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The 52nd G7 Summit was held in France, and the meeting issued a joint statement opposing any unilateral attempts to change the status quo, especially opposing any attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait.
Late at night on September 19, residents of Poly Philharmonic Town and surrounding communities in the Zhaoqing Hi-Tech Zone gathered in front of Zhaoqing Juyuan Biochemical Co., Ltd. and Zhaoqing Changlong Biotechnology Co., Ltd. to protest. Due to long-term health damage caused by exhaust pollution from nearby chemical plants, they demanded an investigation into the enterprises' illegal discharge. Local police and environmental protection departments arrived at the scene to handle the situation, and there is currently no resolution.
On September 16, villagers in Xujiagou Village, Qian'an City, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, protested against environmental pollution and land destruction caused by mining construction. A large number of SWAT police and security personnel gathered at the scene, engaging in physical clashes with villagers during the dispersal, resulting in multiple villagers being forcefully carried away.
On September 13, multiple villagers in Guangshui, Suizhou, Hubei Province gathered to protest the local government's forced seizure of land and destruction of forestry without proper consultation.
On September 12, a netizen from Guangxi posted a video showing the local water turning an unusually bright emerald green, sparking widespread attention. Afterwards the netizen's account avatar was forcibly reset by the platform, apparently subject to public opinion control.
On September 7, the blogger "Yulie Qige" filmed a barge directly dumping a full hold of black muddy material into the Yangtze River near the Wuhan Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge. According to reports, the blogger witnessed three barges carrying out similar operations within 1.5 hours and has filed a complaint with the relevant authorities.
On September 14, 2026, an elderly person in Harbin City disclosed to the public via video, stating that after Harbin Vocational and Technical University carried out campus expansion works, the construction site's drainage system has long been discharging onto his own land, causing trees on the campus to be soaked and die; at the same time, construction spoil was dumped on his plot, crushing fruit trees and grape vines that had been planted for more than ten years. The video shows the plot overgrown with weeds, and some areas piled with bricks, plastic bags and other construction waste. The elder said he had repeatedly negotiated with the school to no avail, and now requests relevant authorities to intervene.
According to a report by the English edition of the Chosun Ilbo, the US Senate Armed Services Committee has for the first time included the malicious influence of the CCP within South Korea as a matter of special concern in its draft report for the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
At the Shenzhen import and export trade fair, due to a scarce turnout of buyers and suspicions of hiring fake foreigners to pad attendance, hundreds of exhibitors staged a collective protest demanding refunds of tens of thousands of yuan in exhibition fees, while a large contingent of SWAT police confronted and suppressed them at the scene.
After the National Bureau of Statistics released stable data showing a decline in the urban unemployment rate from January to May, the topic "I really want to know how many unemployed people there are now" surged to fourth place on Weibo's hot search list, triggering a massive wave of netizen commentary venting about employment difficulties.
An 18-year-old boy in Kaizhou District, Chongqing, jumped into the river after being chased by fishery administration personnel while fishing downstream of a regulating dam. Law enforcement officers failed to rescue him, triggering protests from onlookers and family members on the shore, which were suppressed by the police.