April 4: Workers at a villa construction project in Kuwait run by China First Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. (CFHEC) failed to receive their wages, triggering a mass strike involving over a thousand workers from China, Nepal, and other countries.
Summary of Mass Resistance Events in China (Published Partial Data) – March 2026
In March 2026, the “Yesterday” Project published a total of 76 resistance events that occurred across China. This month’s focal points were Lufeng and Xinyi in Guangdong Province, and Wuhan in Hubei Province. In Lufeng, over 10,000 citizens took to the streets to protest the authorities’ “firecracker ban.” In Xinyi, courageous villagers launched multi-day protests against the construction of a crematorium adjacent to their village, resulting in two violent clashes with police. In the Jiangxia District of Wuhan, hundreds of citizens repeatedly marched against polluting factories; meanwhile, in nearby Zuoling New Town, thousands of residents tore down toll gates across six residential compounds overnight, forcing property management to abandon the fees.
I. Composition of Protesting Groups (Total: 76)
Farmers: 16 cases (21.1%) —— The core group this month
“Sichuan Police Intimidate Homeowner for Sharing Rights Protection Info (2026.04.03)” The “Southwest Agricultural International (Cold Chain) Logistics Port” project in Zigong, Sichuan, has been stalled for years, affecting 9,000 homeowners and involving billions of yuan in funds. Over the years, owners have launched countless protests to reclaim their money, but their efforts have yielded no results. Instead, they have repeatedly faced violent suppression by the police. On April 3, 2026, a victimized homeowner in Tuanjie Town, Da’an District, Zigong, was harassed and threatened by local police at their home, simply for reposting information regarding a planned homeowners’ meeting.
From March 31 to April 3, food delivery riders in Fengjie County, Chongqing, went on strike for several consecutive days to protest the platform’s “bottomless exploitation” and the reduction of delivery fees. According to one rider, the strike was declared a failure on April 4.
On April 1–2, in Guoyang County People’s Hospital, Bozhou City, Anhui Province, a woman in her thirties died on the operating table during a fallopian tube unblocking procedure. The hospital subsequently shut off its surveillance cameras and summoned a large number of police officers to drive away family members who had come to demand answers.
On March 28, the South Campus of Suining Senior High School in Jiangsu Province organized a 10-kilometer hiking activity for students without notifying their parents. During the hike, a student named Zhang Botao collapsed from exhaustion and died alone under a tree. According to parents, no school medical staff accompanied the event, and the supervisors failed to notice Zhang Botao had collapsed and passed away even after completing the entire route. On April 3, when parents went to the school to demand an explanation, they were reportedly assaulted by police, while school officials and teachers refused to appear or provide a response.
On the evening of April 2, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, hundreds of homeowners in Baiyang Jiayuan, Hongshan District — following the earlier action in Zuoling New City — launched their own protest against excessive parking fees imposed by their property management company, tearing down the fee collection barrier.
“Hundreds of Residents in Langfang Block Yuantong Delivery Vehicle in Support of Bullied ‘Courier Sisters’ (2026.04.03)”
On the evening of Thursday, April 2, hundreds of residents in Geyucheng Town, Anci District, Langfang City, Hebei Province, surrounded and blocked a Yuantong Express delivery vehicle to protest the company’s mistreatment of a local courier station operator. The station has been run by two sisters for over five years. Recently, Yuantong began pressuring the pair to voluntarily relinquish their operation through a series of coercive measures, including tenfold fines, a 40% reduction in delivery fees, and dispatching company vehicles to deliver parcels directly, bypassing the sisters’ station. As the station income is the family’s sole livelihood, the sisters’ plight quickly drew an outpouring of support from local residents, many of whom went so far as to refuse deliveries made directly by Yuantong’s own vehicles, in protest of the company’s conduct.
“Clash Between Xuanwei, Yunnan Government Personnel/Police and Villagers During Tree Seizure (2026.03.30)”
On March 30, in Keluoyu Village, Moga Village Committee, Baoshan Town, Xuanwei City, Qujing, Yunnan Province, government personnel were surrounded by locals after forcibly cutting down villagers’ pine trees. Subsequently, police clashed with the villagers while attempting to forcibly escort the government personnel away from the scene.