【US Hot Searches】What happened to the Shenzhen Metro｜China-Philippines conflict CCTV Photoshop failure｜The CCP steals global personal data｜The US to investigate Chinese AI intellectual property｜China Southern exposes C919 fatal flaws
The video first discusses issues with China Southern Airlines' new C919 aircraft after 13 hours of flight, including panel flashing, sensor failures, fuel leaks, and jammed doors, followed by the China-Philippines Ren'ai Reef conflict and CCTV's deletion of the "Chinese Armed Police" logo from a photo. The report also covers Shenzhen metro's comprehensive security upgrade causing congestion, rainstorms and disasters across various regions, and the progress of landslide rescue in Chongqing. It analyzes the CCP's theft of global personal data and introduces U.S. plans to review intellectual property issues regarding Chinese AI models.
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First, we enter the mobile viewing of China segment.
Since entering commercial operation in May 2023, China's self-developed large narrow-body passenger aircraft, the C919, has been plagued with continuous problems. Another major news story broke recently. Shortly after receiving two new planes, China Southern Airlines sent a complaint letter directly to the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the developer of the C919, complaining that the aircraft suffered various malfunctions after flying for only 13 hours, including panel flashing, sensor failures, fuel leaks, burned circuits, and jammed doors.
How serious are these issues? Tutu Laoshi, a well-known banned aviation blogger in China and the primary whistleblower in the recent China Zun incident, provided a professional interpretation of this letter.
Netizens said: As long as the Chairman doesn't fly on Chinese planes, don't ride their engines. Fortunately, they are still provided by the U.S. I heard they will be replaced with China's own in the future. Would you dare to fly on it after the replacement? Dear viewers, please write your answers in the comment section.
Netizens said: As long as the Chairman doesn't fly on Chinese planes, don't ride their engines. Fortunately, they are provided by the U.S. I heard they will be replaced with China's own in the future. Would you dare to fly on it after the replacement? Dear viewers, please write your answers in the comment section.
On July 22, the foreign ministers of China and the Philippines held their first meeting in two years during the ASEAN meetings. The two countries' military and police vessels had just clashed on July 20 in the waters near the disputed Ren'ai Reef.
At the ASEAN meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused some forces in the Philippines of deliberately provoking and deviating from negotiation channels, while Philippine Foreign Minister Enrique Manalo protested against China's inappropriate actions.
On July 21, netizens discovered that "Yuyuantantian", an account affiliated with CCTV, re-edited a live photo of the South China Sea standoff, erasing the words "Chinese Armed Police" from the loudspeaker. After netizens questioned this in the comment section, "Yuyuantantian" enabled "selected commentsOnly."
CCTV deliberately erased "Chinese Armed Police" to weaken external attention on the militarization of China's coast guard. In fact, in 2018, the China Coast Guard was entirely incorporated into the leadership and command of the Armed Police Force, belonging to the armed police sequence, but still enforces the law externally under the identity of the "Coast Guard."
In addition, the vessels of the CCP coast guard are all retired military ships, whereas regular coast guard ships should be civilian vessels. Diluting the "Armed Police" logo helps maintain its international image of "law enforcement" rather than a "quasi-military force."
Qingsi Laoshi explained: The armed police is a military establishment. China wanted to portray it as a minor civilian incident of police beating citizens. Now that it is exposed, it has escalated into the Chinese military disguising itself as police to attack the Philippine navy, which is a military invasion.
Another netizen said: Deleting "Chinese Armed Police" is out of fear that the truth will be exposed internationally, and selecting comments is out of fear that domestic people will see through it. They want both substance and face, but paper can never wrap up a fire.
Earlier this month, marking the 10th anniversary of the South China Sea Arbitration ruling, the party-affiliated newspaper China Daily released an AI-generated video that triggered protests from the Philippines for allegedly portraying Filipinos as monkeys.
Netizens pointed out that while the CCP constantly accuses others of insulting China, its official media openly used discriminatory terms against the Philippines and promoted hatred against it.
As a result, the Philippine media outlet Daily Tribune launched a brilliant counterattack, posting an image on its official Facebook account that photoshopped Xi Jinping as Winnie the Pooh, with the caption: "This photo, China cannot publish."
Twitter netizens commented: The Philippines understands. Once the Little Pinks see their "Great Leader" being insulted, they get anxious but have no way to fight back, because any speech involving the leader and political sensitivity is censored by the CCP.
Another netizen pointed out: When they draw others as monkeys, it's called "propaganda," but when they are drawn as Winnie, it becomes "offensive." What truly stings is never the image itself, but why that image cannot appear in China.
Finally, this netizen said: Everyone, provide more material to the Philippine officials; this photo is still a bit too civilized.
The APEC summit is about to be held in Shenzhen. However, before the summit even began, the bags of Shenzhen residents were already being opened.
Starting July 20, Shenzhen Metro suddenly upgraded its security checks across the board, moving from the previous random inspection model to "every bag must be checked, every person must be screened." All passengers entering the station, regardless of whether they are carrying luggage, must undergo baggage X-ray screening and personal security checks.
The result of this one-size-fits-all policy is severe congestion at security checkpoints during morning and evening rush hours, with many passengers waiting in line for over 20 minutes, sparking public dissatisfaction.
Many netizens questioned why the management, knowing the massive passenger flow during the morning rush, still implemented this "one-size-fits-all" security check, passing all the increased commuting costs onto the passengers.
On July 21, the second day of the new Shenzhen Metro security rules, a netizen posted a video from the scene saying: "Going through security like a prisoner with hands raised in surrender; a subway worker fainted. The mask era is back."
On July 21, someone at the Bihaiwan Station of the Shenzhen Metro directly rushed the turnstiles, knocking a security guard to the ground. Photos from the scene showed severe queuing for security checks that day, with long lines forming.
Netizens said: The officials who decide these policies don't take the subway, so they issue orders at will, leaving the grassroots and the "cattle and horses" (the working class) to fight each other.
Security check chaos in China is not limited to Shenzhen. Recently, at Chengdu East Railway Station, a renovation worker carrying a cordless drill without a battery was told by security staff that he had to mail it and could not bring it on the train.
On July 19, a security guard at a station in Zhejiang confiscated a child's toy cap gun during a security check. Netizens mocked: They don't do their real jobs, but they do nonsense every day.
Natural disasters continue to unfold across China. On the evening of July 20, in Xulong Township, Hengzhou, Guangxi, after the mud from previous floods had not yet been cleared, water levels rose again, submerging houses.
On July 20, a sudden flood hit Shunhe Town, Neijiang City, Sichuan, washing away a large amount of furniture and belongings.
On July 21, many parts of Hebei were hit by heavy rainstorms. The violent winds and rain damaged many houses; one car was directly struck by a steel pipe blown by the wind, which pierced straight into the front of the vehicle.
On July 21, Xi'an, Shaanxi, was suddenly hit by a severe rainstorm and strong winds. Trees along the road were uprooted, large areas of metal roofing were torn off and overturned, some old walls collapsed onto vehicles, and there was severe waterlogging on the roads.
Netizens said: Reckless modification of environmental facilities, lack of respect for people, and lack of respect for nature—nature's revenge is coming back stronger wave after wave.
After the landslide in Chongqing on July 17, rescue and cleanup progress has been slow. For five days, officials have not released any information on the latest survivors. Today, the largest boulder at the site was blasted, which means the rescue operation has been abandoned.
Netizen comment: The boulder was blasted, but the news is still being suppressed. It's been five days; people don't want a "miracle narrative," they just want to know: what actually happened to the people?
Another netizen said: The public has no right to know; it has always been this way. The CCP loves to promote that China's landscape is picturesque, but for the Chinese people, you can't see the beautiful landscape of the motherland without paying.
This mainland netizen was traveling by car and found that any place with slightly better scenery along the road was fenced off with barbed wire to charge fees.
Other netizens said that the ticket for Sayram Lake in Xinjiang costs 145 yuan, and razor wire has been deployed around it.
Tai'an citizens and tourists discovered that a total of 135 kilometers of razor wire isolation fencing has been built around the Mount Tai scenic area, blocking off non-tourist areas layer by layer.
Netizens said: The Mount Tai Scenic Area Management Committee office claimed it was "inconvenient to respond," the customer service hotline said they "don't know the situation," and the policy and regulation office phone went unanswered.
Netizens said: In times of war, the country demands you defend it with your life; in times of peace, the country demands you pay to visit it.
Next, we enter the "Foreign Media on China" segment.
While the CCP shouts "peaceful development" every day, its other hand is busy scraping databases globally. In the past, they fought for oil, steel, and ports; now, Xi Jinping thinks these are outdated, and what is truly valuable is your personal data.
Miles Yu, former Chief China Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State and current Director of the China Center at the Hudson Institute, provided an analysis on this.
He said that for decades, the CCP has been conducting the largest state-sponsored information theft operation in human history. Its goal is no longer just military secrets, but to turn the personal, commercial, governmental, and technological data of countries around the world into national strategic resources.
In the eyes of the CCP, every server is a strategic position, every database is a resource pool, and every digital footprint left by an individual can become intelligence assets.
This report lists a series of cases. In 2015, Chinese hackers intruded into the US Office of Personnel Management, stealing security clearance files of over 21 million current and former federal employees, including sensitive information such as fingerprints, financial status, overseas relations, psychological assessments, and marriage and medical records.
Intelligence agencies believe this data was sufficient to help the Chinese side identify, track, and even turn US national security personnel.
That same year, about 80 million medical records from the second-largest US health insurance company were stolen. In 2017, financial data of approximately 147 million Americans from a US credit reporting agency was leaked, and the US Department of Justice subsequently indicted four People's Liberation Army officers for participating in the operation.
In 2018, Marriott International's Starwood database was breached, exposing approximately 383 million traveler records, including passport numbers and travel histories.
These operations were not isolated incidents. In 2011, Chinese hackers launched a Microsoft Explorer attack, affecting tens of thousands of government, university, defense industry, and corporate institutions. In 2023, they again infiltrated the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center, stealing submarine warfare and military technology data.
Canadian research institutions, the German federal government, Australian government departments, the Indian power grid, and government institutions have all been targets. Even the African Union headquarters, built with Chinese aid, was found to have continuously transmitted data automatically to a Shanghai server for nearly five years.
Xi Jinping's promoted military-civilian fusion strategy enables this data to be used across sectors. Data stolen by relevant departments today may help state-owned enterprises tomorrow, and could be used in the future for AI military R&D, political influence operations, or intelligence analysis.
, the Chinese Communist Party pursues a strategy of obtaining data first and figuring out its uses later. Artificial intelligence further elevates this strategic value. AI relies not only on clever programs, but even more on massive data for learning and analysis.
The more personal data conquered, the easier it is to analyze social operations, build personal relationships, predict behavioral patterns, strengthen facial recognition, and enhance intelligence-gathering capabilities.
Therefore, for Beijing, data has become the most important strategic resource of the 21st century.
In contrast, the West has long treated each cyberattack as an independent event, whereas the Chinese Communist Party sees a long-term strategy spanning decades.
In the past, countries fought over oilfields, factories, and shipping lanes; today, they fight over databases. What truly determines future competitive advantage is not just chips and algorithms, but who holds more information.
General Secretary Xi Jinping wants to build a cyber superpower. Now it appears this enforcement is likely not just about technological leadership, but turning global data into its own strategic asset.
Ironically, a country that relies on constantly collecting others' information to build an advantage is most terrified of having its own information made public by others.
Xi Jinping made a high-profile appearance at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, busy promoting China's pursuit of global rule-making power. Almost simultaneously, Moonshot AI and Alibaba successively released AI models capable of rivaling top US models.
Amid the intensifying AI competition, the US government announced a comprehensive review of China's open-source models.
Bloomberg reported that US Treasury Secretary Bessent stated the US government will comprehensively review open-source AI models from China to investigate whether there are issues of stealing US intellectual property. If Chinese models are found to misappropriate US corporate technology, the US will have the capability to impose sanctions.
Bessent stated that the US supports the development of open-source artificial intelligence, but absolutely does not support intellectual property theft. He revealed that the US government has already found watermarks or traces left by US large language models in quite a few Chinese AI models.
This situation is unacceptable, and further investigations will unfold in the coming days or weeks. He emphasized that the US is not only considering sanctions against models suspected of infringement, but is also discussing whether to require US companies using Chinese AI models to make disclosures to clients.
Specifically, you cannot use counterfeit goods.
In April this year, the Chinese government already stated it would further pursue the responsibility of foreign institutions acquiring US medical technology through distillation methods.
US Trade Representative Greer also stated that the government is closely investigating whether China is using unfair means to promote AI development to ensure US companies can compete in a fair environment.
While Xi Jinping promotes that Chinese AI is changing the world, he simultaneously faces continuous questioning over intellectual property. Whether it is technological leadership or copycat leadership will likely not be decided by propaganda slogans, but by evidence. After all, AI can learn, but innovation cannot rely solely on plagiarism.
Next, let's look at a few short videos.
Selling a domestically produced electric vehicle in China does not mean the car belongs to you. A domestic EV owner took their child from Zhengzhou to Paris, but as soon as the car crossed the border into Kazakhstan, it was remotely locked down by the manufacturer, making it impossible to continue driving.
Netizens joked: Going abroad as part of the core base supporting domestic cars is betraying the motherland. Why go abroad to consume out of patriotism? You do not deserve to own a far-leading domestic car.
China's so-called experts' reckless maneuvers have harmed quite a few people, and even cultural relics could not escape. The famous domestic Iron Lion relic stood for over a thousand years without issue, yet under the repeated erroneous protection of experts over the past 60 years, it has been shattered and rendered unrecognizable.
Netizens joked: It's a miracle it didn't directly turn into scrap metal during the Great Leap Forward in steel production.
At the end of the program, we enter the netizen interaction segment.
Netizens commented on how difficult it is for a blogger to buy a kitchen knife in Xinjiang, saying: In Hong Kong, they fear losing; in the mainland, they fear speech; in Xinjiang, they fear knives.
This comment criticizes China's infrastructure as unsuccessful, saying: "Skyscrapers that get flooded in heavy rain, I don't know what Little Pinks have to be proud of."
Zhou Meng commented on Kim Jong Un changing the meeting with the CCP delegation into a master-servant style reception, saying: "Kim Jong Un insulted China, this is typical anti-China force."