2026-07-13
According to sentinel surveillance data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the 29th week of 2026 (July 13 to 19), the COVID-19 test positivity rate in China surpassed that of influenza, remaining the leading respiratory pathogen for several consecutive weeks.
2026
In the first half of 2026, the proportion of Chinese homeowners over the age of 60 listing their properties for sale soared to 22.7%, a significant increase from 11.3% in 2022.
2026-07-06
Liu Ning, Party Secretary of Henan Province, led a team to Xinjiang for counterpart industrial cooperation, which was interpreted by outsiders as seeking a new political stronghold.
2026-06-08
Xi Jinping, top leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), visited Pyongyang, North Korea, from June 8 to 9, and was welcomed by Kim Jong Un at Kim Il Sung Square.
2026-06-05
CPPCC Chairman Wang Huning, accompanied by United Front Work Department Head Li Ganjie, conducted research in Xinjiang from June 5 to 9, accompanied and coordinated by Xinjiang Party Secretary Chen Xiaojiang.
2026-06-12
At a delicate political moment, State Council Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing traveled to Xining, Qinghai to inspect salt lake enterprises and talked extensively about disaster prevention and reduction, which was seen by the outside world as being marginalized.
2026-09-23
消息指习近平专机预计于9月23日晚抵美，24日会见川普后随即于25日回国，全程未安排出席同期举行的联合国大会。
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2026-09-10
On September 10, a fire broke out during the maintenance of a foreign cargo ship at the Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, causing significant casualties. Xi Jinping instructed the search and rescue operation, and official sources are strictly controlling information from the scene.
2026-08-26
2026年8月26日，全国政协常委会第十八次会议决定免去赵宗岐全国政协常委、民族和宗教委员会副主任职务，并撤销其全国政协委员资格。
2026-08-24
路透社报道，中国“军队采购网”8月24日面向社会公开征集火箭军违规采购问题的有关信息，受理范围涉及物资服务、工程、副食品和药品耗材等采购活动。
2026-08-18
中国工程院院士、海军中将、军委科技委原主任赵晓哲的名字自院士名单中被抹去，相关履历遭全网清理。
2026-08-17
中共官方宣布将于8月17日在北京大会堂举行江泽民诞辰100周年纪念大会，习近平将出席并讲话。
2026-07-28
On the 50th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake, CCP leader Xi Jinping was absent from the commemorative activities, with Premier Li Qiang attending on his behalf to conduct inspections, offer condolences, and present a flower basket.
2026-07-26
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that he has convened a 'deep strike' meeting and updated the list of priority targets for long-range sanctions against Russia, with Ukrainian military strike capabilities now exceeding 3,000 kilometers.
2026-07-25
The day after Fang Xinghai was reported, Liang Wenfeng notified potential investors for the second round of financing to pause, with the valuation for the relevant round approaching $70 billion.
2026-07-24
On July 24, 2026, China's Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration issued an announcement requiring individual residents to pay a 20% personal income tax on assets transferred into offshore trusts and the income generated during their existence, with a 90-day transition period.
2026-07-24
Fang Xinghai was reported to be under investigation on July 24 and was subsequently taken away by the CCDI. The program stated that he had long been responsible for matters such as capital markets, cross-border funds, and wealth management.
2026-07-23
Former American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen wrote an article on the Brookings Institution website stating that current U.S.-Taiwan relations are at their strongest and most comprehensive point since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1979.
2026-07-21
Jiang Wangzheng released news claiming that Li Qiang might succeed to power at the 21st National Congress and, after taking office, push for the disclosure of officials' assets in 2027 or 2028.
2026-07-19
The former deputy secretary of the Party committee and former president of the China Development Bank, Ouyang Weimin, is under investigation for serious disciplinary and legal violations. The case is believed to involve senior party figures, prompting external interpretations of Caixin's related reports and attention to former associates of Wang Qishan.
2026-07-14
Ma Xingrui has been expelled from the Party and public office, and transferred to the procuratorial organs.
2026-07-10
The CCDI announced that eight individuals are under investigation, including Li Jianbo, former party member of the Ministry of Transport and former head of the discipline inspection team dispatched by the CCDI, along with other discipline inspection officials.
2026-07-10
The Central Committee held a special meeting on rectifying formalism and reducing the burden on the grassroots. Cai Qi attended and arranged for 'tackling the issue of new officials ignoring old debts and focusing on the rectification of prominent problems'.
2026-07-10
The State Council announced the appointment and removal of state personnel, with Fan Bi taking office as the deputy director of the State Council Research Office. This has been interpreted by outsiders as an early adjustment by the State Council of its policy-drafting personnel.
2026-07-10
The Ministry of Water Resources officially announced the launch of a Level-4 emergency response for flood defense in Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei, with related administrative procedures reaching the surrounding areas of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.
2026-07-09
The joint issuance of a notice on making every effort to do a good job in flood and drought prevention by the CCP Central Committee Office and the State Council Office is seen as an unusual signal of military deployment and preparation.
2026-07-09
The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Liu Nanyue and Guo Qi, former directors and deputy general managers of China Mobile Beijing Company, were placed under investigation on the same day.
2026-07-08
Xi Jinping delivered a speech, Li Qiang presided over the meeting, and all members of the Politburo Standing Committee attended. Outside observers analyzed its political implications through uniform appearances.
2026-07-07
ST Hailong announced that its actual controller, Hu Xingrong, has been subjected to coercive measures by competent authorities, having been out of contact for nine months prior.
2026-07-03
2026年7月3日，张曙光被任命为中央军委纪委书记、中央军委监察委员会主任，并晋升上将。
2026-06-24
Fang Xinghai stated at the Summer Davos that U.S. restrictions on capital inflows into China have instead stimulated China's private equity and venture capital.
2026-06-17
The Ministry of Public Security announced that Liu Ren, a key backbone of the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate and president of the Anhui General Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia, has been escorted back to Beijing from Phnom Penh.
2026-06-17
At the Shanghai Lujiazui Forum, Fang Xinghai suggested that Hong Kong should attract mainland quantitative institutions to establish operations there.
2026-06-16
Huang Chunyi, Deputy District Mayor of Jinshan District, Shanghai, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and has been taken away for investigation by the Shanghai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
2026-06-15
Xinhua News Agency announced 'Xi Jinping's Thought on Party Building.' Head of the Organization Department Shi Taifeng chaired the meeting, and Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Liu Jianguo attended. Cai Qi only delivered a keynote speech and did not hold dominant control.
2026-06-15
The Party media journal Qiushi published a signed article piecing together 19 old speeches to emphasize "breaking the four onlys," which has been pointed out as becoming a policy tool for purging mediocre officials and mediocrities.
2026-06-15
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Beijing on an invitation for a visit. Xi Jinping held talks with him, while Li Qiang and Zhao Leji met with him separately, indicating that foreign affairs activities are handled by other high-ranking officials for specific matters.
2026-06-15
The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in China further named individuals of Chinese descent, those involved in business disputes, and U.S. citizens with ties to the U.S. government, warning that they face additional risks.
2026-06-14
The U.S. Embassy and Consulates again reminded citizens that traveling to China may involve risks of arbitrary law enforcement, detention, arrest, and exit bans, along with a lack of transparent judicial procedures.
2026-06-13
The US Embassy in China issued a major security alert to US citizens regarding the issue of dual nationality, pointing out that entering China with Chinese documents may face the risk of limited consular assistance.
2026-06-10
Shanghai Vice Mayor Chen Yujian has fallen and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, and is accused of paving his upward path through Wei Xiaodong.
2026-06-09
On the same day Xi Jinping returned to Beijing, the US Department of Defense released the revised 1260H blacklist, adding multiple leading Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to the roster.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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2026-06-09
On the same day Xi Jinping returned from his visit to North Korea, Premier of the State Council Li Qiang supervised the oath-taking of 37 newly appointed department heads and delivered a speech, emphasizing seeking truth from facts and acting in accordance with objective laws.
2026-06-08
Chen Weijun, a key member of the Zhejiang clique and Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China and dismissed from public office, and transferred to judicial authorities.
2026-06-06
The website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision reported that Wei Xiaodong, Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
2026-06-03
Min Zin, a US-Myanmar political scholar, suddenly disappeared at Kunming Changshui International Airport in Yunnan. It was later confirmed by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that he has been criminally detained on suspicion of endangering state security.
2026-05-28
中国外长王毅飞抵纽约联合国总部，主持全球治理倡议高级别会议，宣称倡议得到近160个国家和国际组织响应。
Location: New York, United States ·
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2026-04-03
Former Xinjiang Party Secretary Ma Xingrui was officially announced to be under investigation, and authorities announced his specific charges over 3 months later.
2026-04
According to sources within the Great Firewall, Hu Chunhua was appointed in early April as the head of Xi Jinping's group's provisional liquidation team, responsible for reviewing old projects and vetting cadre materials.
2026-03-17
Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong was taken away by the CCDI to assist in an investigation after returning from Vietnam.
2026-03
In March this year, after flying back to Beijing from a meeting in Vietnam, Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong was directly taken away by Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Deputy Secretary Liu Jinguo to assist in an investigation, and has since faded from substantive power meetings.
2026-03
At the end of March 2026, Ma Xingrui was described by the program as a Politburo member taken to be a sacrificial flag, used to warn other officials.
2026-03
Wen Jiabao made an appearance in Beijing at the end of March, and related reports subsequently linked it to the settlement arrangements of Xi Jinping's old system.
2026-01-24
张又侠和刘振立于1月24日被宣布立案审查，引发军队内部老军头强烈不满并引发后续连锁政治震动。
2025-10-17
2025年10月17日，国防部官宣处理包括军委副主席何卫东、原火箭军司令王厚斌在内的9名高级将领。
2025-09
During the UN General Assembly in September 2025, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy warned the Russian leadership that Ukraine knows the locations of their bunkers.
2025-08
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee, has been taken away to assist in an investigation. He is considered the person within the Party who best understands the layout of the overseas assets of the power elite.
2025-07-26
In Sydney, a 23-year-old Chinese woman named Yang Lanlan crashed her Rolls-Royce into a Mercedes driver. The source of her immense wealth and her family background are unknown, and she is seen as a living specimen of the descendants of the powerful and wealthy living overseas.
2025-06-30
The Politburo held a meeting to review the "Regulations on the Work of Decision-making and Consultative Bodies of the CCP Central Committee," clarifying that these relevant bodies coordinate major issues but do not replace the functions of individual departments.
2025-05
During the China-US negotiations, the US side submitted a list of approximately $20 trillion in assets held by the families of CCP officials in the West. The list did not include the names of Hu Jintao, Li Keqiang, Hu Chunhua, or Zhang Youxia, while the families of Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, and Zhang Dejiang accounted for the bulk of the assets.
2025-03
In March 2025, the head of the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee was swapped. The program noted that the department responsible for cadre appointments has changed its leadership.
2025
In 2025, China's annual birth population was only 7.92 million, hitting the lowest record since the implementation of the two-child policy in 2016.
2025
DeepSeek suddenly became popular in 2025, and the program claimed it was used to prove that China's artificial intelligence industry had achieved success during Li Qiang's tenure.
2024-10
During the 2024 National Day holiday, a group of CCP elders made public appearances. The program describes this as a signal that free communication among the elders has been restored.
2023
2023年，火箭军原高层出现问题，王厚斌被从海军系统空降接任火箭军司令，并由习近平亲自授予上将军衔。
2022-10-22
At the closing ceremony of the 20th CCP National Congress, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the venue by staff, and subsequently, Hu Chunhua was not included in the new Politburo list.
2014-06
In June 2014, Fang Xinghai was promoted to Director of the Economic Department Four of the Central Financial and Economic Leadership Group Office.
2013-09
In September 2013, Fang Xinghai joined the Central Leading Group for Financial and Economic Affairs Office as a巡视员 (Inspector) of the Economic Group I.
2012
2012年中共十八大，习近平正式接任总书记和中央军委主席。
2010
2010年中共十七届五中全会决定增补时任国家副主席、政治局常委、中央书记处书记的习近平为中央军委副主席，为他两年后接任总书记和军委主席铺路。
2007
After Xi Jinping took charge in Shanghai in 2007, Fang Xinghai was promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Financial Work Party Committee.
2005
Fang Xinghai was appointed Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Financial Services Office in 2005.
2001
Fang Xinghai served as Assistant General Manager of the Shanghai Stock Exchange starting in 2001.
1998-08
In August 1998, Fang Xinghai returned to China and joined China Construction Bank, participating in shareholding system reform, IPO preparations, non-performing asset disposal, and debt-to-equity swaps.
1997
During the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Wang Qishan was transferred to address issues related to the financial system, and thereafter served in the financial system.
1994-01-01
On January 1, 1994, the official and market exchange rates of the Renminbi were merged, forming a unified exchange rate.
1993-12
In late 1993, China determined the plan to unify the RMB exchange rate, merging the official and market rates. The relevant reforms were officially implemented the following year.
1976-07-28
In the early morning of July 28, 1976, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Tangshan, Hebei Province, causing massive casualties and property damage.