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A post says that “Wuhan pneumonia” was not solely the “achievement” of Colonel Ishii Zhengli. The claim could not be independently verified.

According to the post, the president announced a monthly growth allowance of 5,000 yuan for each person aged 0 to 18. The post provided no further details and could not be independently verified.

On August 22, a post about “Chinese cabbage soaked in formaldehyde” trended on social media. The post said relevant authorities had launched an investigation.

Earlier, a food-industry user posted a video alleging that formaldehyde was used to preserve various foods and calling it an open secret in the industry. The claims could not be independently verified.

On August 26, reports said that at an education administration meeting for autumn 2026 in Leibo County, Sichuan’s Liangshan prefecture, teachers whose primary-school final exam average scores were below 30 were called onstage for a group photo. The background screen displayed the word “shame.” A photo circulated online showed about 30 people onstage.

On August 28, a Liangshan education and sports bureau official said the photo was authentic and had not been digitally fabricated, adding, “We also did not understand it when we saw the photo.” The reason for the incident is being checked and investigated. The Leibo County education and sports bureau said it would issue a notice and was not in a position to respond further for now.

A post on Xiaohongshu says the author and a friend drove to Jingxiang Street in Beijing’s Chaoyang district and parked in an unoccupied municipal roadside space marked with white lines. A person said to be associated with the restaurant “Sanyangcai” told them they could not park there and said the restaurant had a lease with the municipal government. The author said they had not seen the contract or other documents supporting the claim. About three men then stood in front of the car, and the author contacted police.

According to the post, the first police officer contacted said the restaurant had a lease and “responsibilities for the area in front of the premises.” A traffic police officer who later arrived reportedly confirmed that the space had been marked by the transport authorities and was under municipal management, and said the parking was not unlawful, but could not explain why the restaurant could prevent others from using it. The post also says the first officer later asked why the author had come to Beijing and what they were doing there, then ended the call after the author requested the officer’s name and badge number. The account could not be independently verified.

According to the post, a rent dispute at the Bubugao shopping mall in Meixi Lake, Changsha, prompted property owners to protest on Aug. 11. Footage shows a police officer allegedly holding one protesting owner by the neck and taking the person away. The material could not be independently verified.

Ningbo authorities said an investigation into the “Xiao Luoxi incident” determined that it was a Grade 1, Class A medical accident. The municipal health commission revoked surgeon Chen Mouxian’s medical licence, suspended PICU physician Dong Mouya from practising for six months, and imposed administrative penalties of warnings and fines on Chen Mouxian, Dong Mouya and anaesthesiologist Yan Mouya.

According to the notice, the Women and Children’s Hospital was ordered to remove Chen Mouxian as director of its thoracic and cardiac surgery department and Yan Mouya as director of its anaesthesiology department. The hospital was also ordered to conduct a review and make corrections by a deadline, and was given warnings and fines. Hospital Party secretary Chen Mou was given a warning, president Chen Moshui a serious demerit and removal from office, and vice-president Zheng Moushan removal from office.

The Tiantai County Public Security Bureau in Taizhou, Zhejiang, said that further investigation into a case involving a couple who were poisoned after eating online-purchased baby cabbage found that the poisoning was linked to the husband. Police also said they had preliminarily determined that the couple were suspected of extortion. Both have been placed under criminal coercive measures, and the investigation is continuing. The allegations could not be independently verified.

According to earlier reports, the couple spent about 15 yuan on roughly 8 jin of baby cabbage on December 17, 2025, and developed symptoms almost simultaneously the following day. They were diagnosed with brodifacoum poisoning. The wife received treatment in an intensive care unit for more than a month, while police had earlier detected rat poison in agricultural-product samples and initially suspected product contamination.

On Jan. 15, a woman posted a video alleging that multiple people in Huangshi, Hubei, had been forcibly sent to psychiatric hospitals. She accused Huangshi Mental Hospital of allegedly obtaining state medical assistance by fabricating signatures and medical records. The video also said that Liu Qingxiang was forcibly sent to the hospital by government departments after continuing to petition online and post reports following her discharge; it said she received no treatment and was taken out by government staff at around 4 p.m. The claims could not be independently verified.

On Feb. 4, the Hubei Release WeChat account said Hubei had set up a joint investigation team in response to media reports that psychiatric hospitals had “illegally admitted patients” and were suspected of improperly obtaining medical-insurance funds. The team had gone to Xiangyang and Yichang to conduct an investigation.

According to the post, a teaching building at Zijiang School in Shaoyang collapsed at 11:20 p.m. on October 17, allegedly in connection with unauthorized excavation for an underground car park. The post also claims that the entire school has become unsafe. The information could not be independently verified.

According to the post, an electric vehicle caught fire instantly after its battery was struck while it was moving. The information could not be independently verified.