Bank of China Branch in Tieling, Liaoning Converts Depositor’s Savings Into Insurance Without Consent; Customer Protests Inside Bank (2026.06.29)
On June 29, a depositor at the Longshou branch of Bank of China in Tieling, Liaoning, staged a protest inside the bank after his savings were fraudulently converted into an insurance product. According to the depositor, he had been depositing 5,000 yuan per year at the branch, with the plan of depositing for five years and leaving the money for another five years, bringing his total principal to 25,000 yuan. The bank had promised he would receive 39,000 yuan when the ten-year term matured. When he went to withdraw the money, however, the bank was only willing to pay 30,000 yuan. It was only after pressing the issue that he learned his wife had been induced by bank staff to sign documents converting the 9,000-yuan difference into an insurance product. When his wife later sought redress from Ping An Life Insurance, the company said it would only compensate 4,000 yuan, and pressured her to sign documents by threatening that she would “get nothing at all” if she refused. His wife signed under duress.
Hangzhou Taxi Driver Breaks Down Facing Fine, Cries Out “I Don’t Want to Live Anymore” (2026.06.29)
On the evening of June 29, near Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, a taxi driver broke down after being pulled over by traffic police and told he faced a fine. He cried out “I don’t want to live anymore,” “I earn just 100 yuan a day,” and “my father-in-law has been lying in the ICU for eight months,” and refused to get out of the car.
CCP Petition Interceptors Caught After Abducting Petitioner on Beijing Street (2026.06.28)
On June 28, petition interceptors working for the Chinese Communist Party abducted a petitioner on a street in Beijing in broad daylight, but were caught by other petitioners and security guards.
On June 29, a radar surveillance vehicle was spotted parked near China Zun, Beijing’s tallest building, which was struck by an aircraft three days earlier.
Thousands in Hefei March to Block Garbage Plant, Clash With Police (2026.06.27)
Thousands of residents in Luyang District, Hefei, Anhui Province, took to the streets on Saturday night to protest a planned large-scale garbage transfer station, forcing local officials to announce on the spot that the project would be canceled. During the demonstration, residents clashed violently with police, and several protesters were taken into custody.
Injured Delivery Worker in Zhejiang Forced to Keep Working to Survive (2026.06.26)
On June 26, in a location in Zhejiang, a food delivery worker who had injured his leg and could no longer walk normally was still forced to continue making deliveries just to make a living.
Worker at Beihai, Guangxi Food Factory Collapses From Overwork (2026.06.26)
On June 26, Guangxi Beihai Jinhaiying Food Co., Ltd. was reported to have long subjected employees to excessive working hours, with day shifts lasting 12 hours and weekend rotations stretching to as long as 19 consecutive hours. Even after a worker collapsed from exhaustion on the job, the company still refused to grant time off.
Submission: Yangzhou University’s New Crackdown on Non-Motorized Vehicles Sparks Student Outrage, Allegations of Profit-Sharing Arrangement With Qingju (2026.06.25)
On June 25, Yangzhou University announced that starting next semester, it would launch a campus-wide crackdown on non-motorized vehicles: incoming students in the Class of 2026 will be barred from purchasing their own electric bikes; students with currently valid license plates will be required to switch to electronic plates. At the same time, the university announced it would introduce shared bicycles and a small number of shared electric bikes, with Qingju (Qingju Bike) as the sole designated provider. The university’s previous license plate registration system for campus electric bikes, however, has been suspended for three consecutive years and has not been operational for nearly a year, leaving students without plates facing the forced confiscation of their vehicles with no way to register them retroactively.
Students have identified multiple problems with the policy. First, the shared bikes can only be used within campus and supply is grossly inadequate — according to the university’s own bidding documents, the six campuses combined will receive only 1,000 shared bicycles and 200 shared electric bikes, while the university has more than 56,000 students and staff in total. Some campuses lack cafeterias or libraries, forcing students to commute between campuses, a need the supply falls far short of meeting. Second, students say the university is effectively pressuring them to sell their personal electric bikes at low prices while the university itself has already lined up scrap dealers to buy them, raising suspicions that the university profits from the arrangement. Third, campus mobility services are monopolized exclusively by Qingju, with the bidding contract and revenue-sharing terms never disclosed, raising suspicion of improper benefit transfers. Fourth, the shared electric bikes are priced at 37.18 yuan per semester, far exceeding the long-term cost of owning a private bike, and the pricing was set without any public hearing. Fifth, the university cites lithium battery safety as grounds for removing private electric bikes, yet applies no such requirement to Qingju’s shared bikes, which carry the same fire risk — a glaring double standard.
After the policy became public, students voiced their frustration on social media and campus forums, raising five demands, including reopening the plate registration system, increasing the supply of shared bikes, disclosing the bidding contract and revenue-sharing terms, and introducing a reasonable transition plan. As of now, the university has not issued a public response.
The submitter also noted that Yangzhou University has long charged students more than market rates, particularly for laundry and convenience store services, while clamping down harshly on whistleblowers — using surveillance tactics to silence dissent and tightly controlling public discourse on campus. Students’ rights, the submitter said, have long gone unaddressed, with no real channel for grievances to be heard, a situation that has drawn criticism for years.
Prominent Jiujiang Company Liansheng Withholds Wages and Social Insurance; Thousands of Employees Demand Pay at Headquarters (2026.06.24)
On June 24, Jiangxi Jiujiang Liansheng Industrial Group sparked large-scale protests after withholding wages for three months and social insurance contributions for over two years from thousands of employees, while also refusing to repay funds it had raised from some workers. Thousands of employees gathered that day at Liansheng Group’s headquarters in Jiujiang, demanding payment of back wages, repayment of overdue social insurance, and the return of their invested funds. The protest at one point escalated into a clash with personnel hired by the company, leaving the scene tense. Jiujiang Liansheng Industrial Group is a private conglomerate primarily engaged in commerce and trade, and was once one of the most influential business leaders in Jiujiang and the broader northern Jiangxi region. At its peak, the group’s operations spanned department stores, supermarkets, real estate, and other sectors, and it even funded a professional football club, giving it considerable local prominence. In recent years, however, the company’s operations have steadily deteriorated, with its supermarkets and shopping centers shutting down one after another, leaving the group on the brink of collapse.
Hainan Airlines Fails to Clearly Disclose New Baggage Rule, Passenger Hit With Surcharge at Boarding Gate (2026.06.22)
On June 22, a passenger boarding a Hainan Airlines flight from Chongqing to Guangzhou at 10 a.m. said he was informed at the boarding gate that the airline applies a “distinctive” baggage size standard. Because his luggage exceeded the limit, he was required to pay a 240-yuan fee, and by that point there was no longer enough time to check the bag instead. The passenger said that at no point during ticket purchase or security screening had he been clearly informed that Hainan Airlines uses baggage size rules different from those of other airlines.
