5月27日，在由中国福建商人投资兴建的津巴布韦哈拉雷“天空之城”（Sky Plaza）项目，当地工人罢工后，中方管理人员通过翻译对工人强硬喊话：“你们没有权利说不！”
On May 27, following a strike by local workers at the Sky Plaza project in Harare, Zimbabwe — a development funded by Chinese businesspeople from Fujian — a Chinese manager delivered a blunt message to the workers through an interpreter: “You don’t have the right to say no!”
「深圳青年孟卡卡宣布竞选市长为底层发声，账号遭封禁（2026.05.25—27）」5月25日，广东深圳，一位网名为“孟卡卡”的年轻人在深圳市政府门前录制视频并发布至抖音，公开表示将竞选深圳市市长，希望为社会底层群体发声。视频中，孟卡卡表示，许多底层民众生活艰难，有人甚至长期露宿街头、依靠拾荒维生。
孟卡卡此前发布的视频显示，他曾因在深圳一家酒店饮用一杯水后被收取18元费用而坚持维权，并最终获得酒店退款及相关补偿。此后，他长期关注深圳街头流浪人员的生存状况，经常拍摄相关视频并发布到网络平台。
5月27日，孟卡卡的抖音账号被平台封禁。平台显示，封禁原因为“违反《抖音社区自律公约》的相关规定”。截至目前，尚不清楚他是否受到来自中共当局的压力和威胁。
值得注意的是，过去曾有多名中国公民因公开宣布参选人大代表或参与独立候选人活动而受到打压甚至关呀。较为知名的案例包括刘萍、魏忠平、李思华、彭峰、管桂林、瞿明学、刘明学、姚立法以及程海等。
“Shenzhen Youth ‘Mengkaka’ Announces Mayoral Bid to Amplify Marginalized Voices; Account Banned (2026.05.25–27)”
On May 25, a young man known online as “Mengkaka” filmed a video outside the Shenzhen Municipal Government building and posted it to Douyin, publicly announcing his intention to run for Mayor of Shenzhen in order to speak up for society’s most vulnerable. In the video, Mengkaka described the hardships faced by people at the bottom of society, noting that many are reduced to sleeping on the streets and surviving by scavenging.
In earlier videos, Mengkaka had documented his persistence in demanding a refund after a Shenzhen hotel charged him 18 yuan for a single glass of water — a dispute he ultimately won, receiving both a refund and additional compensation. He subsequently turned his attention to the lives of homeless people on Shenzhen’s streets, regularly filming and posting videos about their conditions.
On May 27, Mengkaka’s Douyin account was banned. The platform cited a violation of the “Douyin Community Self-Discipline Convention.” It remains unclear whether he has faced any pressure or threats from the Chinese authorities.
Notably, a number of Chinese citizens have previously been suppressed — and in some cases imprisoned — for publicly announcing candidacies for People’s Congress seats or participating in independent candidate campaigns. Well-known cases include those of Liu Ping, Wei Zhongping, Li Sihua, Peng Feng, Guan Guilin, Qu Mingxue, Liu Mingxue, Yao Lifa, and Cheng Hai.
「广西两所高校学生通宵合唱抗议长时间停电（2026.05.26-27）」5月26日晚至27日凌晨，位于广西南宁的广西体育高等专科学校和位于桂林的桂林航天工业学院内，大批学生因宿舍长时间停电，难以忍受闷热天气，集体通宵唱歌表达不满。当晚，两地气温均在30℃左右。
“Students at Two Guangxi Universities Sing Through the Night to Protest Prolonged Power Outage (2026.05.26–27)”
On the night of May 26 through the early hours of May 27, large numbers of students at Guangxi Sports College in Nanning and Guilin University of Aerospace Technology in Guilin staged all-night group singing protests after prolonged power outages left dormitories sweltering in temperatures of around 30°C.
「爱玛车业浙江丽水工厂工人罢工，抗议克扣工资（2026.05.26）」5月26日，浙江丽水青田县爱玛车业科技股份有限公司工人集体罢工，抗议公司克扣工资。据工人透露，四月份每日工作长达13小时，实发工资却仅五千余元，每人被克扣金额从数百元到上千元不等。
“Workers at Emma Vehicle Technology’s Zhejiang Lishui Factory Strike Over Wage Theft (2026.05.26)”
On May 26, workers at Emma Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. in Qingtian County, Lishui, Zhejiang, staged a collective strike to protest the company’s withholding of wages. According to the workers, they worked shifts of up to 13 hours a day in April, yet received take-home pay of just over 5,000 yuan, with each worker shortchanged by anywhere from several hundred to over a thousand yuan.
5月26日，由于跳河的访民太多，中共在国家信访局附近的永定河（注：访民口中的永定河，实为永定门护城河，非北京人口中的永定河）上安装了隔离网。
On May 26, authorities installed barrier netting over the Yongding River near the State Bureau for Letters and Calls — known among petitioners as the “Yongding River,” though it is in fact the Yongdingmen moat, not the Yongding River as Beijingers know it — following a surge in petitioners jumping into the water.
5月25日，河北保定市望都县高岭乡栗家村，当地政府强制关停村民免费饮用的井水，要求改用每方1.5元且水质不好的水库水，引发村民强烈不满，“占领”高岭乡政府。
On May 25, villagers in Lijia Village, Gaoling Township, Wangdu County, Baoding, Hebei, stormed the Gaoling Township government building in protest after local authorities forcibly shut down their free drinking water wells and ordered them to switch to reservoir water at 1.5 yuan per cubic meter — water the villagers say is of poor quality.
「湖北女大学生失踪，家属到校寻人受阻（2026.05.25）」5月25日，湖北武汉武昌工学院学生邵俊菲失踪十天后，家属到学校抗议校方未主动寻人，遭到学校人员阻拦。据家属透露，2026年5月15日晚，武昌工学院学生邵俊菲离开学校外出，23时37分，监控显示其曾出现杨泗港大桥上，此后音讯全无。据当地网友透露，同期在杨泗港大桥上失踪的，还有一名孕妇。
“Hubei Female University Student Goes Missing; Family Blocked While Searching at Campus (2026.05.25)”
On May 25, family members of Shao Junfei, a student at Wuchang Institute of Technology in Wuhan, Hubei, went to the campus to protest the school’s failure to take initiative in searching for her, ten days after her disappearance. They were blocked by school staff. According to the family, on the evening of May 15, 2026, Shao Junfei left campus, and surveillance footage captured her on Yangsiqang Bridge at 11:37 p.m. She has not been heard from since. Local netizens have also reported that a pregnant woman went missing from the same bridge around the same time.
5月25日，四川成都，富士康旗下业成科技（成都）有限公司上百名女工集体维权，抗议公司频繁安排宿舍搬迁，导致员工身心俱疲。据工人反映，近年来她们已被迫搬迁宿舍多达八次，给工作和生活带来严重困扰。业成科技是苹果产品触控模组及贴合组装的重要代工企业，也是成都富士康产业链的重要组成部分。
On May 25, over a hundred female workers at GIS (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. — a Foxconn subsidiary and major manufacturer of touch modules and display assembly for Apple products, and a key part of Foxconn’s Chengdu supply chain — staged a collective protest against the company’s repeated forced dormitory relocations, which workers say have left them physically and emotionally exhausted. According to the workers, they have been compelled to move dormitories as many as eight times in recent years, causing serious disruption to both their work and daily lives.
苹果手机配件供应商广东东莞米亚精密金属科技有限公司，未足额为500余名工人缴纳公积金，在员工维权后，米亚提出“分六年分期补缴”的方案，遭员工一致反对。5月23日，工人再次集体到东莞凤岗镇政府维权。
On May 23, workers from Miya Precision Metal Technology Co., Ltd. — an Apple accessory supplier based in Dongguan, Guangdong — staged a collective protest for a second time at the Fenggang Town government office. The company had failed to make full housing provident fund contributions for more than 500 employees, and when workers sought redress, Miya proposed repaying the shortfall in installments over six years — a plan unanimously rejected by the workforce.
5月22日，江苏扬州瑞京科技发展有限公司，一名刚工作不久的原扬州大学学生在消毒站工作期间中毒后，公司拒绝承担责任，家属们在公司门口讨说法。
On May 22, family members gathered outside Ruijing Technology Development Co., Ltd. in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, to demand accountability after the company refused to accept responsibility for the poisoning of a recent Yangzhou University graduate who was exposed to toxic substances while working at a disinfection station shortly after being hired.