On July 11, at the Diandian Plaza construction site in the High-Tech Zone of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, a violent clash broke out between construction workers and security guards. Workers sprayed fire extinguishers at the guards and struck one guard to the ground with a shovel. According to eyewitnesses, the incident was triggered by the site owner hiring security personnel to forcibly remove the workers without having paid their wages.
On the evening of July 11, due to long-standing unresolved issues with water and electricity supply, residents of Yiyuan Community in Bazhou, Hebei, blocked the Bazhou municipal government building.
On July 12, at Hongfeng Market in Wansheng, Chongqing, an elderly person came to sell a few handwoven bamboo baskets. A market administrator stopped the elderly vendor and demanded a fee. Bystanders, upset by the situation, got into an argument with the administrator.
On July 10, the strike at Nuosha Garment Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Fuzhou, Jiangxi had already lasted for a week. In the early hours of that day, the company owner attempted to secretly move out equipment but was caught by the workers and failed.
Due to a doubling of rent, vendors at the Chengdong Market in Xinhui District, Jiangmen, Guangdong staged a collective market strike on Wednesday (July 9).
In Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 270 workers were lured by a woman named Maria with promises of high-paying jobs (over 10,000 yuan per month) as cross-border delivery staff or goods sorters for Hong Kong. Each worker paid 36,000 yuan in fees to join a company called “Good Goods to Home Fresh Supply Chain Co., Ltd.” in Hong Kong. However, after joining, the employer failed to pay salaries for two months. According to the workers, “We only work one hour a day, and spend the rest of the time just killing time.” Realizing they had been scammed, the workers reported the case 20 days ago, but there has been no resolution. On the night of July 9, with nowhere else to turn, the workers climbed to the rooftop.
On July 9, in Xinbei District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, workers demanding their wages caught the boss who had owed them pay since working on the Yancheng Primary School project in Wujin District three years ago.
On July 8 and 9, the Shunchao (Chaobei) shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, shut down, owing three months of unpaid wages. Around 300 workers demanded their pay for two consecutive days but to no avail.
On the evening of July 8, in Luonan, Shaanxi, homeowners protesting against an unauthorized increase in parking fees by the property management were suppressed by the police, with several people beaten and arrested.
“Nanchong, Sichuan: Hundreds of Homeowners Surround Police Car and Block Road to Protest Forced Parking Space Sales, Beaten by Police (2025.07.08)”
On Tuesday evening, a homeowner protest erupted in the Egret Island Phase II residential compound in Jialing District, Nanchong, Sichuan Province. Hundreds of residents, angered by escalating tensions with the property management and developer, surrounded a police vehicle and blocked road traffic.
The immediate trigger for the protest was the developer’s attempt to forcibly sell expensive parking spaces that lack legal ownership certificates, while imposing high parking fees. According to residents, in recent weeks, the developer instructed the property management company to charge an excessive daily parking fee of 9 yuan to coerce homeowners into buying the spaces. Making matters worse, the developer was accused of false advertising during home sales—promising a complimentary 30,000 yuan parking voucher that, in practice, only marginally reduced the purchase price, rendering it virtually worthless. Some residents noted that a single parking spot costs up to 60,000 yuan, and since the entire parking lot lacks legal property rights, it cannot be legitimately sold.
In response to this alleged fraud and the property company’s hardline tactics, many homeowners refused to pay the parking fees. On July 7, when the management barred those who hadn’t paid from entering the complex, residents blocked the entrance in protest. Tensions escalated on July 8 into physical confrontation. One resident was reportedly knocked to the ground by staff allegedly brought in from Egret Island Phase I. After the assault, the perpetrator hid in a police vehicle and refused to cover the victim’s medical expenses.
This act ignited widespread outrage among the homeowners. Hundreds surrounded the police vehicle and blocked the road, demanding that the assailant be held accountable. The standoff ultimately ended with police forcibly dispersing the crowd, during which several residents were reportedly beaten.
