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On March 14, an online post said that China’s Military Service Law provides that, when required in wartime, the State Council and the Central Military Commission may decide to call up male citizens aged 36 to 45 for service. The cited legal wording could not be independently verified.

Some internet users commented that job seekers face an age limit of 35, while the age limit is different for military call-ups.

On March 15, owners of Building 33 in Phase II of Nanning Yongfu Tanjing gathered outside the development’s marketing centre, holding banners and chanting: “We ask the government to return our homes.”

According to the post, both Phases I and II of the development have been left unfinished, with only a small number of workers engaged in what it described as “performative work.” The claims could not be independently verified.

According to the post, in 2009, a judge at the Chengjiang People’s Court in Yunnan argued with a lawyer and instructed judicial police to handcuff the lawyer to a basketball hoop in the sun. The judge was later removed from office, and a decision was made to purge the judicial ranks.

The post also alleges that recently, Henan lawyer Shao Yujuan was refused a request to copy evidence before a hearing, then was handcuffed with her arms behind her back and beaten by judicial police, leaving multiple bruises on her arm. The court president apologized, and relevant personnel were suspended. The claims could not be independently verified.

According to the post, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou ranks 11th among universities nationwide. At the university’s 2025 spring recruitment fair held recently, Shenzhen Airlines offered multiple positions, including aircraft maintenance engineer and information technology roles, with starting salaries of 4,000 to 6,000 yuan per month.

On March 15, an online post said that multiple taxis surrounded a ride-hailing vehicle in Liaoyang, Liaoning. Footage shows the ride-hailing driver telling the taxi drivers, “Please, let me go.” The information could not be independently verified.

On March 14 in Shanghai, a woman said her friend, identified as Yuan, a doctoral student in the Chinese Department’s literary theory programme at Fudan University, went missing during a group meeting that day. She said Yuan was lightly dressed when he left and asked anyone who saw him to tell him that his friends were waiting for him to come home.

Police said on March 15 that Yuan’s body was found in a river at the aforementioned location. An examination found signs consistent with death by drowning, and police ruled out a criminal case.

Recently, urban management authorities in Korla, Xinjiang, started a livestream, after which the comment section filled with allegations that officers had engaged in “smashing, looting and arson.” The allegations could not be independently verified. The authorities repeatedly said they generally used “flexible enforcement,” but the explanation did not ease the controversy.

A user named “Wu Fangfang’s Brother” alleged in a post that his 34-year-old sister underwent wisdom-tooth extraction at the dental outpatient department of Anqing Municipal Hospital, but that a doctor mistakenly removed an original tooth, placed it in the wisdom-tooth position and secured it with iron wire. The post also alleged that the doctor concealed the matter and altered her medical records without consent. It said the woman later died after jumping from the hospital on the 17th, following unsuccessful efforts to seek redress. The claims could not be independently verified.

The woman’s husband said that from March 12 to 17, his wife “didn’t eat anything at all,” could only drink water each day and did not sleep at night.

According to the material, on March 18, a Zeekr new-energy vehicle caught fire after an accident in Longhua District, Shenzhen; a passerby filming the scene said there were still people inside. On March 12, the owner of a Chery new-energy vehicle in Hefei, Anhui, said it suddenly began emitting smoke and “then exploded.” On March 15, a BYD Han spontaneously caught fire by the roadside in Shandong, with white smoke coming from beneath the vehicle. The material could not be independently verified.

Ahead of the third anniversary of the “321” China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crash, a blogger posted a memorial message that was subsequently blocked by the platform, according to the material. It says the investigation is being conducted by the Chinese side and that, two years later, the specific cause remains under investigation. The material says the crew’s technical qualifications and health met requirements before departure, while weather and a pre-departure aircraft fault had been ruled out; it did not rule out human factors or a mechanical failure during the flight. The claims could not be independently verified.

According to the post, people identified as victims in the Haiyin case went to Shanghai again on March 25. They called on the Shanghai municipal government to handle the case openly and fairly and punish those they identify as the masterminds of the alleged fraud. The post said they were treated roughly by relevant Shanghai institutions on the way; the account could not be independently verified.

According to the post, Lantian Shidai Gongguan in Luzhou, Sichuan, is alleged to be an unfinished housing project, with related issues reportedly unresolved for several years. The claim could not be independently verified.