hebei, discovered that the authorities replaced the original temporary isolation panels with permanent isolation walls topped with razor wire, equipped with surveillance cameras and concrete barriers, intending to permanently cut off the daily passage between the village and neighboring Beijing. Villagers gathered to protest, stating that entering Beijing is now harder than going abroad.

A netizen shared a video of two elderly people fighting over cardboard boxes, sparking sighs in the comments section about social involution. Some netizens pointed out that given the involution and food safety issues in China, many people might not even live long enough to reach the age of fighting over cardboard boxes.

An X account, Luo Xiang, received a submission from a netizen stating that roads at the boundary between Beijing's Haidian District and Chaoyang District can be sealed off at any time, sparking discussion about Beijing's grid-style management and "the lower classes preying on each other."