On the evening of March 13, along Jihua Road in the Bantian Subdistrict of Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong province, a street vendor climbed onto the roof of their snack cart to prevent it from being towed away by urban management officers (Chengguan).
On March 14, hundreds of homeowners in the Jinlongwan Town residential community in Xinjian District, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, gathered to defend their rights and evict the property management company, which they accused of charging high fees while failing to fulfill its duties. During the incident, the homeowners tore down the property management’s signboard and cleared out all the chairs and office supplies from the management office.
During the “Two Sessions” in Beijing from March 3 to 13, a large number of petitioners queuing outside the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration were lured by police into Jiujingzhuang on the eve of the opening and detained for an extended period. Some were held in Jiujingzhuang for as long as 11 days, only gaining their release after the “Two Sessions” concluded. Other petitioners were forcibly taken directly from Jiujingzhuang back to their hometowns by local interceptors.
After selling the commercial properties located at Wenying Lake in Datong, Shanxi, Jinneng Group refused to process the real estate certificates for the basements, resulting in a loss of over 200,000 yuan for the owners. On March 13, when the owners went to the Datong ‘Two Zones’ Headquarters to defend their rights, they were taken away by the police.
Speaking Out in the Shanghai Metro Against “996” and Difficult Access to Healthcare, Wuhan Man Detained in Psychiatric Hospital for 25 Days (Dec 5–29, 2025)
Jin Guohui, a 47-year-old resident of Wuhan, recently submitted a testimony to the “Yesterday” channel stating that on December 5, 2025, he used a loudspeaker to speak publicly inside a carriage on Shanghai Metro Line 2. In his remarks, he described the social hardships faced by ordinary people and criticized the “996” work schedule and the difficulty of obtaining medical care. What moved him most, he said, was that when metro staff entered the carriage to search for the person speaking, hundreds of passengers silently coordinated and no one stepped forward to identify him. However, when he later voluntarily went to a police station to cooperate with the investigation, he was sent to a psychiatric hospital, where he says he was confined and mistreated for 25 days. According to him, the experience caused him to “lose 13 jin (about 6.5 kilograms) in weight, and he still suffers from tinnitus, constipation, and lower back pain.”
On March 13, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) deployed over a hundred personnel to Gaolou Village, Baihe Subdistrict in Kaizhou, Chongqing, to forcibly install solar panels, beating villagers who protested.
Between March 11 and 13, a large number of shops near Gutan Street and the Hongxin Building on Xihu Road in Tianxin District, Changsha, Hunan Province, were vandalized by unidentified individuals for failing to ‘cooperate’ with demolition efforts. According to the shop owners, they refused to relocate because their leases had not yet expired, and some had even just recently finished renovating their stores.
“Beijing activist Quan Shixin decries the CCP for seizing her legal property in front of the Beijing Public Complaints Bureau (2026.03.11).” In 2023, Beijing activist Quan Shixin was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on trumped-up charges for accepting interviews with overseas media. While in prison, she conducted a hunger strike in protest and was subjected to forced feeding. During her detention, the CCP forcibly demolished her only residence.
Workers Protest After Losing Jobs Without Compensation at Four Factories in Guangdong, Fujian, and Zhejiang (Mar 1–9, 2026)
In early March, shortly after the Lunar New Year holiday ended, several manufacturing factories in China announced closures. Among them, four companies located in Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Fujian triggered days of worker protests after failing to provide compensation in accordance with China’s Labor Law. The four factories involved are as follows:
At Sihui Jinye Textile Dyeing & Finishing Co., Ltd. in Sihui, Guangdong, hundreds of workers who returned after the Lunar New Year holiday discovered that the company had moved its equipment away during the holiday period. This sparked continuous protests from March 1 to March 3, as workers demanded compensation.
At Putian Qiming Footwear Co., Ltd. in Putian, Fujian, employees returning from the Lunar New Year holiday found that the company had no intention of resuming production and even prohibited workers from staying in the dormitories. From March 5 to March 9, angry workers staged several consecutive days of collective protests, blocking the factory gate to prevent vehicles from removing equipment. According to workers, the company has already relocated the factory overseas.
A factory of Jiangnan Buyi Co., Ltd. located in the Xiaoshan industrial zone of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, announced its closure but refused to compensate workers. On March 5, workers organized collective protests demanding compensation.
Biel Crystal (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, Guangdong shut down and laid off workers due to a lack of orders, but refused to provide compensation in accordance with China’s Labor Law. This triggered four consecutive days of worker protests from March 5 to March 8, as employees demanded lawful compensation. Workers reported that under the company’s proposed compensation plan, ordinary employees would receive only “0.4N” in severance pay. Public records show that Biel Crystal (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Biel Crystal (China) Co., Ltd., a Hong Kong-funded enterprise, primarily engaged in the research, development, and production of precision optical glass lenses, sapphire glass, and related products.
Over the past two years, under the combined pressures of economic slowdown, shrinking export orders, and the relocation of industrial supply chains, many small and medium-sized factories across China have suspended operations or gone bankrupt. When it comes to worker compensation, companies of different backgrounds have shown starkly different responses. Foreign-funded enterprises generally follow the “N+1” compensation standard—or even higher—when closing or relocating operations. By contrast, many domestic Chinese companies and some Hong Kong-funded firms often offer compensation below the legal standard, and in some cases simply disappear without paying workers at all. This widespread failure to provide proper compensation has left large numbers of unemployed workers not only without livelihoods, but also trapped in difficult struggles to defend their rights.
On March 12, at Chuanwei Beach in Shangnan Village, Jingdu Town, Chaonan District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province, aquaculture farmers lay and sat in front of excavator tracks to stop the local government from forcibly demolishing their shrimp ponds. According to the people involved, due to a government development project, the Chuanwei Beach Hechuang Park unilaterally terminated the contracts with the farmers before their expiration and refused to pay compensation, despite the fact that there are still 600,000 catties (300 metric tons) of shrimp in the ponds waiting to be sold.