From April 15 to 16, pork vendors in all markets across Tunchang County, Hainan, staged a collective strike. They were protesting against the market monopoly held by government-designated slaughterhouses and the exorbitant slaughtering fees being charged.
On April 13, hundreds of managers at the Foxconn factory in Taiyuan, Shanxi, went on strike to protest the company’s decision to abolish management positions. This follows a similar strike by Taiyuan Foxconn management on March 26, 2025, which yielded no substantive results.
[Tripod Technology in Wuxi Accused of Withholding Medical Aid for Leukemic Employee; Family Protests for Consecutive Days (2026.04.13-14)] From April 13 to 14, a woman protested for two consecutive days outside Tripod Technology (Wuxi) Corp., Ltd. in Jiangsu Province. She alleged that the company not only refused to provide further medical assistance to Zhu Haixin, an employee suffering from leukemia, but also initiated a lawsuit to claw back 350,000 RMB in medical expenses previously paid by the company. According to the woman and informed netizens, leukemia cases among Tripod employees are not isolated incidents; several other workers have fallen ill and are facing similar difficulties in obtaining compensation. As one of the largest Taiwan-funded enterprises in Wuxi, Tripod Technology specializes in Printed Circuit Board (PCB) production—an industry long regarded as high-risk for occupational leukemia due to the various chemicals used in the manufacturing process.
[Over 100 Delivery Riders in Baoding, Hebei, Surround Headquarters to Demand Unpaid Bonuses (2026.04.14)] On April 14, in Baoding, Hebei, “Ele.me” dedicated delivery riders and Taobao Flash Purchase riders went on a mass strike and blocked the local headquarters after the platforms failed to pay promised Lunar New Year duty bonuses. Although the headquarters pledged to pay the bonuses in full under pressure from the protesters, some riders dismissed the promise as mere “word games.”
“A Woman in Chengdu, Sichuan Defends Her Rights on a Flight (April 13, 2026)”
On April 13, aboard a taxiing aircraft at Shuangliu Airport in Chengdu, Sichuan, a woman suddenly stood up and spoke to fellow passengers about the injustice she had suffered. She said that after her child consumed an unlabeled cake from a pastry shop in Qionglai, the child began vomiting and had to be taken to the emergency room.
During her subsequent attempts to seek justice, she was targeted by online rumors and harassment from strangers, and was even physically assaulted, leaving her with no effective channel for filing complaints. Meanwhile, another courageous woman, despite attempts to stop her, insisted on recording the incident on video.
The woman also stated: “When you encounter injustice, you have to resist. I will resist.”
Hundreds of Xi’an Taxi Drivers Rally to Demand Fee Reductions, Chanting “Unscrupulous Government” (2026.04.13)
In recent years, under the dual impact of ride-hailing services and bike-sharing platforms, the traditional taxi market has continued to shrink, causing drivers’ incomes to plummet. However, “contract fees” (known as fenziqian) remain high. A vast portion of their earnings is siphoned off by taxi companies—effectively acting as “white gloves” (proxies) for the authorities—leaving the actual laborers struggling to make ends meet in increasingly dire straits. On April 13, hundreds of taxi drivers in Xi’an, Shaanxi, launched a collective protest at the Xi’an Taxi Management Office, demanding a reduction in these fees. During the rally, led by a representative, the drivers chanted slogans such as: “Unscrupulous government!”, “Down with the Management Office!”, “We need to survive!”, and “We need to eat!”
On April 13, community, substitute, and early childhood (MSY) teachers, along with retired teachers, gathered at local government offices in Zhaodong City, Zhaoyuan County, and Qitaihe City in Heilongjiang Province, as well as in Hunan Province. The protesters demanded that the authorities provide social security coverage for MSY teachers and pay long-overdue pension arrears.
On April 13, at the Transportation Development Center of Shuangtaizi District in Panjin, Liaoning, six electric tricycle owners—including elderly individuals and people with disabilities—gathered to lodge a collective complaint. They alleged that traffic police had seized their vehicles without providing any written documentation and have failed to return them for an extended period.
“Hundreds of Residents in Zuoling New City, Wuhan, Hubei, Smash Parking Barriers Again in Protest Against Parking Fees (2026.04.12)”
In March of this year, over a thousand residents of Zuoling New City in Wuhan, Hubei, launched a protest action, smashing parking barriers across six residential compounds and successfully forcing property management companies to abandon their parking fee collection. However, in Shuangdun Community — part of Phase 6 of Zuoling New City — the property management company continued to charge parking fees. On the evening of April 12, hundreds of Shuangdun Community residents took collective action and destroyed the parking barriers in their compound.
Family Protests at Guo’erzhuang Coal Mine After Denial of Medical Treatment Leads to Worker’s Death
(April 11, 2026) — On April 11, family members of a deceased worker blocked the main entrance of the Guo’erzhuang Coal Mine to demand accountability. The protest followed allegations that the mine refused to provide or facilitate medical treatment for the worker, who suffered from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease).
The denial of care reportedly caused the worker to miss the critical window for treatment, ultimately leading to his untimely death.
Guo’erzhuang Coal Mine is a primary production unit under the Jizhong Energy Handan Mining Group. It is located in Kuangshan Town, Wu’an City, which is under the jurisdiction of Handan City, Hebei Province.