Luobo KuaiPao, an autonomous ride-hailing company in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has forcibly transferred its safety officers from Caidian District to Jiangxia District, about 40 kilometers away, in an apparent attempt to pressure them into resigning voluntarily.
Representatives of the safety officers have repeatedly tried to negotiate with company management, but the company’s top executive reportedly responded, “Since I dared to come to Wuhan, I’m not afraid of you.”
In response, the protesting employees stated that they would continue to defend their rights to the end.
According to public information, Luobo KuaiPao is an autonomous ride-hailing service launched by Baidu, offering driverless taxi rides that users can request through a mobile app or mini-program.
“The Brave Activist Who Posted Anti-CCP Posters in Guangzhou: Chen Bangchao”
Recently, Chen Bangchao, a young man from Guangdong who was imprisoned for eighteen months for posting anti-CCP posters in the Guangzhou subway, shared his story with us via email. His posters called for the Chinese Communist Party to adopt multi-party elections, abolish the Hong Kong National Security Law, recognize that Taiwan is not part of China, and end the genocide against Uyghurs.
This activist, only in his early twenties, was arrested, interrogated, and sentenced by China’s state security apparatus after a lone act of protest. In prison, he endured prolonged psychological and physical torture. His experience reflects the regime’s deep fear of political dissent—and its suffocating repression—following the White Paper Movement.
Designing the Anti-CCP Posters
In late 2022, as the White Paper Movement’s aftershocks still lingered, Chen decided to stage a personal protest amid ongoing censorship and political suppression. In December 2022, he designed a poster titled “Subway Manifesto”, which listed thirteen demands for political and civil freedoms, including: “implement multi-party elections,” “ensure judicial independence,” “depoliticize the military,” “end speech censorship,” “take down the Great Firewall,” “abolish the Hong Kong National Security Law,” “recognize that Taiwan is not part of China,” and “end the genocide of Uyghurs.”
He also called for a nationwide and global protest on September 30, 2023. The manifesto, sharply written and clearly structured, ended with the words: “Resist before it’s too late—overthrow tyranny, reclaim dignity.” It carried the spirit of the White Paper Revolution but posed an even more direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party’s rule.
A Solo Protest in the Guangzhou Subway
On the morning of February 27, 2023, Chen carried 100 printed copies of his Subway Manifesto and began posting them at various Guangzhou subway stations. His first target, Guangzhou Tower Station, was heavily guarded, so he moved on to Zhujiang New Town, University Town North, and University Town South stations instead.
He managed to post 55 posters before noticing suspicious activity. He then hid the remaining ones in a subway restroom and changed clothes to avoid detection. However, one folded copy remained in his bag—later becoming the most direct piece of evidence used against him.
About an hour later, Chen was arrested by police aboard a train leaving Guangzhou.
After being taken back to the city, national security officers threatened and mocked him:
“If this were North Korea, you’d have been executed already.” “This isn’t just a blank sheet of paper.”
Their remarks revealed how hypersensitive the authorities had become toward any form of political expression after the White Paper Movement.
Detention and Abuse
At a remote police station in Guangzhou, Chen was interrogated continuously for over 24 hours. He was denied rest and subjected to threats and intimidation, leaving him physically and mentally exhausted.
He was later transferred to Guangzhou No. 1 Detention Center, where he was forced to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, and four months later, to the Panyu District Detention Center.
In both facilities, Chen endured prolonged sleep deprivation and psychological torture. The lights in his cell were kept on day and night. He was randomly woken up and forced to stand at night, while during the day he was made to sit cross-legged on a wooden board watching state propaganda broadcasts—without lowering his head or closing his eyes.
The constant fatigue caused severe attention deficits and long-term cognitive impairment.
State security officers taunted him:
“If your stuff spreads online, you’ll end up like Peng Lifa—you’ll never get out. And your family will suffer too.”
One officer said:
“Someone took pictures, but we handled it in time and put out the fire. Otherwise…”
Yet another admitted:
“Some people still saw it. Their thinking will change—you never know what they’ll do next.”
According to prosecutors’ statements in court, roughly 1,500 personnel were mobilized that day to track down and remove the posters he had put up.
On July 27, 2023, the Panyu District Procuratorate indicted Chen on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” The trial was held in a closed courtroom inside the detention facility. He met his court-appointed lawyer—an open supporter of the Communist Party—only days before the hearing.
On September 21, 2023, Chen was sentenced to eighteen months in prison.
Life in Prison
During his sentence, Chen was held in Beijiang Prison and Shaoguan Prison. He was subjected to “behavioral correction” and “ideological reeducation.”
He was forced to squat motionless several times a day for 10–20 minutes, causing chronic ankle pain. Each day he had to sit on a low stool to watch state propaganda programs played at deafening volumes for 30–90 minutes.
He was also ordered to repeatedly copy prison regulations by hand and perform humiliating chores for other inmates as punishment for failing production quotas or being deemed “disobedient.” These punishments inflicted lasting physical and psychological harm.
Post-Release Surveillance and Exit Ban
In August 2024, Chen was released from prison—but not freed. Between October 2024 and September 2025, he was summoned or questioned by national security officers at least six times and warned to “speak only with state-approved media” and “never bypass online censorship.”
When he tried to renew his Hong Kong–Macau travel permit on September 27, 2024, he was told he was under an exit ban. A year later, another application was again rejected by phone.
After two incidents of being followed, Chen realized he was in danger. On October 8, 2025, he successfully passed border inspection and escaped China.
Exile and Appeal
Chen is now in Malaysia, where he has applied for refugee registration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He fears that the CCP’s cross-border repression in Southeast Asia may threaten his safety:
“It wouldn’t be hard for them to abduct someone across land borders or pressure Malaysian authorities politically.”
He hopes that by speaking out publicly, he can draw international attention and obtain humanitarian protection and support.
“Hundreds of Hui Villagers in Qinghai Protest Government’s Forced School Closure (Oct 10, 2025)”
On October 10, in Dazhuang Township, Maying Town, Minhe County, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, hundreds of Hui villagers gathered in front of the township government to protest the local authorities’ decision to forcibly close Dazhuang Township Middle School. During the protest, some demonstrators briefly blocked road traffic.
According to local villagers, after the closure of Dazhuang Township Middle School, students will be reassigned to Minhe Middle School, located in the county seat about 60 kilometers away. This will cause great inconvenience for both students and their parents. If families are forced to relocate to the county seat, the cost of living will be far higher than in rural areas—something many households cannot afford. Some villagers also suspect that the government’s move is intended to boost property sales in the county seat.
“On October 9, in Yubei, Chongqing, dozens of construction workers blocked the gate of Longfor Real Estate to demand wages that have been owed for several years.”
On October 6 and 9, in Da’an Town, Pingnan County, Guigang, Guangxi, the owners of the unfinished housing project “Ronghe Town” staged collective protests twice, first gathering at the town government office and later going to the construction site to “threaten to jump off buildings.”
“Hundreds of Bus Drivers in Baiyin, Gansu Stage Collective Strike to Demand Wages (2025.10.09)”
On Monday morning, hundreds of bus drivers in Baiyin, Gansu Province went on a collective strike to demand their overdue wages, causing a widespread paralysis of local public transportation.
According to the striking drivers, the company has not paid wages for more than four months, and contributions to pension insurance and housing provident funds have also been unpaid for many years. By that afternoon, the striking drivers had resumed operations.
Since the beginning of this year, multiple cities across China have seen bus drivers stage collective strikes, mostly due to unpaid wages, subsidies, and long-term arrears in social insurance. Online responses to these events indicate that wage arrears for bus drivers are common in many other cities as well. Similar wage issues also frequently occur among teachers and medical staff in the public service sector. These phenomena suggest that social unrest triggered by local fiscal crises is beginning to emerge.
“Over 100 Workers at a Wenzhou Shoe Factory Protest Against Disguised Layoffs (October 5, 2025)”
On October 5, Wenzhou Futaitai Footwear & Apparel Co., Ltd., Zhejiang, suddenly announced the dismantling of its production lines and the continuation of an extended holiday, shortly after concluding a half-month-long vacation.
According to employees, the company’s management also tried to induce workers to sign termination agreements to evade economic compensation.
This move immediately sparked strong dissatisfaction among the staff, who launched a collective action demanding that the company provide compensation in accordance with the law. Since the protest has not yielded any substantive results so far, the employees plan to go to the local labor bureau on October 9 to request government intervention.
Public information shows that Futaitai Footwear & Apparel Co., Ltd., established in 2010, primarily engages in the manufacturing, processing, and sale of footwear and apparel products, with a focus on genuine leather women’s shoes, and employs over 100 people.
On October 6, in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, eight chefs at the Wanxinglong Grand Hotel stood on the hotel terrace during the Mid-Autumn Festival, banging pots and pans to demand their wages.
