Yangzhou · Full chronicle and history

On November 4, a Douyin influencer posted a video stating that a friend of over 20 years had passed away at a garment factory in Gaoyou, Jiangsu, due to long-term overwork. Chat logs show the female worker mentioned on November 19, 2025, that she was working overtime until 10 PM every day with no days off on Sundays, once saying, "I will die of sudden cardiac death sooner or later," and had been pressured by the finance department and the factory manager to return to work.

Multiple workers at Jiangyang Cable in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, staged a collective protest after 2,000 yuan was deducted from their wages for both September and October, leaving them with only 2,500 yuan in hand. Workers stated that they even had to pay out of pocket to cover their mortgage payments.

[Follow-up · November 2026] Workers at Jiangyang Cable in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, protested against wage deductions. Online chat logs indicate that workers had 2,000 yuan deducted from their pay for two consecutive months (September and October), leaving them with only 2,500 yuan in take-home pay, with no prior consultation with the workers.

On June 28, 2026, a tanker truck caught fire and triggered a violent explosion at the Jiangdu Service Area in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. A huge fireball and billowing black smoke rose from the scene, damaging surrounding facilities, and the fire department rushed to handle the situation.

Jiang Zemin was born in 1926 in Yangzhou, Jiangsu. His father, Jiang Shijun, later served as deputy director of the propaganda department of the Wang Jingwei puppet regime, among other posts.

In the 45th year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, Yun Shizhen, the Salt Inspection Censor of Lianghuai, implemented the gang salt system, turning the qualifications of salt-transporting merchants into hereditary business licenses. The Huizhou merchants used this to monopolize the trade and gave rise to Yangzhou-specific businesses such as raising "thin horses."