From August 25 to 26, more than 400 stall owners at Easyhome in Enshi, Hubei, staged two consecutive days of protests to demand their rental payments. According to the owners, the developer has been collecting rent every year but has refused to pay them, a situation that has persisted for several years.
On August 26, at the Optics Valley Broadcasting and Television Media Building in Wuhan, Hubei, construction workers from a broadcasting project gathered to demand their wages. According to the workers, the project has not paid any wages in 2025.
Hundreds of retired seniors gathered outside the Guangdong Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Bureau on Monday (August 25), protesting the authorities’ withholding of pension “inverted payment” funds and chanting slogans such as “Down with corrupt officials.”
On the evening of August 25, at Jindi Plaza on Tuanjie Avenue in Hongshan District, Wuhan, Hubei, street vendors clashed violently with security guards, resulting in several people being injured and hospitalized, and attracting hundreds of onlookers. According to witnesses, the conflict arose after Jindi Plaza deployed security guards to collect a monthly stall fee of 2,000 yuan from the vendors.
On August 25, ferry services at Xuwen Port in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, were delayed. The port authorities neither arranged accommodations for passengers nor provided food, water, or seating. When passengers approached port officials to raise their concerns, they were met with the response: “Starve to death!”
From August 12 to 25, construction workers at the China Railway Construction Investment Daming Palace West Project in Xi’an, Shaanxi, gathered for 14 consecutive days to demand their wages.
[Kunming Homeowners Charged Parking Fees After Moving Into an Unfinished Building]
Majie Mall City in Xishan District, Kunming, Yunnan, has remained unfinished for 14 years. Left with no alternative, some homeowners began moving in this June. To their surprise, the property management recently installed a toll gate at the entrance, demanding parking fees from residents. On August 20, angry homeowners blocked the gate in protest.
Majie Mall City was a key urban village redevelopment project in Xishan District, Kunming. Launched in 2010, the project was halted multiple times due to funding shortfalls, with only 13 buildings completed.
On August 22–23, at the Minsheng Department Store Jiefang Road branch in Xi’an, Shaanxi, a group of Minsheng Department Store employees staged a sit-in at the entrance during the grand opening of JD Outlet’s Northwest flagship store, protesting what they described as unlawful layoffs by Minsheng Group.
[2,000 Workers Strike in Dongguan, Guangdong to Protest Relocation Without Compensation]
On Thursday (August 21), about 2,000 workers at Dongguan Maorui Electronics went on strike to protest the company’s refusal to compensate employees for its factory relocation. According to the workers, Maorui Electronics recently moved its plant from Niushan in Dongguan to Qingxi, but refused to provide compensation and instead used a “piecemeal” method to transfer factory equipment. Public records show that Dongguan Maorui Electronics Co., Ltd. was established in 2000, with a registered capital of approximately USD 8.1 million, and its legal representative is Huang Qianyu.