June 6, Banshi Primary School in Changping Township, Dongguan, Guangdong. In an apparent attempt at patriotic indoctrination, school staff ordered a young student to go out onto the sports field in heavy rain to retrieve the national flag.
Documentary: The Harbin Sandstorm of May 31:On May 31, 2026, a rare and powerful sandstorm struck Harbin, the provincial capital of Heilongjiang, and the surrounding region. Thick clouds of yellow dust blotted out the sky, visibility dropped to just a few meters, and day turned instantly to night. Gale-force winds drove sand and debris across the city, damaging buildings, snapping trees in half, and overturning or crushing vehicles, as pedestrians fled through the streets in panic. The disaster left large numbers of residents injured and claimed several lives. Many eyewitnesses captured the terrifying scenes on their phones.
On June 1, a Chinese self-driving convoy was stopped and harassed by local police after entering Kyrgyzstan, with officers threatening to revoke their licenses. However, when one member of the group produced a U.S. passport, the officers’ demeanor shifted immediately — visibly flustered, they ultimately waved the entire convoy through. Kyrgyzstan is one of the earliest countries to have embraced the Belt and Road Initiative and holds a pivotal position in China’s Central Asian strategic framework. Yet in the eyes of ordinary Kyrgyz people, China commands far less respect than the United States.
On the evening of June 1, a student at Zhangjiachuan County No. 1 Middle School in Tianshui, Gansu, was forcibly seized by “instructors” from a “compulsory behavioral correction school” the moment he stepped outside the school gate after evening study hall.
On May 29, following an altercation at K11 ECOAST shopping mall in Shekou, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, a staff member told a customer: “K11 is not here to serve broke-ass people like you who have no money!”
Follow-up on the Luchuan May 22 Incident: On May 25, market day in Wushi Town, Luchuan County, Guangxi, traffic police were again absent from the streets, though officers carrying riot shields and batons were seen on patrol. Local netizens have identified the individual at the center of the incident as Wen Xiaotao, a resident of Shajing Village, Wushi Town, whose father has passed away and who lives alone with his mother.
On May 23, one day after a confrontation triggered by traffic police impounding electric vehicles left three dead and four injured, no traffic police were seen conducting vehicle checks in Wushi Town, Luchuan County, Guangxi.
On May 19–21, a major public health incident struck Weishi County, Kaifeng, Henan Province, with large numbers of residents across the county developing symptoms consistent with poisoning — including vomiting and diarrhea. Students were among the worst affected. Hospitals throughout the county were overwhelmed, and long queues formed outside clinics. According to multiple local residents posting online, the suspected cause is a burst water main that allowed sewage to contaminate the supply, leaving the entire county without running water for more than 24 hours; some online commenters have also raised the possibility of deliberate poisoning. On May 20, local state media announced the formation of an investigation team — then disabled the comments section of the post. Beyond that announcement, no substantive relief measures or emergency response actions have been reported from local authorities.
On May 17, a 22-year-old mother in Dalian, Liaoning, who was making food deliveries with her 2-year-old child, broke down in tears on the street after her child refused to cooperate while being dressed, drawing the attention of passersby — one of whom stepped forward to help dress the child. That same day, in Guiyang (Guizhou), Hongqiao (Shanghai), and Jinhua (Zhejiang), netizens captured footage of delivery riders with no choice but to carry their children on their backs while working their routes.