On July 22, at Jinle Dyeing and Weaving Co., Ltd. in Jiaxing, Zhejiang, the workers demanding their unpaid wages replaced the bucket truck blocking the gate with a cargo truck.

「大型资金盘暴雷，上千投资者围攻临沂树拍总部与警冲突」来自中国各地的上千名投资者，周一周二连续两天围堵了山东临沂树拍易购总部，要求退还投资款，并一度冲入大楼，砸毁部分设施，与警察爆发激烈冲突，多人被抓走。 树拍易购是近年来在“数字经济”旗号下迅速崛起的消费返利平台，宣称通过“消费即赚钱”“共享分润”模式，让普通用户边购物边创收。用户需先充值用于抢购商品，再通过发展下线赚取高额返利。平台声称年化收益高达200%，并宣称“由罗庄区政府监管”，政府持股比例达34%。在这些“保障”加持下，平台迅速扩张至中国多个城市，号称拥有数千家“数字门店”和上万商户，广泛渗透至社区推广、电视购物与社群营销。不少用户为参与项目不惜抵押房产、申请贷款。 然而自7月起，平台陆续被曝出无法提现的问题。大量用户反映钱包资金被冻结、充值金额无法回收，所谓“T+5提现”形同虚设，资金链断裂迹象明显。 7月21日，树拍易购发布公告称，公司已因涉嫌传销被立案调查。公告还警告称，若相关行为被确认违法，所有参与经营的服务商及用户可能面临刑事追责。与此同时，公司提出所谓“转型方案”，包括与青岛文化产权交易中心合作，推出“文企通”平台，试图构建“数字生态新格局”。 这份公告未能平息投资者怒火，反而被普遍解读为“金蝉脱壳”的信号。当天，大批投资者冲入树拍位于罗庄区的总部大楼，控制了一名公司高管，要求退还投资款，但并未获得回应。 7月22日上午，局势进一步升级，大批投资者从各地驾车抵达临沂并占领了易购总部，现场聚集人数迅速增至上千人。当地政府出动了大量警察到场驱逐示威者，在警察强行进入大楼驱逐抗议者的过程中，双方爆发了多次激烈冲突，期间，示威者朝警察投掷矿泉水瓶等杂物并砸毁了门窗等部分大楼设施，而警察则对抗议者使用了辣椒水，并抓走多人。 当天下午，部分抗议者转而聚集在总部前公路上，导致交通一度瘫痪。警察再次介入，强行驱散人群，过程中又有多人被带走。 除总部外，也有抗议者前往临沂市政府和山东省政府维权，试图寻求解决方案。截至22日晚，树拍总部周边仍有投资者滞留，现场气氛紧张，事件仍在持续发酵。

“Massive Ponzi Scheme Collapse: Over a Thousand Investors Besiege Linyi Shupai Headquarters, Clash with Police”

More than a thousand investors from across China gathered outside the headquarters of Shupai Yigou in Linyi, Shandong, on Monday and Tuesday, demanding the return of their investments. Some stormed the building, vandalized facilities, and clashed violently with police. Several individuals were detained.

Shupai Yigou is a consumer rebate platform that rose rapidly in recent years under the banner of the “digital economy.” It promoted a model of “earn money while spending” and “profit-sharing,” encouraging users to recharge funds to snap up products, and then recruit new participants to earn high rebates. The platform claimed annualized returns of up to 200% and touted backing from the government, asserting that the Luozhuang District government held a 34% stake and was overseeing operations. These “guarantees” helped the company expand swiftly into multiple cities across China, claiming thousands of “digital storefronts” and tens of thousands of merchants, with widespread presence in community promotions, TV shopping, and social media marketing. Many users took out loans or mortgaged property to participate.

However, since July, users have reported that withdrawals were frozen and recharge balances became unrecoverable. The promised “T+5” withdrawal period proved meaningless, with clear signs of a broken capital chain.

On July 21, Shupai Yigou issued a notice stating it was under investigation for suspected pyramid selling. The announcement warned that if illegal activity was confirmed, both service providers and users involved in operations could face criminal charges. Simultaneously, the company unveiled a so-called “transformation plan,” including a partnership with the Qingdao Cultural Property Exchange to launch a new “Wenqitong” platform in a bid to construct a “new digital ecosystem.”

Instead of easing tensions, the announcement was widely interpreted as an attempt to “escape liability.” That same day, a large number of investors forced their way into Shupai’s Luozhuang District headquarters, detaining a company executive and demanding repayment—without success.

On the morning of July 22, the situation escalated further. More investors arrived by car from other provinces, swelling the crowd at the headquarters to over a thousand. Local authorities deployed a large number of police officers to disperse the protesters. Violent clashes broke out as police forcibly entered the building, with demonstrators throwing water bottles and other debris, breaking windows and damaging property. Police responded with pepper spray and made multiple arrests.

That afternoon, some protesters relocated to block a road in front of the headquarters, causing major traffic disruptions. Police intervened again and forcibly dispersed the crowd, detaining several more people in the process.

In addition to the headquarters protest, some investors went to the Linyi municipal and Shandong provincial government offices seeking redress. As of the evening of July 22, many investors remained near the Shupai headquarters, with tensions still running high and the incident continuing to unfold.

7月19至21日，中国连锁家装品牌靓家居宣布倒闭后，广东广州、佛山、江门、汕头、惠州、珠海以及广西梧州的靓家居工人、业主、供货商连日维权。据悉，靓家居创始人曾育周已于上周四（7月17日）坠楼身亡。

From July 19 to 21, following the bankruptcy announcement of the Chinese home renovation chain Lianjiaju, workers, homeowners, and suppliers from Lianjiaju in Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen, Shantou, Huizhou, Zhuhai (all in Guangdong), and Wuzhou (in Guangxi) have staged consecutive protests. Reportedly, Lianjiaju’s founder, Zeng Yuzhou, died by jumping from a building last Thursday (July 17).

On the evening of July 21, Zhiduobao Amusement Park, located in the Bund area of Dongpo District, Huanggang, Hubei Province, was violently demolished by the local government and Dongpo Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd., citing the construction of the “Great River Eastward” project as the reason. During the demolition, a female owner of the park was dragged on the ground by demolition personnel while police were present. According to the property owner, the land use rights for Zhiduobao Amusement Park are not set to expire for another six years.

【陕西西咸新区数百学生和家长连日集会，多人被抓】周一（7月21日）上午，陕西省信访局前，由数百名来自西咸新区的学生和家长发起、旨在争取受教育机会的抗议行动，以多名家长被抓捕告终。据多名家长透露，今年中考招生中，西咸新区的录取名额严重不足，导致大量分数超过600分的学生无缘公办高中，被迫只能选择每年学费数万元的私立学校，这对许多家庭来说难以承受。数百名学生和家长自上周六开始，连日到西咸新区管委会、陕西省信访局等地集会，要求增加公办高中招生名额。

[Hundreds of Students and Parents in Shaanxi’s Xixian New Area Protest for Days, Multiple People Detained]

On Monday (July 21), a protest initiated by hundreds of students and parents from Xixian New Area in front of the Shaanxi Provincial Petition Bureau, aimed at demanding fair access to education, ended with multiple parents being detained.

According to several parents, the number of admission slots for public high schools in Xixian New Area was severely limited during this year’s high school entrance examination, leaving many students who scored over 600 points unable to enroll in public schools. As a result, they are left with no option but to attend private schools, where tuition fees amount to tens of thousands of yuan per year—an unaffordable burden for many families.

Since last Saturday, hundreds of students and parents have been gathering for consecutive days at the Xixian New Area Administrative Committee and the Shaanxi Provincial Petition Bureau, calling for an increase in public high school admissions.

On July 20, in the Biyuan Impression Guilin residential community in Lingui District, Guilin, Guangxi, hundreds of homeowners launched a rights defense action and successfully expelled the property management company that had refused to leave after its contract expired. During the process, fierce clashes broke out between the homeowners and the property management staff.

【甘肃天水幼儿园铅中毒事件后续：家长堵路抗议，警察殴打抓捕维权者】
7月20日晚，甘肃天水麦积区褐石培心幼儿园家长发起维权行动，堵塞成纪大道东路，抗议警察殴打、抓捕维权家长。当天稍早，因抗议政府篡改检测数据、强迫家长签协议，两名家长被警察殴打并带走，引发家长集体不满。

同日，甘肃省发布了关于褐石培心幼儿园铅中毒事件的调查通报。通报称，涉事幼儿园为提升食物色泽吸引力，园长朱某琳和投资人李某芳授意厨师长期在儿童餐食中非法添加“不可食用”有毒颜料，导致幼儿和教职员工严重血铅超标，食品铅含量严重超标。目前，已有6人被逮捕，17人被立案审查调查。

【Follow-up on Gansu Tianshui Kindergarten Lead Poisoning Incident: Parents Block Roads in Protest, Police Beat and Detain Protesters】

On the evening of July 20, parents of children from Hexi Peixin Kindergarten in Maiji District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, launched a protest, blocking Chengji Avenue East to oppose the police’s beating and detention of fellow protesting parents. Earlier that day, two parents were beaten and taken away by police after protesting against the government’s alleged tampering with test results and coercing parents into signing agreements, sparking widespread outrage among families.

On the same day, Gansu authorities released an official report on the lead poisoning incident. The report stated that in order to make the food more visually appealing, the kindergarten’s principal Zhu Moulin and investor Li Moufang instructed kitchen staff to illegally add inedible toxic pigments to children’s meals over a long period, resulting in severe lead poisoning among both children and staff, with dangerously high levels of lead detected in the food. So far, six individuals have been arrested and 17 others placed under investigation.

【高尔夫俱乐部五年不发工资，工人集体罢工】7月20日，陕西西安秦岭高尔夫俱乐部的工人和球童集体罢工，讨要被拖欠的工资。据工人透露，俱乐部每年营收高达数千万元，但过去五年从未发放工资，人均被欠薪十余万元，累计拖欠金额高达数百万元。这些年，工人们只能靠客人小费勉强维持生计。

面对工人的维权诉求，俱乐部老板、曾被称为“陕西首富”的吴一坚一再推诿搪塞，甚至假装对欠薪情况毫不知情，拒绝支付拖欠的工资。

【Golf Club Withholds Wages for Five Years, Workers Go on Strike】
On July 20, workers and caddies at the Qinling Golf Club in Xi’an, Shaanxi, staged a collective strike to demand their unpaid wages. According to the workers, the club generates tens of millions of yuan in revenue each year, yet has failed to pay wages for the past five years. Each worker is owed more than 100,000 yuan, with total arrears reaching several million yuan. During this period, workers have been forced to survive on customer tips alone.

In response to the workers’ demands, the club owner, Wu Yijian—once known as the “richest man in Shaanxi”—has repeatedly evaded responsibility, even pretending to be unaware of the wage arrears, and continues to refuse payment.

[Current Situation of China’s Job Market] On July 20, after a boss entered the Jiaozhou labor market in Qingdao, Shandong, he was immediately surrounded by a large crowd of workers scrambling for job opportunities.