Xianyang · Full chronicle and history

On November 10, due to wage arrears by the Yangling Urban Investment in Xi'an, multiple migrant workers gathered outside the Yangling Demonstration Zone Environmental Monitoring Station in Xianyang City to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages. Inspired by the incident where an excavator was used to demand unpaid wages and demolish a government service center in Xi'an's Peidong New City, netizens in the comment section collectively called for "bringing in the excavator," with some claiming that "if you bring the excavator, they will pay the next day."

At 18:00 on September 28, in the indoor gymnasium of Xianyang Caihong High School, a student braced his hand against the wall while retrieving a ball and punched through the hollow tile wall. Broken tiles cut an artery, causing severe bleeding. Classmates went for help but the school clinic was already closed, so they could only keep pressing on the wound to stop the bleeding.

On September 9, multiple workers from the Longhu Shangcheng project in Xianyang, Shaanxi, went to the sales office to demand payment of overdue wages, but were blocked outside the door by security guards.

On August 9, 2026, a student at Yangling Experimental School in Xianyang, Shaanxi submitted a report stating that the school notified students to return nearly a month early for extra classes, that it has long-running high-intensity morning and evening self-study sessions, and that it charges about 500 yuan per month in after-school service fees as well as miscellaneous fees to be borne by students themselves.

In a first-instance ruling, the Qindu District Court found that Zhang Heng's act of resisting a forced demolition that resulted in a death constituted self-defense, acquitted him, and rejected the civil compensation claims filed by the deceased's family.

On August 7, 2026, a lawyer disclosed that the Qindu District Court in Xianyang, Shaanxi, had issued a first-instance judgment in the case of Zhang Heng, finding that when his residence was illegally and forcibly demolished by a group of armed people in April 2023, his counterattack that resulted in one death constituted legitimate self-defense, and declaring him not guilty.

Large hailstones suddenly fell from the sky in northern Qian County, Xianyang, Shaanxi, with hailstones the size of eggs, destroying local fruit trees.

On May 28, 2026, it was reported online that when the transport inspection department of Xianyang, Shaanxi Province was stopping and checking illegal ride-hailing cars on the street, the driver of a ride-hailing car with incomplete documents tried to force his way out and flee during the handling of the case, causing the vehicle to lose control and instantly kill a passing pedestrian.

The Qindu District Court in Xianyang City issued a first-instance verdict against ten forced-demolition personnel on the charge of intentional destruction of property, handing down suspended sentences and a two-year prison term.

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.