【Epoch Times, December 17, 2024】Recently, a picture of the work requirements from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security titled “Eight Things That Must Not Happen Again” circulated in social media groups in mainland China, drawing public attention. Analysis indicates that these social events the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aims to prevent and control are ones that the regime fears but struggles to manage.
On December 13, a picture surfaced in WeChat groups in mainland China showing the Ministry of Public Security’s “Eight Things That Must Not Happen Again” work requirements, including: 1. No major risks involving politics and stability; 2. No extreme violent acts such as individuals driving vehicles to ram into crowds or seeking revenge through violent means; 3. No large-scale stampede accidents; 4. No unauthorized and large-scale gatherings like “night rides”; 5. No incidents labeled as “blank paper movements” or activities related to mourning or paying respects; 6. No gatherings or other group incidents resulting from malicious wage arrears, layoffs, etc.; 7. No major violations of gun and explosives laws, maintaining the bottom line of preventing violent terrorist incidents; 8. No delays, omissions, lies, or cover-ups in reporting incidents to prevent minor issues from escalating.
The authenticity of this picture cannot be verified, but it does reflect the current chaos in Chinese society. Historian Li Yuanhua in Australia believes that this is not an official document from the Ministry of Public Security, possibly conveyed verbally during a CCP conference call. However, these eight aspects indeed represent what the CCP fears the most at the moment.
Li told Epoch Times that with the upcoming Chinese New Year and the sluggish economy throughout China, people are already discontented. Any one of these events could trigger large-scale protests or resistance against the CCP. In reality, these eight issues are indeed the most troublesome for the Ministry of Public Security as they have the potential to cause massive social upheaval.
Former Beijing lawyer and Chair of the Chinese Democracy Movement in Canada, Lai Jianping, believes that the above eight items are likely internal commands and guidelines from the Ministry of Public Security. They accurately reflect the current situation in China, as each one directly addresses hot-button issues and serious threats to the CCP’s authoritarian rule. Therefore, the CCP is attempting to prevent these problems from reoccurring, but they lack the ability and means to address these issues.
Lai stated to Epoch Times, “One-party rule and dictatorship can only generate these kinds of governance consequences. Chinese society has reached this level due to sharp social contradictions and the accumulation of problems, which are the dire consequences of the CCP’s decades of autocratic rule.”
“These issues will only intensify, and each one has the potential to lead to the collapse of the CCP regime,” Lai continued.
In recent times, extreme incidents in Chinese society have been on the rise, such as wage disputes and retaliatory acts, aligning with the content of the eight requirements.
On the evening of November 11, in the Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, a 62-year-old man named Fan drove his vehicle into the Zhuhai Sports Center and indiscriminately rammed into the crowd. According to police reports, the incident resulted in 35 deaths and 43 injuries (excluding the self-attempted suicide by the perpetrator). This event led to the resignation of the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Zhuhai City, dismissal of a Vice Mayor who served as the Public Security Bureau chief, as well as the resignation of the heads of the Xiangzhou District.
On the evening of November 16, a knife attack occurred within a vocational and technical college in Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, leaving 8 people dead and 17 injured. The suspect, Xu, was captured on the scene. It was reported that this suspect, who had graduated but failed to obtain his diploma due to poor examination results and was dissatisfied with his internship remuneration, returned to the campus to carry out the attack to vent his frustration.
Official reports stated that only one person committed the attack. However, sources informed Epoch Times that there were actually four graduates from the school involved in the attack. Informants indicated that the motives of these suspects were related to the internships arranged by the school. The internships had issues of wage exploitation, requiring employees to work 14 to 15 hours a day for a meager hourly wage of 12 Yuan, and faced deductions upon resignation. This treatment ultimately drove the suspects to extreme measures.
On November 21, on Yuehua Road in Gongbei, Zhuhai City, a car suddenly accelerated and struck pedestrians crossing the zebra crossing, resulting in at least 2 people falling to the ground with unknown casualties.
Following these extreme incidents, the sales of roadblocks commodities surged across the mainland, leading to a sharp increase in orders for roadblocks and guardrails in November. Some factories even had to hire additional labor to meet the demand.
It was reported that the demand for stone piers in Zhuhai reached a point where supply could not keep up, with stone piers appearing in all corners of the city. After the indiscriminate killing at the Yixing Vocational and Technical College, coupled with a series of knife attacks causing injuries nationwide, anti-stab vests became a trending topic online, with netizens on Baidu even mentioning the necessity of wearing anti-stab vests when going out.
With the arrival of Chinese New Year, wage chase events are on the rise throughout mainland China.
It is known that this year’s wage chase movements began early, starting in September and October, with increasing protests related to wage disputes as the year-end approaches. According to a survey released by “Yiyang Net” between July and September, a total of 937 protests were recorded, with 41% being labor protests related to economic demands, indicating a 27% increase compared to the same period in 2023.
From November 20 to 23, due to wage arrears, workers at Zhihao Electronic Technology in Longnan County, Jiangxi Province, initiated a 4-day strike. Workers revealed that they had not received their wages for several months and had made multiple unsuccessful attempts to resolve the issue by contacting local labor bureaus and county governments.
On November 21, hundreds of workers from Shanghai Guoli Auto Leather Decoration Co., a supplier to SAIC Volkswagen, protested by blocking traffic due to wage arrears and disguised layoffs. They faced violent repression from the police.
On November 17, express delivery workers at the Yunda Express branch in Shiling Town, Lion Hill, Huadu District, Guangzhou, demanded their overdue wages but were suppressed by the police, resulting in multiple arrests. It was reported that the owner of the Yunda Express branch had fled, leaving behind wage arrears amounting to 2.7 million Yuan.
According to “Yesterday,” a blogger focusing on collecting group resistance incidents, nationwide in October, there were 7 sanitation worker strike events.
On October 23, due to wage arrears, sanitation workers in Laocheng Town, Changge City, Xuchang, Henan Province, initiated a collective protection action, blocking traffic with garbage trucks and human barricades. The workers, employed by Senyuan Company, with a monthly salary of 900 Yuan, had not been paid for 17 months.
Additionally, six sanitation worker strike events occurred in Nan’an Town, Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing, Guangdong; Gulou District, Kaifeng, Henan; Zhongyuan District, Zhengzhou, Henan; Pingnan County, Guigang, Guangxi; Beiliu, Yulin, Guangxi; and Wafangdian, Dalian, Liaoning, all caused by wage arrears.
Moreover, there were numerous manufacturing worker protection incidents. For example, on the evening of October 9, hundreds of workers from Dongguan Just Shining Animation Technology Co., Ltd., Guangdong, initiated a collective protection action due to wage arrears.
From October 17 to 18, 600 workers at Wangxin Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Dongguan, Guangdong, initiated two consecutive days of collective protection actions, demanding proper compensation following the company’s layoffs disguised as temporary work stoppages.
On October 31, hundreds of thousands of Yuan in unpaid wages led over a hundred workers from Borongtu Clothing Co., Ltd., Hanchuan, Hubei, to two days of wage chase actions. During a banner-waving parade, workers were suppressed by the police, resulting in the arrest of two individuals.
Wage chase movements also emerged in various industries such as Guangzhou Jingnan Electronics Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Wenzhou Oben Hongning Shoe Factory, Jiangsu Liyang Ruixin Metal Products Technology Co., Ltd., Jilin Meihekou Ji Pharmaceutical Holdings Jinbao Pharmaceutical Company, Fujian Fuzhou Xiangxing Luggage Co., Ltd., Shaanxi Hanzhong Iron and Steel Group, medical staff at Shaanxi Zhengzhou East New District Baisha Town Health Center Doctors and Nurses, sparking a wave of wage disputes in different sectors.
Rights lawyer Wu Shaoping in the United States has previously told Epoch Times that if such incidents are widespread, it would indicate that the CCP regime is in the process of collapse.