1月19日，山东济宁梁山县东方学府雅院小区，业主抗议开发商在小区内建养老院时遭中共警察镇压，至少两人被抓走。
On January 19, in the Dongfang Xuefu Yayuan residential complex in Liangshan County, Jining, Shandong, homeowners protested against the developer’s plan to build a nursing home within the community. The protest was suppressed by Chinese Communist Party police, and at least two people were taken away.
1月19日，备受关注的“小洛熙”事件在浙江宁波海曙区法院开庭，数以千计来自中国各地的“电子妈妈”、“电子爸爸”在法院外声援。在现场，一名勇敢的女士大声责问出现在现场的数十名手持国旗人员：“这国旗是谁出钱买的呀，以为在这演戏别人看不出来吗，上演什么爱国戏码啊”。这些手持国旗人员大多佩戴口罩，疑为当地政府所组织。
On January 19, the highly watched “Xiao Luoxi” case was heard in the Haishu District Court of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Thousands of so-called “online moms” and “online dads” from across China gathered outside the courthouse to show their support. At the scene, a courageous woman loudly questioned dozens of people holding national flags: “Who paid for these flags? Do you really think people can’t tell this is staged? What kind of so-called patriotic performance are you putting on?” Most of those holding the flags were wearing masks and were suspected to have been organized by the local authorities.
2026年1月14日，在位于中国西南的云南镇雄县林口乡风岩村。 数千名农民自发涌入该村田坝组，他们并非赶赴集市，也非欢度节日，而是为一位素不相识的老人送最后一程。送葬队伍蜿蜒数公里，鞭炮齐鸣，鼓乐震天，响彻山谷。这究竟是一位怎样的老人？为何她的葬礼能牵动数千人心弦？ 答案，要从13个月前说起。
时间回到2024年12月20日凌晨。天还未亮，镇雄县林口乡风岩村田坝组以及周边多个村民组突然同时断电，村庄陷入黑暗，村民安装的监控系统也全部失效。随后，一支由县政法委牵头，集结公务员、警察及相关人员共两百余人的队伍，悄然进入村庄。他们此行的目标只有一个——挖坟，抢尸。
被掘出的，是一位已下葬18天的老人。她来自田坝组最贫困的家庭，生前居住的老屋，曾被村、乡两级政府强制拆除。2024年冬天，老人去世后。村、乡政府多次上门，要求家属将遗体送往县城火化。但火化意味着交通费用、人力费用以及火化本身的支出，这对这个本就一贫如洗的家庭来说，根本无法承担。家属甚至无奈地对工作人员表示：“如果一定要火化，你们自己把人拉走吧。”然而，政府拒绝承担任何费用。最终，家属按照当地传统习俗，将老人土葬。
下葬之后，派出所与乡政府人员多次上门，反复劝说家属交出遗体，甚至提出给予“补偿”。但家属始终拒绝——他们下不了这个手。
18天后，抢尸行动正式展开。新坟被挖开，老人遗体被强行带走。整个过程中，工作人员未向家属出示任何法律文书。期间，警察控制住家中的老人和孩子，将家属像押解犯人一样带离。而当村民试图用手机记录现场时，手机立即被抢走，数名村民因此被带往派出所。
这件事，原本也可以像许多类似事件一样，在恐惧和沉默中结束。但这一次，家属没有屈服。他们开始在网络上发声，向外界控诉此事，不断上访、申诉、抗议。这一坚持，持续了一年多。
与此同时，自2025年11月起，数十公里外的中屯镇，村民们也开始了声势浩大的”反强制火葬“运动。最终，持续两个多月，多起大规模的抗争行动，迫使中屯镇政府取消了强制火葬政策。2026年1月初，林口乡也传来消息——强制火葬政策被取消。那位老人的骨灰，最终被返还给家属。一年多后，终于得以重新下葬。
消息传开，整个林口乡都震动了。村民们心里都很清楚：如果没有田坝组这户人家一年多的坚持，这项政策，很可能还会继续执行下去。
在他们眼中，这不再是一户普通人家，而是整个林口乡的英雄，他们争回来的，是做人的尊严。那一眼望不到尽头的送葬队伍，和漫山遍野、震彻山谷的鞭炮声，正是对这场持续一年之久的不屈抗争，献上的最庄重、也最沉重的致敬。
After a Year of Resistance, Justice Won: Thousands of Yunnan Farmers Escort the Elder Whose Body Was Seized (2026.01.14)
On January 14, 2026, in Fengyan Village of Linkou Township, Zhenxiong County, southwestern China’s Yunnan Province, thousands of farmers spontaneously poured into the village’s Tianba hamlet. They were not heading to a market, nor celebrating a festival, but seeing off an elderly woman they had never met, accompanying her on her final journey. The funeral procession stretched for several kilometers; firecrackers erupted in unison, drums and music thundered, echoing through the mountain valleys. What kind of elder was she, to move the hearts of so many? The answer begins thirteen months earlier.
In the early hours of December 20, 2024, before dawn had broken, Tianba hamlet in Fengyan Village—and several surrounding hamlets—suddenly lost power. The village was plunged into darkness, and residents’ surveillance systems all failed at once. Soon after, a team led by the county Political and Legal Affairs Committee—more than two hundred people including civil servants, police, and other personnel—quietly entered the village. They had a single objective: to dig up a grave and seize a body.
The body exhumed belonged to an elderly woman who had been buried for eighteen days. She came from the poorest family in Tianba hamlet. The old house she had lived in during her lifetime had previously been forcibly demolished by village- and township-level authorities. When she passed away in the winter of 2024, officials from the village and township repeatedly visited the family, demanding that the body be transported to the county seat for cremation. But cremation meant transportation costs, labor costs, and cremation fees—expenses the destitute family simply could not afford. In despair, the family even told officials, “If it must be cremated, then you take her yourselves.” The government, however, refused to cover any costs. In the end, the family buried her according to local custom.
After the burial, police station and township officials came to the home many times, repeatedly urging the family to hand over the remains and even offering “compensation.” The family consistently refused—they could not bring themselves to do it.
Eighteen days later, the body-seizure operation was carried out. The new grave was dug up, and the elderly woman’s remains were forcibly taken away. Throughout the process, officials presented no legal documents to the family. Police restrained the elderly and children in the household and escorted the family away as if they were criminals. When villagers tried to record the scene on their phones, the devices were immediately confiscated, and several villagers were taken to the police station.
This incident could have ended, like so many others, in fear and silence. But this time, the family did not yield. They began speaking out online, reporting what had happened, and persistently filing petitions, appeals, and protests. Their persistence lasted more than a year.
Meanwhile, beginning in November 2025, villagers in Zhongtun Town—dozens of kilometers away—launched a large-scale movement against forced cremation. After more than two months and multiple mass actions, the Zhongtun town government was compelled to abolish its forced cremation policy. In early January 2026, news arrived from Linkou Township as well: the forced cremation policy had been canceled. The elderly woman’s ashes were finally returned to her family. More than a year later, she was at last laid to rest again.
When the news spread, the entire Linkou Township was shaken. Villagers understood clearly that without the Tianba family’s year-long persistence, the policy would likely have continued. In their eyes, this was no longer just an ordinary household, but the heroes of the entire township. What they reclaimed was human dignity itself. The funeral procession that stretched beyond sight, and the firecrackers that blanketed the mountains and shook the valleys, were the most solemn—and the heaviest—tribute to a year-long, unyielding struggle.
1月15日晚，湖南常德石门县尧业广场的数十名业主围堵了石门县公安局，要求当局释放当天早些时候抓走的数名维权业主。次日凌晨2点左右，在警察释放了抓走的维权业主之后，示威才结束。由于长期被拖欠工资，尧业广场格子铺的业主曾于1月12日到当地政府维权。
On the evening of January 15, dozens of property owners from Yao’ye Plaza in Shimen County, Changde, Hunan, surrounded the Shimen County Public Security Bureau, demanding that the authorities release several rights-defending owners who had been taken away earlier that day. The protest did not end until around 2:00 a.m. the following morning, after the detained owners were released. Due to long-term wage arrears, the owners of the small partitioned shops at Yao’ye Plaza had previously gone to the local government on January 12 to seek redress.
「海南澄迈上百村民与警察发生冲突（2026.01.13）」1月13日，海南澄迈县金江镇山朝村的上百名村民拉横幅游行，抗议村霸强占土地，并与阻拦村民维权的警察发生激烈冲突。
“Hundreds of Villagers March in Chengmai, Hainan, Clashing with Police (2026.01.13)”
On January 13, hundreds of villagers from Shanchao Village, Jinjiang Town, Chengmai County, Hainan Province, marched while holding banners to protest a local strongman’s forcible seizure of their land. During the protest, villagers became involved in a fierce clash with police who attempted to block their rights-defense action.
「湖南长沙数百业主堵路示威，多人被抓走（2026.01.15）」1月15日晚，湖南长沙雨花区中海珑悦府小区数百名业主堵路示威，抗议开发商拒绝兑现承诺中的大门和出行道路，并要求见市长。期间，维权业主遭到警察暴力驱逐，多名业主被抓走。
“Hundreds of Homeowners Block Roads in Protest in Changsha, Hunan; Multiple People Detained (2025.01.15)”
On the evening of January 15, hundreds of homeowners from the China Overseas Longyue Residence community in Yuhua District, Changsha, Hunan, blocked roads in protest. They accused the developer of refusing to fulfill promised commitments regarding the main entrance and access roads, and demanded to meet the mayor. During the protest, rights-defending homeowners were violently dispersed by police, and multiple homeowners were taken away.
1月12日，海南东方市，烂尾八年的蓝海湾业主到市政府集会，要求市委书记李爱华为民做主，但李书记却出动特警抓走了业主。
On January 12, in Dongfang City, Hainan, homeowners of the Blue Ocean Bay project—which has been left unfinished for eight years—gathered at the municipal government to demand that Party Secretary Li Aihua stand up for the people. Instead, Party Secretary Li deployed special police, who detained the homeowners.
「美克家居关厂不赔，上千员工连日维权无果（2026.01-06）」1月6日，在中国知名家具品牌美克美家宣布关停天津基地后，上千名走投无路的工人发起的维权行动已持续了6天。据工人透露，美克不仅无意支付之前拖欠的薪资，而且连法定的赔偿金也试图一并“赖掉”。
公开资料显示，这家成立于1990年，总部位于乌鲁木齐的老牌企业，曾大手笔收购美国Schnadig等多家国际品牌，一度是国内高端家具的代名词。然而，自2022年起，在疫情、贸易战及楼市崩盘的轮番重击下，这家上市公司业绩快速下滑，连续三年累计亏损超过16亿元人民币，经营状况持续恶化。
自2024年起，美克家居便开始出现拖欠工资的情况。进入2025年后，欠薪问题越加严重，员工被拖欠工资时间长达5至8个月。2025年下半年，美克位于江西赣州和天津的生产基地，均曾发生了较大规模的员工讨薪事件。
工人们没想到的是，进入2026年，他们等来的不是工资，而是美克宣布关闭工厂并拒绝赔偿。据员工透露，公司更是在近日开出及其无理的条件：要么按“一线员工只发欠薪的80%，二线员工发60%”的标准签字走人，要么到1月15号被公司赶走，因为公司将在1月15日收回宿舍。
目前，工人的维权行动仍在继续。参考此前广东深圳易力声、东莞长荣玩具等工厂的维权案例，中资企业已普遍开启了“裁员不赔偿”的“老赖”模式，而当局出于利益和维稳考量，往往会在双方的博弈中偏向资方，打压工人。由此可见，工人的维权之路将会异常艰难。
Markor Home Furnishings Refuses Compensation Upon Factory Closure; Days of Protests by Thousands of Employees Yield No Results (January 6, 2026)
On January 6, following the announcement by the renowned Chinese furniture brand Markor Home Furnishings (Markor) that it would close its Tianjin base, a protest launched by over a thousand desperate workers entered its sixth day. According to workers, Markor not only has no intention of paying previously owed wages but is also attempting to “renege” on statutory severance compensation.
Public records show that this veteran enterprise, established in 1990 and headquartered in Urumqi, once spent heavily to acquire multiple international brands, including the American company Schnadig. It was once synonymous with high-end domestic furniture. However, since 2022, under the successive blows of the pandemic, the trade war, and the collapse of the real estate market, this listed company’s performance has declined rapidly. It has accumulated losses exceeding 1.6 billion RMB over three consecutive years, with its operating conditions continuing to deteriorate.
Starting in 2024, Markor Home Furnishings began to delay wage payments. Entering 2025, the issue of wage arrears worsened, with employees being owed wages for as long as five to eight months. In the second half of 2025, Markor’s production bases in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, and Tianjin both experienced large-scale protests by employees demanding their unpaid wages.
What the workers did not expect was that upon entering 2026, what awaited them was not their wages, but Markor’s announcement that it was closing the factory and refusing compensation. According to employees, the company recently proposed extremely unreasonable conditions: employees must either sign an agreement to leave based on a standard of “frontline workers receiving only 80% of arrears, and support staff receiving 60%,” or face eviction on January 15, as the company plans to reclaim the dormitories on that date.
Currently, the workers’ rights defense actions are continuing. Referencing previous rights defense cases such as Yilisheng in Shenzhen, Guangdong, and Changrong Toys in Dongguan, Chinese-funded enterprises have universally adopted a “deadbeat” mode of “layoffs without compensation.” Meanwhile, authorities, motivated by interests and “stability maintenance” considerations, often side with capital in these disputes and suppress the workers. Consequently, it is evident that the workers’ path to defending their rights will be exceptionally difficult.
「2025年中国十大群体抗争事件：致敬无名英雄」告别万马齐喑的2024年，2025年见证了中国民间抗争的逐渐回暖。这一年，从为生存搏命的农民、工人，到为尊严死磕的学生、家长，再到为他人不公挺身而出的网民，越来越多的人选择直面恐惧，拒绝沉默。这一年，愤怒不再是原子化的低语。在网络，数以千万计的“电子妈妈”为小洛熙接力发声；在陕西蒲城，数万民众为素不相识的学生走上街头；在云贵高原，农民们决绝地要求“先挖习近平祖坟”；在四川江油，抗议者更是罕见地喊出了政治口号：“还我民主”。
以下是“昨天”项目精选出的2025年中国十大群体抗争事件：
10. 甘肃天水幼儿园投毒案家长维权
时间： 2025年7月1日 – 7月20日 地点： 甘肃天水麦积区
这是一起为了逐利而泯灭人性的“人祸”。甘薯天水市麦积区褐石培心幼儿园为美化菜品以招揽生源，竟长期在幼儿餐食中添加有毒工业颜料，致使两百余名幼儿铅中毒。更为惊心的是，当地疾控中心的检测数据与外地权威医院结果严重背离，连日四处奔走求医的家长们痛苦地发现：公权力正在试图掩盖真相以维持“稳定”。
2025年7月20日，面对政府强迫签署的霸王条款及警察对维权代表的暴力殴打，大批家长绝望地走上街头，阻断了城市主干道。尽管抗议最终遭遇镇压，但正是家长们的坚持，让更多人透过这起事件，窥见了中国食品安全深不见底的黑幕。
9. 湖南长沙外卖骑手联合示威反歧视
时间： 2025年12月22日 – 12月23日 地点： 湖南长沙
2025年12月22日，长沙合能璞丽小区出台歧视性禁入规定，并在冲突中辱骂骑手，最终引爆骑手的怒火。数百名骑手迅速集结，围堵小区大门十余小时要求当事业主道歉。次日凌晨，骑手们无惧现场的数百警察，在市区骑行示威数小时。期间，甚至有骑手身披黄袍、头戴皇冠巡游。结局极具戏剧性：各大外卖平台骑手联合拉黑该小区，导致该小区全体业主无法点餐，实现了对阶级歧视的有效反制。
8. 云南昆明街头摊贩大战城管
时间： 2025年9月27日 – 9月28日 地点： 云南昆明官渡区
在经济寒冬中，对于昆明海乐世界夜市的摊贩而言，那个小小的摊位是全家最后的饭碗。然而，当地政府在“整改—招商—收费”的敛财闭环中反复折腾，摊贩们不仅被频繁收割，还要面临城管的暴力驱逐。
9月27日晚，被逼入绝境的摊贩们爆发了。面对数百名全副武装的城管与警察，他们抄起手边的餐具、桌椅等奋起反击。现场“锅碗瓢盆满天飞”，这场混战持续了整整六个小时。这不仅是一场对抗乱收费的冲突，更是经济萧条背景下，底层民众为捍卫生存权与掠夺性城市管理进行的殊死搏斗。
7. 海南琼中数千农民围攻“海胶集团”
时间： 2025年10月31日 地点： 海南琼中
面对国企海胶集团强行宣称拥有土地所有权，并野蛮砍伐村民种植的上千棵槟榔树的霸凌行径，琼中那柏村村民没有选择忍气吞声。
2025年10月31日，海南琼中上千村民发起“打倒海胶集团”行动，围堵农场，砸毁了多辆集团轿车及设施。这一行动引发全岛共鸣，多地青年驾车驰援。面对如此激烈的反弹，海胶集团最终妥协，支付58.86万元赔偿及10万元复种资金。这是本年度少有的民众通过激进抗争取得实质性胜利的案例，它残酷地证明：在强权面前，软弱只会被吞噬，唯有反抗才有一线生机。
6. 深圳易力声3000工人大罢工抵制变相裁员
时间： 2025年12月4日 – 12月12日 地点： 广东深圳
知名电子厂易力声在被收购及产能转移后，利用“五天八小时超低薪”工作制作为软刀子，使工人收入骤降至不足2000元，企图逼迫老员工自离以逃避N+1赔偿。原本保护工人的《劳动法》条款，被资方搭配上超低薪后，成了清洗工人的“合法”武器。
3000名工人为此发起了持续8天的大罢工。期间，工人展现了极高的组织度。2025年12月10日晚，出现了以往工人抗争事件中罕见的一幕，面对大批维稳警察，数百工人包围厂门施压，成功迫使警察释放了被抓捕的同伴。尽管最终在资方与国家机器的双重绞杀下被迫复工，但这些主要由女性组成的抗争者表现出来的韧性与团结，让人看到了中国工人在绝境中迸发出的惊人力量。
5. 云贵高原农民反强制火葬运动
时间： 2025年11月 – 12月 地点： 云南镇雄、贵州息烽、遵义等地
为了借殡葬改革敛财，云贵地方政府强推“一刀切”火葬政策，甚至做出偷挖尸体强行火化的恶行，彻底点燃了云贵农民的抗争怒火。2025年11月初，云南镇雄县中屯镇上千农民冲破由政府人员组成的路障，突破土葬禁令，抗争随即呈燎原之势。在贵州息烽，愤怒的农民喊出了“先挖习近平祖坟”的口号，包围了县长并迫使官员下跪求饶，极具冲击力地表达了对权力的蔑视。在遵义正安，2000名农民组成护葬队，成功击退了政府抢尸队，为这次波及两省三市的大规模农民抗争运动画上完美句号，也使得在这些地区实行了多年的强制火葬政策土崩瓦解。
4.“电子妈妈”助宁波“小洛熙”对抗医疗黑幕
时间： 2025年11月 – 12月 地点： 中国各地及网络
为了完成手术量KPI，宁波妇儿医院医生虚构病情，将5个月大的女婴小洛熙推向了不必要的高风险开胸手术，致其惨死手术台，全身血液几近流干。事后，母亲邓女士维权遭殴，更被院方组织的“水军”污名化。
这一惨剧引发了现象级的网络抗争。尸检报告公布后，上千万网友化身“电子妈妈”，发起了一场对抗公权力审查与水军抹黑的舆论战争。他们在车上以及挎包上张贴标语，让小洛熙的遭遇传遍中国，她们在网络上接力发帖，让“宁波的风”吹到了全世界。将这起原本可能被“和谐”的医疗事故推向了全民追责的高度，最终迫使官方无法装聋作哑。
3. 河南许昌六中上千学生、家长砸学校
时间： 2025年5月23日 – 5月25日 地点： 河南许昌
2025年5月23日，许昌第六中学13岁女生吴怡佳，因无法忍受班主任长期的侮辱性体罚与孤立，从16楼一跃而下。面对鲜活生命的逝去，校方与涉事教师不仅拒绝担责，反而表现出极度的冷漠，甚至将责任归咎于原生家庭。这种傲慢彻底引爆了公众的怒火。
5月25日，上千名学生、家长及市民包围学校。年轻的学生们展现了惊人的行动力，他们在校墙喷涂触目惊心的“血债血偿”，向校内抛撒传单、投掷杂物并砸碎窗户。当局随即出动特警，动用辣椒水暴力清场。虽然吴怡佳的父亲在官方高压下被迫“平息事态”，但网络上学生们那句“宝宝，我们帮你讨回公道了”，已然成为年轻一代不畏强权、宁折不弯的最佳注脚。
2. 陕西蒲城学生坠亡引发万人抗议
时间： 2025年1月2日 – 1月6日 地点： 陕西渭南蒲城县
2025年1月2日，蒲城职教中心学生党昶鑫不幸坠亡。校方迅速定性为“高空坠落”，并没收手机、软禁家属，引发公众强烈不满。1月5日晚，由于警察殴打并强行抓走了死者舅舅，矛盾彻底激化，事件也迅速升级为大规模示威。6日，数万愤怒的民众走上街头，冲破大门进入校园并砸毁部分学校设施。期间，抗争者勇敢地与大批维稳警察对抗，双方发生激烈冲突，有多名学生因此遭到警察疯狂殴打。该事件是2025年规模最大的抗争事件，也由此拉开了2025年民间抗争的序幕。
1. 四川江油数千人反霸凌示威
时间： 2025年7月22日 – 8月4日 地点： 四川江油
这原本是一宗性质恶劣的未成年人霸凌案件，三名施暴者手段残忍，却被警方定性为“轻微伤”并作出从轻处理，由此迅速引发社会强烈不满。2025年8月4日，数千名市民走上街头，为受害女孩寻求公正，却遭到大批警察两次暴力镇压。面对警察，抗议人群并未退却，反而高喊出“还我民主”的口号。它标志着民众的诉求，已经从对单一司法个案的不满，上升到了对整个政治体制的反思与挑战，使其成为2025年中国群体抗争的一个标志性时刻。
致敬无名英雄
他们并非天生的勇士，他们只是普通人，但他们在为自己和他人挺身而出的时候，展现出了惊人的勇气。他们中绝大多数人的名字永远不会为人所知。他们中的许多人正为此付出惨痛的代价，或许正在经历着漫长的牢狱与孤寂。但正是这些无名之人，用自己的自由与血泪，在铁幕之上撞出了一道裂缝，透出微弱却真实的光亮。
Top 10 Collective Protest Incidents in China in 2025: A Tribute to the Unsung Heroes
Bidding farewell to the stifled silence of 2024, 2025 witnessed a gradual resurgence of civil resistance in China. From farmers and workers fighting for survival, to students and parents fighting for dignity, to netizens standing up against injustice faced by others, increasingly more people chose to confront their fear and refuse silence. In this year, anger was no longer an atomized whisper. On the internet, tens of millions of “Digital Moms” relayed the call for justice for “Little Luoxi”; in Pucheng, Shaanxi, tens of thousands of citizens took to the streets for a student they never knew; on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, farmers resolutely demanded to “Dig up Xi Jinping’s ancestral grave first”; and in Jiangyou, Sichuan, protesters shouted a rare political slogan: “Give us back democracy.”
The following are the Top 10 Collective Protest Incidents in China in 2025, selected by the “Yesterday” Project:
10. Parents’ Rights Defense in Tianshui Kindergarten Poisoning Case
Time: July 1 – July 20, 2025 | Location: Maiji District, Tianshui, Gansu
This was a “man-made disaster” driven by profit and devoid of humanity. To enhance the appearance of their food to attract enrollment, the Heshipeixin Kindergarten in Maiji District, Tianshui, knowingly added toxic industrial pigments to the children’s meals over a long period, causing lead poisoning in over two hundred toddlers. Even more shocking was that the test data from the local CDC severely contradicted results from authoritative hospitals elsewhere. Parents, exhausted from traveling everywhere to seek medical help, painfully discovered that public power was attempting to cover up the truth to maintain “stability.”
On July 20, 2025, facing “bullying clauses” forced upon them by the government and the violent beating of their representatives by police, a large group of desperate parents took to the streets, blocking the city’s main arteries. Although the protest was ultimately suppressed, it was the parents’ persistence that allowed more people to glimpse the bottomless black curtain of food safety in China through this incident.
9. Changsha Delivery Riders United Demonstration Against Discrimination
Time: December 22 – December 23, 2025 | Location: Changsha, Hunan
On December 22, 2025, the Heneng Puli residential compound in Changsha issued discriminatory entry regulations and verbally abused a rider during a conflict, ultimately detonating the collective anger of the delivery workforce. Hundreds of riders quickly assembled, blocking the compound’s gates for over ten hours demanding an apology from the involved homeowner. In the early hours of the next day, fearless of the hundreds of police officers on site, the riders staged a motorcycle demonstration through the urban area for several hours. During the procession, some riders even wore yellow robes and crowns as a symbolic gesture. The ending was dramatic: riders from major delivery platforms collectively “blacklisted” the compound, leaving all residents unable to order food, effectively executing a counter-measure against class discrimination.
8. Battle Between Street Vendors and Chengguan in Kunming
Time: September 27 – September 28, 2025 | Location: Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan
In the midst of an economic winter, for the vendors at the Kunming Haile World Night Market, their small stalls were their families’ last rice bowls. However, the local government repeatedly tormented them within a wealth-extracting loop of “Rectification—Investment invitation—Fee collection.” The vendors were not only frequently harvested for fees but also faced violent eviction by Chengguan (Urban Management).
On the night of September 27, vendors pushed to the brink erupted. Facing hundreds of fully armed Chengguan and police officers, they fought back using whatever tableware, tables, and chairs were at hand. With “pots and pans flying everywhere,” the chaotic battle lasted for a full six hours. This was not just a conflict against arbitrary fees, but a desperate struggle by the underclass to defend their right to survival against predatory urban management in the backdrop of an economic depression.
7. Thousands of Farmers in Qiongzhong Siege “Hainan Rubber Group”
Time: October 31, 2025 | Location: Qiongzhong, Hainan
Facing the bullying behavior of the state-owned Hainan Rubber Group, which forcibly claimed land ownership and barbarically cut down thousands of betel nut trees planted by villagers, the residents of Nabai Village in Qiongzhong chose not to swallow the insult.
On October 31, 2025, over a thousand villagers launched a “Down with Hainan Rubber Group” campaign, besieging the farm and smashing multiple company sedans and facilities. This action triggered resonance across the island, with young people from various regions driving in to support them. Facing such a fierce backlash, the Hainan Rubber Group finally compromised, paying 588,600 RMB in compensation and 100,000 RMB in replanting funds. This was a rare case this year where citizens achieved a substantive victory through radical resistance, brutally proving that in the face of authoritarian power, weakness is only swallowed, and only resistance offers a sliver of hope.
6. Shenzhen Yilisheng 3,000-Worker Strike Against Disguised Layoffs
Time: December 4 – December 12, 2025 | Location: Shenzhen, Guangdong
After being acquired and shifting production capacity, the well-known electronics factory Yilisheng used a “five days, eight hours ultra-low wage” schedule as a “soft knife,” causing workers’ income to plummet to less than 2,000 RMB, in an attempt to force old employees to resign voluntarily to evade N+1 severance pay. The Labor Law, originally meant to protect workers, became a “legal” weapon for purging them when combined with ultra-low base pay by the management.
3,000 workers launched an 8-day general strike in response. During this period, the workers displayed a high degree of organization. On the night of December 10, 2025, a scene rarely seen in past labor disputes occurred: facing a large number of stability-maintenance police, hundreds of workers surrounded the factory gates to apply pressure, successfully forcing the police to release their arrested companions. Although they were eventually forced to return to work under the dual strangulation of capital and the state apparatus, the resilience and unity shown by these protesters—predominantly women—revealed the astonishing power of Chinese workers erupting in desperate circumstances.
5. Farmers’ Anti-Forced Cremation Movement in Yun-Gui Plateau
Time: November – December 2025 | Location: Zhenxiong (Yunnan), Xifeng (Guizhou), Zunyi, etc.
To generate revenue through funeral reform, local governments in Yunnan and Guizhou enforced a “one-size-fits-all” cremation policy, even committing evil acts such as secretly digging up corpses for forced cremation, which thoroughly ignited the anger of local farmers. In early November 2025, thousands of farmers in Zhongtun Town, Zhenxiong County, Yunnan, broke through roadblocks manned by government personnel and defied the burial ban, sparking a prairie fire of resistance. In Xifeng, Guizhou, angry farmers shouted the slogan “Dig up Xi Jinping’s ancestral grave first,” surrounded the county magistrate, and forced officials to kneel and beg for mercy, expressing a shocking contempt for authority. In Zheng’an, Zunyi, 2,000 farmers formed a “burial protection squad” and successfully repelled the government’s “body-snatching squad,” drawing a perfect conclusion to this large-scale peasant movement spanning two provinces and three cities, causing the forced cremation policy in these areas to collapse.
4. “Digital Moms” Help Ningbo’s “Little Luoxi” Fight Medical Black Curtain
Time: November – December 2025 | Location: Across China and the Internet
To meet surgery quota KPIs, a doctor at Ningbo Women and Children’s Hospital fabricated a medical condition, pushing 5-month-old baby girl “Little Luoxi” into an unnecessary, high-risk thoracic surgery, resulting in her tragic death on the operating table with her body nearly drained of blood. Afterward, her mother, Ms. Deng, was beaten while seeking justice and was stigmatized by an internet “water army” organized by the hospital.
This tragedy triggered a phenomenal online resistance. After the autopsy report was released, tens of millions of netizens transformed into “Digital Moms,” launching a public opinion war against public power censorship and smears. They stuck slogans on their cars and handbags, letting the story of Little Luoxi spread across China; they relayed posts online, letting the “Wind of Ningbo” blow across the world. They elevated what could have been a “harmonized” (censored) medical accident to the height of national accountability, ultimately forcing officials to stop feigning deafness.
3. Thousands of Students and Parents Smash School in Xuchang No. 6 Middle School
Time: May 23 – May 25, 2025 | Location: Xuchang, Henan
On May 23, 2025, Wu Yijia, a 13-year-old girl at Xuchang No. 6 Middle School, jumped from the 16th floor, unable to endure long-term insulting corporal punishment and isolation by her homeroom teacher. Facing the loss of a vibrant life, the school and the involved teacher not only refused to take responsibility but showed extreme indifference, even blaming her original family. This arrogance thoroughly detonated public anger.
On May 25, thousands of students, parents, and citizens surrounded the school. The young students displayed astonishing capacity for action; they spray-painted the shocking phrase “Blood Debt Paid in Blood” on school walls, scattered leaflets, threw debris, and smashed windows. The authorities immediately deployed SWAT teams and used pepper spray to violently clear the scene. Although Wu Yijia’s father was forced to “calm the situation” under high official pressure, the sentence from students online—”Baby, we got justice for you”—has become the best footnote for a young generation that fears no power and would rather break than bend.
2. Student Death in Pucheng Sparks Protest of Tens of Thousands
Time: January 2 – January 6, 2025 | Location: Pucheng County, Weinan, Shaanxi
On January 2, 2025, Dang Changxin, a student at the Pucheng Vocational Education Center, tragically fell to his death. The school quickly labeled it a “fall from height” (suicide/accident), confiscated phones, and put the family under house arrest, triggering strong public dissatisfaction. On the night of January 5, the conflict completely intensified after police beat and forcibly arrested the deceased’s uncle, escalating the event into a massive demonstration. On the 6th, tens of thousands of angry citizens took to the streets, breaking through the gates into the campus and smashing some school facilities. During the event, protesters bravely confronted large numbers of stability-maintenance police, engaging in fierce clashes, with several students suffering frantic beatings by police. This was the largest scale protest of 2025, raising the curtain on the year’s civil resistance.
1. Thousands in Jiangyou Demonstrate Against Bullying
Time: July 22 – August 4, 2025 | Location: Jiangyou, Sichuan
This was originally a vile case of bullying against a minor where three perpetrators used cruel methods, yet the police classified it as “minor injury” and treated it lightly, quickly sparking strong social resentment. On August 4, 2025, thousands of citizens took to the streets to seek justice for the victimized girl, only to face two rounds of violent suppression by large numbers of police. Facing the police, the protesting crowd did not retreat; instead, they shouted the slogan “Return our Democracy.” It marked that the public’s demands had risen from dissatisfaction with a single judicial case to reflection on and challenge to the entire political system, making it a landmark moment in China’s collective resistance in 2025.
Tribute to the Unsung Heroes
They are not born warriors; they are just ordinary people. But when they stood up for themselves and others, they demonstrated astonishing courage. The names of the vast majority of them will never be known; many are paying a painful price for this, perhaps currently enduring long imprisonment and loneliness. But it is these nameless people who, with their own freedom and blood and tears, smashed a crack in the Iron Curtain, letting in a faint but real light.
「两年无薪：西安百名飞行员、空姐连日维权（2025.12.29—31）」2025年12月29日至31日，上百名飞行员和空乘人员连续多日聚集在陕西省政府等地，要求解决长期被拖欠的工资及社会保障问题。参与维权者均来自同一家公司——幸福航空。
据员工透露，幸福航空已连续两年未向千余名一线员工正常发薪，飞行员的小时费也长期被拖欠。此外，公司近四年来一直未依法缴纳医保、社保及公积金。为维持基本生存，不少飞行员被迫转行，从事送外卖、跑网约车、做家教等工作，甚至远赴海外从事建筑装修和快递等体力劳动；空乘人员则多靠摆摊或直播带货度日，巨大的收入与身份落差令员工倍感失落。而更令员工不满的是，在公司长期欠薪、全面停航的情况下，公司高管却仍在领取薪酬。
幸福航空成立于2008年，由中国航空工业集团与东方航空合资设立，总部位于陕西西安，定位为国产支线飞机的示范运营商，主力机型为新舟60。2025年4月底，幸福航空突然全面停航，至今未能复航。天眼查数据显示，仅2025年1月至4月，公司就八次被列为被执行人，最高单笔执行标的达1.24亿元。综合多方信息，幸福航空当前整体债务规模据称约为50亿元。
过去，“国产飞机”曾是幸福航空的核心卖点，但如今，“国产飞机”却被认为是危机的“罪魁祸首“，在经营崩盘之际，高层将矛头直指赖以起家的机型，声称新舟60“先天不足”。但不少员工认为，长期的治理失序、资金使用不透明以及管理决策失当，才是企业陷入困境的根本原因。
2025年9月，公司管理层曾向员工承诺，若年底前未能引入新的投资方，将由地方政府“兜底”。然而，这一预期很快落空。2025年12月，公司高层明确表示“政府不会兜底”，并首次公开提及企业可能进入“破产清算”程序。此前的相关承诺随之搁置，员工对企业未来的最后期待也在新年到来时彻底破灭。
Two Years Without Pay: Hundreds of Pilots and Flight Attendants in Xi’an Stage Sustained Rights Protests (2025.12.29–31)
From December 29 to 31, 2025, hundreds of pilots and cabin crew gathered for several consecutive days at locations including the Shaanxi provincial government, demanding solutions to long-overdue wage arrears and unpaid social security benefits. All participants are employees of the same company—Joy Air.
According to employees, Joy Air has failed to pay regular wages to more than a thousand frontline staff for two consecutive years, and pilots’ hourly flight pay has also been withheld for prolonged periods. In addition, the company has not made legally required contributions to medical insurance, social insurance, or the housing provident fund for nearly four years. To sustain a basic livelihood, many pilots have been forced to change professions—delivering food, driving ride-hailing vehicles, or working as private tutors; some have even gone abroad to take up manual labor such as construction, renovation, or courier work. Cabin crew members, meanwhile, often rely on street vending or livestream e-commerce to get by. The stark gap between their current incomes and their professional identities has left many employees deeply disheartened. What has further fueled resentment is that, despite prolonged wage arrears and a complete suspension of operations, company executives have continued to receive salaries.
Founded in 2008 as a joint venture between the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) and China Eastern Airlines, Joy Air is headquartered in Xi’an, Shaanxi. It was positioned as a demonstration operator for domestically produced regional aircraft, with the MA60 as its core fleet. In late April 2025, Joy Air abruptly suspended all flights and has yet to resume operations. Data from Tianyancha show that between January and April 2025 alone, the company was listed as a judgment debtor eight times, with the largest single enforcement claim reaching RMB 124 million. Based on information from multiple sources, Joy Air’s total liabilities are currently estimated at around RMB 5 billion.
In the past, “domestically produced aircraft” was Joy Air’s core selling point. Today, however, it has come to be viewed as the “culprit” behind the crisis. As operations collapsed, senior management shifted blame to the very aircraft model on which the airline was founded, claiming that the MA60 suffers from “inherent deficiencies.” Many employees disagree, arguing that long-standing governance failures, opaque use of funds, and flawed management decisions are the true root causes of the company’s predicament.
In September 2025, company management promised employees that if no new investor could be introduced by the end of the year, the local government would provide a financial backstop. That expectation quickly fell apart. In December 2025, senior executives made it clear that “the government will not step in,” and for the first time publicly raised the possibility that the company could enter “bankruptcy liquidation.” Previous commitments were shelved, and as the New Year arrived, employees’ last hopes for the company’s future were completely shattered.