January 24 — Dajiang Middle School in Pingnan County, Guigang, Guangxi, canceled the weekend break and required students to remain on campus for study, triggering a collective protest by students. Videos show large numbers of students gathering at the school gate to protest and eventually breaking through security barriers and leaving the campus.
“Hundreds of Students in Pubei, Guangxi Protest School’s Ban on Mobile Phones (October 21, 2025)”
On the evening of October 21, at Pubei No. 1 Vocational School in Qinzhou, Guangxi, hundreds of students gathered in the dormitory corridors to protest the school’s newly implemented policy prohibiting students from using mobile phones.
Several students stated that they would not surrender their phones, regardless of whether the school revoked the ban.
According to a student who participated in the protest, the planned continuation of the protest that night was forced to be canceled because the school deployed multiple teachers to the dormitory area on the following day, October 22, to “monitor” the students.
“Thousands of Students Strike in Yulin, Guangxi to Protest Mobile Phone Restrictions (2025.10.16)”
On the evening of October 16, a large-scale student strike erupted at Guangxi Yulin No. 1 Vocational Secondary School, where thousands of students gathered on campus to protest the school’s newly implemented restrictions on mobile phone use.
According to reports, the incident was triggered by the school’s “Student Mobile Phone Management Regulations,” issued on October 13. The policy limits students to only three hours of phone use per day, requiring them to hand in their phones to the school for centralized storage during all other hours. Students who violate the rule face warnings or disciplinary actions.
The policy quickly sparked strong dissatisfaction among students. Many pointed out that the school had not mentioned any such restrictions during enrollment, and introducing them two months after the start of the semester left them no opportunity to transfer. Some students argued that, as vocational school students rather than ordinary high schoolers, the school should not excessively interfere with their personal lives.
Videos from the scene show large crowds of students gathered in hallways and on the playground, chanting slogans to protest the school’s unreasonable rules. Some students also reported that teachers threatened them with fire extinguishers in an attempt to disperse the crowd.
So far, the school has not issued a public response. Students say that although the strike has not yet forced the administration to back down, they will continue their protest until the school withdraws the policy.
“Third Mass Food Poisoning Incident Among Minors in Ten Days: Over 100 Students in Xishui, Guizhou Suffer Liver and Kidney Damage (Sept 18–20, 2025)”
On September 18, in Xishui County, Zunyi, Guizhou, more than 100 students fell ill after eating sandwiches from the Meijiale pastry chain. They experienced symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and persistent high fever. By September 20, after three days of hospitalization, some students’ conditions worsened, with kidney stones, hydronephrosis, and vomiting blood, leading to liver and kidney damage.
After the incident, parents sought help from local authorities but did not receive a timely response. Some videos they posted online seeking help were also deleted.
This is the third student mass food poisoning incident in China within ten days, following cases in Lufeng, Guangdong, and Jining, Shandong. Students in Lufeng are still receiving hospital treatment.
“Mass Food Poisoning Incidents in Guangdong and Shandong: Authorities Delete Posts, Shut Down Groups, Deploy Police, Prioritizing Stability”
In recent days, two schools in Lufeng, Guangdong, and Jining, Shandong, have consecutively reported mass student food poisoning incidents. Instead of fully treating the affected students, the schools and Chinese authorities focused their efforts on silencing information and preventing parents from seeking justice.
On September 12, a mass food poisoning outbreak occurred at Chaoyang (Yucai) School in Yanzhou District, Jining, Shandong. Hundreds of students suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, and even shock after consuming food provided by the school, and were rushed to hospitals for emergency treatment. The school’s first reaction was not to prioritize saving the students but to conceal the truth and stop parents from spreading the news. At the same time, poisoned students sent to hospitals were left in the corridors unattended. Meanwhile, the local government deleted related online information and deployed large numbers of police to hospitals, schools, and other locations to prevent parents from taking action.
A day earlier, on September 11, another mass food poisoning incident took place at Huamei Experimental School in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong. Nearly one hundred elementary students suffered from vomiting and diarrhea after eating school-provided meals and were hospitalized for treatment. Anxious parents began discussing in WeChat groups how to appeal to the government, but the groups were forcibly disbanded.
Under the Chinese Communist Party’s logic of “stability above all else,” the lives and health of the people are consistently relegated to secondary importance—one of the main reasons why such incidents continue to occur repeatedly.
At around 11 p.m. on September 7, thousands of students at Weining County Secondary Vocational School in Bijie, Guizhou launched a collective protest against the school’s decision to ban students from using mobile phones. During the protest, students threw large amounts of burning paper, pillows, garbage, and other items from their dormitory buildings.
[Hundreds of Students and Parents in Shaanxi’s Xixian New Area Protest for Days, Multiple People Detained]
On Monday (July 21), a protest initiated by hundreds of students and parents from Xixian New Area in front of the Shaanxi Provincial Petition Bureau, aimed at demanding fair access to education, ended with multiple parents being detained.
According to several parents, the number of admission slots for public high schools in Xixian New Area was severely limited during this year’s high school entrance examination, leaving many students who scored over 600 points unable to enroll in public schools. As a result, they are left with no option but to attend private schools, where tuition fees amount to tens of thousands of yuan per year—an unaffordable burden for many families.
Since last Saturday, hundreds of students and parents have been gathering for consecutive days at the Xixian New Area Administrative Committee and the Shaanxi Provincial Petition Bureau, calling for an increase in public high school admissions.
“Henan Song County: In Scorching Heat, Thousands of Students ‘Break Out’ in Protest of Weekend Make-up Classes”
In sweltering weather nearing 40°C, over a thousand high school students in Song County, Henan Province, staged a collective “breakout” on Friday afternoon, scaling the school’s locked gates in protest of a sudden decision to cancel their weekend break and enforce mandatory make-up classes.
According to multiple students, the school administration abruptly announced that all students were required to stay on campus for classes until 5 p.m. on Saturday and return by noon on Sunday to continue studying. This sudden decision became the spark that ignited long-simmering frustrations.
Students described widespread issues with outdated infrastructure and poor ventilation in the classrooms at Song County No. 1 High School. In many cases, 60 students are crammed into a single room equipped with only two old wall-mounted air conditioners—often turned off and barely functional when on. One student described the classroom as “hot as a steamer,” making it nearly impossible to concentrate. “If the principal were willing to work in these high-temperature classrooms with us,” the student added, “then maybe we’d accept it.”
That afternoon, a large number of students gathered at the school gates, demanding to leave and go home to escape the heat. When the school administration shut the gates in an attempt to block them, a brief standoff ensued. Eventually, students took matters into their own hands and climbed over the gates, successfully staging a collective escape.
For many students, this act of “breaking out” was a form of collective resistance against what they see as the administration’s disregard for their basic rights in pursuit of higher university admission rates.