On October 29, The Beijing News published an article criticizing Sanrio's collaboration with the Japanese drama "VIVANT," which has been accused of smearing China, stating that it must not lose its historical bottom line or it will eventually lose everything; netizens in the comment section questioned the publication about livelihood issues such as the two-day weekend and employment.
On October 9, reporters from The Beijing News visited and called four MAEXTRO stores in Beijing and received different explanations: some said reinforcing the pedals, some said adjusting materials, some were unaware of the upgrade content, and some directly said they did not know.
On August 24, 2026, The Beijing News published an investigative report revealing that a disinfection and pest control company in Xiamen had long-term filled mineral water bottles with the highly toxic pesticide dichlorvos, tearing off the labels to evade inspection, and carried out pest control operations in violation of regulations for dozens of chain restaurants, with the work directly contacting tableware and food ingredients.
On June 28, 2026, regarding a case in which a woman was killed due to a family dispute in a residential compound in Gaoyou, Jiangsu, the Beijing News published a report calling the homicide a “death incident,” triggering widespread criticism from netizens that official media are abusing vague neologisms to evade the nature of violent crime.