Following the misappropriation of the Major Maintenance Fund at the Kaisa Yuebanshan complex in Bishan, Chongqing, local authorities forcibly converted the residential parking lot into a public one with mandatory fees, claiming the revenue would fill the fund’s deficit. From April 15 to 17, hundreds of homeowners staged protests for three consecutive days. Authorities deployed police daily to suppress the demonstrations, resulting in multiple detentions.
On January 19, in the Dongfang Xuefu Yayuan residential complex in Liangshan County, Jining, Shandong, homeowners protested against the developer’s plan to build a nursing home within the community. The protest was suppressed by Chinese Communist Party police, and at least two people were taken away.
“Dongguan Danti Xuan Residents Crackdown: Multiple Arrested During Protest (Oct 25, 2025)” On October 25, residents of Danti Xuan community in Tangxia Town, Dongguan, Guangdong, were suppressed by police during a protest, with multiple people arrested.
Six months ago, the residents launched the protest after the Lin Village Committee of Tangxia Town forcibly occupied the community’s plaza for road expansion, and the action has continued since.
On the 25th, to push through construction, local authorities deployed a large number of police and towed all vehicles parked in the plaza. When residents went to protest, they clashed with the police.
On September 13–14, shop owners at Easyhome in Zhuzhou, Hunan, staged a two-day protest at the mall entrance, holding banners and chanting slogans to denounce Easyhome’s long-term arrears in rent payments and to demand the return of their shops. During the protest, some owners were arrested.
In early July, large-scale cracks began to appear in the buildings of the Xingfuli residential community, Phase II of the Wellness Town project in Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. Hundreds of homeowners have been protesting for a month, but the problem has not been resolved. Instead, on August 9, the protests were suppressed by police, and at least one homeowner was 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.
