As President Trump is about to set off for the highly anticipated meeting with CCP leader Xi Jinping, Beijing has indeed once again high-profilely emphasized its old cliché—that so-called "mutual respect" should become the foundation of China-US relations. This sentence sounds reasonable, and even has a touch of nobility. But in reality, what it truly wants to express is a demand for others to shut up, acquiesce, or even bow down morally. Looking deeper, when the CCP demands that others "respect China," it is actually engaging in a carefully designed conceptual substitution, and on multiple levels. ...
On September 17, at the entrance of the Huazhang Xuanhua Computing Power Hub Industrial Base in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province, multiple migrant workers hung a banner reading "Please pay last year's arrears of migrant workers' wages," publicly demanding their unpaid labor compensation.
On September 16, a netizen posted a promotional video praising the worship of Mao Zedong and passing on the red gene, which was subsequently mocked by numerous netizens using image comments, attracting widespread public attention.
Recently, a video showing a worker in Jiangxi holding his breath and diving into filthy sewers for cleaning and dredging operations without any safety protection measures has sparked widespread discussion in society regarding labor safety guarantees.
On September 17, a collective strike occurred at the Cangdong Power Plant project in Cangzhou, Hebei Province. The contractor, Energy China Tianjin Electric Power Construction, was accused of withholding migrant workers' wages for three and a half months, leading multiple workers to stage a sit-in protest in front of the office building.
On September 12, a netizen posted on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) claiming that an age limit of 25 was set for recruitment at a Guming store, sparking public criticism over workplace age discrimination. Netizens believe this restriction reflects excessive labor intensity in the position and called for a boycott by refusing to patronize the brand.
On September 17, it was circulated online that the Justice Bureau of Puan County, Guizhou Province, issued a notice requiring local lawyers, when handling cases related to cracking down on organized crime, to report to the county justice bureau for study and obtain approval before they can present defense arguments that involve changing the characterization of a crime, and demanding that all law firms strictly enforce this.
On September 17, Bloomberg reported that when screening the list of business delegates accompanying Xi Jinping on his visit to the US, the Chinese side not only considered potential commercial deals, but also focused on evaluating the entrepreneurs' political loyalty and demanded that they avoid overshadowing the leader. Currently, senior officials such as Cai Qi are reviewing the list, with BYD founder Wang Chuanfu under consideration.
Zhu Yuejun, a PhD student at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine who once studied under Wang Zhenyi, failed to receive his degree due to academic disagreements. Since 1993, he has been practicing medicine in his hometown of Wugang, Hunan, and currently lives in financial distress relying on minimum living allowances. His experience has sparked discussions on academic authorities suppressing dissent.