On September 27, in Chentao Village under Qiming Village Committee, Litang Town, Binyang County, Nanning, Guangxi, villagers surrounded dozens of police officers who had entered the village to arrest rights-defending villagers, forcing them to release the detainees before being allowed to leave. To stop Nanning Jiaotou Kunlun Industrial Investment Co., Ltd. from forcibly seizing over 1,000 mu of ecological forest land for mining, villagers from Chentao and Shagu have been defending their rights for nearly two years, during which they have repeatedly clashed with police, government personnel, and staff from Kunlun Company.
On the evening of September 29, in Fenghe Garden, Panlong Century City, Zhuzhou, Hunan, residents collectively dragged away and temporarily detained a security company’s special guard vehicle following a conflict. Due to the developer’s forced collection of parking fees for elevated parking spaces, residents had previously staged multiple protests. That evening, the developer again hired more than ten security guards to enter the community and attempt to forcibly collect the parking fees, leading to clashes with residents. During the conflict, a resident was injured by a vehicle, further fueling the residents’ anger.
“Construction Workers in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Block Highway to Demand Wages (Sept 28, 2025)”
On September 28, as the Qinhuangdao–Tangshan Expressway in Hebei officially opened to traffic, some construction workers blocked the road at the Jiulongshan toll station to demand unpaid wages. While local media hailed the opening of the Qintang Expressway as a “milestone in the history of Qinhuangdao’s transportation development,” they made no mention of the workers’ protest. The roadblock set up by the workers was soon dismantled by police.
On September 28–29, dozens of displaced residents from the shantytown redevelopment area in Xingcheng Town, Qianxi County, Tangshan, Hebei, blocked the road in front of the Qianxi County government building with human chains and electric scooters for two consecutive days, protesting that the county government had failed to deliver resettlement housing seven years after the demolition and had withheld transitional compensation payments.
On September 28, hundreds of residents of Delixin Hecheng Community in Xian County, Cangzhou, Hebei Province, held a gathering to protest the developer’s false advertising, demanding that the developer fulfill the promises made when selling the properties, including completing the mist-spraying system, building a basketball court, improving landscaping, and installing gas alarms.
「越南中资家具厂跑路，500工人连日讨薪（2025.09.19-20）」9月19日至20日，浙江利豪（Lehoo）集团在越南胡志明市的生产工厂因管理层集体失联，500名员工连续两天罢工，要求支付被拖欠的工资、社保和工会费，共计650余万元人民币。据悉，19日晚公司已紧急补发工资，但社保和工会费仍未落实。目前工厂处于停产状态，越南当局正敦促企业负责人尽快赴越处理相关事宜并支付欠款。公开资料显示，浙江利豪集团成立于1999年，总部位于浙江安吉，主营床、橱柜、桌椅等家具及配件的生产。 “Chinese-owned furniture factory in Vietnam shuts down, 500 workers demand unpaid wages (Sept 19–20, 2025)”From September 19 to 20, the production plant of Zhejiang Lehoo (Lehoo) Group in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, ceased operations after the management collectively went missing. Around 500 employees staged a two-day strike, demanding payment of overdue wages, social insurance, and union fees totaling more than 6.5 million RMB. It is reported that on the evening of the 19th, the company made an emergency payment of wages, but social insurance and union fees remain unsettled. The factory is currently at a standstill, and the Vietnamese authorities are urging the company’s executives to promptly travel to Vietnam to resolve the matter and pay the arrears.Public information shows that Zhejiang Lehoo Group, founded in 1999 and headquartered in Anji, Zhejiang, specializes in the production of beds, cabinets, tables, chairs, and other furniture and accessories.
On the evening of September 27, near Guangdong Heyuan Xike Communication Technology Equipment Co., Ltd., a street vendor stood on top of his food cart holding a cooking ladle, trying to stop city enforcers from towing it away.
“Kunming Street Vendors Clash with Urban Management Officers, Pots and Pans Flying (Sept. 27–28, 2025)” From Saturday night to early Sunday morning, a fierce confrontation lasting around six hours broke out at the Haile World Night Market on Yongzhong Road, Guandu District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, drawing large crowds of onlookers. The clashes involved night market vendors, city urban management officers (chengguan), and later, police. Eyewitnesses described the scene as chaotic, with “pots, pans, stools, and chairs flying everywhere.” The conflict ended with several vendors injured and hospitalized, multiple arrests, and food trucks—on which the vendors relied for their livelihood—being hauled away. The spark for the confrontation stemmed from a government order two weeks earlier, when local authorities shut down the night market under the pretext of “rectification” while simultaneously soliciting new businesses and collecting stall fees. Vendors said the Haile World Night Market’s popularity was built through years of persistence, often surviving on just tens of yuan a day. What enraged them was that just as business was picking up, chengguan abruptly shut down the market under the guise of rectification and then introduced new charges. When vendors showed up to register as required, they discovered over 400 stalls had already been registered—many not belonging to original vendors. They refused to pay the fees, pointing out they had already paid tens of thousands of yuan in various charges in the past, only to see the government frequently change rules and still send chengguan to drive them away. As a result, they no longer believed paying fees could guarantee protection. For many vendors, their stalls are the sole source of income for the entire family, and prolonged closure had left them desperate. On Sept. 27, upon hearing that the rectification had officially ended the day before, they returned to their original spots to resume business. Around 9 p.m., a large number of chengguan officers assembled at the night market, attempting to evict the vendors. The vendors refused to leave, and clashes quickly broke out. When some vendors were beaten by chengguan, tensions escalated sharply. Furious vendors hurled pots, pans, stools, and chairs at both the officers and the police who soon arrived. The scene descended into chaos, attracting hundreds of bystanders. One witness described it as “pots, pans, stools, and chairs flying everywhere.” The confrontation flared intermittently for about six hours, with waves of police reinforcements and repeated clashes, until around 3 a.m. the next day, when the chaos and standoff gradually subsided. According to witnesses, several vendors were injured and taken to hospital, many others were arrested, and their food trucks—essential to their livelihoods—were confiscated by chengguan.
“Hundreds of Harbin Villagers Stage Consecutive Sit-ins to Protest Airport Noise Disturbance (September 25–26, 2025)”
Hundreds of villagers from Ligong Village, Taiping Town, Daoli District, Harbin, Heilongjiang, staged a sit-in in front of the Taiping International Airport office building for two consecutive days (September 25–26) to protest the disturbance caused by airport noise. Villagers reported that since the airport began operations in January 2025, a large number of planes have been flying at low altitude over Ligong Village day and night, and the intense noise has severely affected their daily lives. Despite multiple complaints and efforts to defend their rights with the relevant authorities, no progress has been made so far.
