On July 28, sanitation workers in Nanyang, Henan went on strike after being owed nine months of wages. Two years earlier, on July 1, sanitation workers in Nanyang had also gone on strike for the same reason—being owed nine months of pay.
[Postpartum Care Center Owner in Wuhan Absconds with Funds; 600 Maternity Matrons Protest for Unpaid Wages]
On July 25, the Yuexi Postpartum Care Center in Wuhan, Hubei abruptly announced its closure, leaving over 600 maternity matrons unpaid for several months of wages and deposits. From July 26 to 29, hundreds of workers from its eighteen branches across Wuhan, Hubei and Nanchang, Jiangxi launched consecutive protests demanding payment, but their efforts have so far been in vain.
According to employees, the founder, Zheng Heng, has fled abroad with 20 million yuan.
Public records show that Yuexi Postpartum Care Center was founded in 2013 and is operated by Hubei Yuexi Health Management Co., Ltd.
On July 26, under Yongding Bridge near the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Xicheng District, Beijing, a petitioner, driven to desperation by interception police, jumped into the Yongding River. However, the police refused to rescue him. Other petitioners immediately surrounded the officers, condemning them for standing by and doing nothing.
Note: The petitioner who jumped into the river was later rescued.
On July 27, in Xingyi, Guizhou, villagers staged a sit-in on the railway tracks to protest the government’s delay in paying land compensation, forcing a train to stop.
In the early morning of July 28, a conflict broke out between homeowners of Fangzhou Garden and security personnel in Baibuting, Jiang’an District, Wuhan, Hubei Province. The clash occurred as residents tried to stop the construction of Metro Line 12, which was being forcibly carried out despite their objections. According to the homeowners, Fangzhou Garden was originally built in 1998 as an emergency relocation project for disaster-affected residents. The buildings are multi-story structures made of prefabricated panel-brick-concrete, and have already shown signs of subsidence and cracking. If Metro Line 12 is forced to tunnel beneath the community, it could further damage the already fragile foundations and pose a serious threat to the lives and property of the hundreds of households living there.
On July 27, a depositor withdrew 30,000 yuan from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Huaibin County, Xinyang, Henan Province, and discovered that three of the 100-yuan notes were counterfeit. However, the bank refused to refund the money.
Several netizens also reported experiencing similar incidents, where counterfeit bills were mixed in with their bank withdrawals.
[Henan Rural Bank Depositors Petitioning in Beijing Forcibly Taken Away by Men in Black Uniforms] On July 24, eleven depositors from Henan rural banks went to the National Financial Regulatory Administration in Beijing, requesting official documentation regarding the freezing of their deposits and attempting to submit written complaints. However, the administration not only refused to provide the requested documents and declined to accept the materials, but also summoned a group of men in black uniforms who forcibly loaded the petitioners onto three buses and took them away.
[Follow-up on Villagers’ Resistance to Cremation in Biyang, Henan: Government Steals Tents and Supplies in the Middle of the Night]
In the early hours of July 28, while the villagers had returned home to rest, local authorities sent personnel to the mountain under the cover of darkness and secretly took away all the tents and supplies. Later that day, they also blocked access to the mountain. However, some villagers still managed to reach the site by motorcycle or on foot to continue their protest.
On Sunday night (July 27), due to a surge in the number of petitioners lining up in front of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, Beijing authorities dispatched a large number of security personnel and thirteen buses to forcibly transport some of the petitioners to Jiujingzhuang for soft detention.
[Geely-Baikuang Group in Baise, Guangxi Accused of Forcing Overtime Work]
Geely Baikuang Group Co., Ltd., based in Baise, Guangxi, has recently begun enforcing a mandatory 12-hour work schedule, compelling employees to work excessive hours. Those who refuse to comply have reportedly had their access cards deactivated and are barred from entering the worksite. The company has also placed these employees under isolated “training” sessions in an apparent effort to pressure them into resigning.
The video, dated July 26, shows multiple employees who refused to work overtime being denied entry at the factory gate.
Public records show that Geely Baikuang Group is a state-controlled enterprise jointly established by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Guangxi Baise Yinhai Aluminum Company. Its primary operations span the aluminum industry chain, including bauxite mining and electrolytic aluminum production.