Chinese Man Rams Car Into Local Government Gate, Gets Arrested

'The censorship was imposed really fast here.'

Published: 11/25/2025, 2:43:42 PM EST

Chinese Man Rams Car Into Local Government Gate, Gets Arrested — Police tape in Beijing on Dec. 23, 2009. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)

A vehicle rammed into the gate of the Beihai Municipal Government in China and was stopped by a patrol van. Intense sounds resembling gunfire immediately erupted at the scene. Local residents have confirmed the incident to the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times, although all related information has been suppressed and censored across China.

Circulating videos show that on Nov. 24, at the entrance of the Beihai Municipal Government, a blue sedan charged toward the gate, where a black armed patrol van collided with it in an attempt to intercept the car.

After the blue sedan was brought to a halt by the collision, a group of public security officers and security guards carrying shields surrounded the vehicle and began violently striking it with batons. Smoke rose around the car, and dense pounding sounds can be heard in the video—some claim it was gunfire, while others say it was the batons hitting the car. Shortly afterward, a man dressed in white was dragged out of the sedan and taken away.

In the video, a crowd of passersby gathered at the scene, many taking photos and videos. However, there has been no official report of the incident. As of Nov. 25, almost all related information had been deleted from Chinese social media platforms.

However, on Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok), some search records from netizens were still visible at the time of publication. Keywords such as “Beihai Municipal Government rammed,” “Beihai Municipal Government entrance,” “What happened at the Beihai Municipal Government gate,” and “Beihai Municipal Government shooting incident,” among others, remained searchable.

A Beihai resident, Wang, confirmed the incident to the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times, saying it happened around 5 p.m. Immediately afterward, the authorities blocked all information online regarding this incident. “The censorship was imposed really fast here. They blocked everything related to this matter—no clues or traces get out,” she said.

Wang recorded the incident herself but dared not "send the videos anywhere." She wasn’t sure if any gunshots were actually fired.

As for the reason the driver crashed into the government building, she doesn’t know, but she said no one would do something like that for no reason. “Now all news is heavily censored. Most people don’t dare to speak out. We still don’t know exactly what happened or why,” she added.

Wang said this was the “first incident of its kind” in Beihai City and that the leadership is “taking it very seriously.”

The Epoch Times reached out to the Beihai Municipal Government, but the lines were constantly busy.

The incident is part of a growing list of anti-social or violent incidents that have occurred amid the Chinese Communist Party’s intense high-pressure policies and an ongoing economic downturn.

On Oct. 22, a vehicle-ramming attack took place near a primary school in Shiyan city, Hubei Province, resulting in dozens of casualties. The regime completely suppressed all information across the internet.

On June 26, another vehicle-ramming incident occurred in Miyun District, Beijing. A 35-year-old man drove into a group of primary school students, killing and injuring a total of 11 people (including adults).

Three mass attacks were reported last November—one in which a driver plowed into a group of people outside a primary school in Hunan Province, injuring multiple children and adults; another in Guangdong Province, where a 62-year-old man drove a compact SUV onto the running track of a sports center and rammed into citizens, resulting in 35 dead and 43 severely injured; and five days later, one in Jiangsu Province where a 21-year-old stabbed young students and staff indiscriminately, resulting in 8 dead and 17 injured.