2026-11-09
On November 9, a netizen in Shanghai posted a video claiming that a company punished employees by forcing them to do group squats. Multiple employees were lined up following instructions while a manager supervised from the side.
2026-11-08
East China Normal University announced that classes will be suspended during the day on November 16 and resume in the evening to facilitate the district-level People's Congress representative elections.
2026-11-06
On November 6, a netizen in Shanghai posted a video stating that 'advertising mirrors' equipped with ad screens were installed in front of the sinks in a public restroom at a shopping mall. The mirror suddenly plays commercial advertisements while someone is looking into it, sparking mockery and concerns among netizens regarding privacy and surveillance.
2026-11-05
On November 5, Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, stated at the opening ceremony of the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai that the reason for the huge trade surplus is that China wants to import many products but cannot buy them, or is not allowed to buy them, and that normal trade in high-tech products is being interfered with. He also refuted claims that China is squeezing the economies of other countries.
2026-11-04
The People's Congress representative election in Jiading District is scheduled for November 16, but the 128,900 towels purchased by the Nanxiang Town government for election publicity have a bid opening time set for 9:30 AM on November 17, the day after the vote.
2026-11-03
On November 3, the Shanghai Bendibao WeChat official account posted that starting in 2030, the minimum contribution period for employees to receive a basic pension will be gradually increased from 15 to 20 years, rising by 6 months each year until it reaches 20 years in 2039. Netizens in the comment section responded with sarcasm and mockery.
2026-11-03
On November 3, a food delivery rider near Lanxi Road in Shanghai was stopped by traffic police while delivering food. Suspected of jumping into a river due to a fine, a large number of police, firefighters, and rescue personnel arrived at the scene to forcibly pull him ashore.
2026-11-02
East China Normal University issued a notice stating that classes will be suspended across the entire campus on November 16 due to the district-level People's Congress election, sparking public questioning regarding the real power of candidates and students' right to know.
2026-11-02
On November 2, East China Normal University issued a notice stating that to facilitate the district-level People's Congress representative election, all classes for students and faculty will be suspended on the morning and afternoon of Monday, November 16.
2026-11-02
On November 2, the Shanghai University of Engineering Science issued a notice stating that to facilitate the district-level People's Congress representative election on November 16, classes at the Songjiang and Changning campuses will be suspended that morning. Teachers and students are to be organized to participate in the election, and it is required that affected courses make up for the missed progress, with no reduction in syllabus content allowed.
2026-10-31
During Halloween on October 31, multiple netizens in places like Shanghai and Suzhou posted online that during Cosplay, they were interrogated by police about their travel purpose and itinerary, had their ID cards checked, were asked to take off their costumes, and were even persuaded or ordered to leave on the spot.
2026-10-31
On October 31, a citizen dressed as Mario on Julu Road in Shanghai was stopped by police, had their ID registered and was photographed. They were asked which school they attended and were required to contact their parents. Plainclothes officers on the scene stated they had been sent as reinforcements for the day.
2026-10-31
On October 31, at the Halloween event site at the entrance and exit of Fuxing Park in Shanghai, multiple police officers wearing uniforms and reflective vests lined up in a long row.
2026-10-31
On October 31, netizens reported that a Halloween coser was taken away by police near the Jufuchang Party-Mass Service Station on West Nanjing Road, Shanghai.
2026-10-31
During Halloween on October 31, several young people on Daxue Road in Shanghai were stopped by police for speaking too loudly, had their bags searched, and were forced to change their clothes on the spot or be denied entry.
2026-10-31
On the evening of October 31, two women were taken away by police at Jing'an Temple in Shanghai for wearing "strange costumes."
2026-10-31
According to Shanghai News Workshop, the Minhang District Representative Office of the Shanghai Charity Foundation received a property worth 6.5 million yuan bequeathed by an elderly person for educational aid. The person in charge stated that selling the property would require an estimated 4.5 to 4.6 million yuan in taxes, so they have decided not to sell it for now and will instead use rental income to support charity. On October 31, the topic topped the Weibo trending list.
2026-10-31
On October 31, during Halloween, people dressed as police marched in formation at the entrance of Fuxing Park in Shanghai.
2026-10-30
From the night of October 30 to November 3, Shanghai strengthened security in former Halloween gathering areas such as Julu Road, Middle Huaihai Road, and Fuxing Park. Fuxing Park suspended some amusement facilities citing maintenance of lighting equipment, while iron barricades were placed on the streets and large numbers of police were deployed.
2026-10-30
On October 30, during Halloween in Shanghai, police were heavily deployed in areas such as Julu Road, Yuyuan Road, and Fuxing Park. Shops had no decorations, and netizens posted that the intersections were full of police, claiming that anyone who dared to dress up would be arrested.
2026-10-30
On October 30, near Changle Road and Julu Road in Shanghai, people dressed in Halloween costumes were taken away by police for questioning, required to remove their makeup, register their ID cards, and have their photos taken for records. Outdoor venues such as open-air bars were also strictly prohibited from allowing costumes.
2026-10-30
Shanghai rights activist Shen Yanqiu claims her family was harassed and intimidated by outsourced personnel posing as staff from the neighborhood Public Security Office, and that the individuals were released after she called the police.
2026-10-28
On the evening of October 28, Sanrio Shanghai issued a statement announcing the formal termination of its collaboration and all subsequent promotional activities with the Japanese drama "VIVANT".
2026-10-28
On October 28, a Bilibili vlogger released an interview: an 84-year-old retired state-owned enterprise employee claimed to receive a monthly pension of over 13,000 yuan and had been allocated housing in Shanghai. Responding to questions about the disparity, the retiree stated, 'We did work that they cannot do.' Netizens in the comments section questioned the unfairness of the pension gap.
2026-10-27
A netizen submission claims that during promotional periods, Shanghai Suda Warehousing and Logistics Co., Ltd. has employees working 13 hours a day for half a month straight; leave requests are denied and performance pay is docked, overtime goes unpaid at full rate, and only one simple meal is provided.
2026-10-27
In an advertisement at the Xujiahui metro station in Shanghai, Mbappé's face was covered. Netizens photographed and exposed it, suspecting it was related to censorship.
2026-10-27
On October 27, netizens found that "Bushuila" drink advertisements featuring Mbappé's endorsement image were covered up or urgently taken down in many places across China. Posters at Shanghai metro stations had their headers covered with white paper tape, some merchants peeled off portrait labels from bottles, and officials gave no explanation.
2026-10-27
On October 27, a medical doctoral resident at Fudan University posted a video stating that they had worked continuously from 7:30 AM on Sunday to 7:30 PM on Monday, totaling 36 hours, and still had a morning shift the next day. They self-deprecatingly remarked, 'Medical residents are truly creatures that cannot be worked to death.'
2026-10-27
On October 27, the China Government Procurement Network released a tender announcement stating that the Nanxiang Town Government in Jiading District, Shanghai, intends to purchase 128,910 pure cotton towels for publicity regarding the People's Congress election. The project budget is 1.9361 million yuan, with a maximum price cap of 1.5469 million yuan.
2026-10-24
During the Shanghai GEEKCON contest, DJI reported the event to police on the grounds of illegal hacking instruction, resulting in participants and judges being taken away, and the event was suspended for a time.
2026-10-24
Online reports claim that after an only child in Shanghai inherited 200 million yuan from her parents, her husband of only one year filed for divorce citing incompatibility and walked away with tens of millions in assets, sparking heated public debate over inheritance provisions in the Civil Code.
2026-10-23
On October 23, it was circulating online that due to the continuous decline of the stock market, an investor purchased a funeral wreath online, with the delivery address set to the Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza and a note saying to hang it on the neck of the bronze bull at the exchange's entrance; the order has not been paid for yet because security at the entrance has been tightened.
2026-10-22
Many private entrepreneurs in Shanghai are facing pressure to pay massive back taxes, with some billionaires having to borrow hundreds of millions of yuan in cash just to barely meet their tax obligations.
2026-10-22
A netizen living in Shanghai shared a bay-window bed in a partitioned rental room, with a monthly rent of 500 yuan and a 2-yuan fee per use of the bathroom; in the same room, the large bed rents for 2,300 yuan a month and the small bed for 300 yuan, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-20
A netizen submitted a post claiming that a sofa in a certain hospital in Shanghai bears a slogan reading “Reform and Opening Up, Against Dictatorship.”
2026-10-17
According to a Voice of Hope report, in the early morning of October 17, 2026, a tragic traffic accident occurred on the main span of the Xupu Bridge in Shanghai. A semi-trailer loaded with pipe fittings collided with a passenger car, lost control and veered into the opposite lanes, then struck four more vehicles in a chain collision, one of which, a red sedan, was severely deformed. Official figures show the accident killed 1 and injured 2.
2026-10-17
A young woman born after 2000 who moved from Chengdu to work in Shanghai posted a video tearfully complaining that her first-month salary was only 2,700 yuan, less than what she earned in Chengdu, that her family had to subsidize her expenses of coming to Shanghai, and that she feels lost about the future.
2026-10-16
On October 16, an offline event by the blockchain platform Solana originally scheduled to be held in Shanghai was abruptly canceled. About 8 to 9 law enforcement officers appeared at the venue, and participants waited outside the door for over an hour without being allowed to enter. The chairman of the Solana Foundation said that advertising caused the number of registrations to surge beyond the upper limit reported to local authorities, so a postponement was decided.
2026-10-16
On October 16, a woman in Shanghai posted a video claiming that she received no response when seeking help from online customer service on the China Railway website, and that the satisfaction rating system could only be submitted by checking "Satisfied," sparking online discussion.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a retired soldier and father of triplets who had been discharged for 8 years posted a video saying he had spent two years seeking medical treatment in Shanghai for his seriously ill daughter and was pleading for social assistance, but the comment section was met with sarcasm and mockery from some netizens.
2026-10-13
On October 13, the Fengbang Sub-center of the Jiangqiao Town Community Health Service Center issued a notice acknowledging that the height of its service counter was inappropriate, causing inconvenience to the public, and offering its sincere apologies. It stated that renovation was launched on the evening of October 12 and would be completed within two days, along with a comprehensive inspection of all internal service facilities.
2026-10-13
According to a China News Service report on October 13, a coffee shop in Shanghai was visited by chengguan (urban management) officers who came to explain the law because its sign was written entirely in English.
2026-10-12
On October 12, the Fengbang sub-center of the Jiangqiao Town Community Health Service Center in Jiading, Shanghai, was exposed for having excessively high service counters, with an elderly person kneeling on one knee to communicate with staff. Staff said there was no need to bend down or squat, claiming it was an old campus that had been in use for decades.
2026-10-12
On October 12, 2026, Xinhua News Agency published an article praising Nike CEO Elliott Hill for making a special trip to the Shanghai Shenhua home stadium to invite Chinese fans to watch a match and gift them jerseys. Netizens compared this to the agency's 2021 condemnation of Nike over the Xinjiang cotton issue, sarcastically calling it 'coming and going'.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a traveler flying from Shanghai Pudong to Fukuoka with a child was told by border inspection staff that Japan was a “red alert area” and was advised to give up the trip; after the traveler said they were determined to go, the staff stamped the passport and let them through. Another traveler said that even using the self-service channel for Japan requires manual verification and a reading of the risk warning, while no such dissuasion applies when traveling to the United States. In fact, China’s Consular Service website lists most of Japan as a low-risk area.
2026-10-10
On October 10, "Shengongshe" of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions disclosed this old case: a security guard was scheduled to work all 7 days of the National Day holiday and was fired for failing to show up; an arbitration ruling ordered the company to pay nearly 30,000 yuan, but the court ruled that the company did not need to pay compensation.
2026-10-09
A woman went alone to Shanghai to look for work, only to find that job opportunities were scarce and the company she applied to was a scam. Unable to find any other leads, she said the money for her job-hunting expenses came from her ailing father doing hard labor. She said that if nothing else worked she could only end up working in a factory, and sighed, "Why is this world so terrible?"
2026-10-09
On October 9, a netizen posted a video claiming he was stopped by a security guard while lying down to rest at Jing'an Park in Shanghai, asking in return, "Did my lying here affect the city's appearance?" and complaining about formalism. Shanghai's 2018 version of the "Park Civilized Visiting Rules" lists "do not lie down at will" among the park order provisions.
2026-10-07
On October 7, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Thailand confirmed to Xinhua News Agency that the Shanghai music teacher who had gone missing in Bangkok has safely returned to Shanghai, but did not disclose the date of return, the cause of the disappearance, or the details of what happened.
2026-10-05
On October 5, a WeChat public account article described how the life plans of young people in Shanghai and other cities — career advancement, marriage, studying abroad, investment growth — have one after another fallen through, striking a chord with urban youth.
2026-10-04
On October 4, a netizen filmed and exposed multiple leaks in the ceiling and walls of a laboratory at Shanghai University, with rusted lab benches and equipment, water running through 380V high-voltage sockets, and large areas of standing water on the floor. Netizens said the metal parts might be energized, posing an electrocution risk.
2026-10-02
On October 2, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand said it had received a request for help from the family of a missing music teacher surnamed Wang from Shanghai.
2026-10-01
Recently, a netizen found a hair in their ice cream while dining at the Italian gelato shop Venchi in Shanghai's IAPM mall. The merchant agreed to a refund and paid a settlement of 1000 yuan, on the condition that a confidentiality agreement be signed; if the information is disclosed, the consumer must compensate the merchant 1 million yuan.
2026-10-01
On October 1, a Shanghai netizen posted that in late August they received a 96110 AI voice call asking whether they had encountered fraud; in early September they were called in by police for “tea,” had their phone browsing history checked, and were asked to install anti-fraud software, after which they still frequently received dissuasion calls. Several netizens in the comments said they had similar experiences.
2026-10
Shanghai SPDB Times Square mall hung illustration No. 89 from the series "365 Diary of Stray Animals." In the drawing, a small dog has a halo above its head and white wings on its back, resembling Wangwang. The mall opened on September 30, and the illustration exhibition was one of the opening events.
2026-09-30
Michun Lei has officially stepped down as Chairman of Shanghai Life Insurance, a company that has previously been taken over by Shanghai state-owned capital.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen claiming to be a relative of Yang Ziyi posted on Xiaohongshu (RedNote), questioning that she had sought help from her supervisor only to be refused, and that two supervisors later refused to step forward, demanding that the school give the truth. The related plea posts were subsequently deleted, and the related content is also hard to search for.
2026-09-30
On the morning of September 30, the family sought justice for their daughter at the main gate of Tongji University, but no school leaders or her academic advisor appeared. Her brother uploaded an account of what happened to Xiaohongshu and other platforms, where it was deleted within a short time; in the afternoon, some students uploaded the related content to GitHub to prevent post deletion.
2026-09-30
On September 30, the brother of the female student who fell to her death circulated the account of the incident in a campus WeChat group she had belonged to, saying his sister excelled in both character and academics, was a Chinese Communist Party member and the head of her master's class, questioning school leaders for ignoring students' lives, saying he had already been removed from the dormitory group, and appealing to anyone with information across the school and the entire internet for help.
2026-09-29
Shanghai recently introduced new property market policies again; Hu Liren believes they are essentially stability maintenance measures and are unlikely to change the downward trend in real estate.
2026-09-28
Recently, netizens exposed that scalpers are selling blood donation certificates at Shanghai Hongkou No. 1 Hospital, with the scalpers themselves being family members of patients. Because the hospital is short of blood and cannot fulfill its promise of priority or free blood usage for donors and their relatives, the number of voluntary blood donors has declined, creating a vicious cycle.
2026-09-27
On September 27, a netizen posted that when leaving Shanghai, they were questioned by border inspection about their destination, purpose of travel, and the number of people traveling with them; flight tickets and accommodation were checked day by day, and other visas in their passport were also examined; the man ahead of them was repeatedly questioned by several people about his business and purpose of leaving the country.
2026-09-26
In the early hours of September 26, Yang Ziyi, a 23-year-old graduate student in energy and power engineering at Tongji University's School of Automotive Studies, fell to her death at the Jiading campus. Her family said she had already bought a train ticket to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival but refunded it because the school had something going on.
2026-09-26
On September 26, an employee of Shanghai Yihai Car Rental (Group) Co., Ltd. submitted a post to Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher, stating that employees are getting more and more exhausted each day, that everything is required of employees, and self-mocking as being more beast than a beast.
2026-09-25
Famous singer Liu Huan died of illness in Shanghai, prompting tributes from all walks of life; his illness history and health condition before his death have drawn attention.
2026-09-25
The University of International Business and Economics issued an obituary stating that Liu Huan passed away in Shanghai at 9:52 a.m. on September 25 at the age of 63, and that, in accordance with his last wishes, no funeral committee or body farewell ceremony would be held.
2026-09-25
On September 25, the Huangpu Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau reported that a hospital had filed a report regarding rumors circulating online about an academician at the institution. Liu fabricated information claiming the academician had stolen others' research results and spread it across more than 50 groups, while Zhang used AI software to generate and publish a fake video. Both individuals have been criminally detained.
2026-09-25
A 33-year-old music teacher surnamed Wang from Shanghai flew to Bangkok on September 24 and has been out of contact with family since the evening of the 25th. The family has reported the case to the police, and the school where the teacher works has confirmed it is cooperating with the police investigation.
2026-07-15
Xi Jinping arrived at Shanghai's Xijiao State Guest House 48 hours in advance to present his governing achievements to CCP elders, facing strong doubts from the elders regarding his policies.
2026-07-17
Xi Jinping traveled to Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance, prompting high-level security and traffic controls in the area.
2026-09-23
A large amount of yellow smoke billowed from the plant area of BASF Polyurethane Co., Ltd. in Shanghai and spread to the surrounding areas, suspected to be an explosion accident.
2026-09-23
Employees of Shanghai Zuiqingfeng Health Technology Company revealed that the company sets high-difficulty question-bank assessments as performance indicators to maliciously lay off staff.
2026-09-22
On September 22, a netizen in Shanghai posted that when purchasing two small household scissors, they were required to first scan 'Suishenban' for police registration, and then perform a secondary registration by hand on-site.
2026-09-21
An employee submission from Shanghai Gree Auto exposes that the company has a severe excessive overtime issue, and project site managers subject employees to verbal insults and sexual harassment.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a female student at Tongji University in Shanghai went to the school infirmary to request a sick note for menstrual pain, but was asked by the school doctor to take off her pants to prove her physical condition. Multiple students from the same school confirmed that this regulation exists. Currently, the relevant posts exposing the incident have been deleted.
2026-09-17
Huawei's 11th All-Connect Conference was held in Shanghai from September 17 to 19, and the official roster did not list Ren Zhengfei or Meng Wanzhou as attendees.
2026-09-17
On September 17, Huawei's Full-Connection Conference opened at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition Hall, with rotating chairman Wang Tao delivering the keynote speech. The conference is seen as a key moment for verifying the truth of the rumors about Ren Zhengfei's family.
2026-09-17
On September 17, 2026, the WeChat public account "Hongkou Party Building" reported that the Organization Department of the Hongkou District Committee held a department affairs meeting, presided over by Xi Tingsong, member of the Standing Committee of the District Committee and head of the Organization Department, indicating that he has taken up the new post. Xi Tingsong was born in June 1971, is of the Nakhi ethnic group, and is from Lijiang, Yunnan. He previously served as member of the Standing Committee of the Xuhui District Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
2026-09-15
On September 15, military media "Navy News" disclosed satellite images showing that Shanghai Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard is building a vessel suspected to be the world's first unmanned submarine mother ship, which features a dock, lift cradle and hangar, and is estimated to be able to carry about four large unmanned submarines.
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.
2026-09-05
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.
2026-09-15
In September 2026 a blogger filmed multiple towers in Lujiazui, Shanghai at night, claiming that after 8 p.m. every floor inside the buildings was fully lit while most were actually vacant, and that the interior lighting was artificially produced to create an appearance of prosperity.
2026-09-15
After the low-pay incident involving security staff at Shanghai China GT triggered heated discussion, an answer to the Zhihu question “Will labor dispatch become the mainstream in the future?” received about 10,000 upvotes. Taking ancient Rome, the Tang dynasty fubing system, and the Boeing 737 MAX as examples, the author put forward the concept of the “good-family sons red line,” arguing that labor dispatch and层层 outsourced subcontracting depress pay and shift risks onto others, which will exhaust those willing to take responsibility and erode the system’s ability to respond to crises.
2026-09-14
On September 14, 2026, the blogger filmed a nighttime on-site scene in a multi-story office building in Shanghai and found large areas of vacancy on some floors, with corridor lights still on and no one inside the offices. The video shows that the brightly lit exterior of the building actually contains mostly public corridors, while the actual office areas are empty. Data released by several real‑estate consulting firms for the second quarter of 2026 state that the overall vacancy rate of Grade‑A office buildings in Shanghai is between 22% and 23.5%. A JLL report shows the overall vacancy rate of Shanghai Grade‑A office towers at 23.5%, with 19.3% in the Central Business District and 27.1% outside it, meaning that for every four square metres, more than one square metre is vacant. This phenomenon reveals a supply‑greater‑than‑demand situation in Shanghai's office‑building market.
2026-09-12
The Shanghai Maritime Court's ruling in the "Dortmund Express" case was listed by the Financial Times as one of the cases showing that China's foreign-related rule-of-law tools are actually being used for real.
2026-09-11
On September 11, Enflame Technology, referred to by the media as the Chinese version of Nvidia, was listed on the STAR Market, closing 179.22% higher than the issuance price with a market value exceeding 170 billion. Prospectus materials show its 2025 revenue was 990 million yuan, with a net loss of 1.16 billion yuan, and the largest shareholder Tencent contributed 83.79% of the total revenue. Analysis suggests the surge was primarily driven by short-term IPO subscription funds.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, netizens exposed screenshots of some university group chats showing that voluntary blood donation and bone marrow donation can be counted as bonus points for comprehensive evaluation, with bone marrow donation reaching as high as 10 points per time. Upon investigation, the scholarship or comprehensive evaluation review details of universities such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine indeed contain regulations that treat blood donation and hematopoietic stem cell donation as bonus items, sparking public controversy.
2026-09-09
On September 9, a meat stall owner in Songjiang, Shanghai, stated that a notice required business knives to be secured with iron chains and locks, prompting netizens to draw parallels to controls in Xinjiang.
2026-09-10
The Shanghai Sports Bureau announced that Liu Xiang chose to seek employment independently, after which the official Weibo account enabled the comment selection feature, triggering mockery from netizens over the official's inconsistent words and actions.
2026-09-10
On September 10, downstairs at Papergames company in Yangpu District, Shanghai, a woman, dissatisfied with the political controversy caused by its game 'Love and Deepspace', distributed leaflets on site and threatened to jump from the building to defend her rights.
2026-09-10
Liu Xiang posted that he received a 494,000 yuan buyout fee on September 1 and officially bid farewell to the system, and will donate the entire amount of over 980,000 yuan in salary earned over the 11 years since his retirement to the China Charity Federation for disaster relief in Tibet.
2026-09-10
In September 2026, after a fire broke out on a race car at the China GT Shanghai round and the driver was trapped in the flames for 70 seconds amid a delayed rescue, actor Daniel Wu publicly slammed the organizers' actions as shameful and announced his withdrawal from races in China.
2026-09-10
In September 2026, at the China GT Shanghai round, a race car caught fire. The live commentary said the driver left the car on his own, which did not match footage of slow on-site rescue and a Dutch driver rushing into the flames to save someone, sparking outside doubts about the organizers' narrative.
2026-09-10
In September 2026, during the fire accident involving a race car at the China GT Shanghai round, on-site security failed to rescue in time because they could not pull the safety pin of the fire extinguisher, which was exposed as one of the details of the delayed rescue.
2026-09-10
In a September 2026 program, Foxman recalled that at a dinner in Shanghai in the 1990s, two Poly arms executives told him that China always regarded the United States as an enemy and that arms purchases carried a political mission; only then did he realize that the Chinese Communist Party was secretly anti-American.
2026-09-06
"Road signs can be removed, but memes cannot." On September 6, a netizen from Shanghai held up a sign for "Public Toilet 450m" saved on their phone in front of the Huawei flagship store on East Nanjing Road for a photo, with the caption: "You have received a new OTA update." In the comments section, others also posted photos of Huawei stores juxtaposed with "Recyclable Waste" bins. #FanzeiAcademy
2026-09-06
Circulating online on September 6, 2026, a submission from a patient's family reported that a serious medical accident occurred at Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, accusing the doctor involved of carrying out medical orders incorrectly and tampering with medical record data, which left the child paralyzed and then dead.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, a serious accident occurred during the first round of the GT3 class of the China GT Championship owns Supercar Championship at the Shanghai International Circuit. Car number s91 of the FIST Auto team, caught fire after a collision, and driver Ollie Millroy was trapped in the burning cockpit. The event organizers' rescue efforts were severely delayed, and security personnel operated the fire extinguishers incorrectly. Another competing driver, Loek Hartog, seeing this, decisivelyy owns the race and rushed into the flames to rescue Millroy. Afterwards, movie star Daniel Wu owns the organizers' emergency rescue as extremely amateurish and announced his withdrawal from the race, and several other teams also announced their withdrawal in protest.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, a crash and fire broke out at the China GT Shanghai round. On-site rescue personnel fled in panic, while a rival driver urgently abandoned the race to help. Afterwards, the team involved issued a statement strongly protesting the organizing committee and announced its withdrawal from the event.
2026-09-04
According to the material, the Shanghai People's Congress accepted Gong Zheng's resignation as mayor of Shanghai on September 4.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, a Shanghai resident posted a complaint about being visited and investigated at home by community police officers. Because the resident had once bought scissors online, called 12315 to defend their rights, and reported cases to the police, they were labeled a high-risk member of society and warned to make fewer police reports.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, after a short video reviewing pandemic-prevention scenes from the Shanghai outbreak was posted on Douyin, the comment section saw a large number of netizens collectively posting photos of A4 blank sheets in response to memories of that year.
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.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, media reported that several commercial banks in Shanghai are implementing new mortgage rules. Because they enforce the restriction that age plus loan term must not exceed 75 years, borrowers must be under 35 to take out the full newly introduced 40-year mortgage.
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
After the accident escalated, several teams and drivers announced they will no longer participate in GT China events until the related safety issues are addressed, with some teams stating they will permanently withdraw from Chinese collective competitions.
2026-09
The video reflects a phenomenon in some Chinese schools where students are forced to order milk and cafeteria meals. If they do not order, students may be forced to stand as punishment or be banned from eating in the classroom, even if they bring their own food, which must then be eaten off-campus. This move is pointed out as a way for schools to covertly increase the financial burden on parents.
2026-09
In September 2026, according to a blogger's friend, a credit business in a Pudong, Shanghai bank is seeing a continuous rise in bad loan rates due to unstable customer income and deteriorating business operations. Extremely strict approval standards have led to almost zero performance, leaving loan officers with only the minimum basic wage and facing the dilemma of forced resignation.
2026-09
The day after the accident, Wu Yanzu publicly criticized GT China for delaying the release of the red flag, the rescue system's failure, and said the organizers did not acknowledge the mistake or take responsibility.
2026-09
Job seekers in Shanghai report being out of work for more than half a year and going months without interview invitations; some say they spend hours each day on job-hunting apps yet still struggle to get any reply.
2026-09
Multiple netizens and merchants in Shanghai posted on-site descriptions saying that foot traffic at Jinhongqiao, Metro City, Hopson One, Qipu Road and some commercial districts has decreased, with shops standing vacant or shuttered.
2026-09
A videographer at Huijing Life Plaza near Luban Road subway station in Huangpu District said that multiple shops have closed, with Starbucks, a beef restaurant, a barbecue restaurant and an education and training institution among those that have ceased operations, and foot traffic in the mall is sparse.
2026-09
A videographer at New Continent Plaza in Lujiazui, Pudong, said that many shops in the plaza had already closed, and the shops on the second floor were also relatively deserted.
2026-09
A Shanghai netizen said that in the Changshou Road area, some people who have nowhere to live bring blankets at night and sleep on other people's spare sofas, and when the weather is warm, some also sleep under bridges.
2026-09
Shanghai netizens say food delivery platforms are seeing fewer orders, and those who want to work in food delivery or ride-hailing have to queue up; others say the delivery hall is short of orders and the work is hard to do.
2026-09
In September 2026, independent media entered several office towers in Lujiazui, Shanghai, and filmed large numbers of vacant floors. International companies have moved out and office space has been drastically reduced, yet the buildings remain brightly lit at night, accused of creating an illusion of economic prosperity; property security guards have been withdrawn over unpaid fees, and management is lax.
2026-09
Xi Tingsong recently took office as a standing committee member and head of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Hongkou District Party Committee. Because his surname is Xi and his given name is Tingsong, netizens have speculated and joked about his relationship with Xi Jinping. Publicly available information shows that he was born in June 1971, is of the Naxi ethnic group, is a native of Lijiang, Yunnan, and holds a master's degree in law.
2026-09
Reports online claim that at a certain Shanghai international airport, ground staff and other workers all left work at the end of their shift before the flight had even landed, leaving passengers with no one to receive them, sparking questions about the outsourcing of airport jobs and service quality.
2026-09
In September 2026, a braised-food shop in Shanghai, open for less than two months, saw its revenue drop off a cliff after the school term began, falling from 5,000–6,000 yuan a day at first to 300–400 yuan, leaving the owner anxious and suffering from insomnia.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, official statistics showed that Shanghai’s total retail sales of consumer goods in July 2026 were 120.978 billion yuan, down 6.3% year-on-year, marking a fourth consecutive month of negative growth with the decline widening.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that the Baoxing Funeral Home in Hongkou District, Shanghai, had stopped holding Catholic and Christian funeral services and no longer allowed priests to officiate, while other funeral homes were also subjected to strict time limits.
2026-08-27
A group of luxury homeowners in Shanghai went to protest at the state-owned developer's headquarters after the property management company collected high property fees and then prepared to charge additional parking management fees. A clash broke out at the scene and at least one homeowner was arrested.
2026-08-26
Liu Xiang responded to the Shanghai Sports Bureau in the comments section, questioning its claim of "acting in accordance with regulations," and saying "It's been ten years, and suddenly now you want to 'reassign' me," implying that the long-retained status of his personnel relations was tied to commercial interests.
2026-08-26
Liu Xiang posted on Weibo asking netizens for help, saying the Shanghai Sports Bureau required him to choose between a "buyout of his years of service" and "becoming a coach," and questioning why the placement issue had been delayed for ten years. The Shanghai Sports Bureau responded that it would arrange proper placement.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, Olympic champion Liu Xiang posted on Weibo, publicly questioning the Shanghai Sports Bureau's recent requirement that he choose between transitioning to a coach or having his personnel relationship bought out, and questioning the advertising fee sharing system of that year.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, a public toilet sign on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, which had drawn mockery and check-in visits from netizens for appearing in the same frame as the Huawei flagship store, was removed by the relevant authorities; previously, security personnel had been on site to stop citizens from taking photos.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, a motorcycle owner in Shanghai posted a video reporting that he encountered layer upon layer of obstacles and deliberate difficulties while handling compulsory traffic insurance at the People's Insurance Company of China; the insurance company was accused of de facto refusing to sell compulsory motorcycle insurance because profits are thin.
2026-08-08
On August 8, 2026, a man in Shanghai earned about 100 yuan after a 5‑hour part‑time shift at McDonald’s. He then took the money to a local RT‑Mart supermarket, buying roughly 300 g of pork belly, bananas, 1 L of milk, cabbage, eggs, 300 g of chili peppers, a box of tomatoes and five baked flatbreads among other daily necessities. The man recorded the whole process and posted it on a social platform, aiming to test the actual purchasing power of that income locally, sparking netizen discussion about low wages and cost of living.
2026-08-25
A photo of Huawei's Shanghai flagship store next to a public toilet street sign went viral online, drawing tourists eager to visit the spot. Huawei then stationed police to ban photography, and the sign was taken down.
2026-08-24
In August 2026, a netizen in Shanghai posted a test video showing the daily necessities purchased with the 100 yuan earned from 5 hours of part-time work, satirizing purchasing power; on August 24, the platform set the video's account to prohibit publishing works.
2026-08-23
A technical head at a Chinese company was stopped by customs officers at Shanghai Pudong Airport and barred from leaving the country because a VPN was installed on his phone.
2026-08-23
On August 23, 2026, Shanghai's Huangpu police announced the investigation and handling of an online corporate rumor case. A netizen surnamed Mo was placed under administrative detention by police for fabricating and publishing a false post on an investment platform claiming that Xiaohongshu's IPO had failed.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, at the 28th Asian Pet Expo held in Shanghai, exhibiting brands and visitors on site displayed anti-animal-abuse display stands and canvas bags, openly voicing support for Wangwang, the puppy that was tortured and killed.
2026-08-22
On August 22, 2026, netizens revealed that Shanghai Fangde Automation Equipment Co., Ltd. owed employees 4 to 8 months of wages, totaling 12 million yuan, and had long failed to pay social insurance and the housing provident fund, sparking a rights defense by employees.
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
Shanghai has introduced the “Eight Shanghai Measures,” a package of optimized real estate control policies; Hu Liren believes this is a trap to drain the savings of ordinary people and plunge them deep into mortgage debt.
2026-08-20
On August 20, 2026, workers at Shanghai Huate Enterprise Group Co., Ltd. collectively signed a joint complaint letter and went on strike for three consecutive days to protest the company withholding five months' worth of wages.
2026-08-19
Zhang Lizhi, a retired cadre of full military rank and former political commissar of the Shanghai Garrison Command, died of illness in Shanghai on August 19, 2026, at the age of 83.
2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission published consultation proposals on metro fare adjustments. Both published options would result in fare increases of 1 to 3 yuan for most or all passengers.
2026-08-19
On August 19, 2026, multiple employees of Shanghai Huate Auto Parts Co., Ltd. gathered at the factory gate to collectively defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, reporting that the company had been in arrears for as long as five months.
2026-08-18
A Chinese netizen at Pudong Airport was asked to fill out an exit-entry registration form containing personal information, outbound itinerary, family members, overseas contacts, online activities, assets and finances, and several people had their phones confiscated for inspection.
2026-08-15
On August 15, 2026, it was reported online that Shanghai Radio and Television host Chen Xuan, after facing public attacks for half-kneeling to hand over a microphone at a film premiere, was suspended from on-air hosting and had related materials removed.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, rumors circulated online that a violent knife attack broke out inside the New World Mall in Shanghai. The people involved fought each other, leaving pools of blood on the floor, and the parties concerned were subsequently taken away by police.
2026-08-11
Shanghai was hit by a passing typhoon, and Mayor Chen Jining did not hold a video conference from his office but instead went to the front line in person to inspect, drawing outside attention to a possible shift in his political alignment.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, due to river backflow caused by Typhoon "White Dolphin," the Sheshan Silver Lake Villa community in Sijing Town, Songjiang, Shanghai, was severely flooded. Water, electricity, and food supplies were cut off for more than 20 hours, and residents fell into paralysis after repeated failed attempts to seek help.
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, Shanghai was hit by a typhoon and torrential rain. Severe flooding occurred in Duxiang Community in Songjiang District, along with an electrical leakage hazard, resulting in the unfortunate electrocution deaths of two residents.
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.
2026-08-10
On August 10, 2026, the Pudong Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau issued a police report stating that a man was given administrative detention in accordance with the law for fabricating and posting false disaster-related information that disrupted public order during typhoon weather.
2026-08-09
Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region on the afternoon of August 9, 2026, causing hundreds to evacuate, 2,500 flights to be canceled in Shanghai, and flooding in multiple areas.
2026-08-09
Shanghai residents received calls from community police officers asking if they have plans to travel to Japan, and were informed that there is a recent list regarding travel to Japan that requires caution.
2026-08-09
After Typhoon Dolphin made landfall in Zhejiang, its impact was felt in Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing and surrounding areas. From August 9 to 10, the ground floors of many residences in Shanghai were flooded, some residents were electrocuted to death in their homes, and rescue workers evacuated residents from the flooded homes.
2026-08-08
A passenger traveling from Cairo to Taiwan via a transfer in Shanghai was detained for about an hour while processing an international transfer at Shanghai Pudong Airport. Customs informed the passenger that they were required to hold a Mainland Travel Permit, and the passenger was ultimately unable to continue their journey to Taiwan.
2026-08-07
On the afternoon of August 7, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, went to the municipal flood control headquarters to inspect and coordinate typhoon defense work.
2026-08-06
It is rumored online that after Xi Jinping came to power, he stipulated that officials whose spouses and children reside overseas cannot be promoted. A vice mayor in Shanghai reportedly chose to resign from their position because of this.
2026-08-05
On August 5, 2026, under continued media questioning, the pharmaceutical company involved confirmed that a boy in a gene-editing trial at Shanghai Children's Medical Center died in August 2025 from a serious adverse reaction, after the parties involved had concealed the information and not made it public.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a foreign teacher at Shanghai Jiao Tong University posted on social media that the university had unilaterally terminated his contract, deemed it a voluntary resignation, and refused to pay compensation; he has formally applied for labor arbitration.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a netizen captured footage of multiple police officers and auxiliary police gathering by the roadside near Shanghai Expo Culture Park to stop and impound riders of two-wheeled electric vehicles.
2026-08
Liu Xiang said that 11 years after retiring, he received a notice from Shanghai's sports authorities requiring him to choose between a one-time buyout of his years of service and leaving the system to seek employment on his own, or returning to work as a coach and clocking in.
2026-08-01
In August 2026, parishioners at the Xujiahui Catholic Church in Shanghai reported that the church's affiliated religious goods shop had removed all shelves of religious books and completely stopped selling the Bible, the Four Gospels, and other theological books and religious items.
2026-08
In August 2026, the AI model invocation volume leaderboard at the Tiangang Intelligent Computing exhibition area of the Shanghai World Artificial Intelligence Convention drew attention: domestic models such as DeepSeek were displayed with their names directly, while some mainstream overseas models were replaced with generic labels such as "general reasoning model."
2026-07-31
The Shanghai Municipal Administration of Planning and Natural Resources issued guidelines for the renewal of land use rights for industrial and commercial projects, stipulating that renewal prices must not be lower than 70% of the current benchmark land price, sparking public concern over land property rights and the mechanism of fiscal revenue collection.
2026-07-31
On July 31, Tongji University issued new rules announcing that it would no longer sign long-term employment contracts and that teachers must undergo periodic assessments. Scholars criticized the move as abolishing tenure and pushing universities toward social Darwinism.
2026-07-31
Online reports claim that a relative of a Shanghai court president received 7 compensation apartments, worth more than 20 million yuan in total, after the demolition of an old 40-square-meter house in a town, which is said to reflect the collusion between officials and real estate developers, leaving ordinary people with no avenue to defend their rights.
2026-07-30
The Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla is evaluating options to split off, sell, or shut down its China operations, including its Shanghai Gigafactory; Musk said the report had never been discussed and was fake news.
2026-07-29
On July 29, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Development and Reform Commission issued an announcement stating that a hearing on optimizing the metro fare mechanism would be held on September 7, sparking strong public concern and backlash over potential metro fare increases against the backdrop of current economic pressure and tightened security checks.
2026-07-29
On July 29, a Shanghai resident returned home after a 28-day business trip and received a call from the neighborhood committee for verification, being told that big data had detected they had been away from Shanghai for a long time, prompting questions about grassroots digital surveillance of the population.
2026-07-27
On July 27, 2026, regarding the death of a 6-year-old girl at Shanghai Xinhua Hospital after receiving experimental gene-editing treatment, staff from the Yangpu District Health Commission of Shanghai told media that relevant departments had stepped in to investigate.
2026-07-26
Severe waterlogging occurred at 1720 Nong in Yangpu District, Shanghai, with water levels rising high inside homes, while the sky before the downpour was black as spilled ink.
2026-07-26
On July 26, 2026, the School of Medicine of Shanghai Jiao Tong University issued a statement saying that a special task force had been set up to conduct a comprehensive investigation into reports about gene-editing clinical research at Xinhua Hospital, and that action would be taken seriously based on the results.
2026-07-23
On July 23, 2026, Science and Retraction Watch jointly disclosed that a 6-year-old girl died in March 2025 after undergoing a gene editing trial at Xinhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, and the paper published by the team afterward made no mention of this.
2026-07-23
On July 23, 2026, netizens discovered that the video platform Bilibili had launched an exclusive political propaganda column called “New Journey” in its core section, recommending in full official content such as “A Xi Quote of the Day” that displays personal remarks by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
2026-07-20
On July 20, at a restaurant in Shanghai, a food delivery rider got into a conflict with the merchant over a delayed order, during which the food was knocked to the ground; the rider then knelt down and kowtowed.
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.
2026-07-19
During the heavy rain in Shanghai, multiple leaks were observed on the roof of Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, and rainwater pouring was also captured at the IFC Guojin Center.
2026-07-19
The Chinese Super League match held at Shanghai Stadium was temporarily halted, and staff used mops to clear the standing water on the field.
2026-07-19
During the Shanghai World Artificial Intelligence Conference, multiple pavilions were reported to have leaks, and Xi Jinping attended the conference.
2026-07-19
Affected by thunderstorm cloud clusters, Shanghai generally received moderate to heavy rain, with some areas experiencing heavy to extreme rain, and places such as Pudong and Baoshan saw road flooding and water entering residential complexes.
2026-07-19
When Shanghai was hit by a severe rainstorm causing serious flooding, Xi Jinping left Shanghai for Beijing ahead of schedule, prompting criticism from outside that he "escaped".
2026-07-18
Xi Jinping met Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet in Shanghai and announced that China and Cambodia will cooperate to combat telecom network fraud.
2026-07-17
Xi Jinping attended the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, proposing four points including promoting AI open innovation and strengthening security governance. He also announced that China will provide AI training slots to developing countries and build an international artificial intelligence application cooperation center. He also took the lead in establishing the "World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization."
2026-07-17
On the same day Xi Jinping attended the opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets plummeted across the board, with nearly 200 stocks hitting the daily limit, erasing all gains since August 2025. Technology, semiconductor, and gaming sectors related to AI fell the most.
2026-07-17
On July 17, 2026, Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai and delivered a keynote speech, proposing that the development of artificial intelligence should be people-centered, and advocating helping developing countries gain equal access to AI capabilities.
2026-07-16
Kazakhstan's President Tokayev visited Shanghai and met with Xi Jinping at the Xijiao State Guest House. The two sides held talks, and Tokayev expressed his support for the wise leadership.
2026-07-16
During his inspection of Shanghai, Xi Jinping entered residents' homes, lifted the toilet seat, and delivered a speech on solving the “toilet problem.”
2026-07-16
On July 16, 2026, 29 founding member states including China, Russia, Brazil and Pakistan signed in Shanghai the agreement to establish the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, launching a transnational mechanism for AI governance and cooperation.
2026-07-15
Xi Jinping went to the area around Bansongyuan Road in Shanghai. The program said that local authorities had put in place multiple layers of security, including core, peripheral, and advisory personnel.
2026-07-15
In July 2026, rumors circulated online that Xi Jinping visited Shanghai for an inspection and stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel. Shanghai authorities implemented extremely tight security controls, issuing traffic control and road closure notices in multiple districts and imposing a comprehensive ban on drone flights.
2026-07-15
On July 15, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice and sent mass text messages to residents, announcing that from 0:00 on July 15 to 24:00 on July 20, temporary control airspace for drones would be designated across the city, prohibiting low-altitude, slow and small aircraft from taking off in violation of the rules.
2026-07-14
During the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, the city suspended the sending of knives, scissors, pliers, hammers and other items in several districts such as Fengxian, Songjiang, and Qingpu.
2026-07-13
Xinhua News Agency announced that Xi Jinping will travel to Shanghai this Friday to attend the World Artificial Intelligence Conference, sparking outside speculation about his trip to Shanghai for political networking.
2026-07-08
On July 8, 2026, it was reported online that multiple performance venues in Shanghai received notices from the Changning District culture and tourism authorities requiring them to adjust their set lists and prohibiting the playing of Japanese-language songs, sparking discussion among performing arts professionals.
2026-07
Xi Jinping went to Shanghai and convened senior officials and officers of the navy, army, and air force of the Eastern Theater Command for an overnight meeting. The video says the meeting was held at the compound of the Shanghai Military Region.
2026-07
The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference was held in Shanghai, with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, and representatives from Thailand and other sides in attendance.
2026-07
Citing real estate agents, the video says that some homes in Shanghai have been listed for half a year without a single viewing, property transactions are difficult and prices keep being cut, with the market showing prices but no buyers.
2026-07
According to Shanghai sources cited by the program, when Xi Jinping visited Shanghai this time, at least about 5,000 personnel from the Central Guard Bureau were deployed across the core zone, the outer zone, and the third ring of protection.
2026-07
Hehui Optoelectronics in Jinshan, Shanghai went public after construction was completed; the video claims the company was originally related to Jiang Zemin's son, and that after Xi Jinping took power, the relevant shareholders and board members changed.
2026-07
Xi Jinping was alleged to have stayed at the Xijiao State Guesthouse during a visit to Shanghai in July 2026. The video claims that the site has a high level of security, with troops standing guard and dedicated aircraft on standby.
2026-07
A report released by Cushman & Wakefield shows that by the end of 2025, the vacancy rate for Grade A office buildings in Shanghai reached 23%, while Shenzhen's rate at one point exceeded 30%, reflecting a phenomenon of job losses and personnel outflow.
2026-07
In July 2026, it was reported online that an AITO M8 owner in Shanghai complained that the vehicle's location could still be viewed after permissions were revoked; a WeChat group chat shows Yu Chengdong issuing a stern directive demanding an immediate fix and the dismissal of employees who delayed the resolution.
2026-06-30
The fan community at Shanghai's sports-themed bar CAGES suddenly disbanded on the afternoon of June 30, following Fudan University professor Shen Yi publicly calling them out and criticizing them for supporting the Japanese team.
2026-06-30
Bars across multiple locations in Shanghai were targeted for inspections during the World Cup matches. Police chat groups instructed restaurant bars broadcasting the matches to ensure that "inappropriate situations do not occur."
2026-06-30
A football fan stated that at a Shanghai bar, after revealing a Japan national team jersey, staff asked them to put their jacket back on, threatening that if they did not cooperate, they would be taken away for a talk with the police (Public Security).
2026-06-28
The Shanghai Football Association issued an initiative urging fans to watch matches in a civilized and rational manner, proposing attention to attire in public places, fostering a deep sense of patriotism, and strengthening national identity.
2026-06-18
On June 18, 2026, at the entrance of a residential compound on Nanjing West Road in Shanghai, a delivery rider, under pressure from a rush of drink orders, pulled out a folding knife and stabbed a compound security guard, leaving him on the ground after an argument with the guard. Police subsequently intervened to handle the case.
2026-06-17
At the Lujiazui Forum, Pan Gongsheng, governor of the central bank of the Chinese Communist Party, rolled out six new tools in one go, including narrowing the interest rate corridor, non-bank liquidity support, and overseas central bank repo facilities.
2026-06-17
At the Shanghai Lujiazui Forum, Fang Xinghai suggested that Hong Kong should attract mainland quantitative institutions to establish operations there.
2026-06-16
Huang Chunyi, Deputy District Mayor of Jinshan District, Shanghai, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and has been taken away for investigation by the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
2026-06-12
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival opened on June 12th. For the first time in its 20-year history, the festival has canceled its "Japan Film Week."
2026-06-15
On June 13, 2026, the first day of the HNC Health and Nutrition Expo in Shanghai, a display board at an exhibitor's booth showed the Republic of China flag — the blue sky, white sun, and a wholly red field. The next day, the board had been removed by the organizer.
2026-06-12
On June 12, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce and four other departments issued a document regulating the management of single-purpose prepaid cards (Hu Shang Gui [2026] No. 1), specifying that one-time or seasonal pickup vouchers are not subject to prepaid card management.
2026-06-10
Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Yujian has fallen and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, and is accused of paving his upward path through Wei Xiaodong.
2026-06-10
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission issued an official report stating that Chen Yujian, member of the leading Party members group of the Shanghai municipal government and vice mayor of Shanghai, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the CCDI and the National Supervisory Commission. The Songjiang District, which he once governed, was the site of the Phicomm-Lianbi financial blow-up case.
2026-06
Shanghai has launched an offshore RMB trading ecosystem built on the free trade zone account system and the Foreign Exchange Trading Center, prompting outside scrutiny of its true degree of marketization and the nature of its controls.
2026-06
Overseas leaks claim that after Ma Xingrui was ousted and Chen Yujian was arrested, Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining, seen as a rising figure of the Tsinghua clique, convened a municipal Standing Committee meeting overnight, loudly pledging loyalty and openly jumping ship.
2026-06
Kazakhstan’s AI minister Matiyev went to Washington in June to join the US-led AI alliance, and three weeks later signed in Shanghai, becoming one of the 29 founding member states of China’s “World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.”
2026-05-28
On May 28, 2026, students at Shanghai University of Political Science and Law discovered a functioning hidden wireless covert camera device above the partition of a women’s restroom in the Zhiyuan Pavilion study building. The device was capable of transmitting footage remotely. The device in question was subsequently handed over to the Security Office and a police investigation was launched.
2026-05-26
On May 26, 2026, a student at a Shanghai university exposed online that a counselor sent a notice urging blood donation in the class group chat, and stipulated that those unwilling to donate blood must handwrite and submit a statement of no less than 500 characters within a deadline, sparking criticism that this was disguised coercion.
2026-05-26
On May 26, 2026, a truck driver posted a video reporting that after delivering goods to a logistics company in Shanghai, he was repeatedly put off by several unloaders for as long as two hours, and was told explicitly that they would only arrange unloading if he bought them cigarettes.
2026-05-25
On May 25, 2026, a Shanghai food delivery rider posted an “Onboarding Commitment Letter” on social networks, exposing employment terms imposed by an outsourcing company, including forced deductions of 1,000 yuan for equipment, fines for overtime, heavy penalties for absenteeism in severe weather, and settlement at half pay for early resignation.
2026-05-21
On May 21, 2026, Chinese judicial authorities carried out the death sentence against Xu Yao, the perpetrator who poisoned Yoozoo Games founder Lin Qi. Yoozoo Games subsequently issued a statement on May 26 confirming the news.
2026-05
A female master's student in Shanghai said that after a one-month internship without signing a formal agreement, her personal information was registered by the company as the person in charge of finance, the person in charge of tax, and a company executive who must bear legal responsibility.
2026-05
During a visit to Shanghai for an international conference, a Japanese Minister of State failed to meet with any Chinese political figures, reflecting the cold state of China-Japan relations at the time.
2026-05-01
Dans led a bipartisan delegation to visit Shanghai and Beijing, and held formal meetings with Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, and Wang Yi.
2026-03-20
On March 20, an incident occurred in Shanghai where an elderly woman fell off her bicycle and no one dared to help. The on‑site photographer and netizens commented that fear of being falsely accused, extorted, having to give statements or bear medical costs led to no one stepping forward to rescue, reflecting a lack of social trust.
2026
According to a white paper by Fudan University, the number of people in flexible employment in China has surged and is expected to reach 320 million by 2026, accounting for nearly half of the labor force.
2026
In 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Government's fund-based revenue budget is 226.14 billion yuan, a year-on-year decline of 25.6%.
2026
Shanghai residents say that community screening has clearly intensified in the second half of this year, registering the ID card numbers and phone numbers of migrants and overnight guests, conducting facial recognition, and asking about family circumstances.
2026
Shanghai's Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources released the 2026 base floor land prices. For commercial land, grades 1 through 4 are 36,670 yuan, 29,790 yuan, 21,030 yuan, and 16,780 yuan per square meter respectively; for residential land, grades 1 through 4 are 52,600 yuan, 44,800 yuan, 37,200 yuan, and 29,140 yuan respectively.
2025-12-28
On December 28, 2025, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an went to Shanghai to attend the Shanghai-Taipei City Forum, stressing that contact is better than confrontation. The two cities signed two cooperation memoranda, on water governance and vocational skills training, bringing the cumulative total to 49.
2025-11
In November 2025, a 20-year-old college student in Shanghai attempted to withdraw medical subsidies and funds deposited by their mother at a bank, only to be unreasonably reported to the police and restricted by the bank, resulting in the funds being indirectly withheld.
2025-11
A Shanghai resident renewed an expiring passport in November of last year.
2025-10
Scholar Minsin visited Shanghai, China in October 2025. Prior to this, he had not visited China for some time due to reasons such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
2025-08
On September 5, a blogger posted a video claiming that the domestically produced C919 offered the worst flight experience they had ever had. The video was filmed in late August 2025 on China Eastern Airlines flight MU9199 from Shanghai Hongqiao to Guangzhou. The blogger stated that dizziness occurred shortly after takeoff and noted that for ordinary passengers, comfort is ultimately what matters most.
2025-05-16
In early August 2026, Fudan University scholar Zhang Weiwei claimed in a public lecture that Taiwan would have no next election, using this to hint at a timetable for a forced reunification. The remarks spread on social media platforms on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and sparked widespread controversy and resentment.
2025-03-24
Science magazine revealed in July 2026 that in March 2025 a 6-year-old girl received gene editing treatment at Shanghai Xinhua Hospital and died of a severe immune response 7 days after the virus was injected into her cerebrospinal fluid.
2025
In 2025 alone, Shanghai's debt balance increased by 132.9 billion yuan, most of which was used to replenish government funds and repay the principal of maturing bonds.
2024-11-05
Following the cancellation of performances in Guangzhou, Foshan and Suzhou, on November 5 the Shanghai YOUNG Theatre announced that The Cherry Orchard, starring Jin Xing and originally scheduled to be staged in December, has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.
2024-11
In November 2024, the Minhang District Court in Shanghai sentenced Gu Wanming, former head of the Xinhua News Agency's Guangdong branch, to one year in prison on the charge of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. He was criminally detained after issuing an open letter in October 2023 raising five demands over the death of Li Keqiang.
2024-10-31
A Chinese woman wearing Hanfu was arrested in Shanghai during Halloween.
2024-10-31
Multiple police vehicles are parked along Changning Road in Shanghai, with volunteers and police officers stationed at the entrance of Zhongshan Park, and buses carrying police personnel nearby.
2024-10
During Halloween 2024, Shanghai police strictly prohibited citizens from wearing Halloween costumes or cosplaying in areas such as Yuyuan Road. Many citizens who went out in costume were forcibly taken to the Public Security Bureau for questioning or arrested.
2024-07-22
Lao Fan, a 70-year-old unmarried man with no children in Yangpu, Shanghai, was sentenced to seven months in prison for stealing an electric bicycle; a social worker's assessment pointed out that Lao Fan will face enormous survival problems after his release from prison.
2024-06-17
At the Lujiazui Forum, Fang Xinghai suggested that Hong Kong attract mainland quantitative investment firms, stating that their management capabilities and technical levels are on par with international peers.
2023-10-27
Former Premier Li Keqiang died suddenly at the Shanghai Dongjiao Guest House at the age of 68, sending shockwaves through the Zhongnanhai leadership and tearing away the veneer of warmth in elite power struggles.
2023-10-27
Li Keqiang suffered a heart attack while recuperating in Shanghai and died at 0:10 on October 27, 2023, at the age of 68, after efforts to save him failed.
2023-10-27
Li Keqiang died in Shanghai. The program linked his death to Xi Jinping and the internal power struggles within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but provided no verifiable causal evidence.
2023-08-30
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an went to Shanghai to attend the Twin City Forum, saying that the more turbulent cross-strait relations become, the more dialogue is needed; the two cities signed memoranda of cooperation on exhibitions and conventions, carbon reduction, and other areas.
2022-11-30
On November 30, 2022, former General Secretary of the CCP Central Committee Jiang Zemin died in Beijing at the age of 96.
2022-03-28
On March 28, 2022, Shanghai implemented a district-based lockdown divided by the Huangpu River, which was subsequently expanded to a citywide lockdown. It was not until June 1 that the lockdown was largely lifted. Over 20 million residents were confined to their homes for an extended period, leading to numerous secondary disasters such as food shortages and difficulties in accessing medical care.
2022-03-28
Shanghai imposed a lockdown starting on March 28, 2022. It was originally planned to last 9 days but actually continued for about two months, until normal production and daily life resumed on June 1. Residents experienced shortages of supplies, hardship in daily life, and psychological pressure.
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.
2021-12-30
On December 30, 2021, after being edited in a variety show, Jin Xing released a list of multiple programs including The Jin Xing Show, accusing someone of abusing public power to carry out blacklisting.
2020-11-03
On November 3, 2020, following Jack Ma's Bund speech criticizing financial regulation, the Shanghai Stock Exchange announced the suspension of Ant Group's A-share listing just two days before it was scheduled to go public. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange followed suit immediately, halting the world's largest IPO.
2020-11-03
The Shanghai Stock Exchange suddenly announced the suspension of Ant Group's listing process on the STAR Market, even though the project had already entered its final stage.
2020-10-24
On October 24, 2020, Jack Ma criticized the “pawnshop mentality” of Chinese financial regulators and banks at the Shanghai Bund Financial Summit — the last time he appeared on China’s public stage in an offensive posture.
2020
Nicknamed “Review”, Li Yanheng was arrested by Shanghai state security on charges of endangering national security when he returned to Shanghai to handle the cancellation of his Chinese nationality.
2018-06-16
The Shanghai P2P platform Tangxiaoseng absconded, triggering a nationwide wave of bank runs and bankruptcies among online lending platforms, causing millions of investors to lose their funds.
2018
Xi Jinping visited Shanghai in 2018. The program quoted a member of the Shanghai Municipal Government Security Protection Department as saying that about 3,000 personnel from the Central Guard Unit were involved in perimeter security and safety work at the time.
2017-08-30
On August 30, 2017, Jin Xing announced on Weibo that The Jin Xing Show had been cancelled, and Dragon TV has not revived the program since.
2017-06-22
Former CIA officer Kevin Mallory was lured to Shanghai in the spring of 2017 and sold top-secret defense intelligence to China, ultimately receiving a 20-year prison sentence.
2015-04
After Liu Xiang retired in April 2015, the Shanghai Sports Bureau kept his personnel relations on file for a long time; it was not until September 2026 that he chose to become self-employed, and the procedures were basically completed on September 7.
2015-01-28
On January 28, 2015, The Jin Xing Show premiered on Dragon TV. The program was produced by the Canxing team, with Jin Xing serving as producer and host.
2014-09-18
The China Insurance Regulatory Commission announced the approval for the preparation of Shanghai Life Insurance, with Mi Chunlei's Landsea Holdings as the largest shareholder and Mi Chunlei as the proposed chairman.
2014
According to a streamer friend, in 2014 or 2015, the annual income of grassroots police officers in Shanghai dropped from 200,000 to 300,000 yuan to 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.
2012
The film When Night Falls, directed by Shanghai-based director Ying Liang, tells from the perspective of Yang Jia's mother, Wang Jingmei, her experience of being illegally confined in a psychiatric hospital after her son's arrest and her subsequent efforts on his behalf. The film was screened at the Jeonju International Film Festival and the Locarno Film Festival in 2012, where Ying Liang won the Best Director award at Locarno, after which he left Shanghai following threats of arrest.
2008-11-26
On the morning of November 26, 2008, Yang Jia was executed by lethal injection in Shanghai at the age of 28. This was only five days after the Supreme People's Court issued its approval ruling, and less than a day after his mother received the ruling.
2008-10-20
On October 20, 2008, the Shanghai High People's Court issued Criminal Ruling (2008) Hu Gao Xing Zhong Zi No. 131, rejecting Yang Jia's appeal, upholding the first-instance death sentence, and reporting it to the Supreme People's Court for review and approval. When the ruling was issued, Yang Jia's mother, Wang Jingmei, was still confined in a psychiatric hospital.
2008-10-13
On the day of Yang Jia's second-instance trial, a large crowd gathered outside the Shanghai High People's Court, with some shouting "Long live Yang Jia." About a dozen protesters wearing T-shirts printed with Yang Jia's portrait and the words "If you don't give me an explanation, I'll give you one" were taken away on the spot in front of the police. This was a rare street action in China in support of a defendant.
2008-10-13
At 9:30 a.m. on October 13, 2008, the Shanghai High People's Court opened the second-instance trial of the Yang Jia case in a closed hearing. The defense lawyer requested a new psychiatric evaluation, but the court rejected it on the spot, ruling that the grounds were insufficient. During the hearing, the prosecution and the defense debated the appearance of witnesses, the qualifications of the appraisal institution, and whether Yang Jia had been beaten at the police station.
2008-10-13
On the day of the second trial, a man who had come to observe the proceedings was dragged, beaten and taken away by a group of police officers on the road in front of the Shanghai High People's Court, and has been missing ever since. His pregnant wife publicly asked Hu Jintao to return her husband. Petitioners estimate that between 9 a.m. and noon that day, five vans full of people were taken away, more than 100 in total.
2008-09-01
On the morning of September 1, 2008, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court announced its verdict, sentencing Yang Jie to death for intentional homicide and deprivation of political rights for life. Yang Jie and his defense lawyer did not speak throughout the announcement, nor did they indicate whether they would appeal. Online questions about the closed trial, the qualifications of the appraiser, and the identity of the defense lawyer immediately spread.
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2008-08-26
On the afternoon of August 26, 2008, the Yang Jia case was heard in first instance at the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court; the hearing was postponed to this day because of the Beijing Olympics. The court gave all the gallery seats to the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, more than 20 domestic and foreign media outlets and citizens who came to observe were turned away, and the hearing notice was only displayed on the electronic screen in front of the court. No verdict was announced that day.
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2008-07-19
On July 19, 2008, the Shanghai Bar Association publicly stated that Yang Jia had officially hired Xie Youming and Xie Jin as his defense attorneys for the first instance trial. Xie Youming is also a legal advisor to the Zhabei District government, and the crime scene was the Zhabei District Public Security Bureau. The legal community and netizens questioned whether this violated legal regulations and constituted a conflict of interest.
2008-07-05
On the afternoon of July 5, 2008, the Shanghai Justice Bureau received a commission from the police, and experts from the Institute of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice arrived at the detention center that same day to complete the psychiatric evaluation of Yang Jia, concluding that he had no mental illness and possessed full criminal responsibility. An evaluation that normally takes 30 days was completed in a single day. Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan pointed out that the evaluation procedure was seriously unlawful, and the body that conducted the evaluation was also accused of lacking forensic evaluation qualifications. During the second trial, the lawyer again applied for a re-evaluation, which was rejected by the court.
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.
2008-07-01
On July 1, 2008, Yang Jia, a young man from Beijing, walked alone into the Zhabei Public Security Bureau in Shanghai, stabbing six police officers to death and wounding four officers and one security guard, and was arrested on the spot. In October of the previous year, while riding a rented bicycle in Shanghai, he was stopped and questioned by Zhabei police, taken into the police station and beaten. For the following nine months he filed complaints everywhere but could not get any redress. On November 26 of the same year, Yang Jia was executed by the Chinese Communist Party's tyrannical regime.
2007-10-06
After dawn on October 6, 2007, Yang Jia left the police station and took a train back to Beijing. From that day on, he repeatedly filed complaints through petition letters and emails with the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and the inspection department of the Zhabei Branch, demanding the dismissal of the officers involved, compensation for emotional distress, and reimbursement of telephone charges. After investigation, the inspection detachment of the Zhabei Branch concluded that the officers' law enforcement was not improper, and the complaint received no apology whatsoever.
2007-10-05
On the evening of October 5, 2007, Yang Jie was sightseeing in Shanghai. Riding a rented bicycle past the intersection of Zhijiang West Road and Pushan Road in Zhabei District, he was stopped by officers from the Zhijiang West Road police station and taken into the station for questioning until the early hours of October 6. He said he was insulted and beaten inside the station, which was the starting point of his nonstop complaints over the following year.
2007-03-24
On March 24, 2007, Xi Jinping was transferred from Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee to Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, succeeding acting municipal Party Committee Secretary Han Zheng after the Chen Liangyu case.
2007
After Xi Jinping took charge in Shanghai in 2007, Fang Xinghai was promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Financial Work Party Committee.
2007
Xi Jinping became Shanghai Party Secretary in 2007. After about seven months in the post, he moved to Beijing, becoming a key figure groomed in the Chinese Communist Party's top-level personnel arrangements.
2006-09-24
On September 24, 2006, the CCP Central Committee decided to remove Chen Liangyu from his posts as Secretary of the CCP Shanghai Municipal Committee and others, and to place him under investigation, on suspicion of misappropriating Shanghai social security fund investments.
2006-07
The CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection began a thorough investigation into Shanghai's social security system, paving the way for a subsequent investigation into Chen Liangyu.
2005
Fang Xinghai was appointed Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Financial Services Office in 2005.
2005
According to Lang Xianping's own account in October 2006, while hosting a television program at the end of 2005 he received an anonymous email reporting the misappropriation of Shanghai's social security fund and drawing attention to businessman Zhang Rongkun; the central authorities began investigating the case in early 2006.
2004
Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Liangyu criticized central policies at a Politburo meeting for harming the interests of the Yangtze River Delta, and relations with the Hu-Wen faction began to grow tense.
2003
While the author's father was hospitalized at Zhongshan Hospital, the author met a fellow patient waiting for an organ transplant. The patient said they had a QQ group where many people were waiting for organs and mentioned that Shanghai had many sources of organs. The patient also said the organs they were waiting for might be "dry" and speculated that they could be related to executed drug traffickers, but the author expressed doubt, believing that the health condition of drug traffickers would not be suitable for transplantation.
2003
Chen Jin's team ground off the markings on purchased Motorola chips and reprinted them as "Hanxin No. 1", announced it in February 2003, defrauding about 110 million yuan in research funding (over 60 million yuan received), and was exposed in early 2006.
2002
Fumao Group has begun ordering the construction of a large number of big bulk carriers at Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard, and the Zhao family's cooperation with China's state-owned shipbuilding system has entered a new stage.
2001-10-19
In October 2001, Jiang Zemin met with George W. Bush in Shanghai, and the United States adjusted its positioning of China from a "strategic competitor" to a "constructive cooperative relationship."
2001-09-11
According to Shanghai professor Bao Pengshan, on the night of the September 11 attacks in 2001, students at several universities in Shanghai lit candles on the lawns, singing and dancing to celebrate the terrorist attacks, and many of them were at the time applying for scholarships to study in the United States.
2000
Hu Liren said that during a dinner with leaders of Shanghai Qingpu Prison, he asked whether a large number of Falun Gong practitioners had been arrested and had their organs harvested while in prison, and the other party retorted, "How do you know?" before admitting that this had happened.
2000
A male Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai whom Hu Liren met in Flushing, New York, said that he was sentenced and imprisoned in a Shanghai prison for practicing Falun Gong. While in prison, he was pinned to the ground with a chair pressed against him, and prison guards repeatedly shocked his head with multiple electric batons until he lost consciousness, leaving a large swelling on his head.
1999-01-20
Shanghai software engineer Lin Hai was sentenced to two years in prison for providing 30,000 collected Chinese email addresses to the overseas anti-communist digital journal "VIP Reference," becoming the first person in China to be imprisoned for internet-related activities.
1999
Hu Liren said that Shanghai Bell Alcatel engineer Zhao Jun and his wife Xu Meiqi, director of the laboratory department of Shanghai Huaihai Hospital, were arrested together with their children in 1999 for practicing Falun Gong, and the whole family went missing afterward; their parents waited for more than 20 years without seeing them return. He said that the then-director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau and head of the Falun Gong task force was Wu Zhiming.
1991
In 1991, Jiefang Daily, the official newspaper of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, ran four consecutive articles under the pen name Huangfuping that vigorously championed reform and opening up and challenged conservatives within the Party; editor-in-chief Zhou Ruijin later confirmed that they were written by Zhu Rongji himself.
1989-09
In September 1989, Zhu Yuejun, who had graduated from Hengyang Medical College, worked at the Second Xiangya Hospital and obtained a master's degree from Guiyang Medical College, was admitted to Shanghai Second Medical University (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine) to pursue a doctoral degree. He joined the team of Professor Wang Zhenyi, a leading authority in hematology, and participated in research on the mechanism of all-trans retinoic acid-induced differentiation of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells.
1989-06-21
On June 21, 1989, Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong, who had been sentenced to death in the Guangxin Road crossing incident in Shanghai, were executed. They had been sentenced to death in the first instance on June 15, and the West German ambassador to China had called for the three not to be put to death.
1989-06-20
In June 1989, the Shanghai High People's Court rejected the appeals of Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong, upholding the death sentences; the three were executed on June 21. The specific date of the second instance was reported to be around June 20.
1989-06-16
On June 16, 1989, after three people in Shanghai were sentenced to death, the West German ambassador to China expressed hope that the authorities would not carry out the executions, but the three were still executed on June 21.
1989-06-15
On June 15, 1989, the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court sentenced Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong to death in the first instance, to be executed immediately, with political rights stripped for life; only 9 days elapsed from the case on June 6 to the verdict.
1989-06-14
The Shanghai Intermediate Court heard the Guangxin Road level crossing case, which was broadcast live on television. The defendant, Yan Xuerong, is reportedly intellectually disabled from birth, and her unusual behavior in court sparked discussion; the trial date could not be verified, and she was sentenced to death at first instance on June 15.
1989-06-09
After the Guangxin Road crossing incident, Shanghai police arrested those involved, including Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong. English-language materials say 11 people were arrested at the scene; the claim of dozens of arrests and nighttime raids from June 7 to 9 could not be verified.
1989-06-06
At 20:43 on the evening of June 6, 1989, Train No. 161 traveling from Beijing to Shanghai entered the Guangxin Road railway crossing in Putuo District and plowed into a crowd gathered to mourn the victims of June Fourth and protest the massacre, killing 6 people and seriously injuring 6 others. The tragedy enraged the people at the scene; tens of thousands gathered in protest, train carriages were set on fire, and Beijing–Shanghai railway traffic was cut off. The incident is known as the "Guangxin Road Crossing Incident" or the "Shanghai June 6 Incident."
1989-06-05
In the early morning of June 5, 1989, students from some universities in Shanghai set up barriers and sat on the tracks around the Guangxin Road crossing on the Beijing–Shanghai Railway to obstruct rail traffic in protest of the June Fourth crackdown; more than 47 passenger trains were disrupted that day.
1989-06
On June 15, 1989, Xu Guoming, Bian Hanwu, and Yan Xuerong were sentenced to death in the first instance by the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court for June Fourth, and were executed by firing squad on June 20, faster than in Beijing.
1989-05
During the June Fourth turmoil of 1989, Zhu Rongji broke with convention by appearing on television to make an appeal, saying that Shanghai was different from Beijing and that troops and police would not be deployed, and stating that no one could conceal the historical facts; this footage was later circulated repeatedly.
1989-04
Because the World Economic Herald published an article commemorating Hu Yaobang, Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Jiang Zemin ordered the article pulled and suspended editor-in-chief Qin Benli for self-reflection, sparking protests by journalists and students.
1988
Fuzhou Group's first construction of large ocean-going cargo ships at a Chinese state-owned shipyard marks the first deep cooperation between the Zhao family and China's national industrial system.
1986-12
At the end of 1986, student unrest erupted nationwide; students from more than ten universities in Shanghai took to the streets, and Jiang Zemin responded with a carrot-and-stick policy.
1985
After holding a series of deputy ministerial-level positions, Jiang Zemin officially took office as Mayor of Shanghai in 1985.
1981-11
28-year-old Zhao Xiaolan returned to China for the first time with her parents to visit her alma mater, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. It was also an opportunity for Zhao Xiansheng to return to his alma mater.
1979-10
Host Hu Liren recalled that in October 1979, when he was in the first year of junior high in Shanghai, he saw a Shanghai municipal government reception car drive into the school. A young American diplomat was filming the school with a handheld video camera and said it was for his mother to see. This reflected the beginning of the thaw in Sino‑American relations and an early sign of China’s opening to the outside world.
1976
When the author was in elementary school in Shanghai, a school worker who had barely spoken for five years was actually a principal-level senior intellectual who had been purged elsewhere; after Mao Zedong's death in 1976, this person was rehabilitated and took up the post of principal.
1972-02-21
US President Nixon visited China, met with Chinese leaders including Zhou Enlai, and issued the Sino-US Joint Communiqué, marking the breaking of ice in relations between the two countries.
1966
The video narrator says a teacher in Tianfuli, Xujiahui, Shanghai, was repeatedly denounced by students, and was taken to denunciation sessions even while bedridden with a high fever; the family says the teacher was ultimately scalded to death with boiling water by students; no public record of this case can be found.
1966
During the Cultural Revolution, a young worker in Shanghai was handed over by his work unit's security department to the police and sentenced to two years of re-education through labor after criticizing the bad-tasting noodles served in the canteen on Mao Zedong's birthday.
1966
During the Cultural Revolution, the houses of families of former capitalists in Shanghai were confiscated by their work units or rebel factions, and many people were driven out of their own homes, left with only one room or even no housing at all; some were stripped of their clothes and forced to hand over their property, and many people, to save their lives, laid gold bars and silver dollars out in their homes to let the Red Guards take them away in raids. There were even cases of apprentices seizing their masters' houses and relatives turning against each other.
1956
According to the program, around 1956, the Rong family handed over enterprises such as cotton yarn and flour to the Communist Party, and relevant personnel participated in Shanghai's business and industrial circles.
1952-01-25
In 1952, affected by campaigns such as the Three-Anti and Five-Anti movements, a large number of capitalists and merchants in Shanghai chose to commit suicide by jumping from buildings, unable to bear the persecution.
1950
Hu Liren said that Zhao, father of his friend Zhao Jun and the first director of the radiology department at Quyang District Hospital, took gold bars from his home in the early 1950s and entrusted someone to go to Hong Kong to buy an X-ray machine, which was shipped back to Shanghai and donated to the hospital in the name of a gift, becoming the hospital's first X-ray equipment; this was recounted by his students at the memorial meeting after his death.
1948-09-19
On September 19, 1948, Han Xiu arrived in Shanghai. Thereafter, she served multiple times as a messenger helping Lao She and Zhao Qingge exchange letters, and personally witnessed the experiences of Lao She and the intellectuals around him.
1931
In 1931, Chen Yun instructed Qin Bangli (younger brother of Bo Gu) to open a business in Shanghai, using two gold bars to conduct trade, manage money for the CCP, and open up underground communication lines.
1927-04-12
Chiang Kai-shek launched the Purge in Shanghai, resulting in the cleansing of a large number of grassroots Kuomintang members and Communists, which led to reverse selection within the party.
1921
In 1921, Lenin dispatched Bolshevik agents to Shanghai to assist in founding the Chinese Communist Party.
1913-03-20
Song Jiaoren was assassinated in Shanghai, ending the Kuomintang's possibility of forming a cabinet through a parliamentary majority.
1911-12-25
After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Shanghai. Following the establishment of the Provisional Government in Nanjing, the treasury had only ten silver dollars left, facing total bankruptcy due to a lack of foreign window and diplomatic recognition.