On May 14, following the closure of the East Campus bathhouse at Xuanhua Vocational College of Science and Technology in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, the management refused to fully refund the money students had stored on their bath cards. Instead, they demanded a 10-yuan “card return fee.”
This triggered widespread dissatisfaction among hundreds of students, who gathered outside the bathhouse entrance in protest. By the morning of May 15, under pressure from the student body, the school announced that the bath fees would be refunded in full and the “card return fee” would be waived.
May 13: The National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (NPB) remains overcrowded with people. Due to Donald Trump’s visit, an even greater number of petitioners have been detained and sent to Jiujingzhuang.
On May 13, a subsidiary of Shenzhen Topband Co., Ltd. located in Long Thanh District, Dong Nai Province, Vietnam, was accused of unilaterally dismissing a Chinese female employee. After refusing compensation and declining to communicate with her, the company allegedly forcibly removed her from the premises in the early hours of the same day, leaving her with multiple abrasions across her body.
May 12, near the former site of Juyuan Middle School in Dujiangyan, Sichuan. A large number of family members of the victims gathered to burn incense, light candles, and set off firecrackers to mourn their loved ones lost in the earthquake.
During the massive earthquake on May 12, 2008, two teaching buildings at Juyuan Middle School were razed to the ground, resulting in the tragic deaths of 278 students and 6 teachers. In stark contrast, residential houses surrounding the school and other structures on campus did not fully collapse—some older buildings even remained standing.
Following the disaster, several architectural experts conducted field investigations and pointed out clear quality issues in the collapsed school buildings, including insufficient reinforcement ratios, substandard cement grades, and structural connection defects. However, the authorities insisted on categorizing the tragedy strictly as a “natural disaster.” Despite the victims’ parents persisting in their pursuit of justice for years—demanding a thorough investigation and legal accountability for those responsible for the construction—their efforts remain without result to this day.
“Shanghai Female Master’s Student Says Internship Company Stole Her Identity and Made Her a Registered ‘Responsible Person’ (2026.05.08)”
Recently, a female master’s student in Shanghai posted a video alleging that the company where she interned for just one month used her personal information without her knowledge to register her as the company’s “financial officer” and “tax officer,” despite the fact that she had never signed a formal tripartite internship agreement.
She said she only discovered the issue after checking the company’s official registration records, where she found that she had been listed as a company official with potential legal liabilities.
According to her account, after leaving the company, she repeatedly asked for her name to be removed from the registration, but the company continuously delayed the process and demanded that she first pay accommodation fees, utility charges, and other expenses before agreeing to revoke her status.
She also accused the company of contacting her parents and falsely claiming that she owed the company money, pressuring her school, and even accessing chat records between her and a colleague in an apparent attempt to learn about her plans to report the company.
“Hundreds of Employees Strike in Xi’an, Protesting Chinasoft International’s Disguised Layoffs (2026.05.11)”
On May 11, more than one hundred employees of Chinasoft International in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, went on strike to protest the company’s alleged use of salary cuts, forced job transfers, and other measures to pressure employees — including pregnant women — into resigning voluntarily in order to avoid paying compensation.
According to employees, after workers continued livestreaming and publicly calling attention to the dispute, a company representative met with them and both sides briefly entered detailed negotiations over compensation arrangements. However, after receiving a phone call, the representative’s attitude reportedly changed abruptly. The company then denied carrying out any forced dismissals and declared that all previously discussed compensation proposals were void, causing the negotiations to collapse.
Founded in 2000, Chinasoft International is a major IT outsourcing and software services company headquartered in Beijing and listed in Hong Kong (00354.HK). It is also one of Huawei’s key outsourcing suppliers.
“Chinese State Media Claims ‘Circumventing the Firewall’ Is Illegal, Uses Fear Tactics Against the Public (2026.05.08)”
On May 8, “Weixin Rongmei,” the official media outlet of Weixin County in Zhaotong, released a propaganda video claiming that using tools to circumvent China’s internet firewall is illegal. The video stated that related records could be added to personal files and may affect civil service exams, political background checks, and employment opportunities, in what critics described as an attempt to intimidate the public.
The video also claimed that the belief that “people will not be punished for circumventing the firewall if there is no profit involved” is a rumor, and called on the public to “report any suspicious firewall-circumvention activities to local cyberspace administration or public security authorities.”
“Aftermath of the ‘Little Luoxi’ Incident: Deng Rongrong Tracked by ‘Unidentified Individuals’ on Mother’s Day (May 10, 2026)”
On May 10, 2026, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Ms. Deng Rongrong—the mother at the center of the “Little Luoxi” case—was followed by a black sedan while driving her lawyer to the airport. After Ms. Deng reported the incident to the police, the responding officers showed a clear bias toward the man who had been tailing her.
Video footage reveals that the man’s phone was equipped with “Zhezhengding” (浙政钉), Zhejiang Province’s exclusive government collaboration and office platform. This platform is strictly restricted to civil servants and public institution employees within Zhejiang Province. Furthermore, according to information provided by netizens, the vehicle driven by the man is registered to the Panhuo Police Station of the Yinzhou Branch of the Ningbo Public Security Bureau. On February 5, 2026, the “Little Luoxi” incident was officially classified by authorities as a “Grade I, Class A Medical Malpractice Accident.”
Thousands of Homeowners in Leshan, Sichuan Block Roads to Protest Having Their Household Registration “Transferred to Rural Status” (2026.05.09)
On the evening of May 9, thousands of homeowners from four residential developments near Sanhao Bridge in Shizhong District, Leshan, Sichuan — Shili Jiangwan, Binjiang Garden City, Jiazhou Waitan, and Feicui Binjiang — staged a collective demonstration to protest the Leshan municipal government’s reclassification of their household registrations as rural. During the protest, some homeowners temporarily blocked road traffic in the area.
Demonstrating homeowners stated that one of the primary reasons they purchased their properties in the first place was to obtain urban household registration (hukou), which would allow their children to access educational resources in the city’s school district. Having now been reclassified as rural residents, many homeowners — who had spent years of savings and continue to carry mortgage debt — say the decision is simply unacceptable.
