On April 26, a woman publicly displayed a banner reading “Born human, living toward the light — Yu Menglong, an outstanding young Chinese” among the crowd at Qianlingshan Park in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, in open support of actor Yu Menglong, who fell to his death from a Beijing apartment building in September 2025 under circumstances that remain disputed.
Security has been tightened significantly near Tiananmen Square in Beijing recently, with measures appearing to treat everyone as a potential threat. (April 21–26, 2026)
“Jianmei Aluminum in Foshan Uses Forced Military Training as Disguised Layoffs (March 11–17, 2026)” From March 11 to 17, Jianmei Aluminum Co., Ltd., located in Nanhai District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, compelled employees to participate in military training outside of normal working hours, stipulating that anyone who refused would have their performance bonuses docked. According to workers, this move is widely seen as the company’s attempt — amid declining business performance — to pressure employees into resigning voluntarily through indirect means, thereby evading its legal obligation to pay severance compensation. Workers reported that after already enduring 12-hour workdays, being required to attend an additional 2 hours of military training left them physically and mentally exhausted, and the situation has been extremely difficult to bear.
On March 10, ahead of the 18th anniversary of the 2008 “March 14 incident” in Lhasa, Tibet, several military veterans who participated in the suppression of demonstrating monks in Lhasa shared their personal experiences on Chinese social media platforms. They recounted that due to insufficient armed police forces, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was ordered by superiors to wear armed police uniforms and pose as armed police to suppress the monks. These soldiers also stated: “Shoot as soon as you see red (monks)”, “wipe out everything taller than a wheel, a certain village”, “rivers of blood”, and “fire trucks washing the ground.” Some soldiers also posted pictures of their commemorative medals from that time. Currently, the related content has been deleted.