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2026-11-05
On November 5, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi relayed the investigation feedback from Taicang authorities: the doctors in the underground surrogacy operating room were retirees, the nurses were freelancers, and the anesthesiologist was from a private medical institution who obtained anesthesia drugs through fraudulent prescriptions. When asked for the names of the involved institutions, Taicang authorities stated it was inconvenient to disclose them.
Location: Taicang · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-11-04
User Cyberxinfang posted a submission stating that Chinese petitioners waiting at Jiujingzhuang are served only ham, pickled mustard greens, and steamed buns for all three meals a day. Any leftovers are taken out of the center, and the situation for petitioners has worsened following the implementation of new petitioning regulations.
Location: Beijing · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-11-02
On November 2, Shangguan Zhengyi posted that the local authorities had confirmed the report was true. However, more than ten days have passed, and there is still no report on which units the doctors, anesthesiologists, and nurses came from, or where the anesthetic drugs were obtained. He is demanding that this information be made public.
Location: Changsha County · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-25
On October 25, a netizen posted a video saying they went to an aid station in Kunming, Yunnan to seek help. After showing their ID card, they were questioned by staff about their intentions. Their request for winter clothes and food was refused with "There's no food, and we don't have clothes yet," and they received no supplies at all.
Location: Kunming, Yunnan · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-22
On October 22, a netizen posted that their house was washed away in a flood, and that their homestead had been reallocated in the post-disaster reconstruction plan and designated as a public parking lot, making it impossible to rebuild on the original site. The comment section sparked heated discussion.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-21
On October 21, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi released a plea from a family, stating that the police have not opened a case more than a month after the report. He called on relevant departments in Guangdong to verify the labor compensation, whether forced labor exists, and the reasons for the man's departure from the recycling station.
Location: Meizhou · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-21
On October 21, staff from Fujian Medical University responded, saying that Li Ziqi's not doing clinical work during his PhD was a misunderstanding caused by improper wording, and that he had completed 18 months of clinical rotations.
Location: Fuzhou · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-18
On October 18, CCTV's Focus Report (Jiaodian Fangtan) reported that Xiaomakou Village in Dongguang County, Cangzhou, Hebei, with a population of only six or seven hundred, has 8 companies storing blended hazardous chemicals — 5 without licenses and 3 severely exceeding permitted quantities, standards, and scope — with some plants separated from residential houses by only a single wall. Villagers say 7 of the companies belong to brothers of the village Party secretary and 1 to the village head.
Location: Cangzhou, Hebei · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-17
On October 17, Economic Daily published an article explicitly criticizing Dongchedi, questioning whether it has a conflict of interest by both conducting reviews and making money from advertising.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-16
On October 16, Xinhua News Agency released a popular-science poster on railway train schedule adjustments labeled "Xinhua Authoritative Quick Look." Detection screenshots show it was generated by an OpenAI tool, credited to Fan Xi and produced by the Domestic Department, and no AI-generated notice appeared on the page.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-15
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs made public remarks, pointing out that the current efforts to counter the propaganda Russia spreads everywhere are insufficient, and warning that modern social media combined with new artificial intelligence technology are easily influencing people's minds. He also mentioned that Ukraine attacked three Yandex centers, which drew attention and discussion on social media.
Importance III · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2026-10-15
On October 15, a netizen posted that the Hubei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security had launched the "Sheyin Loan" service as early as June 19, 2025, drawing attention.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-15
On October 15, Xiaohongshu users noticed that Xinhua News Agency had reposted a video of Zheng Qinwen's China Open title-winning interview from Guancha.cn, without retaining the watermark of the original interviewing outlet VOGUE or noting the original source.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-14
On October 14, according to a report by Modern Express, Li, director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Leibo County, Liangshan, Sichuan, has been transferred from his post. The county Education and Sports Bureau said the investigation is still ongoing, while the Liangshan Prefecture Education and Sports Bureau said the investigation and handling have been completed and the results will be released in accordance with regulations.
Location: Leibo County, Liangshan Prefecture · Importance III · Verification: Official claim · View causal chain →
2026-10-13
On October 13, a Bilibili creator aggregated data on personnel from 214 government agencies and public institutions in a western county, finding 8,098 active employees and 3,609 retirees, totaling 11,707 people. 2025 fiscal documents show the county's general public budget revenue is approximately 129 million yuan, with expenditures of about 4.056 billion yuan, and subsidies from central, provincial, and municipal governments totaling about 3.545 billion yuan. The creator did not name the county to continue the series, but the document mentions the Mizhi County Public Security Bureau.
Location: Mizhi County · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-11
On October 11, CCTV's "Financial Investigation" exposed that the vast majority of greenhouses in the Qian'an-Shouguang off-season vegetable demonstration zone in Songyuan, Jilin, have been idle for six years. The project illegally occupied nearly 1,000 mu of permanent basic farmland and received over 37 million yuan in subsidies, yet it remains a mere facade.
Location: Songyuan · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-08
On October 8, People’s Daily published an article about Qilian County opening student dormitories to house tourists, arguing that it is difficult to conclude from the available information alone that the local authorities bullied students for the sake of tourists, while acknowledging that further explanation is still needed regarding the protection of students’ rights. The related topic trended on Weibo, with netizens asking whether county guesthouses and government dormitories are also used to receive tourists.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-07
On October 7, Rao Yi discussed Japanese scientists winning Nobel Prizes on the WeChat public account "Rao Yi on Science," criticizing academic misconduct in China, saying that many institutions engage in cover-ups and use public power to defend fraudsters, wasting state funds and betraying their responsibility to the people.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-06
Red Star News previously reported that in the same dispute over the death of a cherry tree, self-media writer Li Guangjun was found by a court to have committed reputation infringement for publishing related articles and was ordered to pay 200,000 yuan in economic losses; the three articles involved totaled only 103 reads.
Location: Dalian · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-05
On October 5, a villager in Hebei posted that after discovering a fire, they asked in the villagers' WeChat group “Has anyone called 119?” and was immediately removed from the group by an administrator. In the comments section, some netizens shared experiences of being scolded by village cadres after calling the police, and being confronted at their homes after reporting the village committee for burning garbage.
Location: Hebei · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-02
On October 2, residents of Shiping Village, Qiaotouhe Town, Lianyuan City, Hunan Province, reported that the public notice information for a 450,000 yuan vegetable base project construction payment in the village in 2023 did not match the actual project. The contract attached to the notice showed Longwan Village, and after the greenhouses were crushed by heavy snow that first winter, they have been abandoned ever since.
Location: Loudi, Hunan · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10-02
On October 2, a labor-dispatch worker in Wangdu County, Hebei posted a video on Bilibili saying that he worked at the County Administrative Approval Bureau as a dispatched worker, was rated excellent by the Organization Department for his poverty-alleviation work in a village from 2019 to 2022, and was dismissed and had his medical insurance payments halted after being diagnosed with myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction. The 1245 hotline replied that his physical examination had not detected any related diseases, and described his village work as auxiliary work.
Location: Wangdu County · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-10
Netizens found the roughly 1-minute original video on foreign platforms and re-translated it, showing that Ben-Gvir was in fact accusing Palestinian prisoners of taking part in an attack that killed 48 people — a context completely opposite to the China Daily version.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-29
Netizen Cyberxinfang said that last year he received petition materials from Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi. The petitioner alleged that local gangsters colluded with government officials in the long-term gang rape of her granddaughter, and that she was threatened with lifetime imprisonment if she petitioned again. She has since gone missing, and he is now publicly soliciting information about the case.
Location: Yuncheng, Shanxi · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-29
Investigative reporter Liu Hu wrote on September 29 that Wang Yufeng, the whistleblower in the case of Huawel Microelectronics' illegal and non-compliant information disclosure, was taken away by Jilin police from Shanghai in November 2022 and has been detained for nearly four years. The case has entered the CSRC's proposed whistleblower reward list; as of September 23, the trial had lasted a cumulative 107 days, and several of Wang Yufeng's sealed companies have become substantively bankrupt.
Location: Jilin City · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-27
On September 27, a journalist posted on Weibo regarding the incident of a scavenger elderly person in Hunan receiving 420,000 yuan in pension, pointing out that despite 40 to 50 years of farming labor, the pension is meager, and calling for at least 500 yuan per month, stating that if this goal is achieved starting from 2027, they are willing to donate half of their own pension.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-23
On September 23, a parent from Jilin province posted a video of a school satisfaction survey. The survey requires users to fill in the student's ID number if they choose 'a little dissatisfied,' give a score of 9 or below, or believe the problem originates from the school. However, selecting 'very satisfied' or giving a score of 10 allows for direct submission. The video sparked heated discussion.
Location: Jilin · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-19
On September 19, CCTV CNR's 'Kandan Observation' column released a video criticizing regulatory authorities for their slow response in handling food safety issues such as cabbages dipped in formaldehyde and bamboo shoots smoked with sulfur, questioning why regulatory authorities struggle to detect problems that media and bloggers can easily uncover.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-20
On September 20, a physical altercation broke out between two passengers on a train in Hebei over a minor dispute. Video footage shows that when the train police officer arrived to handle the situation, he was holding a cigarette and appeared indifferent to the ongoing argument, triggering netizen criticism regarding his work attitude and professionalism.
Location: Hebei · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-15
On September 15, a netizen reported on social media that a pothole had appeared on Gongyuan Road in Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City. Councilor Chen Shih-hsun responded within three hours and completed the repair four days later, sparking discussions among Chinese netizens about the communication mechanisms and efficiency of officials on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Location: New Taipei · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-05
On September 5, netizens reported that nearly two months after the floods in Hengzhou, Guangxi, some elderly residents under the Five Guarantees system and impoverished households are still sleeping on damp floors because their beds were washed away and they received no aid. Volunteers have now launched a survey and fundraising campaign to buy folding beds, sparking public questioning of disaster relief distribution and government support capabilities.
Location: Hengzhou City · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-14
On September 14, Chi Wen, a former police officer at the Huangyan Branch of the Taizhou Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang Province, filed a real-name report against his two brothers, Chi Guangxu and Chi Rixin, who are both public officials. He accused them of long-term illegal business operations and using their power to monopolize the packaging bag business in their jurisdiction, securing high profits of 30% to 40%. He also alleged that they bribed leaders in the industry and commerce department and received tip-offs when they were under investigation by the discipline inspection commission.
Location: Taizhou · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-06
On September 6, a netizen discovered that inside the “anti-bullying mailbox” set up at Dapeng School of Shenzhen Middle School, there were two already damaged and yellowed help letters, and the mailbox was heavily covered in dust. The netizen questioned, “Is it just for show?”. The letters show that the student writing to the principal reported that a certain classmate had long engaged in bullying behaviors such as hitting people and stealing others' belongings, and asked the principal “save us”. Netizens heatedly discussed in the comment section... #FanzeiAcademy
Location: Shenzhen · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09-08
Around September 8, investigative reporter Liu Hu disclosed on the WeChat public account "Fa Yu Qing" that when Liu Yuan served as deputy head of Xiaodian District in Taiyuan in 2006, he drove an official vehicle across double solid lines and turned left, causing 1 death and 6 injuries; he bore 504,000 yuan in compensation, and Liu Hu questioned the determination of accident liability.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-09
The influencer "Tietou" (Dong Guangming) was sentenced to eight years in prison by the Binjiang Court in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, for organizing a team to expose social darkness, including scams involving elderly health products and shortchanging at seafood markets. His team members were also sentenced. The official reason given was "extortion," but the video argues this is a fabricated charge aimed at suppressing those who reveal the truth.
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang · Importance V · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2026-08-28
Hu Xijin posted a criticism of Sun Yuchen, saying that after a failed courtship and while seeking the return of property, he unilaterally made another person's privacy public, calling his behavior seriously immoral and a disgrace to Chinese men and the crypto circle.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2026-08-28
People’s Daily Online published a commentary criticizing private disputes occupying the hot search lists and intimate details of personal lives being continuously exposed, and said that platforms must not fan the flames and must not put traffic above everything.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, People's Daily Online published a People's Sharp Commentary criticizing the recent phenomenon of manufacturing companies mass-breaking contracts with fresh graduates, and calling on employers to treat young talent well and honor their contracts.
Location: Beijing · Importance II · Verification: Official claim · View causal chain →
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, after the Hangzhou police issued a statement on the Yunshan Jun elevator dispute, netizens found that the comments section of the official statement appeared to be flooded by organized paid trolls shaping the narrative; a few accounts were exposed because they failed to delete the serial numbers and multiple templates in their copy-pasted scripts.
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang · Importance II · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-08-20
On the evening of August 20, 2026, the official Guangdong Fire Department account was flooded with comments by a large number of netizens during a livestream of a military-training fire safety promotion event, demanding answers on responsibility for minors purchasing petrol and committing arson and animal cruelty in public places.
Location: Foshan, Guangdong · Importance III · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, after the resume of Yu Tingdong, deputy head of Binjiang District in Hangzhou, was taken down, a former investigative journalist wrote an article revealing the unwritten rules of the real estate circle, in which drinking gatherings are used to court officials and harm women. The article quickly went viral online.
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, a technician in Sichuan posted a video on a social platform showing that ordinary trains, at the request of regulatory authorities, have had all removable interior parts stripped out and iron netting installed, converting them into dedicated long-distance prisoner escort carriages.
Location: Sichuan · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-14
CCP party media People's Daily published a message soliciting opinions from the public, but the comment section showed "no comments yet," with only the author allowed to comment, sparking netizen criticism of it as "fishing" and "solving the person who raises the problem."
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-14
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.
Location: Hanzhong, Shaanxi · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a public government procurement disclosure showed that the procurement budget for the 38th China Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival reached 32.4 million yuan, funded by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee, sparking public doubts about spending large amounts of fiscal funds on a celebrity gala.
Location: Beijing · Importance III · Verification: Verifying · View causal chain →
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, anti-child-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted a report revealing that those involved in the Pingdingshan surrogacy case had been sentenced, but his video questioning the regulatory responsibility of the joint investigation team of the provincial health commission was promptly throttled.
Location: Pingdingshan, Henan · Importance III · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, Wu Lina, the whistleblower in the case of the enforcement bureau chief of Congtai District Court in Handan, Hebei soliciting bribes, appeared publicly for an exclusive interview, questioning why no conclusion had been announced more than half a year after the municipal party committee demanded an investigation.
Location: Handan, Hebei · Importance III · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, a student rights platform revealed that teachers at Hechang Middle School in Lüliang, Shanxi, forcibly searched the WeChat and Douyin private messages and personal photo albums of several female students on the pretext of investigating a conflict; the school subsequently acknowledged that this was indeed inappropriate.
Location: Lüliang, Shanxi · Importance II · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, at the Yuejiangtai beach bathing area in Danjiangkou, Shiyan, Hubei, a 15-year-old boy drowned after going into the water to save someone. His family questioned whether lifeguards delayed for 20 minutes and whether the search and rescue took 3 hours, and the subsequent exposure of the incident was subjected to traffic throttling and comment control.
Location: Shiyan, Hubei · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, Zhejiang Daily reported that the female village party secretary of Huaqiang Village in Xiangshan County, Ningbo, claimed that she, weighing 99 jin, could carry an 85-kilogram elderly person during typhoon disaster relief. The exaggerated publicity has drawn widespread skepticism from netizens, and multiple comment sections have been cleared out.
Location: Ningbo, Zhejiang · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-05
On August 5, 2026, a grassroots public servant in Guangzhou revealed online that multiple districts in Guangzhou are replicating excessive pandemic control measures in dengue fever prevention, adopting human-wave tactics, posting three-color health codes, and imposing forced quarantine on infected individuals.
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong · Importance III · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-08-04
Villagers in Xiaoyi Town, Hengzhou, Guangxi, affected by floods, rejected the official designation of the disaster as a natural disaster and the low compensation of several hundred yuan, publishing an article to defend their rights and accusing reservoir management of severe inaction and uncontrolled flood discharge that caused the flood to destroy the village.
Location: Hengzhou City · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-08-04
On August 4, 2026, the Handan Intermediate People's Court in Hebei announced that an audio recording of improper remarks circulating online was authentic. Guo Hongbo, director of the enforcement bureau of the Congtai District Court, was suspended and placed under a special investigation for soliciting bribes from a female party to the case and verbally harassing her.
Location: Handan, Hebei · Importance IV · Verification: Official claim · View causal chain →
2026-08-02
On August 2, 2026, an official promotional poster for the earthquake early warning feature pushed by the National Emergency Broadcast of China Media Group was detected by tech-savvy netizens as containing watermarks from OpenAI's generative tools and Google's SynthID.
Location: Beijing · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-07-29
On July 28 and 29, Banyuantan, a magazine supervised by the Publicity Department of the CCP Central Committee, published two videos on Douyin criticizing public opinion handling tactics such as "blocking and deleting posts" and "confusing the public." After the videos were released, the comment section was heavily scrubbed, leaving only a few comments.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-07-27
On July 27, 2026, the Acheng District Government Service Center in Harbin, Heilongjiang was exposed for setting up an extremely low, seatless Ding Yizhen-style window. After the story gained traction online, staff from the department involved privately messaged a self-media blogger, admitting it was true and requesting that the video be taken down.
Location: Harbin, Heilongjiang · Importance III · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-07-26
From August 12, 2026, it was widely reported online that Zhao Haifeng, a China Merchants Shekou executive in Zhejiang, and Yu Tingdong, deputy head of Hangzhou's Binjiang District, allegedly committed sexual assault and seriously injured a woman at a business drinking gathering; the official's résumé was taken down.
Location: 浙江省杭州市滨江区 · Importance III · Verification: Official claim · View causal chain →
2026-07-21
When the CCTV-affiliated account “Yuyuantian” posted photos of the South China Sea standoff, it re‑edited the image to erase the “Chinese People's Armed Police” label on the loudspeaker; after netizens raised doubts, it opened a comment highlight.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-07-21
On July 21, 2026, netizens noticed that Yuanyuantantian, a new media account under CCTV, deliberately erased the Chinese Armed Police markings on a loudspeaker when it published official propaganda images of a maritime standoff in the South China Sea. After facing questions from netizens, it turned on comment selection.
Location: Beijing · Importance III · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-07-19
On July 19, 2026, Shanghai was hit by torrential to exceptionally heavy rain caused by strong thunderstorm clouds. Roads in Yangpu, Hongkou and other areas were severely flooded, shops were inundated, vehicles stalled, and residents questioned the slow response of the emergency management departments.
Location: 上海市杨浦区 · Importance III · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2026-07-14
Southern Weekend reported on July 14 about the dispatch, equipment failures, and command failures before the collapse of the Liulan Reservoir in Guangxi, revealing long-standing hidden dangers. The report was quickly deleted by censors after its publication.
Location: 广西壮族自治区 · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, Southern Weekly published an investigative report revealing inside details including the gate motor failure before the breach of Liulan Reservoir and the station chief calling the mayor 11 times without getting through; after causing a huge sensation, the report was deleted and banned across the entire internet within 24 hours.
Location: China · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, a violent armed assault occurred in Henggang Sub-district, Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong. A man beat passers-by on the street with a stick. The police officers who arrived at the scene were accused of cowering, doing nothing but filming, and even being chased by the attacker, causing an uproar of public opinion.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong · Importance III · Verification: Hearsay · View causal chain →
2026-07
After the exposure of Han Shihui's school equity being transferred for two yuan, multiple public officials were reported for illegally embezzling school assets.
Location: Hengshui, Hebei · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-06-28
On June 28, 2026, regarding a case in which a woman was killed due to a family dispute in a residential compound in Gaoyou, Jiangsu, the Beijing News published a report calling the homicide a “death incident,” triggering widespread criticism from netizens that official media are abusing vague neologisms to evade the nature of violent crime.
Location: Gaoyou, Jiangsu · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-06-25
On June 25, 2026, media reported progress in the case of a 13-year-old girl in Yuncheng, Shanxi, who was raped and whose case police had previously refused to file; amid continued online exposure and attention, the criminal suspect involved has been formally placed under criminal detention by police.
Location: Yuncheng, Shanxi · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
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.
Location: Nanyang, Henan · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, media reported that Yibin police in Sichuan traveled across provinces to Shenyang, in the name of cracking down on fake Wuliangye, and seized 159 bottles of Moutai worth over 1.2 million yuan from a liquor dealer, while threatening the dealer's personal freedom to demand 220,000 yuan, claiming that they handled the case for profit.
Location: Shenyang, Liaoning · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-06-14
On June 14, 2026, a netizen in Langfang, Hebei posted a video on a social platform, reporting in his real name that the deputy director of the Sanhe Public Security Bureau in charge of economic crime investigation had failed to file cases and failed to investigate after filing in multiple economic cases.
Location: Langfang, Hebei · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-05
In May 2026, Nie Huihua, a professor at Renmin University of China, published an article pointing out that about 80% of global mining disaster deaths occur in China, and that mining companies with political connections closely tied to power have accident death rates two to three times higher than ordinary enterprises.
Location: Beijing · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-03-21
On the fourth anniversary of the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 crash on March 21, former pilot Liu Wei published a statement saying that the cause of death of the 132 souls remains unknown to this day, and that the authorities block the public from seeking the truth on the grounds of "for everyone's own good."
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-02-12
On February 12, former journalist Gao Qinrong released a video review stating that in 1998, because he exposed a 280 million yuan vanity project in Yuncheng, Shanxi, which prompted hundreds of media outlets to follow up, he subsequently paid a heavy price.
Location: Yuncheng · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2026-02-02
On February 2, 2026, the Jinjiang Branch of the Chengdu Public Security Bureau announced that former investigative journalist Liu Hu and self-media person Wu Yingjiao were subject to criminal coercive measures on suspicion of fabricating accusations to frame others and illegal business operations. The two had previously published reports alleging that Pu Fayou, the Party Secretary of Pujang County, was suspected of illegally seizing corporate assets. The incident sparked condemnation from journalist organizations and public opinion both at home and abroad. On February 14, the police, citing the application of the two individuals, changed the coercive measures to release on bail pending trial in accordance with Article 67 of the Criminal Procedure Law. On September 10, 2026, defense lawyer Zhou Ze released the decision of the Jinjiang Branch to lift the bail pending trial, citing 'changes in the case circumstances,' and Liu Hu would not need to stand trial. Liu Hu had previously filed real-name reports against several high-ranking officials between 2012 and 2013, leading to multiple detentions.
Location: Chengdu · Importance IV · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2025-12
In December 2025, members of the public reported to the central ecological and environmental protection inspection team that more than 100 chemical enterprises in three townships of Dongguang County had no permits and other problems; the local response said the claims were untrue. An approval officer at the county Emergency Management Bureau told CCTV reporters that they were not shut down because they pay taxes to the county, and the county would not allow them to be banned.
Location: Cangzhou, Hebei · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2024-07
Two years ago, a scandal broke in China over industrial tanker trucks being used to carry edible oil. The account of Han Futao, the reporter involved in the coverage, was deactivated, and the related movement-tracking lookup feature was taken offline.
Location: China · Importance III · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2021-08-30
On August 30, 2021, the Chinese Academy of History published a lengthy article publicly naming Gao Xiaosom, systematically cataloging his remarks on Chiang Kai-shek, the Xi'an Incident, the Yasukuni Shrine, and other topics, and classifying them as "historical nihilism"; around the same time, programs such as Xiaosom's Talk could not be searched normally on some platforms.
Location: Beijing · Importance IV · Verification: Official claim · View causal chain →
2020-01-19
Unable to tolerate the cover-up, Yan Limeng used overseas platforms such as Lude Media to disclose the truth that COVID-19 is human-to-human transmissible, has no natural intermediate host, and that the CCP is concealing the epidemic.
Location: United States · Importance IV · Verification: Disputed · View causal chain →
2019
Online reports claim that Shen Haixiong arranged for Tong Liya to host the program "Walking on the Road Home," which tells the story of her life.
Location: China · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2016
In 2016, Xi Jinping made clear at the symposium on the Party's news and public opinion work that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name, that media work must embody the Party's will and reflect the Party's positions, and he emphasized giving priority to positive publicity.
Location: China · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2012-10-25
The New York Times published a world-shaking investigative report revealing that relatives of Wen Jiabao's family secretly controlled assets worth approximately USD 2.7 billion.
Location: United States · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2012
Bloomberg disclosed changes in the asset of the property above Shenzhen Dongmen Old Street subway station based on business registration information.
Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong · Importance II · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2009-05-10
On the evening of May 10, 2009, Deng Yujiao, a hotel attendant in Yesanguan Town, Badong County, Hubei, stabbed one person to death and wounded another after being pestered by officials; after the case spread through the internet, it drew nationwide attention.
Location: 湖北省恩施州巴东县 · Importance IV · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2008-07-03
After the Yang Jia case occurred, artist Ai Weiwei published a series of posts on his blog, pressing questions about the details of Yang Jia's case, the circumstances of his mother being committed to a psychiatric hospital, and the violations of procedure during the trial; his blog at one point became a gathering point for online public opinion. After that, he spoke out for Yang Jia multiple times.
Location: Beijing · Importance III · Verification: Reported · View causal chain →
2003-06-20
After the Sun Zhigang case, on June 20, 2003, the State Council promulgated the Measures for the Administration of Assistance for Vagrants and Beggars with No Means of Support in Urban Areas, and the Measures for Custody and Repatriation were abolished as of August 1.
Location: Guangzhou · Importance V · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →
2003-04-25
In 2003, Southern Metropolis Daily's reporting on the Sun Zhigang case directly contributed to the abolition of China's custody and repatriation system.
Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong · Importance III · Verification: Verified · View causal chain →