「苹果代工厂否认“5天8小时”，江苏立讯工人加班时间请病假遭开除（2026.08.24）」江苏省昆山市立讯精密工业（昆山）有限公司，一名工人因在加班时段请病假未获批准，被公司按旷工处理。8月24日，当事人在找公司领导申辩时，双方发生激烈争吵。该名领导在交涉中不仅公然否认“五天八小时”工作制是中国《劳动法》的法定标准，更直接将该员工开除。该员工表示，自己将向劳动仲裁机构申请仲裁，并准备向法院提起诉讼，绝不妥协让步。 公开资料显示，立讯精密（Luxshare Precision）是中国头部的电子制造服务企业，也是美国苹果公司（Apple Inc.）在全球的第二大整机代工厂，主要代工苹果的手表、耳机及智能手机等核心产品。目前，立讯正为iPhone 18系列生产相关零部件。

“Apple Contractor Denies ‘Five-Day, Eight-Hour Work Schedule’; Jiangsu Luxshare Worker Fired After Requesting Sick Leave During Overtime (2026.08.24)”

At Luxshare Precision Industry (Kunshan) Co., Ltd. in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, a worker’s request for sick leave during scheduled overtime was denied, and the company recorded his absence as unauthorized. On August 24, when the worker approached a company manager to appeal the decision, the two became involved in a heated argument. During the confrontation, the manager openly denied that the five-day, eight-hour work schedule is a legally mandated standard under China’s Labor Law and then fired the worker. The worker said he would apply for labor arbitration and file a lawsuit in court, refusing to back down or compromise.

Public records show that Luxshare Precision is one of China’s leading electronics manufacturing services companies and Apple Inc.’s second-largest final-assembly contractor worldwide. It primarily manufactures and assembles core Apple products, including Apple Watches, AirPods, and iPhones. Luxshare is currently producing components for the iPhone 18 series.

「广东普宁工人厂内猝死，家属游行要求赔偿（2026.08.24）」8月24日，广东揭阳普宁市源辉化纤有限公司，一名工人不幸在工厂内猝死后，家属们拉横幅游行至工厂门口，要求厂方作出合理赔偿。

“Worker Dies Suddenly at Factory in Puning, Guangdong; Family Marches to Demand Compensation (2026.08.24)”

On August 24, a worker died suddenly inside Puning Yuanhui Chemical Fiber Co., Ltd. in Jieyang, Guangdong Province. The worker’s family members marched to the factory entrance carrying banners and demanded reasonable compensation from the company.

「四川广汉工人爬上路灯讨薪，持续11小时（2026.08.25）」8月25日，四川省广汉市，一名工人为讨要被拖欠的工资，爬上百伦·江樾居门前一座融入三星堆元素的景观路灯顶端，并悬挂写有“还我血汗钱”字样的条幅。据目击者透露，该男子当天早上6时许爬上路灯，直至下午5时许才被消防人员救下，整个过程持续约11个小时。

“Worker in Guanghan, Sichuan, Climbs Streetlight to Demand Unpaid Wages, Remains There for 11 Hours (2026.08.25)”

On August 25, in Guanghan, Sichuan Province, a worker demanding unpaid wages climbed to the top of a Sanxingdui-inspired decorative streetlight outside the Bailun Jiangyueju residential complex and unfurled a banner reading, “Pay Me My Hard-Earned Wages.”

According to eyewitnesses, the man climbed the streetlight shortly after 6 a.m. and was not rescued by firefighters until shortly after 5 p.m., remaining there for approximately 11 hours.

「河南数百投资者围堵官员讨款，县长险遭围殴（2026.08.24）」8月24日，河南省信阳市潢川县余店村发生大规模抗议。数百名裕丰粮业、忠兴粮油的投资者聚集在余店村委会，要求潢川县县长出面解决投资款兑付问题。期间，维权群众与政府工作人员及警察发生冲突，县长一度被愤怒的人群围堵，险遭群殴。

“Hundreds of Henan Investors Surround Officials Demanding Repayment; County Chief Nearly Attacked by Crowd (August 24, 2026)”

On August 24, a large-scale protest erupted in Yudian Village, Huangchuan County, Xinyang City, Henan Province. Hundreds of investors in Yufeng Grain and Zhongxing Grain and Oil gathered outside the Yudian Village Committee office, demanding that the head of Huangchuan County address the repayment of their investments. Clashes broke out between the protesters, government personnel, and police. At one point, the county chief was surrounded by the angry crowd and narrowly escaped being attacked.

「数百学生连日围堵河南嵩山少林武校，爆发多次冲突（2026.08.21—23）」8月21日至23日，河南省郑州市登封市，嵩山少林塔沟武术学校数百名已经毕业的学生连续三天聚集在学校，要求校方退还长期扣留的保证金。据学生透露，每人被扣留的保证金从3000元至5000元不等，时间跨度最长达十余年。期间，学生与校方工作人员及教师多次发生冲突，造成至少一名学生受伤，当局出动了大量警察到学校“维稳”。截至23日，经过连续三天的集体抗议，大部分学生已经拿回保证金。

“Hundreds of Students Surround Henan’s Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School for Days as Multiple Clashes Erupt (2026.08.21–23)”

From August 21 to 23, hundreds of former students of the Shaolin Tagou Martial Arts School gathered at the school in Dengfeng, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, for three consecutive days, demanding the return of security deposits that the school had withheld for years. According to the students, each was owed between 3,000 and 5,000 yuan, with some deposits having been withheld for more than a decade.

During the protest, the students clashed several times with school staff and teachers, leaving at least one student injured. Authorities deployed a large police presence to the school for “stability maintenance.” By August 23, following three consecutive days of collective protest, most of the students had recovered their deposits.

「贵州“反强制火葬运动”烽火再起，千人护葬（2026.08.20）」8月20日，在沉寂八个多月后，贵州农民大规模“反强制火葬运动”烽火再起。当天，上千名彼此素不相识的村民自发聚集在贵州黔南州贵定县岩下乡，为一名离世老人举行土葬仪式，并一路护送其遗体顺利下葬。

据村民透露，当地一刀切的强制火葬政策已强推多年，民间积怨已久，普遍呼吁废除这一不合理的制度。值得关注的是，面对此次千人规模的群体护葬，地方政府并未如过往般出动人员拦截队伍或强行“抢尸”，仅调派了无人机在空中进行拍摄监控。

2025年11月至2026年1月期间，云南、贵州多地曾密集爆发大规模的农民“反强制火葬”运动。当时，为保卫逝者遗体，村民与官方派出的“抢尸队”多次爆发激烈冲突。持续的大规模抗争最终迫使多地政府妥协，取消或暂缓了该项政策。

在2025年11月22日贵州息烽县的一场冲突中，面对进村强推政策的政府人员，一名农民曾当面发出极为激烈的质问：“如果共产党是挖祖坟的，就先挖习近平祖坟。”这也成为彼时民众捍卫传统与尊严的最直白注脚。

“Guizhou’s ‘Anti-Forced Cremation Movement’ Reignites as 1,000 Villagers Escort a Burial (2026.08.20)”

On August 20, after more than eight months of relative quiet, Guizhou farmers’ large-scale movement against forced cremation reignited. That day, more than a thousand villagers—many of them strangers to one another—spontaneously gathered in Yanxia Township, Guiding County, Qiannan Prefecture, Guizhou, to hold a traditional burial for an elderly person who had passed away and escort the body safely to its final resting place.

According to villagers, the local government has forcibly imposed its one-size-fits-all cremation policy for years, fueling longstanding public resentment and widespread calls for the abolition of this unreasonable system. Notably, in response to the thousand-strong funeral escort, the local government did not deploy personnel to block the procession or forcibly “seize the body,” as it had done in the past. Instead, it merely sent a drone to film and monitor the gathering from the air.

Between November 2025 and January 2026, large-scale farmers’ movements against forced cremation erupted across numerous parts of Yunnan and Guizhou. In their efforts to protect the bodies of the deceased, villagers repeatedly clashed with official “body-snatching squads.” The sustained mass resistance ultimately forced several local governments to compromise by canceling or suspending the policy.

During a clash in Xifeng County, Guizhou, on November 22, 2025, one farmer fiercely confronted government personnel who had entered the village to impose the policy: “If the Communist Party is in the business of digging up ancestral graves, then dig up Xi Jinping’s ancestral grave first.” The remark became one of the most direct expressions of the people’s defense of their traditions and dignity at the time.

「晋江鞋厂老板指责讨薪工人“不知好歹”（2026.08.20-22）」8月22日，福建泉州晋江市玖源鞋厂，工人向老板追讨被拖欠的工资时，反遭其指责“不知好歹”。两天前，玖源鞋厂宣布倒闭。为拿回被拖欠的工资，工人们一度堵塞了厂外公路，并与到场警察发生冲突，造成三名工人受伤。之后工人们曾到当地政府求助，但截至22日，仍未拿到工资。

“Jinjiang Shoe Factory Owner Accuses Workers Demanding Unpaid Wages of ‘Not Knowing What’s Good for Them’ (2026.08.20–22)”

On August 22, workers at Jiuyuan Shoe Factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian Province, were accused by the factory owner of “not knowing what’s good for them” when they demanded their unpaid wages. Two days earlier, the factory had announced its closure. In an attempt to recover the wages owed to them, workers briefly blocked the road outside the factory and clashed with police dispatched to the scene, leaving three workers injured. The workers later sought help from the local government, but as of August 22, they still had not received their wages.

「上海华特集团数百名工人连日罢工讨薪（2026.08.18—21）」8月18日至21日，上海市嘉定区华特集团旗下华谷、子元、华特三家工厂的数百名工人全线罢工，先后前往嘉定区劳动人事争议仲裁院、华特集团总部等地集会，讨要被拖欠长达四个月的工资。华特集团是一家总部位于嘉定区的民营汽车零部件制造企业，主要生产汽车内饰件、隔音降噪部件及高分子材料等产品，是上汽大众、上汽通用、一汽大众、福特等整车企业的供应商，在中国多地设有子公司和生产基地。

“Hundreds of Workers at Shanghai Huate Group Strike for Days Over Unpaid Wages (2026.08.18–21)”

From August 18 to 21, hundreds of workers at Huagu, Ziyuan, and Huate—three factories operated by Huate Group in Shanghai’s Jiading District—launched an all-out strike. The workers gathered outside the Jiading District Labor and Personnel Dispute Arbitration Institute, Huate Group’s headquarters, and other locations, demanding four months of unpaid wages.

Headquartered in Jiading District, Huate Group is a privately owned automotive parts manufacturer specializing in automotive interior components, sound insulation and noise-reduction parts, and polymer materials. It supplies major automakers including SAIC Volkswagen, SAIC-GM, FAW-Volkswagen, and Ford, and operates subsidiaries and production facilities across China.

「厦门当局暴力驱赶街边摊贩引发冲突，3人受伤（2026.08.20）」8月20日，福建省厦门市集美区万科云城外，当局出动大批城管和警察驱赶街边摊贩，引发多次激烈冲突，造成3人受伤送医。据多名知情网友透露，事件起因是当地一名“能人”将街道圈占后改造成收费夜市，向摊贩收取每月3500元至7500元的费用。由于收费过高，摊贩们不愿进入夜市经营。当局随后将未缴费、继续在街边经营的摊贩认定为“占道经营”，并进行暴力驱赶。

“Xiamen Authorities Violently Evict Street Vendors, Sparking Clashes and Injuring Three (2026.08.20)”

On August 20, outside Vanke Cloud City in Jimei District, Xiamen, Fujian Province, authorities deployed large numbers of urban management officers and police to evict street vendors, triggering several violent clashes that left three people injured and hospitalized. According to several informed netizens, the incident began after a well-connected local figure cordoned off a street and converted it into a night market, charging vendors monthly fees ranging from 3,500 to 7,500 yuan. Because the fees were too high, the vendors refused to operate inside the night market. Authorities subsequently accused those who had not paid the fees and continued operating along the street of “unauthorized roadside trading” and forcibly drove them away.