In Weifang, Shandong, a man was pepper-sprayed and sustained multiple injuries while filming the actions of police officers. According to his account, on August 14 he parked his car to block a client who had entered the company late at night to pick up goods. Since the client had defaulted on rent, the company had already prohibited them from entering the greenhouse. When officers from Liuwang Police Station in Weicheng District, Weifang, arrived, they ordered him to move his car. The man asked the officers to show their badges and took out his phone to record, but the police forcibly grabbed his phone and pepper-sprayed him, then pinned him to the ground, causing multiple injuries.
On Monday evening, August 18, in Zhengzhou, Henan, over a thousand residents surrounded a restaurant, forcing it to shut down early that night. According to multiple netizens, the restaurant, named Jiaxian Lao Huoji Hele Noodles, has a boss who not only withheld employees’ wages, mistreated food delivery workers, and took money from trainees without teaching them the recipes, but also recently posted a video attempting to publicly shame a child who had asked for extra noodles. This ultimately sparked widespread outrage.
On August 14 and 15, workers at China Resources Beverage Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, Guangdong went on strike for consecutive days, protesting against the company’s relocation of the plant without compensation. China Resources Beverage is a subsidiary of the state-owned China Resources Group, best known for its “C’estbon” brand of purified water, launched in 1990.
On August 16, several interceptors, including a police officer, attempted to abduct a woman with a disability inside the Qikela Community in Fengtai District, Beijing, but were stopped by other petitioners and residents.
On August 16, petitioners in Beijing apprehended two interceptors under Yongding Bridge near the State Bureau for Letters and Calls in Xicheng District. Both claimed to be police officers but refused to show identification, and one was wearing a SWAT uniform without a badge number.
[Workers at Advanced Semiconductor in Shenzhen Win “N+3” Compensation Through Protests]
On August 14, after four days of protests, the 950 workers of Guangdong Shenzhen Advanced Semiconductor Equipment Co., Ltd. secured compensation of “N+3 plus 3,000 RMB.”
The company had announced its dissolution on August 8, and on August 11 verbally informed employees that they would be forcibly dismissed on August 13. In response, all employees launched a collective action demanding “2N” compensation.
Public records show that Advanced Semiconductor Equipment (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., established in 2019, is a subsidiary of ASMPT, a globally renowned supplier of semiconductor and packaging equipment. According to reports, the closure of the Shenzhen plant is part of ASMPT’s strategy to optimize its global manufacturing and supply chain network.
On August 15, in Cang’er Avenue, Dali, Yunnan, a young photographer was accused of “occupying public space” and had his camera forcibly seized by urban management officers (chengguan). After the photographer refused to hand over the camera and demanded they present evidence, the officers first claimed they had already secured the evidence, then changed their statement to say he was “suspected of occupying public space,” and still insisted on confiscating his camera. They stated it could be temporarily seized, and that he could file for administrative reconsideration if he objected. The photographer intended to call the police, but officers at the scene assisted the chengguan in grabbing the camera. In the struggle, the camera was broken.
On August 13, in Tong Village, Linxi County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, a private home was violently demolished. That day, large numbers of police and demolition personnel entered the village, and after detaining villagers who resisted, destroyed the house in question. According to local residents, the demolition was part of the local government’s “urban village” redevelopment project. Due to the low compensation—where the exchange ratio for new housing was only 1:0.68—villagers refused to relocate.
On August 14, in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, hundreds of investors gathered outside the Xi’an Municipal Petition Bureau, demanding that Jingwei Treasury Bonds be redeemed. The Jingwei Treasury Bond Service Department in Xi’an, Shaanxi, collapsed at the end of March this year.
“Violent Demolition of a Miao Village in the Name of the State — Multiple Villagers Arrested in Guizhou (2025.08.12)”
“If a ‘livelihood project’ must be built with our blood, I would rather my hometown never see a dam!”
Chengjiang Village in Xingren Town, Danzhai County, Guizhou Province — home to generations of Miao people living along the Chengjiang River — now faces the fate of having its homeland forcibly razed to the ground. On August 12, during a demolition operation reportedly carried out by 300 government officials, police officers, and unidentified personnel, this centuries-old village was violently cleared, with multiple villagers arrested or injured.
Behind the demolition lies the Xuanwei Reservoir Project, listed as one of the key projects in the “14th Five-Year Plan for Water Security.” Officially promoted by the State Council as part of the “Western Development” of Guizhou, the reservoir is touted as serving multiple purposes: flood control, irrigation, and power generation. But for the villagers of Chengjiang, this so-called “national project” brings not development and security, but the loss of their homes and the trampling of their dignity.
The spark for the conflict lay in the compensation terms. According to the villagers, the government’s offer was insultingly low: “Just over 800 yuan per square meter for wooden houses, and barely over 1,000 yuan per square meter for brick houses.” Given current market prices, such compensation would be far from enough to rebuild homes elsewhere. Adding to the unease, the promised resettlement housing has yet to be built — meaning that once their houses are demolished, the villagers would be left homeless.
Faced with such injustice, the people of Chengjiang Village refused to comply. They declined to sign the demolition agreements and lodged complaints through various channels in hopes of halting the demolition. But their resistance disappeared like a stone sinking into water — unable to slow the pace of destruction.
On August 12, their worst fears came true. Large numbers of plainclothes demolition personnel, some wearing straw hats, entered the village. Villagers estimate there were two to three hundred people present, including government officials, police, and many unidentified individuals. During the demolition, the villagers’ resistance was quickly crushed. Videos from the scene show multiple villagers being forcibly dragged away, some shoved into vans, and others injured during the clashes.
“Anyone who tried to block them was arrested — several have already been taken away. The rest of us were kept outside by government people, with no way to get in and help,” one villager wrote on social media. Another asked angrily, “Demolishing without a compensation agreement is robbery! Law enforcement without uniforms is mob violence!”
Overpowered by sheer force, the villagers were unable to save their homes. Amid the roar of bulldozers, the wooden and brick houses passed down through generations were reduced to rubble — burying with them the history and memories of the Miao people. The Xuanwei Reservoir, a project claimed to “improve livelihoods,” has instead made the local Miao villagers its victims.
As their homes lay in ruins and the future remained uncertain, the villagers cried out in grief and anger: “If a ‘livelihood project’ must be built with our blood, I would rather my hometown never see a dam!”
