By Li Muzi, Vision Times
Reports of missing people across mainland China are growing at an alarming pace. A list circulating widely on social media claims that 136 people under the age of 35 went missing within just 11 days, prompting widespread public anxiety. Separate tallies from early January suggest dozens more disappearances, many involving minors and young adults.
While the true scale of the disappearances remains unknown, Chinese netizens increasingly fear the phenomenon may be connected to longstanding allegations of forced organ harvesting.
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136 missing across 21 provinces
According to a compilation shared online, between Dec. 20 and Dec. 31, 2025, a total of 136 individuals under the age of 35 were reported missing across 21 provinces. Guangdong recorded the highest number at 14 cases, followed by Henan (13), Hebei (10), and Sichuan (10). The youngest individual listed was just eight years old.
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Observers stress that these figures likely represent only confirmed or publicly reported cases, suggesting the real number could be far higher.
On Jan. 31, a Douyin creator operating under the name “Yongnian Beijie… (Positive Energy)” posted a separate list documenting 78 missing persons between Jan. 1 and Jan. 15. Ages ranged from 7 to 56, with teenagers and young adults accounting for the majority. Douyin is a popular video-sharing and social media app similar to TikTok in the U.S.
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Youth disappearances
Multiple missing-person alerts involving young people have circulated in recent days, including:
- Lu Jiangfan, 17, disappeared on January 31 in Huang County, Anyang, Henan
- Li Zilin, 19, went missing January 29 in Sheqi County, Nanyang, Henan
- Yang Mei, 24, vanished January 29 in Bijie, Guizhou
- Xia Yulu, 17, disappeared January 28 in Zhumadian, Henan
Public alarm also grew after reports emerged that former military personnel had also gone missing. On January 30, a Douyin blogger named “Yong Wang Zhiqian” shared information on several such cases:
- Le Taiyang, 22, retired soldier from Xinxiang, Henan (missing since June 5, 2025)
- Liu Yinqi, 24, retired soldier from Hanzhong, Shaanxi (missing since July 12, 2025)
- A 24-year-old retired soldier from Xianyang, Shaanxi (missing since July 7, 2025)
- Li Hongbo, 29, retired soldier from Zunyi, Guizhou (missing since June 3, 2025)
These cases have fueled growing concern among families and online communities. Online reactions were visceral. One user wrote, “If even veterans can disappear, what chance do ordinary people have?” Another commented, “This is terrifying, if retired soldiers aren’t safe, who is?” Some went further, urging current and former service members to “stand up and protect the people.”
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Organ harvesting allegations
On X, numerous users connected the disappearances to alleged state-linked organ trafficking. One post read: “Disappearances will only increase. The regime is desperate for money, and organs have become an endless source of revenue.” Another asked, “10 years ago, China admitted one to two million people disappeared annually, do you think they still dare publish the numbers now?”
Others asserted. “This is not coincidence. It is the continuation of the forced organ harvesting scandal.”
On Jan. 25, overseas Chinese commentator Zeng Jieming, posting under the name “Xiufeng Zhenren” on X, cited an anonymous whistleblower said to be working within China’s civil affairs system. The claims, which cannot be independently verified, are extraordinary in scale.
According to the whistleblower, since the COVID-19 outbreak, large numbers of people have been killed through an organ extraction industry chain. The source alleged that during the first three years of the pandemic, people born in the 1980s (“post-80s”) had the highest death rate, allegedly double that of the “post-70s” generation, and even higher than those born in the 1950s, an anomaly that has reportedly drawn international attention.
The whistleblower further claimed that from late 2024 onward, deaths linked to so-called “organ donation” were excluded from official mortality statistics. Bodies missing organs, they alleged, were instead recorded as “missing persons,” and police were instructed not to formally open cases.
The most shocking claim asserted that in 2025 alone, internal funeral home statistics showed over 14 million bodies missing organs, all recorded administratively as “missing persons.” The whistleblower described this as “mass murder on an unprecedented scale.”
In a final quoted statement, the source said: “I long ago lost faith in the Communist Party, but I could still survive not knowing this truth. Today, seeing a so-called ‘people’s government’ slaughter its own people, especially the next generation, for profit has completely broken me.”
They concluded with a dire warning: “If there is no regime change, the people will soon face extinction.”
Editorial note: This article is based on publicly circulating reports and commentary from independent analysts. The claims described have not been independently verified by Vision Times, and relevant authorities have not publicly confirmed the allegations.
