2026-11-10
On November 10, Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping's thematic collection 'On Poverty Reduction and Alleviation' was recently published and distributed nationwide. State media described its arguments as the 'theoretical crystallization' of China's poverty alleviation efforts and the latest achievement in the Sinicization of Marxist anti-poverty theory.
2026-11-09
Zhang Shengmin attended the all-army lecture report meeting at the August First Building. The fact that only one chair was placed on the rostrum has sparked outside concern regarding changes in military power.
2026-11-09
To prevent internal risks, Beijing recently announced a no-fly zone with a 300-kilometer radius centered on Beijing, prohibiting all flights except for civil aviation.
2026-11-09
A netizen reported that entering Tiananmen Square now requires swiping an ID card three times. The screen displayed 'Please undergo security check' instead of 'Please proceed.' A police officer approached to ask about the netizen's occupation, major, and school, and warned them not to bring prohibited items and to 'follow the rules.'
2026-11-09
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 9, an AFP reporter asked about NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang admitting to an extramarital affair and the woman involved being suspected by US intelligence agencies of engaging in espionage for China. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun responded that the so-called Chinese spy narrative is purely based on hearsay, slander, and smearing.
2026-11-09
Multiple petitioners went to the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls in Beijing to line up and register their grievances; on-site footage shows a long queue outside the reception office.
2026-11-09
On November 9, the Beijing-based stray animal rescue organization "Adoption Shop Tech" posted on Xiaohongshu, stating that the platform requires a 10,000 yuan advertising deposit to contact potential adopters, while also facing traffic restrictions, limited private messaging, and live-streaming tips not being converted into revenue. The organization was founded in 2011 by Yale graduate Chris Barden.
2026-11-07
Recently, several Beijing netizens posted their voter registration cards for district and county people's congress representative elections on Douyin, sparking netizen commentary. Some pointed out that between 2011 and 2021, nearly 100 independent candidates in Beijing were harassed, threatened, and restricted in their travel by the police and state security (MSS), questioning the democratic nature of the elections.
2026-10-26
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee was held. The communique shows that the number of Central Committee members and alternate members has decreased by 97 compared to the 20th National Congress. The meeting passed a decision on strict party governance and scheduled the 21st National Congress for the second half of 2027.
2026-11-06
Xi Jinping went to the Zhongnanhai polling station to cast his vote in the Beijing district-level People's Congress election, with state media high-profilely promoting 'whole-process democracy'.
2026-11-06
Xi Jinping went to the Huairentang polling station in Zhongnanhai to participate in the voting for the election of deputies to the People's Congress of Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-11-06
Beijing held an election for deputies to the People's Congress, where a netizen crossed out the candidate on the ballot and wrote the name of Taiwanese politician Shen Po-yang, sparking online attention.
2026-11-06
At 6:31 PM on November 6, a meteor appeared in the sky over Beijing and surrounding cities, triggering speculation and discussion online regarding changes in the political situation.
2026-11-06
The patriotic film 'White-Clad Retrograde,' originally scheduled for release on November 6, has had its information removed from major ticketing platforms, effectively being pulled from theaters and rescheduled for 2027.
2026-11-06
On November 6, the NPC Standing Committee voted to pass the Anti-Transnational Corruption Law, consisting of 6 chapters and 47 articles, which comes into effect today. Targeting corrupt individuals who transfer assets overseas, this law provides a legal basis for recovering fugitive assets and holding individuals accountable, while requiring cross-border operating enterprises to establish integrity and compliance management departments.
2026-11-06
On November 6, Beijing held elections for the renewal of district and township people's congress deputies. Former CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao entrusted staff members to cast his ballot on his behalf, marking the third consecutive election since 2016 that he has not voted in person.
2026-11-06
The topic of Xi Jinping voting trended on Weibo. After the People's Daily forwarded it, the comment section showed that the platform had enabled comment filtering. Netizens found that Weibo's AI smart search showed an interruption in thinking for this topic, responding that it was temporarily unable to answer.
2026-11-06
On November 6, during the voting for the grassroots People's Congress representative election in Beijing, multiple netizens reported that voters received cash subsidies and daily necessities at the neighborhood committee sites.
2026-11-06
China Film Digital Cinema Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. issued a notice announcing that the anti-epidemic film "White-Clad Renegades," originally scheduled for release on November 6, 2026, has been withdrawn. The specific release date will be announced later. The Douban page has been updated to "TBD 2027," and promotional work appears to have stalled.
2026-11-06
Petitioners line up to submit materials at the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing (commonly known as Jia-1). Staff told them not to record video, and when petitioners asked what was wrong with recording, a dispute broke out.
[Follow-up · November 7, 2026] On November 7, a large number of petitioners were seen lining up at the State Bureau for Letters and Calls reception office in Beijing to register their complaints, and the scene was recorded and posted.
2026-11-06
On November 6, Xi Jinping cast his vote for the 18th district people's congress representative election at the Huai Ren Tang polling station in Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-11-06
On November 6, a vlogger in Beijing was charged a default fee of 340 yuan by an inspection station while registering an electric motorcycle. After discovering that the normal cost is only a few dozen yuan, the vlogger returned to question the charge. Staff claimed 280 yuan was a "comprehensive service fee," but refunded the 280 yuan via WeChat on the spot after the vlogger threatened to call 12315 to report them.
2026-11-06
On November 6, Beijing held elections for district and township-level People's Congress representatives. A voter posted a photo of their Haidian District ballot, showing they had written in the name of Taiwan's DPP legislator Shen Po-yang in the 'write-in' candidate section. Shen was previously included on the list of die-hard Taiwan independence separatists and was placed under investigation by the Chongqing Public Security Bureau in October 2025.
2026-11-06
On November 6, the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences established the School of Obscure Studies in Beijing to research over a dozen ancient ethnic scripts, including Old Turkic, Tangut, Khitan, and Jurchen, as well as oracle bone inscriptions and bamboo/silk manuscripts. The university stated that this would provide academic support for the long-term stability of border regions, and Vice Dean Zhao Rui described it as a concrete measure to implement the discourse of Xi Jinping.
2026-11-06
On November 6, petitioners in Beijing queued at the petition reception office of the Supreme People's Court, located at No. 40 Hongsi Village, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, to submit their case filing materials.
2026-11-06
On November 6, the Haidian District of Beijing held elections for district-level People's Congress representatives. In the Beijing Language and Culture University constituency, 11,723 out of 11,745 registered voters cast their ballots, a turnout rate of 99.8%; in the four constituencies of Tsinghua Garden Subdistrict, 45,415 people voted, with an average turnout rate of 99.02%, electing 8 district People's Congress representatives.
2026-11-05
X user Cyberxinfang posted a documentary of recent petitioners visiting the Supreme People's Court Petition Reception Office located at No. 40 Hongsi Village, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
2026-11-05
Recently, netizens posted a video showing Xinjiang students being organized to go to Tiananmen Square in Beijing to attend a flag-raising ceremony. The students had national flags painted on their faces, waved flags, and were filled with tears. The video's comment section was restricted, and netizens used bullet comments to mock the event.
2026-11-04
On November 4, the closing meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held, and former Armed Police Commander Wang Ning was stripped of his committee membership.
2026-11-04
Xinhua News Agency of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the decision of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to remove former People's Armed Police Commander Wang Ning from his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and to revoke his membership.
2026-11-04
Former People's Armed Police Commander Wang Ning was stripped of his status as a member of the CPPCC Standing Committee on November 4, 2026, and has entered the liquidation process.
2026-11-04
User Cyberxinfang posted a submission stating that Chinese petitioners waiting at Jiujingzhuang are served only ham, pickled mustard greens, and steamed buns for all three meals a day. Any leftovers are taken out of the center, and the situation for petitioners has worsened following the implementation of new petitioning regulations.
2026-11-04
According to a report by The Sydney Morning Herald on November 4, at least three newsstands and one supermarket (including a China Post newsstand) in Beijing's Chaoyang District are still selling Dongpeng beverages featuring Mbappé's image. The shop owners stated they were unaware of the controversy, had received no notice to stop sales, and were only concerned about making money for the day.
2026-11-04
Recently, petitioners in Beijing have been visiting the petition reception office of the Supreme People's Court, located at No. 40 Hongsi Village, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing.
2026-10-26
The CCP held the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing, deliberating and adopting documents related to comprehensively strengthening Party discipline.
2026-11-03
On November 3, Zhang Shengmin, Secretary of the Military Discipline Commission who was recently added to the Politburo, met with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at Diaoyutai.
2026-11-03
On November 3, Xi Jinping attended the farewell ceremony for the remains of Liu Yandong at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing.
2026-11-03
On November 3, a Beijing netizen posted that two police officers visited their home at night, claiming that big data showed their Xiaomi phone had installed the drone debugging software Betaflight. The officers entered the room, ordered the resident to open drawers and cabinets while recording the entire process, and searched their two mobile phones.
2026-09
After attending and speaking at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in mid-September, Defense Minister Dong Jun missed the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting and has been out of contact for a month and a half.
2026-11-02
On November 2, a draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for its first review. It proposes to explicitly write for the first time that 'no person shall be found guilty without a judgment by a people's court in accordance with the law, and presumption of guilt is prohibited,' and intends to restrict the application of residential surveillance in designated locations. Scholars warn that adding these six characters requires a systematic upgrade of provisions regarding evidence and the right to defense.
2026-11-02
Recently, multiple petitioners traveled to the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1A Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. Documentary footage of the event was posted by X user Cyberxinfang.
2026-11-02
Recently, a graffiti of Winnie the Pooh wearing a tie appeared on a classroom blackboard at a college in Beijing, with the words "CCP Member" and "Mr. Winnie" written next to it. A netizen submitted the photo to expose the incident.
2026-11-02
Recently, the family of an infant named Guoguo posted on Douyin seeking help, recounting the process of the child's death during surgery and claiming that their account has been continuously throttled, with multiple previous posts no longer viewable.
2026-11
After victims established a main group and three Beijing-based rights defense groups to report the case to the police, police entered the group chats, called the group owners and members to demand the dissolution of the groups, and summoned some of the activists for questioning.
2026-11
Recently, many petitioners who traveled to Beijing gathered at Jiujingzhuang to register for rights defense. This is a documentary record of the petitioners' demands and the stability maintenance measures taken on-site.
[Follow-up · November 7, 2026] X user Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher (@whyyoutouzhele) posted "Jiujingzhuang Documentary" on November 7, 2026, recording the situation of petitioners being intercepted and detained at Jiujingzhuang in Beijing.
2026-11-01
According to X user @Cyberxinfang, the number of people queuing at the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration has significantly decreased, as many petitioners in Beijing are choosing to pressure local governments by 'entering the village'.
2026-11-01
On November 1, netizens discovered that previously free mountain-access paths near the Pofengling Scenic Area in Beijing, such as "Shixiagou," were completely blocked off by blue sheet-metal fencing. Guards were stationed at the site to collect 50 RMB adult admission tickets and turn away visitors who had not purchased tickets, sparking heated discussions online.
2026-11
Recently, petitioners overcame numerous difficulties to reach Beijing, arriving at the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1A Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. Suspected of lacking provincial-level documentation, they were unable to submit their grievances and were pushed out of the compound by security guards.
[Follow-up · November 7, 2026] On November 7, according to the on-site situation posted by Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher, there were many petitioners at the reception office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls, with petitioners from various regions queuing to register their complaints.
2026-10-28
On the third day of the Fifth Plenary Session, veteran military leaders submitted a joint proposal at the Jingxi Hotel, warning of the border situation and demanding that Li Zuocheng act as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
2026-10-31
On October 31, at Sanlitun SOHO in Beijing, someone cosplaying as a Taoist priest was surrounded by six police officers who demanded they take off their cosplay outfit. Police ordered the deletion of phone photos and forbade taking pictures as evidence, while multiple cosers were taken away by plainclothes officers.
2026-10-31
German President Steinmeier, currently visiting China, stated in a speech at Peking University on October 30 that China should not let other countries become overly dependent on it. On October 31, he met with Xi Jinping and Li Qiang, with Li Qiang stating that China is willing to import more high-quality products from Germany.
2026-10-31
On October 30, the "Hundred Ghosts Night Reading" booth at a bookstore in Beijing still displayed orange pumpkin lanterns and an introduction sign for "Jack-o'-lantern". On October 31, Halloween day, the pumpkin lanterns, patterns, and introduction sign had all disappeared.
2026-10-30
At the press conference of the CCP Central Committee on October 30, Hu Heping, Deputy Head of the Publicity Department, stated that the "Decision" adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session proposes that strengthening party spirit is the fundamental task of comprehensive strict party governance, requiring all party members to regard strengthening party spirit as a lifelong project.
2026-10-30
On October 30, German President Steinmeier held talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing, emphasizing that China should play a role in maintaining the international order based on the UN Charter, and that both China and Germany bear this responsibility.
2026-10-30
User Cyberxinfang posted a documentary article with footage of petitioners 'entering the village' in Beijing, China, recently, recording the gathering of petitioners and the on-site stability maintenance situation.
2026-10-30
On October 30, Beijing nightclub PILLBOX issued an entry notice stating that due to on-site safety and comprehensive technical reasons, themed costumes, cosplay, masks, and headgear are prohibited. Any form of Halloween activity is banned both inside and outside the venue, and those who do not comply will be denied entry. Another nightclub, DADA, also reminded customers not to wear Halloween outfits.
2026-10-30
On October 30, Huang Jianfa, Deputy Head of the Organization Department of the CCP Central Committee, stated that the CCP has over 100 million members and more than 5.4 million grassroots party organizations, which is a powerful advantage that no other political party in the world possesses.
2026-10-29
The communique of the Fifth Plenary Session has been released. At the end of the communique, the words commanding the entire Party and the entire military were removed, and several clauses regarding the term limit system and lifelong accountability system for leading cadres were written into the plenary session's decision.
2026-10-29
The Fifth Plenary Session of the CCP Central Committee concluded on October 29. The number of attendees was reduced, and the meeting confirmed the expulsion from the Party of 33 high-ranking officials, including Ma Xingrui, Zhang Youxia, Liu Zhenli, and Liu Jianchao.
2026-10-29
The Plenary Session confirmed the expulsion of 24 Central Committee members and 8 alternate members from the Party, including former Minister of the International Department Liu Jianchao, former Minister of Industry and Information Technology Jin Zhuanglong, two former directors of the CMC General Office Zhong Shaojun and Fang Yongxiang, as well as senior executives of military-industrial enterprises such as Yu Jianfeng of CNNC and Yuan Jie of CASIC; Li Yunze was removed from his Party positions but retained his Party membership. The CCDI had not previously disclosed that these individuals were under investigation.
2026-10-29
On October 29, German President Steinmeier, visiting China at the invitation of Xi Jinping, delivered a speech at Peking University. He stated that China's pursuit of economic autonomy should not come at the cost of increasing the dependency of other countries, and pointed out that European companies face restrictions in the Chinese market while the European market receives a large volume of subsidized Chinese products.
2026-10-29
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee passed the "Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Persistently Advancing Comprehensive Strict Party Governance on Several Major Issues," and decided to convene the 21st National Congress of the CCP in the second half of 2027.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee concluded in Beijing, reviewing and adopting the "Decision on Several Major Issues of Persistently Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party." Xi Jinping personally served as the head of the drafting group for the "Decision." On October 30, the authorities held a press conference to brief the public.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the Beijing Queer Film Festival (iQueer Film Week), founded in 2001, issued a statement announcing the cancellation of the film week originally scheduled for the near future, apologizing to the audience without specifying the reason. The festival has long operated by circumventing censorship; after being shut down in 2014, it once organized screenings for audiences on a train to Huairou using USB drives, and it stopped using its WeChat official account in 2025.
2026-10-29
On October 29, netizens posted videos claiming that participating in blood donation in Beijing could earn a cash subsidy or nutritional allowance of approximately 1,000 to 2,000 yuan, attracting large crowds to queue. Some hospitals or institutions offered even higher subsidies, and many people went due to unemployment or financial pressure, leading netizens to question if this is a disguised form of selling blood.
2026-10-29
On October 29, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier gave a speech at Peking University, calling on China to use its close relationship with Russia to urge the Russian side to stop attacks and engage in serious negotiations.
2026-10-29
On October 29, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Peking University, where he was awarded an honorary professorship and delivered a speech. In his address, he mentioned Cai Yuanpei's experience studying in Germany, cited his advocacy for "freedom of thought and inclusiveness," and called for upholding this spirit.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the People's Daily commentary account 'People's Sharp Review' posted on Weibo, criticizing claims such as 'young people can no longer afford to support the elderly' and 'the pension system is about to collapse' as inciting confrontation. It stated that there is no precedent for public pension bankruptcy, but the comment section was set to 'creator-selected,' leading netizens to mock the post under other reposts.
2026-10-28
A video by influencer Fengge on Bilibili showing Beijing's Majuqiao bottom-tier day laborers and their harsh living conditions quickly surpassed 3 million views, after which he was reportedly taken away by police during a livestream.
2026-10-28
This week the Fifth Plenary Session was held in Beijing, and a number of petitioners who had traveled to the capital were sent to the Jiujingzhuang Assistance Service Center.
2026-10-28
According to Xinhua News Agency, Liu Yandong, former member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, Vice Chairperson of the 10th National Committee of the CPPCC, former State Councilor, and Vice Premier of the State Council, passed away due to illness in Beijing on October 28, 2026, at the age of 81.
2026-10-28
On October 28, the Associated Press reported that a Beijing lawyer, when discussing the Mbappe controversy, stated that some individuals or companies might have overreacted; another Beijing financial professional mentioned a vague feeling that it might be related to politics.
2026-10-27
At the Foreign Ministry press conference, spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that words and deeds that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people will naturally be met with a joint boycott from all sectors of Chinese society.
2026-10-27
The documentary on day laborers in Majuqiao, Beijing, previously released by Feng Ge, was taken down before and after its release, becoming inaccessible to the public.
2026-10-27
At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 27, an AFP reporter asked about Kylian Mbappé having his contracts terminated by several Chinese companies due to a video circulating online. Spokesperson Guo Jiakun replied that "words and deeds that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people will naturally be jointly boycotted by all sectors of Chinese society," without responding to the content of the video.
2026-10-27
After a netizen posted a video using "The CCP Is Good" as background music with captions sarcastically thanking the crowded security check, the video became unavailable and the poster's homepage was cleared.
2026-10-27
Beijing Sanfan Middle School issued an internal notice on October 27 stating that a student from Class 8, Grade 3 ate a steamed bun during the mid-term Chinese mock exam on October 26, which seriously violated exam regulations. Following a grade-level review, it was decided to issue a disciplinary notice of criticism.
2026-10-27
A Beijing subway volunteer said that on the previous day dozens of passengers at the station where they serve called 12345 to complain about tightened security checks; some passengers, annoyed that even lunch bags had to be inspected, simply carried their glass lunch boxes by hand while riding the subway.
2026-10-26
The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun. 15 central inspection teams have been stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 universities under central administration, including Peking University and Tsinghua University, to conduct inspections, receiving reports from the public until December 21.
2026-10-26
The Fifth Plenary Session opened on October 26. Xi Jinping delivered a work report on behalf of the Politburo and provided explanations. It is rumored that he was emotional and pounded the table.
2026-10-26
On October 26, the Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee Fifth Plenary Session opened, and CCTV reported on it.
2026-10-26
Jiujingzhuang on Nanyuan Road in Fengtai District, Beijing, is a concentration camp where the authorities detain petitioners and rights defenders who travel to Beijing to petition. After the July 1 new petitioning rules took effect, more petitioners chose to enter the compound voluntarily to pressure local jurisdictions; detentions during sensitive periods are coercive, and mobile phones are confiscated at security checks upon entry.
2026-10-26
On October 26, cartoon graffiti of Xi Jinping appeared on a restroom wall at a high school in Huangzhuang, Beijing; the school subsequently forced the restroom locked and carried out renovations.
2026-10-26
On October 26, the second day of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the official website of the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that from January to September this year, discipline inspection and supervision organs nationwide filed a total of 800,000 cases, among which 73 were at provincial and ministerial level or above (90 in the same period last year), and 4,203 were at department and bureau level (3,704 in the same period last year). They received 3.506 million petitions and reports, an increase of 11.5% year on year.
2026-10-26
From October 26, CCTV's "Focus Report" launched a three-part series "The Power of Thought," systematically interpreting the scientific connotation, theoretical character, practical basis and theoretical origins of Xi Jinping's thinking on Party building.
2026-10-26
On October 26, a netizen posted a video claiming that security checks at a Beijing subway station caused a large number of passengers to queue up, with the line extending to the corridor and the stairway entrance, and the site was packed with people.
2026-10-26
On October 26, a netizen published an article comparing the Majuqiao day-labor market in Beijing with the Yizhuang industrial park just across the river: workers crowd into vans before dawn with cargo and passengers mixed together, earning 180 yuan for a five-hour trip, and sleeping in dormitories converted from kitchens; across the river, SMIC and JD.com are brightly lit. The article noted that there are over 200 million people in flexible employment and that the youth unemployment rate was about 18% in September.
2026-10-26
On October 26, a petitioner in Beijing posted multiple videos on Douyin claiming to be guarded and tracked by multiple people, and blocked from going out to buy groceries. Earlier, they posted that someone followed them all the way from their doorstep onto a bus, and shared doorstep surveillance footage mocking stability maintenance.
2026-10-26
From October 26 to 29, people queued for four consecutive days at the blood donation site in Chaoyang Landi Fashion Garden, Beijing. On-site photos and queue numbers showed that over 500 people were already in line by 9:00 AM.
2026-10-22
The Chinese Communist Party held a commemoration in Beijing marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, with Xi Jinping leading the seven members of the Standing Committee in attendance. Hu Chunhua, viewed as a potential successor, and Ying Yong, procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, both failed to appear as expected, sparking speculation about political changes at the top.
2026-10-22
The Beijing Municipal Tax Service publicly disclosed on its official website that tax notices had been served on 21 natural persons, reflecting the continuing increase in pressure on local finances and tax recovery.
2026-10-25
Chinese influencer "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" released a 25-minute video documenting his experience as a day laborer in Majuqiao, Beijing. The video sparked widespread discussion online before being taken down.
2026-10-25
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee opened at the Jingxi Hotel in Beijing. The meeting was jointly guarded by the Central Guard Bureau, the Beijing Garrison Command, and police forces, and has drawn close outside attention amid political maneuvering and high-pressure Party rectification.
2026-10-25
On October 25, Bilibili uploader "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" posted a video of more than 20 minutes documenting his day-labor experience in Majuqiao. During his livestream that afternoon, officers from the local police station came to his door, interrupting the broadcast. He had previously said he would be detained after posting the video, and was preparing to cut a "green version."
2026-10-25
Around October 25, security checks at the Beijing subway were suddenly tightened, with passengers waiting up to 20 minutes to enter stations and queues stretching to the street outside the stations, sparking netizen concern and heated discussion about the return of epidemic prevention measures.
2026-10-24
The eighth round of inspections by the 20th CCP Central Committee has officially begun, with teams stationed at the Ministry of Education and 31 centrally administered universities including Peking University and Tsinghua University.
2026-10-24
On October 24, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a group of Xinjiang students gathered in front of the camera. One female student cried while delivering a patriotic speech, and the video was met with ridicule from netizens after it circulated.
2026-10-24
On October 24, a netizen posted a video of a visit to Majuqiao in Beijing. A young man who had once received training in software development said he successively lost two jobs, worked in food delivery, security screening and as a guard, and after exhausting his savings slept on the street, subsisting on noodles at 6 yuan a bowl and scavenged food; his application for a security guard certificate was rejected at the review stage.
2026-10-23
At a Politburo meeting on the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session, the elders and the faction holding real power placed two pieces of paper demanding resignation or dismissal on the table, forcing Xi Jinping to choose one of the two.
2026-10-23
On October 23, 2026, the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting to deliberate a comprehensive report on the seventh round of inspections of the 20th CCP Central Committee, covering 36 units of central and state organs.
2026-10-23
On October 23, a blogger released a documentary short visiting day laborers in Maqiaoqiao, Beijing. A 53-year-old female worker, Aunt Hu, recounted her experience of fighting back after being sexually harassed by a labor contractor, and said she spent 3,760 yuan to learn AI video-based product promotion, only to have the contractor disappear before the commission was withdrawn, and was then asked to pay an additional 1,450 yuan in traffic-boosting fees.
2026-10-23
On October 23, the Journal of the Central Party School published a paper by scholars from Renmin University of China titled "Optimization of the Social Security System and Solidly Advancing Common Prosperity," which points out that in 2025 the average monthly pension expenditure for urban employees is 3,900 yuan, while that for urban and rural residents is only 276 yuan, a difference of 14 times, and recommends substantially raising the basic pension for farmers, with the older the age, the larger the increase.
2026-10-23
On October 23, China Youth Daily released a video showing a Xinjiang teenager in tears while visiting the Museum of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, saying that many children's eyes turned red, and the teenager pledged to serve the motherland.
2026-10-22
At a meeting commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Long March, Hu Chunhua was unexpectedly absent; after contacting multiple sources, it has been confirmed that Hu Chunhua and his family have gone missing.
2026-10-22
The CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission officially issued a notice announcing that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor of Beijing, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
2026-10-22
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing investigation.
2026-10-22
The Huairou District Tax Bureau in Beijing has issued public notices to 21 individuals, including Chao Mouzhe, requiring them to self-examine and declare personal income tax on offshore trusts in accordance with the law.
2026-10-22
Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee Zhao Leji presided over the meeting of the Council of Chairpersons, placing relevant appointment and removal motions on the agenda for the NPC Standing Committee session from November 2 to 6.
2026-10-22
Beijing held a commemorative meeting for the 90th anniversary of the Long March. Hu Chunhua's absence has sparked speculation overseas about whether he has run into trouble.
2026-10-22
On October 22, a meeting marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, attended by about 3,000 people. Xi Jinping reviewed the history of the Long March, emphasized the decisive significance of the Zunyi Conference in establishing Mao Zedong's leadership position, put forward five requirements for successfully carrying on the new Long March journey, and stressed the Party's absolute leadership over the military and full and strict governance of the Party.
2026-10-22
On October 22, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Xia Linmao, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. Xia is an alternate member of the 20th CCP Central Committee, just 4 days before the scheduled opening of the Fifth Plenary Session.
2026-10-22
On the day the news of Xia Linmao's investigation was announced, Beijing Party Secretary Yin Li presided over a meeting of the Municipal Party Standing Committee, expressing support for the decision of the CCP Central Committee and demanding the resolute elimination of "two-faced people."
2026-10-22
On October 22, the Huairou District Tax Bureau of Beijing issued an announcement, serving 21 individuals with Notices of Tax Matters, requiring them to self-inspect the establishment of and participation in offshore trusts, submit materials within 15 days, and declare and pay individual income tax in accordance with the law.
2026-10-22
On October 22, the Central University of Finance and Economics announced the winning bid for teaching equipment procurement, totaling 2.99 million yuan. The tender documents require AI classroom analysis functions to automatically count the number of students looking up, looking down, playing with mobile phones, or sleeping on their desks, and to generate classroom engagement analysis reports. The equipment includes 48-megapixel AI cameras and microphone arrays.
2026-10-21
Influencer "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" filmed the living conditions of day laborers in Majuqiao, Beijing; because the content differs greatly from state media narratives, he said in a livestream that he did not dare release the full video.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Xu Xiaodong posted a video on Twitter revealing that over the past three or four days he had been followed in Beijing by a suspicious person wearing Arc'teryx clothing, whom he eventually caught and forced to the police station.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Lei Jun, founder, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Group, said at the 2026 World Intelligent Connected Vehicles Conference that without safety, all intelligence, performance, design and innovation lose their meaning; multiple media outlets including Chang'an Jie Zhishi and The Beijing News republished his press release.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Bilibili uploader "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" said in a livestream that he had gone to Majuqiao in Beijing to experience daily-pay work and filmed a video, but said "I will be detained after posting it" and does not plan to make it public.
2026-10-20
On October 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology acknowledged that some automakers engage in bandwagon product launches and have problems such as insufficient testing and verification, and said it will resolutely prevent unreasonable innovation designs from entering the market.
2026-10-20
X user Cyberxinfang posted recent footage of petitioning at the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration reception office at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, and tagged #CyberPetitionBureau.
2026-10-20
According to a United Daily News report, the Beijing Subway will strengthen security checks starting October 20, with staff saying the measures will last until the end of the month "because there is a meeting going on now." The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee Fifth Plenary Session will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29.
2026-10-19
Page 7 of the PLA Daily carried a signed article that revisited the historical example of Zhang Wentian directly rejecting Bo Gu at the Zunyi Conference and called on people to tell the truth.
2026-10-19
On October 19, Mao Shengyong, spokesperson and deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced economic data for the first three quarters, saying that employment was generally stable and releasing the national average weekly working hours for enterprise employees at 48.3 hours.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a Beijing netizen claimed on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) that their bank card was frozen after an automatic interception of a 96110 anti-fraud call. They went to the police station in the rain to sign a statement confirming they had not been defrauded. Although the anti-fraud center confirmed they were not a victim, the bank card still cannot be unfrozen until the end of the month.
2026-10-18
According to Radio France Internationale (RFI), the Chinese Communist Party's Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee will be held next week, and stability maintenance and security work across Beijing has been fully escalated accordingly.
2026-10-16
The 20th issue of Qiushiu magazine, published on October 16, carried an article signed by Xi Jinping, which referred to "major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee" four times throughout, sparking outside speculation about a weakening of power and the return of collective leadership.
2026-10-16
An article reposted by the Guoyan Zhengjing Think Tank under the Development Research Center of the State Council, discussing at length opposition to the personality cult and democratic centralism.
2026-10-16
On October 16, photos circulating online showed large numbers of armed police assembling in Sanlitun, Beijing, sparking outside concern about a tense political atmosphere in the capital.
2026-10-16
Knowing full well that Ruan did not meet the requirements for entering Beijing, Du assisted him in hiding in the cargo compartment of a truck at the Xiaotun checkpoint in Tongzhou District in an attempt to evade inspection and enter the city; both were placed under administrative detention by Beijing police in accordance with the law.
2026-10-16
The table of contents of the PEP edition high school Chinese selective compulsory textbook (Volume 2) has been adjusted: Rousseau's "Compassion Is Human Nature" has been dropped from its original unit, replaced by Xi Jinping's speech and article on the "two integrations."
2026-10-16
According to X user @QuanLujun, during taxiing for takeoff at Beijing Capital International Airport, a female economy-class passenger took a business-class seat without permission and refused to heed the crew's persuasion. The passenger made a scene in the cabin, forcing the plane to abort its takeoff and return to the apron. In the end, after refusing to cooperate, the woman was forcibly removed from the aircraft by police who rushed to the scene. The incident caused flight delays and disorder.
2026-10-15
Chen Yanhua, a demolition-affected resident of Yong'an Xili in Beijing, posted that her house was torn down 14 years ago and that despite repeated requests for resettlement, there has still been no outcome.
2026-10-15
On October 15 in Beijing, a netizen captured footage of what appeared to be petitioners from Shenyang, Liaoning, being intercepted by several men on the street, who tried to take away two elderly people. The elderly cried out that they had pursued rights defense for five years without any result and that there was not a single cent in their salary cards.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a netizen posted "The First Lesson of Entering Beijing: 'Sharing a Bed'", showing the living environment in Beijing where several people squeeze into a single bed, receiving 190,000 likes, 21,000 comments and 233,000 reposts, with commenters lamenting that it is no different from the old days.
2026-10-14
Former in-system political commentator Yin Ke revealed that Wang Huning was suspended from duty on the morning of October 14 and questioned by Liu Jinguo, secretary of the CCP Secretariat, in connection with the case of Huang Qifan and his son Huang Ranfei.
2026-10-14
On October 14, Beijing rights defender Zhao Yonghong and her parents, both in their eighties, were confined in their home for two days by the Enjizhuang Police Station without food. In the middle of the night they opened a window to call for help and called the police, but were stopped by the officers.
2026-10-14
According to a post by X account @jichunsheng on October 14, 2026, Australian Ambassador to the United States and former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has returned to Beijing. The related developments have drawn outside attention and discussion.
2026-10-26
The Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee Fifth Plenary Session is scheduled to be held from October 26 to 29 at the Jinji Hotel inside Beijing's Third Ring Road, with about 400 people attending the meeting.
2026-10-13
On the afternoon of October 13, Liu Jinguo, Secretary of the CCP Central Committee Secretariat and Director of the National Supervisory Commission, acting on behalf of the top leadership, questioned Vice President Han Zheng about the Huang Qifan case.
2026-10-13
After Li Zhong's remarks sparked heated discussion, netizens sent private messages to the Douyin account of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security with comments such as "I'm turning myself in, I haven't paid social insurance, shoot me," "turning themselves in" and storming the tower.
2026-10-13
X user LuJun Quan posted on October 14, 2026 Beijing time, marking the fourth anniversary of the Sitong Bridge protest against Xi Jinping (October 13, 2022), and mentioned that protester Peng Lifa was arrested. The tweet revisited the slogans Peng Lifa had put forward at the time, including "No PCR tests, we want food; no Cultural Revolution, we want reform."
2026-10-13
On October 13, a netizen posted an inquiry about wage arrears at companies in Beijing's Haidian District. Commenters said some companies had withheld wages for as long as two years, while others were several months in arrears or had even imposed collective pay cuts.
2026-10-12
Overseas, Breaking Point Weekly exclusively revealed the "Notice on Ensuring Security and Stability Maintenance During the Period of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee" issued by the Office of the CCP Central Committee Leading Group for Maintaining Political Security and Social Stability, listing 18 security and stability maintenance measures.
2026-10-12
The National Health and Health Conference was convened again after ten years, with all seven members of the Standing Committee of the 20th Party Congress in attendance, drawing outside attention to the movements of the Politburo Standing Committee.
2026-10-12
Four years after the Peng Lifa protest incident, a netizen photographed a bridge watcher still on duty at an overpass on Beijing's East Third Ring Road.
2026-10-12
On October 12, Gao Yu tweeted that guards had been posted outside her door right after the long holiday ended, watching her day and night in the open air, drawing outside attention to an escalation of stability maintenance ahead of the Fifth Plenum.
2026-10-12
On October 12, Beijing's Chaoyang police announced that a company related to Yixin had been placed under criminal investigation, that actual controller Tang and Zhao and others had been subjected to criminal coercive measures, and that investors were asked to report to the police and register; the specific charges, the amount involved, and the number of people have not yet been disclosed.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen filmed an overpass on Beijing's East Third Ring Road. The footage shows bridge watchers standing guard on the overpass, indicating that stability maintenance surveillance arrangements continue.
2026-10-12
Guoguo, a 3-month-and-18-day-old infant, was admitted to the Tongzhou branch of Beijing Anzhen Hospital on October 12 for a congenital ventricular septal defect. The surgery was originally expected to take 4 hours but lasted about 18 hours. The next morning, the family received a notice of death without having received a critical condition notice. The cause of death remains unexplained, and an autopsy is currently underway.
2026-10-11
Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Central Committee Political Bureau and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, met with Tran Thanh Man, chairman of Vietnam's National Assembly, in Beijing, becoming the first Politburo Standing Committee member to make a public appearance after the National Day holiday.
2026-10-10
On October 10, four departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a draft for public comment, proposing to ban cars from being equipped with fully flush door handles, prohibiting the use of zero-gravity seats, rotating seats, or seats folded flat into a bed while driving, and requiring models already announced to submit supplementary verification materials before July 1, 2027; those with safety hazards past the deadline must halt production and issue recalls, while new models must undergo environmental adaptability verification of no less than 1 year and reliability verification of no less than 30,000 kilometers. The document is still under public comment.
2026-10-10
At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, announced that as of the end of September, the number of participants in basic pension, unemployment, and work injury insurance had reached 1.079 billion, 251 million, and 327 million respectively, and said that through policy optimization and other means such as “using data to find people,” those not yet enrolled would be found and mobilized to enroll, with a focus on supporting flexible workers and migrant workers in participating in employee pension insurance.
2026-10-09
On October 9, EU Trade Commissioner Sefcovič announced after meeting with Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao in Beijing that the two sides had reached an understanding on limiting exports of Chinese hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles to Europe, which could cut export volumes by more than half.
2026-10-09
One year has passed since the Beijing Zion Church "October 9" church case; eight pastors and church workers, accused of fraud and illegal business operation, are detained in Beihai, Guangxi, and the case has been transferred to the court awaiting trial.
2026-10-09
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.
2026-10-09
On October 9, the voice of the China Association for Science and Technology published a commentary stating that the Nobel Prize does not include categories such as engineering technology or applied research and development, and therefore cannot be used to fully measure a country's scientific and technological strength, sparking sarcasm from netizens.
2026-10-08
During the National Day holiday, Taiwanese artist Nicky Wu recorded a greeting video at Tiananmen Square holding a five-star red flag and referred to Taiwan as "Taiwan Province" on Weibo, sparking criticism from Taiwanese public opinion. His scheduled appearance as a ceremonial first-pitch guest for a professional baseball team was subsequently cancelled. Nicky Wu responded on Douyin, stating, "This is my stance even if I don't make money."
2026-10-08
An account under the PLA Daily and Beijing state media successively published articles criticizing Kevin Tsai, urging mainland brands to proactively conduct self-inspections and distance themselves from him.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a woman claiming to be from Yanta District, Xi'an, Shaanxi, who says she was illegally detained twice, climbed over the protective fence along the Yongding River channel in Beijing and attempted to jump into the river, saying "They just want me dead now." A person filming at the scene repeatedly tried to dissuade her.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a netizen interning at Haier in Beijing posted that they were dismissed by the company on the grounds of ensuring normal business operations during the Double 11 shopping festival after requesting a one-week remote internship because their father was undergoing chemotherapy. They said they had handled the entire team’s work alone before the National Day holiday and had completed all holiday tasks, and later said that HR had called their mother.
2026-10-26
The CCP Central Committee will convene the Fifth Plenary Session in Beijing to deliberate on topics including full and rigorous Party self-governance and responding to the economic and external situations.
2026-10-06
Britain's Financial Times, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Beijing is considering canceling the traditional APEC closed-door informal leaders' meeting, sparking speculation about Xi Jinping's health and a downgrade of China's host diplomacy.
2026-10-06
The State Council of the CCP held an executive meeting, requiring the improvement of robust mechanisms for the capital market and the enhancement of intrinsic stock market stability. The swap facility tool has also been transformed from a temporary measure into a long-term institutional arrangement.
2026-10-05
The official "Beijing Time" account of Beijing Radio and Television Station published an article accusing Taiwanese star Kevin Tsai of backing Puma Shen, calling on partner businesses to proactively conduct self-checks and listing pro-independence artists.
2026-10-04
Affected by Beijing's drone control policy, the Taobao platform, because its system cannot distinguish between "masturbator cups" and "drones," has halted across-the-board shipments of adult products containing related keywords to customers in the Beijing area; a notice in a merchant group was exposed.
2026-10-04
Recently, several veterans who had traveled to Beijing to petition appeared in the alley where the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (commonly known as Jia Yi) is located on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-10-04
A netizen posted an entry titled “Taoran Bridge Underpass” in the petitioning dictionary, referring to the underground pedestrian passage near Taoran Bridge in Beijing. Because it is close to the Letters and Calls Bureau reception office on Yongdingmen West Street, it has become a place of residence for many petitioners who travel to Beijing.
2026-10-03
Beijing stipulates that no drones may be kept anywhere in the city starting November 15, and says eligible individuals may ship their drones free of charge to an address outside Beijing.
2026-10-03
According to a Bloomberg report cited by the program, Beijing has further tightened restrictions on AI talent leaving the country, extending the scope of controls to the spouses and children of core research and development personnel.
2026-10-03
After a Hong Kong media outlet interviewed the painter who sprayed the national emblem at Tiananmen, some netizens questioned the related “Great Nation Craftsmen” propaganda, and controversy broke out in the comments section.
2026-10-03
On October 3, Xiaoxiang Morning Herald published an interview video with the painter of the national emblem at Tiananmen. The painter said the spray-painting pressure is high and not a single flaw is allowed, and he hopes the national emblem will hang on more government buildings. Netizens in the comments section mocked it heavily, and the video subsequently became unavailable.
2026-10-03
On October 3, CCTV Online reported that the cumulative box office for 2026 had surpassed 30 billion yuan, with admissions exceeding 760 million, saying the film market maintained steady vitality and hit a record high for the same period in history. The written transcript of Xinwen Lianbo also used this wording, but did not explain the statistical criteria.
2026-10-02
According to a report by The Washington Post on October 2, China's Ministry of Education recently stated that it expects all schools to offer AI education before 2030, establishing an AI literacy system covering all educational stages and society as a whole.
2026-10
Beijing sources report that the Central Theater Command, consisting of three group armies totaling 250,000 troops, has joined the anti-Xi faction and refused to execute Central Military Commission orders regarding the reinforcement of Beijing's defenses and troop redeployments, further hollowing out Xi Jinping's power.
2026-10-01
On the Chinese Communist Party's National Day, two middle-aged Chinese women staged a nude protest at the Badaling Great Wall against Xi Jinping's dictatorial rule and the evil regime of the Chinese Communist Party.
2026-10
Reports out of Beijing say Xi Jinping is moving to build a new succession team centered on Peng Liyuan and Xi Mingze, and a major purge within the Party is expected before the end of the year to eliminate potential risks.
2026-10
On the eve of the Chinese Communist Party's 20th Central Committee Fifth Plenary Session, Beijing and surrounding areas entered a wartime state, with reports of harsh security measures including bans on drones, restrictions on radio frequency bands, and the temporary sealing of street-facing windows in high-rise buildings.
2026-10
At the Financial Street Forum, Pan Gongsheng announced the adjustment of the policy rate tenor, the establishment of liquidity support tools for non-bank institutions, the push to link large corporations' loans to the overnight repo rate, and the exit from the deposit and lending benchmark rates, turning intraday firefighting facilities from temporary tools into standing tools.
2026-10
The Chinese Communist Party held a plenary session at the Jingxi Hotel in Beijing. Outside reports said vehicle checks entering the city were strict during the meeting, the session was run under closed-off management, and senior officials faced a sweeping purge and a choice between life and death.
2026-10
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP National Congress was convened at Jinxi Hotel, with the Central Guard Bureau, troops and police deployed both inside and outside the venue, keeping the situation tense.
2026-10-01
Taiwanese entertainer Wu Qilong filmed and posted a video at Tiananmen Square, holding high the five-star red flag and congratulating the Chinese Communist Party on its National Day.
2026-10
The frequency of Xi Jinping's name in the Fifth Plenary Session communiqué has decreased significantly compared to the past, sparking speculation from the outside world about increased pressure within the party and challenges to his status.
2026-10-01
Before the National Day flag-raising ceremony, large crowds lined up outside Tiananmen Square waiting to enter; on-site video shows some people running to grab viewing spots.
2026-10
On the eve of National Day, TF Family trainee Yang Bowen posted a video of cycling to Tiananmen to see the red flag, and the video was subsequently deleted.
2026-10
Following a small aircraft collision at the CITIC Tower in Beijing this June that resulted in casualties, Beijing announced a citywide ban on the flight and sale of drones effective November 15.
2026-10-01
A review by netizens found that Peking University has spent more than it earned over the past 6 years, yet its surplus in 2025 still reached 9 billion yuan.
2026-10-01
On October 1, a flag-raising ceremony was held at Tiananmen Square. Some members of the public queued a day in advance to secure good spots and waited through the night to watch.
2026-10-01
During the National Day holiday on October 1, TF Family trainee Yang Bowen posted a video of night-riding to Tiananmen in Beijing. It was deleted shortly after a fan member account reposted it; netizens speculated that the scene of cycling to Tiananmen evoked the famous footage of young people cycling to Tiananmen during the 1989 June Fourth student movement.
2026-10-01
On October 1, two petitioners ran naked on the Great Wall in Beijing to air their grievances, publicly voicing their demands.
2026-10
Recently, petitioners who traveled to Beijing queued overnight at the gate of the petition reception office of the Supreme People’s Court at No. 40, Hongsicun, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, waiting to be received; documentary footage recorded the scene.
2026-10
Peking University News subsequently published a report on Steinmeier's visit, detailing his activities such as playing table tennis with students and faculty and receiving a signed racket, but made no mention of his speech quoting Cai Yuanpei's principle of 'freedom of thought and inclusiveness.'
2026-09-30
At the National Day reception on September 30, the supreme leader did not, as is customary, announce the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, and in his remarks on Taiwan he once again mentioned the "peaceful development of cross-Strait relations."
2026-09-30
Xi Jinping led officials from the State Council, the National People's Congress, the CPPCC and other bodies to the Monument to the People's Heroes in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to hold a flower-basket laying ceremony.
2026-09-30
The CCP held a large-scale October 1 reception, with black-clad guards densely deployed inside the venue monitoring the attending officials, creating a tense and tightly controlled atmosphere.
2026-09-30
Xi Jinping appeared at Tiananmen Square on the morning of September 30, taking part in the flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the People's Heroes together with Politburo Standing Committee members Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning and others.
2026-09-30
A netizen said that when their friend was about to ship a drone, the free shipping stage in Beijing told them the drone was too large to be sent; photos posted by the netizen show that the drone was not of a particularly large size.
2026-09-30
According to the material, Li Zuocheng attended the National Day reception on September 30, a rare public appearance for him since stepping down after the 20th National Congress.
2026-09-30
On September 30, according to a CCTV report, Xi Jinping and other senior leaders attended the ceremony of presenting flower baskets to the people's heroes in Beijing for Martyrs' Day.
2026-09-30
Netizens have published a dictionary entry for petitioning, introducing the queuing voucher issued by the Reception Office of the State Bureau for Letters and Calls at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, to petitioners visiting the capital. Those holding the small ticket can return to their original place in line after leaving to eat or use the restroom during the overnight wait.
2026-09-30
On September 30, netizens reported that near the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration reception office at No. 1 Jia, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, a petitioner fell to the ground sobbing.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen posted that their friend tried to send a drone out of Beijing via EMS through the government-designated channel, but it was rejected. EMS claimed the package was too large to ship, yet photos showed the drone was not of a particularly large size.
2026-09-30
On September 30, on the occasion of the 13th Martyrs' Day, the Ministry of State Security held a memorial ceremony for heroes of the clandestine front at the Unknown Heroes Memorial Plaza in Xishan, Beijing. Minister of State Security Chen Yixin attended and delivered a speech.
2026-09-29
On September 29, the South Korean human rights organization Transitional Justice Working Group released a report stating that the consular section of the North Korean embassy in China (Chaoyang District, Beijing) has a secret prison underground, where North Korean nationals who attempted to defect or seek asylum are detained and interrogated before being forcibly repatriated; the operations are coordinated by North Korean security personnel acting under consular cover.
2026-09-29
On September 29, Beijing Institute of Technology issued a notice stating that Pei Yi, an assistant professor at the School of Law, had seriously violated professional ethics standards for teachers, and that his qualification as a graduate supervisor was revoked, his teaching post qualification was rescinded, and his employment relationship was terminated.
2026-09-29
Around September 29, Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Meeting the Requirement of Living a Tight Life," making clear that meetings must not be held at 21 scenic and tourist areas, and restricting spending on meetings, training, and travel. The related topic trended on Weibo's hot search, prompting netizens to speculate that Peking University had run out of money.
2026-09-29
On September 29, the Beijing Institute of Technology announced that faculty member Pei Yi had seriously violated professional conduct standards for teachers, revoking his qualification as a graduate supervisor and terminating his employment. Pei Yi had previously sparked controversy over remarks made in class discussing feminism and noting that all members of the Politburo Standing Committee are male.
2026-09-29
On September 29, Beijing Yezhi Feng Nuohua Home Decoration Group Co., Ltd. was in arrears on wages, and multiple workers traveled from other regions to the company's headquarters to defend their rights and demand their unpaid pay.
2026-01
From January to May 2026, Beijing's total retail sales of consumer goods fell by 2.5% year-on-year.
2026-09-28
Chen Wenqing, secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, convened a meeting in Beijing, stressing the need to guard against political security risks, crack down severely on infiltration and sabotage activities, and hold the ideological front.
2026-09-28
The Peace China Construction Work Conference was held in Beijing on September 28 to convey Xi Jinping's instructions, stating that the construction of a Peace China has achieved significant results since the 18th National Congress, and calling for the implementation of the overall national security concept with both punishment and prevention; Chen Wenqing required joint efforts in management, and Wang Xiaohong emphasized implementation.
2026-09-28
On September 28, 2026, the account @CDT published a translated article of a censored commentary about Beijing's ban on drone storage. The article points out that the logic behind the new rule is to shift the boundary of security prevention directly from the sky down to the level of device possession, sparking discussion about the relevant policies and the control of personal devices.
2026-09-28
On September 28, after Beijing's new drone rules were announced, DJI announced the launch of a dedicated drone managed service for the Beijing area.
2026-09-27
On September 26, the WeChat official account of the U.S. Embassy in China published an article titled "Situation Statement: President Trump Advances Fair and Reciprocal Relations with China During Historic State Visits." On the 27th, netizens discovered that the article had been restricted from being forwarded to friends, shared to Moments, or having its link copied.
2026-09-27
On September 27, a lawyer in Beijing posted a video stating that since 2026, as the 'sweeping away black and evil' operations have continued, the number of people detained in detention centers has increased, lawyer meeting rooms are full, and the demand for lawyer meetings has risen significantly recently.
2026-09-27
On September 27, a clash broke out among the crowd waiting to watch the flag-lowering ceremony at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, during which a woman was grabbed by the throat by someone amid the shoving.
2026-09-26
Xi Jinping's special plane arrived in Beijing after he concluded his visit to the U.S., holding closed-door discussions on a way out to deal with the Fifth Plenum and pressure from all sides.
2026-09-26
Sun Meihua's daughter has hired a lawyer to help her mother apply for the restoration of her original Beijing household registration, and has asked her father to sign a commitment ensuring her mother's safety and to relinquish the relevant guardianship rights; the report did not state whether the demands were met.
2026-09-26
A whistleblower letter targeting Pei Yi, republished by self-media on September 26, shows that the complainant, in addition to complaining about gender-related speech, also listed support for the MeToo movement and feminism as improper political speech, and demanded an investigation into whether she had endangered national ideological security.
2026-09-25
Xi Jinping concluded his visit to the United States and returned to Beijing, leaving him with only four cards in his hand to deal with the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session.
2026-09-25
9月25日中秋节，有网友在B站发布视频，讽刺北京禁飞区政策，指民众连中秋赏月都受限制。
2026-09-24
Dong Qing was scheduled to perform a recitation at the Mid-Autumn Poetry Gala held at the National Library of China Arts Center in Beijing, but her poster was removed and her name crossed out before the show began, with a robot replacing her on stage.
2026-09-24
At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Transport predicted that cross-regional passenger trips across society during the National Day holiday will reach 340 million, exceeding the same period last year.
7月22日
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security launched the 'National Public Employment Service Map' to provide employment services for graduates. However, just one day after its launch, netizens using software like Amap found that they could not open it, encountering errors such as 'QR code expired' or 'no permission to operate'.
2026-07-11
From July 11 to July 20, the PLA Daily has not published the phrase 'Chairman Responsibility System of the Central Military Commission' for ten consecutive days.
2026-09-24
Independent media outlet Aquarius Era reported on September 26 that police have been standing guard 24 hours a day outside the home of Sun Meihua's brother-in-law Liu Anjun since September 24. Liu Anjun had previously repeatedly asked police to investigate Sun Meihua's disappearance and suspected trafficking.
2026-09-24
On September 24, the Communication University of China announced the establishment of the 'Xi Jinping Cultural Thought Research Institute' and held an unveiling ceremony. University Party Secretary Liao Xiangzhong, President Zhang Shuting, and other university leaders, as well as heads of various schools and functional departments, attended the event. The day marked the second anniversary of Xi Jinping's reply letter to all faculty and students of the university.
2026-09-24
Netizens submitted that a bamboo dragonfly toy on the Taobao platform does not support shipping to Beijing addresses, reason unknown.
2026-06-23
The NPC Standing Committee is conducting an urgent first review of three draft laws: the Financial Law, the Government Procurement Law, and the Bidding and Tendering Law, with the core promotion of retroactive checks on major capital flows and a lifelong accountability mechanism.
2026-09-23
At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, Hu Haifeng, Vice Minister of Civil Affairs, made a rare appearance and spoke highly of the development of the charity sector, which is interpreted as a political signal.
2026-09-23
On September 23, Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi Jinping had left Beijing by special plane for a state visit to the United States. His entourage included Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, and Wang Yi, among others.
2026-09-22
Recently, a large number of petitioners gathered near the reception office of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls, located at No. Jia 1, Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
2026-09-22
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court announced the first-instance verdict in the corruption and bribery case of Zhao Lei, former general manager of the Beijing Cultural Investment Development Group, sentencing him to life imprisonment, depriving him of political rights for life, and confiscating all his personal property.
2026-09-20
In the early morning of September 20, about 1,000 representatives of primary, middle, and university flag-raising teams from Hong Kong and Macao who came to Beijing to participate in the "Salute to the National Flag" event watched the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square and sang "Ode to the Motherland" together as they left.
2026-09-21
The Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting, officially determining that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29, and submitted the decision on exercising full and strict governance over the Party for deliberation.
2026-09-21
After experiencing health risks, Xi Jinping returned to the public eye on September 21 following his illness and immediately chaired a Politburo Standing Committee meeting. The meeting set the tone for comprehensive vetting and cracking down on potential dissidents and opposition forces within the party through ideological struggle and political line purges, aiming to prevent political turmoil triggered by sudden health crises.
2026-09-21
The Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting ahead of schedule to completely expel Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from the Party and the military, and transfer them to military procuratorial organs for review and prosecution.
2026-09-21
Xinhua News Agency reported that the Political Bureau meeting decided to submit the draft decision on comprehensively and strictly governing the Party to the 5th Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee for deliberation.
2026-09-21
It is reported that 17 municipal hospitals in Beijing have explicitly rejected bids for imported products in centralized medical equipment procurement, fully implementing domestic substitution.
2026-09-19
On September 19, science popularization blogger Heshenbao published an article reviewing his experience as a docent at the National Museum from 2011 to 2021, pointing out that dispatched labor employees and officially budgeted staff receive unequal pay for equal work, and promotion channels are limited. He criticized the system for shifting fiscal costs onto the ideals of young people, depleting employees' drive, and called for fulfilling corresponding obligations based on one's employment status.
2026-09-21
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee will be held in Beijing from October 26 to 29.
2026-09-21
Beijing announced that starting November 15, except under special security circumstances, the possession and storage of drones and their core components are prohibited.
2026-09-21
According to job recruitment information circulating in Beijing in September 2026, the cashier position required more than ten years of experience, and among the applicants about seven or eight people reported a pre-tax monthly salary of only 4,000 yuan, leaving very little after deductions for social insurance and rent and other expenses, reflecting the sluggish conditions of Beijing's job market.
2026-09-21
Netizens left sarcastic comments under People’s Daily's Bilibili account regarding Zhao Lijian's past remarks on drones. Currently, the comment section for the video has been restricted.
2026-09-19
On September 19, Huang Yiping, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, stated at the Beijing Economic Forum that artificial intelligence may exacerbate the contradiction between China's overcapacity and insufficient household purchasing power. He pointed out that distribution leaning toward capital leads to weak demand, and suggested increasing the proportion of household income through market-oriented reforms, while the central government borrows to repair the balance sheets of local governments and enterprises.
2026-09-19
On September 19, the Beijing Municipal Market Regulation Bureau announced that it has launched investigations into four online hotel and travel platforms—Fliggy, Tongcheng, Tujia, and Meituan—for suspected illegal activities. On the same day, the China Hotel Association pointed out that these platforms are involved in issues such as high commissions, forced bundling, and data opacity, and called on them to make their search ranking and commission rate rules public.
2026-09-18
On Sep 18, Liu Anjun, a family member of Sun Meihua, disclosed that the Xicheng police in Beijing demanded that the family disband online chat groups and prohibited any public mention of the matter, while also banning audio and video recording during meetings. Previously, Sun Meihua was brought back to Beijing on Sep 8, but family visits were obstructed, leading to demands for confirmation of her health status and a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her disappearance.
2026-09-18
On September 18, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice requiring platforms to clean up negative information inconsistent with official corporate statements, and categorized behaviors such as parodying corporate logos, products, and entrepreneurs' portraits as false and misleading handling scopes, demanding platforms to implement whole-process audits and strict handling of enterprise-related information.
2026-09-15
On September 15, Guangming Daily published an article criticizing cultural and creative products printed with pessimistic 'Sang' culture slogans such as 'May heaven have no KPI', stating that they could lead to the distortion of minors' consciousness and behavior, and calling for regulatory resistance. This move sparked widespread questioning from netizens, who believed that the authorities were confusing cause and effect and ignoring the social root causes of young people's 'Sang' culture, which stems from life's pressures.
2026-09-20
The Beijing airspace control department issued Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) A4484/26, announcing the activation of a 24/7 long-term no-fly zone centered on Beijing with a 300-kilometer radius starting from September 20, covering Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei as well as parts of Shanxi, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, and Liaoning.
2026-09-20
Starting September 20, 2026, China will set up a permanent special airspace restriction zone with a diameter of 600 kilometers and an area of about 280,000 square kilometers centered on Beijing, covering most of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region as well as parts of Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shandong and Liaoning and the Bohai Sea. Only commercial airliners, approved business jets, and military, police, customs and firefighting flights will be allowed through; the official reason given is the June 26 incident in which a light aircraft struck the China Zun tower.
2026-09-18
Online reports claim that after flying from India to Beijing Capital International Airport, Xi Jinping was carried off the plane and immediately taken away, possibly to 301 Hospital. Together with the authorities' failure to release any footage of him disembarking, this claim has become a basis for outside speculation about his health.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing, urging all parties to take measures to open the Strait of Hormuz and maintain the stability of energy transportation. Araghchi responded that Iran had reached a plan with Oman, but emphasized that the United States must first fulfill its previous commitments.
2026-09-17
Zhang Liang's family traveled by car from Hebei to the company to negotiate matters concerning his work-related death; the company promised to give a reply after discussion but repeatedly delayed.
2026-09-15
On September 15, a Beijing netizen posted on Weibo stating that two years ago they had purchased a small toy airplane on Taobao and returned it, but recently received a sudden call from the police asking to verify the whereabouts of the toy.
2026-09-17
The 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum was held in Beijing from September 15 to 17, attended by about 2,000 representatives from more than 100 countries and regions, with the US and Chinese militaries continuing dialogue ahead of a leaders' summit. Researchers from Japan's Ministry of Defense and military attachés at the embassy in China were not invited or did not attend, Chinese officials twice used opposition to militarism to criticize Japan, and representatives from multiple countries expressed concerns about the risks of artificial intelligence.
2026-09-17
On September 17, Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Fulfilling the Requirement of Tightening Our Belts," strictly controlling expenditures on meetings, business travel, and asset procurement, explicitly prohibiting holding meetings at 21 scenic spots including Huangshan and Jiuzhaigou. Recently, Beijing Forestry University, Anhui Jianzhu University, and several other universities have also successively issued detailed rules to curtail administrative extravagance.
2026-09-17
From September 16 to 17, 2026, the National Advanced Manufacturing Conference was held in Beijing. Li Qiang, Zhang Guoqing, and Wu Zhenglong attended. Xi Jinping himself did not attend; Xinhua News Agency only reported on its front page on September 17 that he had given important instructions on developing advanced manufacturing.
2026-09-17
According to comments, Qincheng Prison has been greatly expanded in recent years, and it is estimated that it now holds over 10,000 CCP senior officials of various levels, far exceeding the previous scale of one or two thousand.
2026-09-17
On September 17, Cai Xiaodan, widow of engineer Zhang Liang, and her family were invited to negotiate with Beijing Fanghong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Tsinghua Tongfang. The company promised twice to provide a written response by the end of the workday on September 21, but as of September 23, it has failed to do so, nor has it provided the requested materials such as work records, attendance sheets, and payroll records.
2026-09-17
On September 17, 2026, multiple drone users in Beijing sold off their equipment en masse on the Xianyu and Xiaohongshu platforms. Sellers generally reported that Beijing has banned drone ownership, and they shared the equipment recovery process and their experiences.
2026-09-15
On September 15, netizens revealed that tenants in Beijing must report new residents, and the police station is jointly conducting night checks of the floating population. Beijing police require landlords to implement “register upon arrival, deregister upon departure,” and punish landlords who fail to update information in time, while encouraging the public to report.
2026-09-15
During the Beijing Xiangshan Forum on September 15, US scholar David Finkelstein pointed out that US policy toward Taiwan is constrained by Congress, while former Chinese Ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai claimed that China acts according to law. Finkelstein quipped that the National People's Congress of China has stricter discipline, to which Fudan scholar Wu Xinbo responded that China is more united and warned the US side to be careful.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the 13th Beijing Xiangshan Forum opened in Beijing. According to sources familiar with Japan-China relations, researchers from the National Institute for Defense Studies of the Japanese Ministry of Defense and Japanese military attachés in China were not invited, while former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who left office 16 years ago, was invited to attend.
2026-09-16
According to multiple sources, Xi Jinping concluded his trip in India and flew back to Beijing, arriving at Daxing Airport at 9 p.m. that night. Upon deplaning, he apparently suffered a sudden stroke or other serious health issue, was unable to walk normally, had to be carried off the aircraft on a stretcher, and was then taken directly to the 301 Hospital for comprehensive medical examination and treatment.
2026-09-16
On September 16, inside the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Xicheng District, Beijing, two petitioners committed suicide by drinking pesticide. It is reported that the reception office had refused to allow petitioners to check in starting this Monday, leaving a large number of petitioners with no way to resolve their grievances.
[Follow-up · September 16, 2026] On September 16, two petitioners protested by drinking pesticide in front of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Beijing.
2026-09-16
The Xiangshan Forum opened on September 16, with Defense Minister Dong Jun delivering a keynote address. The official communique highlighted the new security concept, multilateralism, dialogue and consultation, and common security, no longer emphasizing military deterrence in the Taiwan Strait.
2026-09-16
The U.S. Department of War sent Kallas, principal director responsible for China's Taiwan and Mongolia affairs, to attend the Xiangshan Forum held in Beijing this week. Retired general Luo Yuan emphasized in his remarks that the Taiwan issue is the core of China's core interests and an insurmountable red line.
2026-09-16
On September 16, 2026, someone online fabricated chat records to spread rumors about mainland Chinese actor Wang Hedi, and a blogger created a related topic entry to spread them further; Wang Hedi's studio completed notarization of the evidence that same day, reported the case to Beijing police, and issued a statement saying it would pursue legal responsibility in accordance with the law against those who fabricated and spread the rumors.
2026-09-15
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development reported that the China Institute of Building Standard Design and Research Co., Ltd. issued five inspection reports for ductile iron manhole covers with fabricated data without conducting load-bearing tests. Surveillance verification confirmed that the pressure testing machine involved was not turned on during the relevant dates. The commission fined the institute 62,500 yuan and suspended its municipal engineering material testing business for one year.
2026-09-15
Beijing police have launched night inspections targeting rental housing and the floating population, requiring tenants and all visiting friends and relatives to self-report through a platform, which netizens have sarcastically dubbed the "Beijing Visa."
2026-09-15
On September 15, a video circulating from Beijing at night showed multiple barricades set up around Tiananmen Square, with plainclothes and uniformed guards, police cars, armed police, and fire trucks on the scene. Online reports indicated that Chang'an Avenue was temporarily under traffic control, with restricted access for personnel in some areas. While relevant footage and information about the controls spread online, there has been no further official explanation regarding the specific cause, duration, or handling of the situation.
2026-09-15
It is claimed that on the afternoon of September 15, all military attachés at the Chinese Communist Party's embassies and consulates worldwide, along with intelligence personnel dispatched to embassies by the Ministry of State Security, were recalled to Beijing.
2026-09-15
On the evening of September 15, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng delivered a speech at the welcome banquet of the Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, stating that the use of force or the threat of force at every turn should be opposed, advocating the resolution of disputes through dialogue and consultation, and saying that China should serve as a stabilizing force for world peace.
2026-09-15
On September 15, Defense Minister Dong Jun officially met in Beijing with the defense ministers of six countries — Myanmar, Brunei, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, and Armenia — and also met with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.
2026-09-15
Reported on September 15, 2026: Beijing recently introduced new drone-related regulations, reportedly because traces of fiber-optic-controlled drone activity have appeared locally. Fiber-optic-controlled drones do not rely on traditional radio signals, making them difficult to intercept with existing counter-drone technologies.
2026-09-13
In the early hours of September 13, Jing Yidan, a former famous host of CCTV and senior editor of Focus Report, passed away in Beijing due to illness at the age of 71. Former CCTV host Cui Yongyuan posted a tribute, stating that her passing marks the end of a decent era in the history of Chinese journalism.
2026-09-20
On September 13, China Civil Aviation Network issued a notice stating that Beijing and its surrounding areas will activate a permanent no‑fly zone on September 20. The no‑fly zone has a radius of 300 km, covering airspace from the ground up to unlimited altitude and operates around the clock. Except for civil aviation flights and emergency rescue, all other flight activities are restricted. The notice points out that this measure does not affect the public’s ability to travel by air. The notice includes a navigation notice photo marked “Civil Aviation North China Air Traffic Management Bureau”, with the validity period column marked “PERM”.
2026-09-14
Liu Kai, a 20-year-old college student in Beijing, used circumvention software to follow anti-CCP influencers on YouTube and downloaded videos to share with classmates. He was criminally detained by the Haidian Branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power.
2026-09-14
Ren Zhengfei's younger daughter publicly attended a film promotion event in Beijing, which is seen as a partial response to rumors that Ren Zhengfei's whole family fled China.
2026-09-14
Anna Yao, daughter of Huawei's founder, attended a public event in Beijing on September 14 and released promotional photos, after which she sparked controversy online over her remarks.
2026-09-14
Xinhua News Agency published an article on September 14 quoting Tian Xuan, dean of Peking University's Guanghua School of Management, who said that total credit expansion is not weak but has only changed structurally, defending August's financial data and sparking controversy.
2026-09-14
On September 14, the Xicheng police in Beijing notified Liu Anjun that Sun Meihua had undergone multiple rounds of physical examinations and that the injury assessment was still being processed. As of September 26, whether a case would be filed for investigation had still not been clearly stated.
2026-09-13
On September 13, 2026, the Beijing municipal government announced at a press conference that personal possession of drones will be completely prohibited within the urban area, with the ban slated to take effect in mid‑November 2026. Previously, the city had implemented a ban on drone sales in May 2026; this further tightening of regulation is said by officials to aim at safeguarding public safety and preventing illegal filming. The Associated Press reported the news.
2026-09-13
The 26th meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress voted to pass the Beijing Unmanned Aircraft Management Regulations, which stipulate that from November 15 flying is strictly prohibited throughout all urban districts of Beijing, and the possession and transport of drones and their core components is also banned.
2026-09-13
After Beijing announced new drone management regulations on September 13, 2026, some netizens who had previously filed registrations and real-name registered their drones as required were pressured by police to hand them over. The police station did not contact the owners directly, but instead asked their parents to have the drones shipped out of Beijing or handed over to a recycling station, with buyback prices on second-hand platforms falling to 30% of the original price.
2026-09-10
On September 10, an elderly woman from Shandong who has been petitioning for 17 years was found on the streets of Beijing; she has been homeless in Beijing for five months. The elderly woman wept, recounting her husband's passing and her son's accident at a hospital, stating she is alone and helpless and dares not return home due to fear.
2026-09-09
On September 9, 2026, the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, in conjunction with the National Health Commission, released the "Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis and Treatment Plan for AIDS (2026 Edition)", aiming to leverage the unique advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine and improve the clinical efficacy of AIDS diagnosis and treatment.
2026-09-10
On September 10, Shao Tianlan, founder and CEO of Mech-Mind, posted on his WeChat Moments, accusing Galaxy Core, a company valued at over 20 billion yuan and featured on the Spring Festival Gala, of fabricating revenue through related-party transactions to rush its IPO. He publicly questioned whether Beijing municipal leaders support such companies going public.
2026-09-12
The video claims that news came out of Beijing that Xi Jinping was carried off the plane on a stretcher after returning to Beijing from India and could no longer walk normally; this claim has not been officially confirmed.
2026-09-12
On September 12, Liu Anjun went to the Beijing Guangnei Police Station and other departments to demand clarification on Sun Meihua's suspected abandonment, trafficking, and purchase of persons, and was told that the case was still ongoing and that information was kept confidential from non-direct family members.
2026-09-10
On September 10, the Beijing Qianqian Law Firm issued a document introducing the women's safety and rights platform 'Feimo'. The project originates from the German Chinese date rape case, integrating SOS one-click help, encrypted evidence preservation, scripted practice for reporting crimes, as well as legal and psychological resources. It does not collect user data and is currently in the internal testing phase.
2026-09-10
On September 10, a netizen in Beijing filmed a challenge to find 100 jobs without weekends. In the video, a low-level security guard revealed that he did not have a single day off last month, working 12 hours a day, approximately 84 hours per week, and had no social security contributions such as the five insurances and one fund.
2026-09-11
On September 11, Wang Huning, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee of the CCP, met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola in Beijing. Wang Dongfeng, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, who usually accompanies Wang Huning in meetings with foreign guests, was not present, while Hu Chunhua sat on Wang Huning's right and made a public appearance. Related reports also stated that after months of internal maneuvering, the CCP reached a consensus no later than June to adhere to the collective leadership system, and that Xi Jinping may have made compromises due to health reasons or an inability to suppress opposition forces.
2026-09-11
On September 11, Wang Huning, Chairman of the CPPCC, met in Beijing with the Speaker of Angola's National Assembly, de Almeida; the official communique stated that Hu Chunhua and others attended the meeting.
2026-09-09
The new edition of the Grade 5 first-semester 'Morality and Rule of Law' textbook, revised according to the 2022 curriculum standards, has been released, covering political indoctrination such as the history of the CPC, socialist propaganda, and the core status of Xi Jinping.
2026-09-10
The CCP's National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation issued NDRC Price [2026] No. 1303, the "Notice on Matters Concerning Cost Accounting for Low-Price Disorderly Competition in Important Industrial Products," stipulating that important industrial products must not engage in low-price disorderly competition, and determining a cost floor price for enterprises through administrative means.
2026-09-08
On September 8, according to Cover News, Li Tuchun, the founder of Choclub, has passed away, and his son Li Shuai confirmed the news. Li Tuchun was detained for about 15 months and ultimately received a non-prosecution decision from the prosecutor's office. Wendi Bo, who was responsible for taking over Choclub that year, was later sentenced to 9 years in prison. In June 2010, Li Tuchun was criminally detained on suspicion of illegally absorbing public deposits, and was released on bail pending trial in September 2011. On January 20, 2012,... #China
2026-09-07
China University of Petroleum: You're Mom If You Play Games
2026-09-08
Qatar's prime minister met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing and stated that it will overcome difficulties to prioritize securing China's energy supply. Program analysis believes this reflects the difficulties the Chinese Communist Party faces in energy supply, rather than obstacles for Qatar in oil exports. Qatar's move is seen as a statement that is more 'useful' than Egypt's in times of crisis.
2026-09-05
On September 5, a netizen posted a video tagged "University of Science and Technology Beijing" and "school promotional video," showing that under the city's drone no-fly restrictions, the school used an aerial work platform to lift a photographer into the air to capture overhead campus shots. The comment section was filled with jokes about "ancient filming methods."
2026-09-04
Reuters exclusive reports that Beijing is preparing an unusually large delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs to accompany the top leader on a visit to the United States, sparking external attention to the political signal of private entrepreneurs traveling together.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China reported on the second phase of the Qinglang special campaign, naming domestic AI platforms such as Doubao, Yuanbao and Qwen for strictly censoring raw training data and restricting the output of non-compliant content.
2026-09
According to the arrangement by the State Council of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 2026 Mid-Autumn Festival will be a 3-day holiday from September 25 to 27, and the National Day golden week will be a 7-day holiday from October 1 to 7, with makeup workdays on September 20 and October 10.
2026-09-01
Owners of the Jingxi Yinyue residential community in Fangshan, Beijing, gathered to defend their rights and confronted police over insufficient parking spaces caused by planning defects, poor vehicle management, and fire safety hazards.
2026-09
Beijing authorities designated a 300-kilometer radius area around Beijing as a controlled zone and banned the use of aerial photography drones and other drones throughout the city.
2026-09
Beijing No. 18 Middle School recently replaced its principal with one from Shandong along with a number of teachers, sparking dissatisfaction over their poor Mandarin, low teaching quality, and an open letter from the principal criticizing students; subsequently, the principal was exposed as allegedly having a prior rape record, leading to collective student protests.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, the Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration jointly announced that dividend income received by foreign individuals from foreign-invested enterprises will no longer be exempt from individual income tax and will be uniformly taxed at a rate of 20%.
2026-09
Online reports say that while Xi Jinping was taken into 301 Hospital, the area around the hospital was sealed off in multiple layers by the Central Guard Bureau and placed under martial law, and medical staff inside were required to eat and sleep on the premises and not to leave without orders.
2026-09
In 2025, the Supreme People's Procuratorate handled nearly 20,000 supervision cases concerning irregular cross-jurisdictional law enforcement and profit-driven law enforcement, supervised the withdrawal of 2,471 cases, decided not to prosecute 3,539 individuals, and supervised the release or return of seized, detained, or frozen assets totaling 2.63 billion yuan.
2026-09
According to media reports, Beijing recently designated a no-fly zone with a radius of about 300 kilometers, banning all aircraft except civil aviation from flying, covering an area that includes Shijiazhuang, Zhangjiakou, Qinhuangdao, and the waters off Beidaihe.
2026-09
Beijing has issued new regulations banning the possession of drones across the entire city starting November 15, requiring residents to sell, scrap, recycle, or ship out their drones; those who dispose of them before the end of October can receive a subsidy of up to 3,000 yuan, while the subsidy drops to a maximum of 1,500 yuan from November 1 to 14.
2026-09
Beijing has released newly revised regulations on drone management. Effective November 15, 2026, except under special safeguard circumstances, the possession and storage of drones and their core components within Beijing's administrative area is prohibited.
2026-09
Sources in Beijing's financial circles revealed that some finance and state-owned enterprise executives, unable to resign normally, have asked acquaintances among doctors to issue critical illness certificates stating "late-stage cancer," while others deliberately drove drunk and asked traffic police to pull them over, preferring administrative detention, in order to force their employers to dismiss them and thereby recover the passports held in centralized custody.
2026-09
During the Xiangshan Forum in September 2026, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun did not address the Taiwan issue in his speech, instead warning of high vigilance against hegemonism, militarism, and historical revisionism, pointing the spearhead at Japan, which was quoted and interpreted by multiple media outlets.
2026-09
During the Xiangshan Forum in September 2026, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama was invited to take part in a dialogue, saying that he had visited China nearly 100 times, that Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan remarks deviate from the position of previous Japanese governments and are regrettable, and that she should retract her statements. CCTV reported on this.
2026-09
Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Fulfilling the Requirement of Living Tight Lives," drawing attention against the backdrop of an economic downturn.
2026-09
In September, the founders — a married couple — of Qianye Jewelry, a gold and jewelry brand with more than 200 self-operated stores nationwide, went missing. The Beijing headquarters was left deserted, product listings in stores on multiple e-commerce platforms were emptied or taken down, employees were owed unpaid wages, and the rights-defense group already had more than 60 members.
2026-09
At the recent Tsinghua PBC School Forum, economists within the system, including Lin Yifu, Yu Yongding, Yao Yang, and Li Xunlei, rarely criticized economic policy en masse. Yu Yongding said the central government's books are clean while local governments are a complete mess, and called on the central government to issue bonds to replace local debt.
2026-09
It is claimed that a woman previously flew a small aircraft from an airport east of Beijing, encountering no obstruction along the way, and crashed into a building in Beijing located about five to six minutes' flight time from Zhongnanhai.
2026-09
The course "Protection of Women's Rights in the Digital Age," offered by Pei Yi, an assistant professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, sparked controversy over remarks made in the course selection group and online posts allegedly disparaging men, and was subsequently halted by the university.
2026-09
Beijing's official supporting plan specifies that from September 12 to November 14, eligible individuals may send drones via EMS to an address outside Beijing, and after verification the shipping fee will be waived.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, a large number of homeowners at the Jingxi Yinyue community in Beijing launched a rights defense protest, objecting to the developer's severely inadequate parking space planning and poor property management that led to vehicles blocking fire access lanes.
2026-09-01
On September 1, a rental property in Changping, Beijing was penalized because its residents changed frequently and the landlord failed to update the information in time, and the informer received a cash reward.
2026-08-31
The Chairman Mao Memorial Hall closed for renovations starting March 16 and is expected to officially reopen on August 31. Outside observers are watching closely to see whether Xi Jinping will use this renovation to reshape the memorial hall in order to build up his personal image.
2026-08-31
On August 31, 2026, two men were distributing homemade charity meals for free to patients and their families outside a hospital in Beijing. After being reported, police arrived at the scene to investigate and ordered them to stop the distribution activity.
2026-08-28
On August 28, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress issued an announcement declaring the removal of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their respective positions.
2026-08-28
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress removed Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their posts on the Central Military Commission of the State, and their qualifications as deputies to the National People's Congress were subsequently terminated.
2026-08-28
People’s Daily Online published a commentary criticizing private disputes occupying the hot search lists and intimate details of personal lives being continuously exposed, and said that platforms must not fan the flames and must not put traffic above everything.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China issued a decision announcing the removal of Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli from their relevant posts.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, China's Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted to pass the revised National Defense Mobilization Law, expanding the disposal of civilian resources from conscription to include both requisition and conscription, and for the first time specifying provisions on wartime information management and compulsory performance of contracts.
2026-08-25
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has opened its session, with the agenda including deliberation of a report on the qualifications of individual delegates, which may involve Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli.
2026-08-25
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Wang Yi will hold the 25th meeting of special representatives on the China-India border issue with Indian National Security Advisor Doval in Beijing on August 25, after which Reuters reported that Xi Jinping plans to lead a large delegation to visit India.
2026-08-24
Xi Jinping met in Beijing with King Abdullah II of Jordan, who had come to China on a state visit and had already been waiting in Beijing for several days.
2026-08-24
The "Zhong Caiwen" article published by People's Daily stresses that China's 4.7% GDP growth in the first half of the year is "an achievement hard-won."
2026-08-24
A cross-party delegation of Japanese lawmakers visited Beijing, engaging with relevant Chinese departments and inspecting the Xiongan New Area to promote bilateral contact and relations.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, netizens reported that the Beijing area has further tightened restrictions on low-altitude aircraft, and that model aircraft purchased on e-commerce platforms can no longer be delivered into Beijing normally.
2026-08-22
People’s Daily published an article signed “Zhong Caiwen,” arguing that observations of China’s economy should not focus only on single-month data.
2026-08-22
At the robot games held in Beijing Yizhuang, only 6 of the 21 competing robots finished the race; the champion had to swap batteries mid-race and fell down.
2026-08-21
Zhang Dandan, vice dean of the National School of Development at Peking University, said on a program that “flexible employment is in itself a form of welfare,” drawing criticism from netizens who called it a “why don’t they eat meat porridge” remark and accused her of confusing it with unemployment.
2026-08-21
China's National Health Commission held a press conference to address claims circulating on social media that COVID-19 in August is caused by a new and more severe strain.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, the National Development and Reform Commission solicited public comments on the revised Measures for the Administration of Outbound Investment, incorporating for the first time direct overseas investment and reinvestment by individual residents within China into the approval and filing regulatory framework.
2026-08-19
The 2026 World Robot Conference opened in Beijing, with domestically produced robots repeatedly malfunctioning during demonstrations, drawing attention. A "Fuxi Special-Purpose Humanoid Robot" displayed by the Chinese Communist Party's China North Industries Group was accused of being used to suppress the public.
2026-08-18
A leak surfaced on the overseas X platform claiming that a threat actor said it had breached Beijing's 301 Hospital and extracted over 400GB of data, including health records such as MRI scans of Xi Jinping's right knee joint.
2026-08-18
The name of Zhao Xiaozhe, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Navy vice admiral and former director of the Science and Technology Commission of the Central Military Commission, has been erased from the list of academicians, and related biographical records have been scrubbed across the internet.
2026-08-18
Zhu Rongji's remains were cremated at Babaoshan in Beijing. Xinwen Lianbo broadcast the farewell ceremony, and the official press release and television footage sparked widespread speculation abroad about which retired senior officials attended.
2026-08-18
A farewell ceremony for Zhu Rongji was held at Babaoshan in Beijing. Xi Jinping attended and shook hands with Zhu Rongji's family members, while memorial activities in many places were strictly controlled.
2026-08-18
A farewell ceremony for Zhu Rongji was held at Babaoshan; according to information from outside the Great Firewall, the military used the related events to step up security in Beijing and at the Great Hall of the People.
2026-08-18
The Chairpersons' Meeting of the National People's Congress announced the agenda for the NPC Standing Committee meeting on August 25, which includes deliberation of a report on the qualifications of certain deputies.
2026-08-18
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th birthday of Jiang Zemin, mentioning reform 16 times.
2026-08-18
On the morning of August 18, 2026, the remains of Zhu Rongji, former Premier of China's State Council, were cremated at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, with Xi Jinping and other Chinese Communist Party leaders attending to pay their respects.
2026-08-18
On August 18, 2026, during the warm-up for the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games held at the National Speed Skating Oval, a humanoid robot lost control while taking a high-speed turn, ran off the track, struck a power distribution box, and caught fire, suffering damage.
2026-08-17
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officially announced that a commemoration marking the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth will be held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on August 17, and that Xi Jinping will attend and deliver a speech.
2026-08-17
Thirteen retired state-level elders, including Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong, and Wang Qishan, attended a high-level political ceremony at the Great Hall of the People. Hu Jintao's absence has sparked various rumors regarding Beidaihe secret talks and power succession.
2026-08-17
A memorial event for Jiang Zemin was held at the Great Hall of the People, attended by a number of retired senior officials; according to leaks from outside the Great Firewall, the military took part in security inside the venue and around its perimeter at the same time.
2026-08-17
A symposium marking the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth was held at the Great Hall of the People, with several retired elderly people attending offstage, drawing outside attention to their seating and attendance.
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, the CCP Central Committee held a meeting at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jiang Zemin. Xi Jinping attended and delivered a lengthy speech, in which he twice reiterated the official characterization of the 1989 political turmoil while reviewing history.
2026-08-15
Reports claim that a small-scale shootout occurred in Beidaihe between anti-Xi factions and Xi Jinping's guard forces, prompting Xi to flee back to Beijing overnight yesterday.
2026-08-15
The Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management published a memorial article titled "Forever Our Former Dean Zhu Rongji and the Tsinghua School of Economics and Management," reviewing his founding of the school and his efforts to promote reform.
2026-08-14
Overseas political commentator reports that Hu Jintao has entered a critical condition, with his family members and related personnel having rushed back from the United States and gathered at the 301 Hospital.
2026-08-12
Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji has died in Beijing at the age of 98. Official assessments praise him as an outstanding leader and a driving force behind reform and opening up, while evaluations overseas are mixed.
2026-08-12
Former State Council Premier Zhu Rongji has died, and his remains were cremated in Beijing, with the flag at Tiananmen lowered to half-mast in mourning. The official obituary and related reports credited Zhu Rongji's achievements during his tenure to the core of Jiang Zemin, drawing widespread public attention.
2026-08-12
At 11:06 on August 12, 2026, Zhu Rongji, former Premier of China's State Council, died in Beijing at the age of 98 after treatment for his illness failed. Xinhua News Agency officially released the obituary that evening.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a public government procurement disclosure showed that the procurement budget for the 38th China Golden Rooster Hundred Flowers Film Festival reached 32.4 million yuan, funded by the Publicity Department of the Beijing Municipal Committee, sparking public doubts about spending large amounts of fiscal funds on a celebrity gala.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, a Beijing Film Academy graduate using the name "Shang Mengmeng" posted an account saying that after she had long complained about secondhand smoke on campus and wore protective gear to protect herself, she was pinned to the ground in the street by six school staff members while walking off campus, who tore off her gas mask and seized her phone.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, Li Wenzhang, Director of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, wrote an article in Study Times, on the one hand calling for correcting local interception and blocking, and on the other hand emphasizing a severe crackdown on troublemaking and disruption of order, as well as persistent petitioning and making a scene, resolutely achieving the goal of not letting conflicts be passed upward.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, when a documentary on Jiang Zemin's life broadcast by CCTV reviewed the 1989 events, the footage unexpectedly showed in full the World Economic Herald front page slogan about speaking the truth, sparking discussion among netizens.
2026-08-11
Netizen Dachang Baijie posted on the X platform an exclusive disclosure of Zhu Rongji's death, ahead of the official announcement and even ahead of the actual time of death.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, several depositors of village banks in Henan went to the Beijing Financial Court, the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration, the Supreme People's Court and other departments to report the problem of their deposits being frozen for five years and unable to be withdrawn. They wept bitterly at the scene, filed appeals, and called for the initiation of case filing and litigation.
2026-08-11
In August 2026, the CCP Central Committee arranged the broadcast of a biographical documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of Jiang Zemin's birth, and is preparing a high-level commemorative meeting at the Great Hall of the People.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, a contract worker in Beijing revealed that the company had uniformly reduced employees' salaries by 10% on the grounds of implementing the government's requirement to pay social insurance in full, sparking protests among workers over companies shifting the cost of social insurance compliance onto them.
2026-08-10
The U.S. Embassy in China published an emergency notice on its official website and on X, urging U.S. citizens in China to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program as a precaution against natural disasters and social unrest.
2026-08-09
According to the program, multiple troops from the Western Theater Command and Northern Theater Command have quietly begun gathering toward Beijing, with related actions alleged to be connected to the arrest of Zhang Youxia.
2026-08-09
On August 9, unidentified black smoke appeared behind and to the left of the Mao Mausoleum at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, drawing crowds of residents and tourists and sparking all kinds of political speculation.
2026-08-09
On the afternoon of August 9, a fire broke out at an electric bicycle parking shed in Wangtaoyuan, Dongcheng, Beijing, destroying a large number of electric bikes. Netizens have called it a Xianzhong attack from the bottom rungs of society.
2026-08-09
On August 9, 2026, videos circulating online showed plumes of black smoke rising around the area of Beijing's Chairman Mao Memorial Hall; the exact location and cause of the fire remain unclear.
2026-08-07
The Ministry of Public Security issued Order No. 176, promulgating the Measures for Cyberspace Security Supervision and Inspection, expanding the scope of network inspections and taking effect on October 1.
2026-08-06
Reuters reports that China's tax authorities have begun piloting, in Beijing and Hangzhou, the collection of a 20% individual income tax on part of the returns from Hong Kong insurance policies held by local residents.
2026-08-06
The Beijing Municipal Party Committee decided that Zhai Haijie, former head of Xicheng District, would be promoted to Party Secretary of Xicheng District; meanwhile, the name of Chen Xiansen, head of Dongcheng District, appeared in the leadership team of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee.
2026-08-05
A woman posted a video saying that at 3 a.m. on August 5, Beijing police forced their way into the hotel room she was staying in, demanded to inspect her phone, and refused to explain the specific reason.
2026-08-05
In the early hours of August 5, 2026, a young woman from out of town staying at a Beijing hotel reported that local police officers knocked on her door at 3 a.m., entered her room, and forcibly demanded to inspect her personal phone; after she refused, they said they had received orders.
2026-08-05
On August 5, rights-defense activists recounted that after the new petitioning regulations took effect, petitioners in many places had their cases terminated procedurally at various petition windows, and large numbers of rights defenders moved to Jiujingzhuang in Beijing seeking registration to pressure their localities.
2026-08-05
In the early hours of August 5, an explosion occurred in a laboratory at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, causing a student to lose multiple fingers on their left hand. The university's official notice blamed the accident on the student's violation of operating procedures, drawing widespread skepticism.
2026-08-05
On August 5, the wife of Zhang Liang, a Beijing Fanghong engineer who died suddenly after 140 consecutive days of overtime, spoke out, saying the company's department required family members to sign a pledge not to post the evidence they had gathered online before it would cooperate with the application for work-related death determination.
2026-08-04
On August 4, CCTV.com Quick View posted a notice stating that behaviors such as doing food delivery or watching videos during working hours can, in serious cases, lead to lawful dismissal by the employer, sparking strong discussion among netizens about overtime pay and the enforcement of unpaid wages.
2026-08-03
The Chinese Communist Party News Network published an article reviewing intra-party struggles involving Zhang Guotao, Wang Ming, Bo Gu and others, and emphasized unity at the end.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, a civil society group released a documentary compiling 361 documentary clips of petitioners traveling to Beijing, recording the real living conditions of petitioners queuing outside the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration to air their grievances before and after the new petitioning regulations took effect.
2026-08-02
On August 2, CCTV.com reported in a Q&A format that a responsible official of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission addressed the reasons for deepening the special anti-gang and anti-evil campaign and its key tasks, with opinion-based extortion and internet water armies listed as key targets of the crackdown.
2026-08
The video notes that security at Tiananmen Square has recently been stepped up and the scale of Xi Jinping's guard detail has also grown substantially, indicating a rise in the level of danger he personally faces.
2026-08
The passing of former State Council Premier Zhu Rongji has sparked heated online discussion and various evaluations from all sectors regarding his historical merits and demerits, as well as his family's corruption issues.
2026-08
The storefront of the Qingfeng Bun Shop on Yuetan North Street in Xicheng District, Beijing has faded, its name sign has been removed, the interior is vacant, and a property rental advertisement is posted on the glass.
2026-08
A food delivery rider from Taiyuan, Shanxi, who has been working in Beijing for about two months, says he works about 14 hours a day with no days off and earns about 9,000 yuan a month.
2026-08
In August 2026, a special service recruitment posting circulated on social platforms showing that a resort renovation project in the Shisanling mountain area of Changping, Beijing, was contracted out to a property management company, with requirements to carry out high-intensity duties such as guarding political prisoners and rotating between standing and sitting shifts.
2026-07-31
Defense Minister Dong Jun attended the August 1 reception in Beijing and delivered a speech. Xinhua's release did not name any current member of the Central Military Commission, saying only that leaders of CMC organs and relevant units stationed in Beijing were in attendance.
2026-07-31
Former Finance Minister Lou Jiwei is under investigation. The program said Lou once served under Zhu Rongji and had criticized "Made in China 2025" and the pandemic lockdowns.
2026-07-31
Xin Baoan, former chairman of State Grid, was taken away in Beijing after returning from New York.此前 news of his participation in government activities in Hangzhou had previously been reported.
2026-07-31
An X account, Luo Xiang, received a submission from a netizen stating that roads at the boundary between Beijing's Haidian District and Chaoyang District can be sealed off at any time, sparking discussion about Beijing's grid-style management and "the lower classes preying on each other."
2026-07-31
After Chen Yongmei, a female resident of Beijing's Chaoyang District, described her difficult situation in a social media group chat, she received a call from the local police officer of the Chaoyang Police Station, showing that the police can monitor the contents of group chats and demanding that she shut up.
2026-07-31
The Chinese Navy's Task Group 83 has set sail for a visit to Indonesia.
2026-07-30
The CCP Politburo held a meeting and decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing in October 2026. The agenda includes the Politburo report, advancing comprehensive strict party governance, analyzing the economic situation, and deploying work for the second half of the year.
2026-07-30
The Politburo meeting on July 30 set the schedule of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee for October.
2026-07-30
China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention released monitoring data showing that the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests rose from July 20 to July 26, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week, with the dominant strain being NB.1.8.1.
2026-07-30
On July 30, 2026, the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee held a meeting and formally decided to convene the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee that October; the meeting was chaired by Xi Jinping. On the same day, MRI images of a right knee suspected to be Xi Jinping's appeared on the dark web.
2026-07-30
On the day the Politburo decided the dates of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, Cai Qi still appeared at a symposium with non-party figures held at Zhongnanhai.
2026-07-30
On July 30, 2026, the CCP Central Committee Politburo held a meeting to analyze the economic situation. The Wall Street Journal reported that the meeting emphasized supply-side optimization and the implementation of existing policies, sending a clear signal that there is no intention to unleash flood-style massive stimulus in the face of slowing economic growth.
2026-07-29
Chinese scholars Wang Hong and Deng Yu won the Fields Medal. When Peking University reposted the relevant report, it quietly deleted Deng Yu's answer regarding his overseas experience, sparking attention from netizens.
2026-07-29
In late July 2026, residents in many parts of Beijing reported receiving notices from their local police stations requiring them to remove drones that had not been registered under real names from Beijing's administrative area before August 1; those who failed to do so by the deadline would have their drones collected and destroyed by the police in an organized operation.
2026-07-28
According to an analysis, Hu Haifeng, one of the parties involved in the rumors of Hu Jintao's poisoning, attended a CCP meeting on July 28, and the footage shows him with white hair reading a small notebook.
2026-07-28
On July 28, the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee publicized that Zhou Tongwei, deputy director of the Municipal Commission of Planning and Natural Resources, is proposed to be nominated as the candidate for chief of the Fengtai District Government.
2026-07-27
The official WeChat account of Peking University quietly deleted the response regarding encouraging students to have overseas experience from an interview with Deng Yu.
2026-07-27
A group of construction workers in Beijing, who have been owed wages for over 7 months, blocked the CREC headquarters building on July 27.
2026-07-27
On July 27, 2026, Beijing Zion Church pastor Kim Myeong-il, after arriving in the United States, gave an exclusive interview, disclosing that the authorities handling the case had characterized the believers' voluntary offerings, support for pastors, and theological training as fraud and illegal business operations involving over 10 million yuan.
2026-07-25
Anti-climbing blades have been installed on some trees in Beijing, while a large number of non-locals are sleeping on the streets near Beijing Railway Station.
2026-07-25
In July 2026, netizens found that the new edition of the PEP Chinese textbook for 9th grade added an article by Xi Jinping, replacing classic texts such as Liang Qichao's "Dedication and Harmony with Others," prompting concern about ideological infiltration in basic education.
2026-07-24
Former CSRC Vice Chairman Fang Xinghai has been directly placed under investigation by the CCDI.
2026-07-24
The CCP Central Committee held a symposium with non-Party figures at Zhongnanhai. Presiding over the meeting, Xi Jinping said that China's economy is currently facing certain difficulties and challenges.
2026-07-24
Wang Xiaohong, as a State Councilor and head of the public security authorities, met in Beijing with the Director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Xinhua News Agency released a communiqué.
2026-07-24
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has issued a notice announcing that Fang Xinghai is under investigation for serious violations of discipline and law.
2026-07-24
At a symposium with non-Party figures, Xi Jinping acknowledged for the first time in his own words that China's economy is experiencing a severe downturn. The news is regarded as an important milestone, foreshadowing the gravity of China's economic situation.
2026-07-24
On July 24, 2026, Chinese Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong met with FBI Director Kash Patel in Beijing. The two sides announced the establishment of a fugitive task force and agreed to expand law enforcement cooperation in areas such as fugitive repatriation, anti-fraud, and drug enforcement.
2026-07-16
Beijing's Moonshot AI has released the Kimi K3 model, with a total scale of 2.8 trillion parameters, capable of processing 1 million tokens, and achieving leading results in tests such as the Arena.
2026-07-16
On July 15, 2026, netizens photographed the moat near the Yongdingmen Reception Division of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Beijing, where not only dense wire mesh had been installed, but sharp metal anti-climb spikes had also been affixed to the surrounding tree trunks, strictly guarding against petitioners climbing and lingering.
2026-07-15
Cai Fuchao, former director of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, has been placed under investigation exactly ten years after his retirement.
2026-07-14
A Taiwanese netizen working in Beijing stated that after a minor traffic collision between her car and an electric scooter ridden by a woman, she was interrogated and verbally abused over her Taiwanese identity by the woman and a man the woman called over.
2026-07-10
A small plane crashed into China Zun, Beijing's tallest building. Multiple air defense systems and military helicopters failed to intercept it in time, exposing gaps in air defense. Subsequently, police officers obstructed photography at and around the scene, and men in black searched vehicles.
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.
2026-07-10
Heavy rain occurred in Beijing in mid-July, with maximum rainfall reaching 333.7 mm and more than 100,000 people evacuated.
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.
2026-07-06
At the July 6 Ministry of Foreign Affairs press conference, Mao Ning confirmed that Xi Jinping had sent a congratulatory message to Trump celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence. The related Q&A was subsequently published on the Ministry's official website.
2026-07-06
State media China News Service reported that the Central Military Commission held a collective study session on the 6th, with only Chairman Xi Jinping and Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin remaining active in their posts.
2026-07-04
In July 2026, Kim Myeong-il, a pastor of Beijing Zion Church, was released and arrived in the United States after high-level China-US negotiations, but eight other pastors and believers from the church, including Wang Lin, remain criminally detained on charges of illegally using information networks and face judicial prosecution.
2026-07-03
The host recounts the incident where a light single-engine two-seater aircraft hit the China Zun in Beijing, analyzing the possible causes and impacts of the event.
2026-07-03
The program stated that the rank conferment ceremony held on July 3 has concluded the relevant military power arrangements, and the power coordination meeting was subsequently reported to have been moved back to Beijing.
2026-07-03
Pastor Kim Myeong-il of Beijing Xi'an Church was released on July 3 after being detained by the Chinese government for nearly ten months, and subsequently traveled to the United States to reunite with his family.
2026-07-03
Beijing experienced both high temperatures and egg-sized hail within a single day, with extreme thunderstorm weather appearing over the Summer Palace.
2026-07
Jin Mingri, a Beijing house church figure and founder of Zion Church, has been released after years of detention and flown to the United States by a chartered flight from Beijing.
2026-07-01
Following the implementation of the Chinese Communist Party's "Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress," the US side issued warnings for three consecutive days, reminding US citizens to be aware of risks regarding religious activities, social media surveillance, and freedom of the press in China.
2026-07-01
Zhang Naixian, an independent film director in Beijing, was taken away from his home by multiple police (Public Security) officers on the evening of July 1 for posting satirical comments about the authorities on the X platform. His family later received a criminal detention notice for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble issued by the Haidian Branch.
2026-07-01
New regulations from the State Bureau for Letters and Calls on standardizing the registration of public visits have begun to be strictly enforced.
2026-07-01
The National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration has officially implemented measures to further standardize the registration of public visits, stipulating that citizens visiting Beijing to petition must hold a response opinion issued by provincial-level organs, otherwise registration will be denied.
2026-07
Xi Jinping receives the Namibian president in Beijing, and the two couples pose for a group photo.
2026-07
According to accounts, Xi Jinping did not leave Beijing for about 200 consecutive days and gathered his family in Beijing, with the reason cited as being related to security concerns.
2026-07
Trump delivered a speech at the Great Hall of the People, and the related content was interpreted as public praise for Xi Jinping; afterward, his stance of criticism and pressure on the Chinese Communist Party drew attention.
2026-07
Staff at a market in Fangshan, Beijing, inspect meat vendors' knives to ensure they comply with regulations, are chained, and that their size and sharpness do not exceed standards.
2026-07
A Beijing resident said the price of a villa in the Beijing suburbs fell from around 5 or 6 million to under 2 million.
2026-07
A member of the Lao royal family previously underwent surgery in Beijing; the specific details of the operation have not been confirmed.
2026-07-01
On July 1, 2026, the CCP Central Committee held a meeting in Beijing marking the 105th anniversary of the Party's founding. In his speech, Xi Jinping mentioned "struggle" eight times, called on the whole Party to strengthen bottom-line thinking and political security, and reiterated its Taiwan policy and the policy of countering interference by external forces.
2026-07-01
The new petition regulations that the CCP will implement from July 1 stipulate that when members of the public go to the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration and relevant central ministries and commissions to report problems, they must hold relevant written materials issued by provincial-level authorities.
2026-06-30
According to the footage, a plane crashed into the tallest building in Beijing, located near Zhongnanhai; police asked passers-by not to film and to delete related footage.
2026-06-29
A captain of Air China discovered a reactionary slogan on a cockpit control lever, and at the same time flyers listing ten crimes of Xi Jinping appeared in front of the Air China Beijing base.
2026-06-29
Xinhua News Agency has continuously published two articles related to the 13th and 14th National Congresses of the CCP, including affirmations of Deng Xiaoping and related historical lines.
2026-06-29
Xi Jinping and all members of the Standing Committee attended the "People First" concert, with tight security at the scene and a strange, tense atmosphere.
2026-06-29
Xi Jinping received Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Related photos circulated online, triggering discussions among netizens regarding his appearance and abdominal changes.
2026-06-29
On-site witnesses captured footage of a drone exploding and catching fire in the air, causing panic and the dropping of express packages on site.
2026-06-29
Around June 28, 2026, after a light aircraft struck CITIC Tower in Beijing, posters appeared at the gate of Air China's flight training base, listing the ten major crimes of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping and calling for anti-CCP, anti-dictatorship resistance.
2026-06-29
On June 29, 2026, in response to the online rumor that "CITIC executive Liu Junhua flew a plane into Beijing's CITIC Tower," CITIC urgently released a business interview video of Liu Junhua of CITIC Wealth Management to clear up the false reports.
2026-06-28
Shortly after the incident, SWAT vehicles equipped with drone countermeasures appeared on Beijing streets, indicating the authorities' strengthened control over low-altitude flying devices.
2026-06-27
CITIC Wealth Management published an exclusive interview with Liu Junhua, General Manager of the Special Account Investment Division. The timestamp was 1:03 PM, predating the Chaoyang District government's announcement, seemingly to prove Liu Junhua was still with the company and respond to speculation that he might be a "pilot" (a euphemism for someone who has fled).
2026-06-27
A Bilibili aviation blogger relayed an industry insider’s tip, stating that the pilot was a male tech company head in his sixties named Liu Minghua, who, due to a romantic dispute, embezzled public funds and suffered a mental breakdown, leading him to commit suicide by jumping off a building, attempting to downplay the political color of the incident.
2026-06-27
On June 27, while lecturing at a paid seminar at the Hilton Beijing Capital Airport Hotel, Zheng Yuhuang was forcibly taken away for interrogation by two police officers and labeled as a "walking 500,000" (spy).
2026-06-27
Xinhua News Agency published an article concerning the CCP's 14th National Congress and Deng Xiaoping, re-emphasizing the socialist market economy and related historical line.
2026-06-26
The glass curtain wall on the 83rd floor of CITIC Tower in Beijing was breached, causing a fire. Rumors online suggest the aircraft involved may have turned off its transponder and deviated from its course. Building employees were urgently evacuated, and related news was heavily scrubbed on social media.
2026-06-26
A single-engine, two-seat light sport aircraft collided with a high-rise building near the East Third Ring Road in Chaoyang District, Beijing, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people on site, sparking widespread attention and speculation about air defense safety.
2026-06-26
A light sport aircraft (Aerospool WT9 Dynamic) with the registration number B12PP severely deviated from its flight path, crashing into the glass curtain wall of the China Zun building in Beijing at a speed of about 200 km/h. The aircraft disintegrated on the spot, and some wreckage caused a localized fire. The exterior facade of the building was damaged, and glass fragments scattered across the street.
2026-06-26
On the evening of June 26, a sudden incident occurred at Beijing CITIC Tower (China Zun), where a small aircraft struck the building, causing a fire.
2026-06-26
Xi Jinping met with Cambodian King Father Hun Sen at the Great Hall of the People, highly praising Cambodia's determination to crack down on telecommunications fraud.
2026-06-26
A meeting of the NPC Standing Committee removed multiple senior officials from their posts in one fell swoop. Most of these high-ranking officials were Xi Jinping's loyal protégés, indicating that the power of the NPC no longer belongs to Xi.
2026-06-26
A fire and smoke were reported near the Huamao Bridge on the East 4th Ring Road in Beijing on June 27, sparking speculation outside regarding security and whether a drone attack occurred.
2026-06-26
Financial Times reporter at the takeoff site Shifo Temple Airport witnessed police searching a black Buick sedan and searching the flight school office, showing the authorities' level of concern over the incident.
2026-06-26
On the evening of June 26, 2026, CITIC Tower (China Zun), the tallest building in Beijing, was struck on its outer wall by an Aora light sports aircraft. After the incident, Beijing police quickly imposed temporary lockdowns and traffic controls, and the event drew high attention at home and abroad.
2026-06-26
On June 29, 2026, it was reported that following the incident in which a small aircraft struck the CITIC Tower in Beijing, the Ministry of Public Security took the lead in setting up an investigation team to supervise and screen pilots' backgrounds and motives, and general aviation and light aircraft nationwide were subsequently ordered to halt takeoffs for at least 10 days.
2026-06-26
On the evening of June 26, 2026, reports circulated online that CITIC Tower (China Zun) in Chaoyang District, Beijing, was struck by a small aircraft; the exact cause is unknown.
2026-06-24
The American Diplomat magazine published an article stating that Xi Jinping has shifted his repression target to Wang Qishan, who is actually under house arrest in Beijing and has been "erased" from official media since October 2023.
2026-06-24
The CCP's military newspaper reported on June 24 that from April 8 to June 16, the first training class for senior military cadres of the whole army was held at the National Defense University, where senior generals underwent closed-door rectification and assessment.
2026-06-23
The Auditor General publicly disclosed issues such as tax avoidance by the Bank of China, local financial circular churning, and fire safety violations to the National People's Congress.
2026-06-22
A fire broke out at No. 16 Dashilan Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, severely damaging a two-story building. Official fire reports stated no casualties, while external doubts linger over whether it involved an Xianzhong attack or retaliatory motives.
2026-06-18
Xinhua News Agency released a State Council appointment and removal announcement, stating that Cai Qi concurrently serves as the President of the Chinese Academy of Governance, and Chen Xi no longer holds the position.
2026-06-17
The Yuanmingyuan campus of Beijing 101 Middle School has installed three cameras directly above the principal's complaint box to conduct comprehensive surveillance on those who submit complaints.
2026-06-16
On June 16, in front of the Supreme People's Court petition reception office and Yongdingmen West Street in Beijing, a large number of petitioners queued in heavy rain, with some denouncing the root causes behind the frequent occurrence of social revenge incidents.
2026-06-16
Myanmar military government leader Min Aung Hlaing arrived in Beijing for a visit on June 16, following which Xi Jinping remained hidden and did not make a public appearance for as long as 8 days.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, at the Central Academy of Fine Arts graduation exhibition, an interactive art installation exploring abolishing pet labels and granting animals citizenship triggered a large-scale sticker vote among visitors, with views sharply divided.
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
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.
2026-06-15
On June 15, 2026, Xi Jinping’s birthday, a national symposium on Party building was held in Beijing, where “Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building” was put forward for the first time. On the same day, CCTV released the current affairs short film “Communist Party Member Xi Jinping,” drawing attention at home and abroad.
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.
2026-06-11
An article published by the PLA Daily on the eve of the morning wakeup call warned party cadres to stay away from dangerous walls, which the outside world interpreted as a signal hint regarding high-level power.
2026-06-08
According to an RFI report on June 8, the French Cultural Center in Beijing suddenly canceled all film screenings for June, which outsiders suspect is related to the removal of Pride Month films.
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.
2026-06-06
On June 6, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wei Xiaodong, chairman of the Beijing CPPCC, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under investigation; he had served as head of the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee since 2021.
2026-06-05
The CCP Central Committee Party School held the graduation ceremony for the second batch of classes of the spring semester. Official releases showed that Cai Qi has taken over the position of President of the Party School.
2026-06-05
On the afternoon of June 5, 2026, a welcoming ceremony was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping appeared under medical support, his gait showing signs of unilateral hemiplegia.
2026-06-04
On June 4, 2026, media reported that first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai are successively reopening night markets and outdoor commercial vending spaces, with sales of street-stall equipment surging in many places, reflecting the system's attempt to ease employment pressure through the street-stall economy against the backdrop of an economic downturn.
2026-06
Due to the incident of a plane crashing into China Zun in Beijing and the involvement of his son Cai Erjin in the low-altitude economy industry, Cai Qi, who is in charge of capital security, is rumored to have gone into hiding for investigation.
2026-06
Cai Qi, leader of the Central Leading Group for Party Building, issued a notice on studying and implementing Xi Jinping Thought, demanding study across the entire Party.
2026-06
A capture incident occurred at Beijing Pinggu Airport, after which commercial flights were prohibited within a 300‑kilometre radius of Beijing Tiananmen, and the parachuting base was dissolved.
2026-06
A small plane crashed into the tallest building in Beijing. The program said the crash site was very close to Zhongnanhai, and the air defense system failed to stop the plane.
2026-06
A female tourist at Jingshan Park was stopped by security guards while bowing to the crooked tree where Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself. After calling the 12345 hotline to complain, she was told that bowing was suspected of involving religious activities, sparking heated public discussion.
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2026-06
A female tourist was prohibited by security and fined for bowing to the leaning tree in Jingshan Park where Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself. When she called the 12345 hotline to complain, she was told the act was suspected of being a religious activity, sparking widespread skepticism.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, the Beijing Public Security Bureau formally notified the June Fourth victims' family group, the Tiananmen Mothers, that they are strictly forbidden from visiting Wan'an Cemetery on June 4 to mourn their killed relatives, changing a convention of many years and marking the first time in over 30 years that the victims' families have been completely banned from holding a public memorial.
2026-06
Overseas leaks claim that Peng Liyuan has been effectively placed under house arrest at Fengze Garden in Zhongnanhai since mid-2024 and has not left the country for two years; this trip to Pyongyang is a specially approved farewell performance, and her daughter Xi Mingze and grandchild were left in Beijing as hostages.
2026-06
In June 2026, the "World" trademark applied for by Huawei was approved in the publication by the Trademark Office of the National Intellectual Property Administration and registered under Class 12 related to automobiles, sparking controversy over whether generic terms can be registered as trademarks.
2026-06
According to CBC, citing internal embassy emails obtained through access-to-information requests, Beijing local authorities planted two large trees overnight on municipal land outside the Canadian Embassy in China just before June 4th this year. The trees were placed about half a meter to a meter from the embassy's outer wall in an attempt to block the June 4th candlelight displayed on the embassy's street-facing electronic screen.
2026-06-01
On June 1, 2026, a netizen posted a video complaining that security checks at JD.com's large-scale commercial gala in Beijing were extremely harsh, requiring attendees to undergo strip searches and strictly banning support items, sparking public controversy.
2026-05-28
On May 28, 2026, a netizen posted a video showing that Beijing was hit by rain, and outside the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, large numbers of petitioners were still holding umbrellas and standing in long queues in the wind and rain, waiting to submit petition materials.
2026-05-25
On May 25, 2026, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation convened a joint conference on online market regulation, summoning 17 key e-commerce and platform companies for talks and demanding that they implement anti-involution competition and eliminate large-scale irrational subsidy promotions.
2026-05-23
Gong Qihuang has been relieved of his duties as president of Peking University. The official announcement made no mention of any new appointment, and he will be succeeded by Gao Song.
2026-05-21
On May 21, 2026, the organizer of a Pokémon and Animal Crossing offline player gathering originally scheduled to be held on the 24th in Beijing posted a statement saying that the planned entertainment event was forced to be announced as canceled after being reported over allegations that the IP contained ideological problems.
2026-05-15
The United States and China made commitments on issues including rare earths, Boeing aircraft, and agricultural product purchases at the Beijing summit, but there remains the question of whether China will fulfill the commitments.
2026-05-14
Trump visited China at the invitation of Xi Jinping and held a heads-of-state summit with him; the two sides subsequently continued discussions on trade, Taiwan, and technology issues.
2026-05-14
China issued a readout after a China-US meeting held in Beijing, claiming that the Taiwan issue is one of the most important issues in China-US relations.
2026-05-13
US President Donald Trump pays a state visit to the People's Republic of China.
2026-05-13
When Air Force One landed at Beijing Capital International Airport on May 13, 2026, Xi Jinping did not go to the tarmac to greet Trump. Han Zheng presided over the welcome ceremony, which was attended by ambassadors of various countries to China, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the honor guard military band. It was not until the next day that Xi Jinping held a formal welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People.
2026-05-06
Wang Yi met with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi, calling for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the war, while reaffirming support for Iran's right to the peaceful use of nuclear capabilities.
2026-05-05
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi traveled to Beijing to meet with Wang Yi, with China and Iran communicating on issues including the US-Iran conflict and energy trade, while the Wall Street Journal reported that China is selling materials needed for missile programs to Tehran.
2026-05
When former US President Trump visited Beijing, he personally requested that Xi Jinping release Jimmy Lai, but did not receive a positive response.
2026-05
During Trump's visit to Beijing in May 2026, he raised Chen Youlin's case with Xi Jinping, but since then there has been no sign of release from the Chinese side, and Chen Youlin remains in custody.
2026-05-01
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that the entire city of Beijing has been designated as a no-drone zone, deploying massive administrative resources for control to prevent consumer drones.
2026-05
The Temple of Heaven Park management office issued a notice announcing that the park would be closed from May 13 to 14, but gave no reason; the program said that security personnel and vehicles had already increased at the park beforehand.
2026-05-01
The first US military C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft landed at Beijing Capital International Airport, carrying advance logistics supplies for President Trump's visit, with a total of four C-17s arriving over the following days.
2026-05-01
Beijing's new drone regulations officially took effect on May 1. Display counters at stores such as DJI have been left empty, and netizens in many places have turned to balloons carrying action cameras as a substitute for filming.
2026-05
Videos that surfaced in late May 2026 show that several-meter-high isolation iron fences have been installed along the south moat outside the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration; The Epoch Times says the move is intended to prevent desperate petitioners from jumping into the river, and officials have not explained it.
2026-05
In early May 2026, the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration on Yongdingmen West Street, Beijing, deployed three converted PCR testing booths as "check-in machines" for petitioners to swipe their ID cards to alleviate queuing pressure, but they were abandoned shortly after being put into use.
2026-04-29
Beijing Huangzhuang Vocational High School was relocated by the school authorities to a smaller campus lacking basic facilities such as a cafeteria and a sports field, sparking a collective protest in which students confronted school staff in the corridors and at the school gate.
2026-04-28
The All-China Federation of Trade Unions published a commentary article titled "Forging New Glory Through Struggle," stating that hard struggle is the traditional virtue of the working class, and that the rougher the winds and waves, the more deeply the color of struggle must be cultivated.
2026-04-22
Fang Daining, 68, one of China's two most important hypersonic weapons research experts, died suddenly recently, and the lack of transparency over the cause of death has sparked outside speculation.
2026-04-13
The National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) has launched its third round of special inspections. Hu Chunhua announced at the meeting the authorization and appointment of inspection team leaders and the division of tasks.
2026-04-12
A tourist was found carrying gasoline in a water bottle during a security check at Tiananmen and was restrained on the spot, triggering a high alert among the authorities and leading to a significant escalation of security at Tiananmen and its surroundings thereafter.
2026-04-08
Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the National Defense University seminar and delivered a speech. Hundreds of senior generals underwent 70 days of rectifying training and investigation at the National Defense University.
2026-04-03
Cai Xiaodan, wife of Zhang Liang, filed a real-name report with the relevant departments over the company's attempt to shirk responsibility for the work-related death determination.
2026-03-30
The global commercial organization World Data Organization (WDO) held its inaugural conference in Beijing, drawing high-profile state media promotion, though it has been pointed out as essentially a shady shell company lacking international legal basis.
2026-03-29
At 12:00 on March 29, at the Dahanji market in Fangshan District, Beijing, someone suspected of lashing out at society allegedly drove a loader into a crowd. On-site videos show multiple vendors and passers-by knocked to the ground, their conditions unknown.
2026-03-19
On March 19, 2026, CCTV.com released a special video by the Ministry of State Security titled "Tearing Off the Dark Web's 'Invisibility Cloak'," promoting the state security authorities' relevant operations against dark web crime.
2026-03-18
The raw data of a 2025 Nature paper published by a Distinguished Young Scholar and Vice Dean at Beihang University has been exposed for serious fabrication. Multiple sets of parallel experimental data show identical values down to the first decimal place and the ones digit. Beihang University has replied via email confirming an investigation.
2026-03-10
A farewell ceremony for Song Ping's remains was held at Babaoshan in Beijing. Xinhua News Agency reported that several senior officials, including the seven members of the Standing Committee, were in attendance; Hu Jintao did not attend.
2026-03-09
On March 9, 2026, Tianyancha showed that a 9 million yuan stake in Wuhu Dongrunfa Investment Co., Ltd. under Zhao Wei's name was judicially frozen once again by the Dongcheng District Court in Beijing, with the freeze period extended to March 8, 2029; the freeze has been renewed multiple times since 2021.
2026-03-03
On March 3, on the eve of the annual Two Sessions meetings nationwide, a netizen in Beijing captured footage that appeared to show petitioners being abducted. Two of the people threatened him not to film or linger, and repeatedly tried to block the lens. The netizen retorted: Is this how you treat petitioners?
2026-03
A Deputy Foreign Minister suddenly resigned and was taken down in March, with their whereabouts unknown, triggering outside speculation that they had committed a serious political mistake.
2026-03
The Mausoleum of Mao Zedong has begun a renovation project, expected to last until August of the same year.
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.
2026-03
According to a report by the UK's Financial Times, after AI company Manus was acquired by Meta, CEO Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao returned to Beijing to be questioned and were subsequently told they were not permitted to leave the country.
2026-03
Reports indicate that Xia Linmao, Vice Mayor of Beijing and former Party Secretary of Daxing District, has been investigated and removed from office, drawing outside attention to the movements of the Cai Qi faction.
2026-03
Wang Ning traveled from Nanjing to Beijing to attend the Two Sessions, during which he was arrested and detained.
2026-03
Wen Jiabao visited the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences in Beijing. The license plate of the vehicle he was riding in was identified as belonging to the Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission, sparking speculation about connections between party elders and the military.
2026-03
According to the video, two brigades of the 38th Army arrived on the outskirts of Beijing in March, with Liu Yuan and Li Zuocheng commanding from Baoding.
2026-03
The video claims that Zhang Shengmin slipped away during the national Two Sessions and subsequently resumed his participation in the daily work of the Central Military Commission.
2026-03
During the 2026 National Two Sessions, Wang Ning did not appear in the seats for members of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee.
2026-03
During the Two Sessions in March 2026, Xi Jinping attended a meeting of the military delegation; of 26 generals, only 6 appeared publicly, and several senior PLA officers were absent, showing turmoil within the military.
2026-02-06
On February 6, the drafting group for the Fifth Plenary Session documents held its first plenary meeting at Huairentang. Xi Jinping proposed 39 major issues across 8 areas, setting a strict tone.
2026-02
People's Daily reported that Xi Jinping visited veteran comrades during the Chinese New Year, in which Hu Jintao was mentioned.
2026-02
Overseas reports claim that in February 2026, Peng Liyuan attempted to transfer a major general from the Shanghai armed police system—a trusted confidant—to Beijing to take control of the Beijing Garrison. The move was rejected by the garrison troops, and the heavy armored units of the 82nd Group Army deployed to the outskirts of the capital, locking down Beijing.
2026-01-24
Zhang Youxia, Vice Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission, and Liu Zhenli, member of the Central Military Commission, were involved in an incident at the Central Party School. Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense officially announced their investigation on January 24, and on January 25, the front page of the PLA Daily convicted them of "severely trampling on the Chairman of the Central Military Commission responsibility system."
2026-01-21
On January 21, a Beijing netizen used a Huawei Fit 2 smartwatch to test a 'Nailong' doll, and heart rate and blood oxygen data appeared on the screen. Previously, Huawei watches had also displayed heart rates when testing oranges and bananas, leading netizens to joke that 'Nailong has come back to life.'
2026-01-20
After Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli were absent from the opening ceremony of the seminar for provincial and ministerial-level officials on January 20, 2026, reports emerged that they had run into trouble. On January 24, the Ministry of National Defense announced that both had been placed under case investigation.
2026-01-20
An overseas source inside the system claimed that on January 20, 2026, while a provincial- and ministerial-level seminar was in session at the Central Party School, a secret force raised by Wang Xiaohong, disguised as Party School staff, carried out a surprise attack on Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli; this version cannot be verified, but neither of the two has appeared in public since.
2026-01-14
According to the video, the Beijing Garrison Command held a plenary session of its party committee on January 14.
2026-01
There have been claims that generals including Li Zuocheng proposed a plan to bring the 38th Army's heavy units into Beijing, impose air traffic control, and declare martial law in the capital, only to be blocked by Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao; this claim has no public reports to corroborate it.
2026
In 2026, Beijing's government fund budget special debt revenue was compiled at 2270.5 hundred million yuan, and special debt principal repayment was 1908.3 hundred million yuan.
2025-12-27
Zhang Liang, an engineer at Beijing-based state-backed Fanghong, had been working long hours at high intensity since August 2025. After working 140 consecutive days of overtime, he suffered a sudden illness and passed away on Saturday, December 27, while working overtime, at the age of only 37.
2025-12-03
In December 2025, the Cyberspace Administration of China announced that Hu Chenfeng had long posted so-called "Android people" and "Apple people" remarks on multiple platforms that "incited group confrontation," and that the relevant accounts on each platform had been closed.
2025-11-26
When Guo Degang performed “Great Skill, Timid Heart” at the Beijing Exhibition Center, he satirized state-run art troupes, after which members of the public filed complaints through the 12345 hotline; the Xicheng District Culture and Tourism Bureau summoned the organizer and demanded that the script be rearranged.
2025-11-20
Beijing Guokerong'an Biotech applied for a patent related to a plague vaccine on November 20, 2025.
2025-11-18
On November 18, 2025, Masaaki Kanai, an official from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, communicated to the Chinese side in Beijing the intention to expel Xue Jian, the Chinese Consul General in Osaka. Liu Jinsong, then Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, warned on the spot, "If you expel one, we will expel two," leading the Japanese side to ultimately shelve the plan.
2025-10-31
The Transit Corps of the Beijing Public Security Bureau released a proposed hiring list of 80 auxiliary police officers, which includes graduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics, and Communication University of China.
2025-10-20
Under pressure from Zhang Youxia and CCP elders, Xi Jinping officially signed a power-transfer document at the Fourth Plenary Session, agreeing to step down in the Hua Guofeng model, marking the end of the Xi Jinping era.
2025-10
According to information from outside the Great Firewall, some forces that entered Beijing after the September 3 military parade did not withdraw immediately; they only pulled back gradually after the Fourth Plenary Session concluded and the political arrangements were largely settled.
2025-10
In October 2025, it was rumored online that a person claiming to be a China Central Television (CCTV) employee submitted a contribution to an overseas blogger, revealing that political jokes mocking Xi Jinping were circulating privately inside CCTV, and claiming that internal censorship had edited out large amounts of footage of his verbal gaffes and outbursts during public speeches.
2025-09-11
On September 11, 2025, 37-year-old actor Yu Menglong fell to his death at the Sunshine Upper East residential complex in Chaoyang District, Beijing. His studio stated that the police have ruled out criminal suspicion, while his mother claimed it was an accident caused by intoxication; there are other unverified claims online, and the incident remains controversial.
2025-09-03
On the morning of September 3, 2025, a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan was held at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, with the troops on parade formed up along Chang'an Avenue to be reviewed by Xi Jinping.
2025-09
Zhang Liqi attended the 93rd parade in Beijing.
2025-08
A video blogger claimed that the 82nd Group Army, stationed in Baoding, is using the September 3 military parade to prepare to enter Beijing and the Beidaihe area and step up security; the claim comes from sources outside the Great Firewall, with no public reports confirming it.
2025-07-23
In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei rainstorms from July 23 to 28, 2025, 44 people died across Beijing; 32 died at the elderly care center in Taishitun Town, Miyun, and the district Party secretary acknowledged that the site had not been included in the evacuation plan.
2025-07
In July 2025, rumors that Hu Jintao was critically ill circulated overseas, claiming that his daughter-in-law and grandson rushed from Shanghai to Beijing's 301 Hospital to keep vigil, and that Hu Haifeng also went to the hospital after getting off work.
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.
2025-06-17
68-year-old Feng Xiaogang appeared at the premiere of his film "Catching Spies", and singer Han Hong boosted ticket sales for the film on-site, sparking controversy online.
2025-05-15
On May 15, a female student at Beijing University of Technology Gengdan Institute went to the infirmary for a medical note due to menstrual cramps, but was asked by the on-duty staff to pull down her pants to prove her physical condition. Afterward, the school administration released a statement on Douyin, insisting that the on-duty staff's workflow complied with regulations and accusing the related videos circulating online of being distorted.
2025-05-15
Around May 15, 2025, overseas media published a signed article by Zhang Yingjie, an associate professor at Peking University, titled "No Way Out of the Predicament, No Rescue for the System," criticizing the system; afterwards, the editorial office received a letter in her name claiming she had been impersonated and demanding the article be retracted.
2025-05-12
The State Council Information Office released the first national security white paper in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
2025-03-21
Beijing tax authorities announced the results of their handling, finding that Sima Nan underpaid taxes and fees by concealing income and other means between 2019 and 2023, with a total recovery of 9.2694 million yuan including late payment surcharges and fines.
2025-03
Wang Huimin, former head of the CSRC discipline inspection team, is under investigation.
2025-03
Shen Haixiong was promoted to Executive Deputy Minister of the Publicity Department of the CCP Central Committee after the Two Sessions in March 2025.
2025-03
According to the video, the commander of the Beijing Garrison Command was transferred out in March 2025, after which the post remained vacant for nearly ten months.
2025-02-04
On February 4, 2025, in response to Beihang University student Geng publicly blasting his Russian Academy of Engineering academician status for lacking research achievements, Ding Zhifeng brought company executives to Beihang to talk with Geng in person, triggering a confrontation and debate.
2025-01-20
Chen Xi, Wang Xiaohong, Cai Qi and others are suspected of setting an ambush at the Central Party School, taking coercive action against Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli.
2025
Sources claim that Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli directed the military to control the venue during the Fourth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee; it is alleged that Hu Jintao had not agreed to handle the top figure at the venue; this claim has no public reports to corroborate it.
2025-01
The US Embassy in China has banned family members and contractors of US government personnel in China from dating or having sexual relations with Chinese citizens to prevent intelligence infiltration.
2025
Xi Jinping hosted Belarusian President Lukashenko at Zhongnanhai; the video claims that Xi Mingze reportedly made her first appearance at a formal diplomatic occasion.
2025
The Beijing Robot Industry Development Fund made an additional investment in Unitree Robotics in 2025.
2024-12-03
In a speech at the end of 2024, Gao Shanwen expressed sensitive views on the cyclical bubbles, consumption structure, actual growth rate, and future low growth of the Chinese economy. The speech was subsequently banned, marking his final public address.
2024-11-15
On November 15, 2024, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Tang Renjian, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, had been expelled from the Party and removed from public office, and that the case of suspected bribery had been transferred to the procuratorate; the announcement said he had improperly accepted gift money and sought benefits for others.
2024-11-05
On November 5, 2024, US-based seismologist Chen Youlin was arrested by state security at the Beijing airport as he prepared to return to the United States after visiting family and lecturing. His wife stated that he has already faced over 100 interrogations and is facing trial on fabricated espionage charges.
2024-11
Overseas leaks claim that amid a military purge led by Zhang Youxia, Peng Liyuan's military post of major general was suspended on the spot, and she and Zhong Shaojun were both expelled from the Bayi Building of the Central Military Commission.
2024-10-31
On October 31, 2024, the Beijing Municipal Party Committee simultaneously decided that Liu Dongwei would serve as Secretary of the Xicheng District Party Committee, and Zhi Haijie would serve as Deputy Secretary of the Xicheng District Party Committee and be nominated as candidate for district mayor.
2024-10-15
Zhang Youxia meets with Russian Defense Minister Belousov, who is visiting China, in Beijing.
2024-10-14
Belousov visited China for the first time as Russian Defense Minister. Dong Jun held talks with him in Beijing and inspected the honor guard.
2024-10-08
Wu Bangguo, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, passed away in Beijing, China, on October 8, 2024, at the age of 84.
2024-10
Ren Xinyi wrote an open letter stating that her father, Ren Zhiqiang, is suffering from a severe prostate condition and is in great pain in prison, and requested that he be granted medical parole.
2024-09
Officially released figures show that profits in Beijing's catering industry fell 88.8% year-on-year.
2024-08-29
Xi Jinping met with visiting U.S. National Security Advisor Sullivan at the Great Hall of the People.
2024-08-27
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has arrived in Beijing for two days of strategic communication with Wang Yi.
2024-07-30
In late July 2024, Lao Dongyan, a professor at Tsinghua University's Law School, published an article openly questioning the network number and network certificate system that the Ministry of Public Security and the Cyberspace Administration of China plan to introduce, arguing that it is essentially the normalization of Health Kit surveillance. The article was swiftly wiped out across the entire internet.
2024-07-25
Fang Xinghai was scheduled to attend and deliver a speech at the China Wealth Management 50 Forum in Beijing, but he did not appear, and his nameplate was left empty.
2024-07-21
China held a Palestinian peace conference in Beijing, inviting representatives from Hamas and other radical factions to attend, claiming it would help establish peace in the Middle East.
2024-07-18
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee concluded on July 18.
2024-07-15
Overseas rumors suggest that Xi Jinping suffered a stroke during the Third Plenary Session, military control changed hands, and Zhang Youxia placed him under control while contacting Hu Jintao through Liu Yuan.
2024-07
Overseas sources claim that Wen Jiabao pushed for the establishment of a Party Central decision-making and deliberation coordination body and personally serves as its head, that major decisions do not go through the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, and that Xi Jinping has been effectively placed under house arrest at Fengze Garden in Zhongnanhai.
2024-04
Under Zhang Youxia's strong reaction, Zhong Shaojun was transferred out of the General Office of the Central Military Commission and appointed political commissar of the National Defense University.
2024-01-29
The China Film Association held its 11th National Congress in Beijing and elected a new leadership team, with Andy Lau elected as one of the twelve vice chairmen.
2024
Dong Jun assumed the post of defense minister and delivered a speech at the August 1 reception, but the official communiqué did not list him as a member of the Central Military Commission.
2024
In 2024, an internet user with the screen name "Beijing Nurse" alleged that a classmate told her Xi Jinping had been arranged by the 301 medical team to undergo a PET-CT scan due to weight loss, which revealed a shadow on his pancreas, possibly pancreatic cancer. This classmate does not work at 301 Hospital, and the claim could not be verified.
2023-12-27
Wu Yansheng, the deputy of Ma Xingrui during his tenure at the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, had his National CPPCC membership revoked.
2023-11-08
Xing Yanjun, general manager of a mobile gaming company in Beijing, was arrested across provinces by the police in New Barag Left Banner, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, on charges of running a casino, and his assets were subsequently confiscated.
2023-11
After the salesperson said there would be no model refresh in the near future, Beijing car owner Xiao Tang purchased the AITO M7 four-wheel-drive intelligent driving edition in November 2023, at a landed price of nearly 300,000 yuan, and waited nearly four months for delivery.
2023-10-24
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress further removed Qin Gang from his post as State Councilor.
2023-10-19
Liu Fangfei posted on Weibo to confirm that she officially left CCTV in June of that year after working there for 21 years, and will focus on culture-related careers in the future.
2023-10-10
More than three months after the floods, Xi Jinping publicly stated that he had been following the disaster situation all along and caring for the affected people.
2023-09
The Beijing Maotai Club, located in a siheyuan near the Forbidden City, has been exposed by media as deserted, marking the complete end of private gathering places for elite capital.
2023-08-15
On August 15, 2023, a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics announced the suspension of the release of urban survey unemployment rates by age group. Previously, the youth unemployment rate for the 16-24 age group had reached a record high of 21.3% in June. The data resumed publication in January 2024 using a new statistical methodology.
2023-07-25
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has removed Qin Gang from his post as Foreign Minister, and Wang Yi has been reappointed as Foreign Minister.
2023-07-25
In 2023, Foreign Minister Qin Gang was removed from his post as foreign minister and later resigned from the 20th Central Committee.
2023-07-04
Sima Nan attended an Independence Day event at the U.S. Embassy in China, where he took photos with the U.S. Ambassador and sampled food, sparking mockery from netizens who accused him of 'anti-Americanism as a job, but living in America as a life.'
2023-05-15
Beijing's cultural law enforcement authorities determined that the actor House seriously insulted the people's armed forces during a performance, confiscating Xiaoguo Culture's illegal gains and imposing a total fine of more than 14.67 million yuan; Xiaoguo Culture subsequently announced an indefinite suspension of all offline performances nationwide.
2023-04-06
The Central Fourth Inspection Team entered the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation for an inspection.
2023-03-10
On March 10, 2023, the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress elected Xi Jinping as President of the state and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with 2,952 votes in favor and no votes against or abstentions, beginning his third term as president. Before the 2018 constitutional amendment, the constitution stipulated that the president could serve no more than two consecutive terms.
2023-03
Wang Ning has transferred from the National People's Congress to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
2023-02
Beijing ZhanYing Information Technology Co., Ltd., chaired by Ma Xingrui's younger brother Ma Xingquan, has completed its deregistration procedures.
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.
2022-10-22
At the closing ceremony of a major CCP meeting, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was escorted out of the venue by security guards in full view of the public, marking the complete bankruptcy of political norms such as inter-generational succession designation.
2022-10-13
Peng Lifa hung protest banners opposing Xi Jinping and the epidemic policies at Beijing's Sitong Bridge, an event that has garnered widespread attention.
2022-10-13
Peng Zaizhou hung a banner on Beijing's Sitong Bridge to protest the lockdown, and was later arrested.
2022-10
At the closing session of the CCP's 20th National Congress in October 2022, former General Secretary Hu Jintao was unsteadily escorted out of the venue early, in full view of everyone, drawing widespread attention.
2022-08
The tax authorities demanded that Wangjing SOHO pay approximately 1.733 billion yuan in back land appreciation tax, plus a late payment surcharge of 0.05% per day; by the end of 2025, the principal, interest and late fees had rolled up to 2.566 billion yuan.
2022-02-04
Zhang Yimou once again served as chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Winter Olympics, using technological means such as LED floor screens and digital algorithms to present an ethereal and romantic Olympic opening ceremony.
2021-12-29
Beijing Haidian police announced that three individuals who fabricated and spread false information involving Tong Liya have been placed under administrative detention.
2021-11-05
The Supreme People's Procuratorate has decided to arrest Sun Lijun on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law.
2021-09-05
A wild black Swan rarely landed on the central axis of Tiananmen Square in Beijing and strolled about leisurely for two hours before being taken away by a professional agency, sparking outside associations with the economic and political situation.
2021-09-02
On September 2, 2021, the National Radio and Television Administration issued a notice requiring television and online audiovisual platforms to take political literacy as a criterion for personnel selection, specifying that "personnel with incorrect political stances who are alienated from the Party and the country must be resolutely rejected."
2021-06-26
CCTV broadcast a large-scale symphony, vocal, and poetry performance celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), featuring Andy Lau and Na Ying singing "Pearl of the Orient".
2021-04-09
On April 9, 2021, the Reporting Center of the Cyberspace Administration of China launched a special reporting zone for harmful information related to historical nihilism, accepting reports of distortions of the history of the Party and the history of New China, attacks on the Party's leadership, and so on.
2021-03-16
On March 16, 2021, Gao Xiaosong stepped down from the director position at Beijing Alibaba Music.
2020-11-23
On November 23, 2020, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission announced its approval in principle of Baoshang Bank entering bankruptcy proceedings, and the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court announced a ruling the same day accepting the application for bankruptcy liquidation of Baoshang Bank.
2020-11-03
On November 3, 2020, following Jack Ma's Bund speech criticizing financial regulation, the Shanghai Stock Exchange announced the suspension of Ant Group's A-share listing just two days before it was scheduled to go public. The Hong Kong Stock Exchange followed suit immediately, halting the world's largest IPO.
2020-09-22
The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Ren Zhiqiang to 18 years in prison and fined him 4.2 million yuan on charges of embezzlement, bribery, misappropriation of public funds, and abuse of power by personnel of state-owned companies.
2020-08
While working at CCTV, Cheng Lei was secretly taken away by Chinese state security authorities for disclosing some economic figures from the government work report to foreign media, and was detained on suspicion of illegally providing state secrets to parties outside China.
2020-07-23
Ren Zhiqiang's expulsion from the Chinese Communist Party was announced.
2020-05-28
On May 28, 2020, at the closing press conference of the Two Sessions, Li Keqiang said that China's per capita annual income is 30,000 yuan, but 600 million people earn only 1,000 yuan a month.
2020-04-29
On April 29, 2020, Xi Jinping presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, formally announcing for the first time that decisive results had been achieved in the defense of Wuhan and the defense of Hubei, and that major strategic results had been won in the nationwide fight to prevent and control the epidemic.
2020-03-12
Ren Zhiqiang was taken away by special personnel from the Beijing municipal discipline inspection commission; his eldest son and long-time secretary were arrested the same day.
2020-02-24
The joint expert team from China and the WHO held a press conference in Beijing, praising the public health response measures taken by China for effectively blocking human-to-human transmission of the virus.
2020-02-23
Beijing holds a teleconference on coordinating epidemic prevention and control, with Xi Jinping attending and delivering a speech.
2020-01-24
Tong Liya hosts the CCTV Spring Festival Gala main venue for the first time, partnering with Negmat Rahman, while Li Sisi withdraws from the main venue.
2020-01-03
The video says that after Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang warned about the spread of the virus and conditions in the hospital, he was ordered to receive an admonition, write and sign a confession statement; the incident subsequently drew international attention.
2019-11-07
In the early morning of November 7, 2019, while waiting for a flight at Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport, Cheng Wanjun was suddenly surrounded and captured by over a dozen SWAT police officers. He was handcuffed behind his back, hooded, shoved into a police car, and taken to an undisclosed location, beginning a long-term detention.
2019-01-01
Ke Hua, former Chinese Ambassador to the UK and former father-in-law of Xi Jinping, has passed away in Beijing at the age of 103.
2018-11-26
On November 26, 2018, people from different parts of the country made a special trip to Futian Cemetery in Beijing to pay tribute to Beijing youth Yang Jia, who was executed ten years earlier. A Radio Free Asia report reviewed the origins of the incident: in 2007, he was stopped while riding a rented bicycle in Shanghai, subjected to six hours of interrogation and violent abuse.
2018-11-01
At a symposium on private enterprises, Xi Jinping specifically refuted circulating societal narratives such as the "theory of the exit of the private economy" and the "new joint state-private ownership theory," emphasizing that the fundamental principles and policies of the Party and the state regarding the development of the private economy remain unchanged.
2018-03-11
On March 11, 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress passed the amendment to the constitutional provisions regarding the terms of office of the President and Vice President, removing the limit that the President and Vice President 'shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.' This amendment was interpreted as potentially paving the way for the leader's long-term rule.
2018-03
Li Zhanshu was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.
2018-03
According to the host's account, during the 2018 session of the National People's Congress, the military entered the venue, and a large number of troops were deployed around the Great Hall of the People; the troops in question were alleged to have been dispatched by Zhang Youxia.
2018-01-10
Beijing held a flag-presentation ceremony for the People's Armed Police Force, where Xi Jinping presented the force's flag to Commander Wang Ning.
2018
Kim Myeong-il said that after the Beijing church was cracked down on in 2018, the VOA Chinese website invited him to talk by telephone about his own situation and that of the Xi'an Church.
2017-11
Cai Qi, then Beijing Party Secretary, stressed at a meeting that bayonets must draw blood, and directed the large-scale expulsion of Beijing's low-end population, which left large numbers of people sleeping on the streets in the bitter winter and drew worldwide condemnation.
2017-09-05
Duan Weihong went missing from her Beijing office a few weeks after Sun Zhengcai was brought down, with her executives and assistants disappearing simultaneously, and was subsequently detained by the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
2017-04-17
On April 17, 2017, two officials from China's Foreign Ministry summoned Voice of America's Beijing-based correspondent, saying that a live-streamed interview with Guo Wengui constituted interference in China's internal affairs, and threatened that it would affect the journalist's renewal of a visa.
2016-11
Two female independent candidates in Beijing running for grassroots People's Congress deputy were surrounded and obstructed by a large number of men in black, and their qualifications were ultimately revoked.
2016-05-02
The Xicheng District Committee of Beijing has decided to place Ren Zhiqiang on probation within the party for one year, finding that he has repeatedly made erroneous remarks.
2016-02-19
Xi Jinping inspected People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, and CCTV, proposing that media run by the Party and government must be loyal to the Party. CCTV displayed the slogan 'CCTV is loyal to the Party, absolutely loyal.'
2016
In 2016, Xi Jinping made clear at the symposium on the Party's news and public opinion work that media sponsored by the Party and the government must bear the Party's name, that media work must embody the Party's will and reflect the Party's positions, and he emphasized giving priority to positive publicity.
2015
The stage play "The Stage," a collaboration between Chen Peisi and playwright Yu Yue, premiered in Beijing and later toured hundreds of venues across China, using the story of a theatrical troupe as a metaphor for the relationship between power and art.
2014-12
Dong Jun was transferred from Deputy Commander of the East Sea Fleet to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy.
2014
Chiang Wan-an's father, Chiang Hsiao-yen, traveled to Beijing to attend a family banquet with Xi Jinping.
2014
In 2014, People's Daily published a commentary on pensions, stating that civil servants hold public power and if their pension benefits are poor, it is difficult to lead the team, suggesting that occupational annuities be used to widen the gap in benefits between civil servants and enterprise employees. This article sparked renewed heated discussion in early November 2026.
2013-12-28
Xi Jinping, accompanied by his entourage, went to the Qingfeng Bun Shop on Yuetan North Street in Beijing's Xicheng District, where he ordered scallion buns, stir-fried liver, and mustard greens.
2013-09-22
Bo Xilai was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013. The video claims he later met with Baozi (Xi Jinping) in Qincheng Prison.
2013-09-13
On September 13, 2013, Beijing police criminally detained venture capitalist Wang Gongquan on suspicion of assembling a crowd to disrupt order in public places. He is a major supporter of the New Citizens' Movement, and his Weibo account had previously been deactivated.
2013-08-23
On the evening of August 23, 2013, 13 days after attending the Social Responsibility Forum for Internet Celebrities, Xue Manzi, who had 12 million followers on Weibo, was arrested in a residential compound in Anhuibeili, Chaoyang District, Beijing on suspicion of soliciting prostitution, and was subsequently forced to make a televised confession of about 10 minutes, stating that he had spread false information.
2013-08-19
On August 19, 2013, internet promoter Qin Zhihui (online alias Qin Huohuo) was criminally detained by Beijing police on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and illegal business operations, becoming the landmark case of that year's special campaign against online rumors.
2013-08-10
Lu Wei, head of the Cyberspace Administration of China, presided over the Social Responsibility Forum for Internet Celebrities and put forward seven bottom lines; afterwards, internet big-V Xue Manzi was arrested in Beijing on suspicion of soliciting prostitutes and was forced to make a televised confession.
2013-04-04
During the 2013 Qingming Festival, the public faced little obstruction in mourning Zhao Ziyang, but six artists and more than thirty petitioners who went to Yang Jia's grave in Beijing were taken away by the police station. Netizens called Yang Jia a knight-errant and a swordsman.
2013
Wen Jiabao stepped down from the office of Premier of the State Council, ending his term as premier.
2013
According to a friend of Pan Shiyi, after the internet management meeting requested attendees to post less critical content, Ren Zhiqiang immediately retorted by asking if it was wrong to speak up when one is in the right.
2013-01
Qi Qiaoqiao, the elder sister of Xi Jinping, and her husband Deng Jiagui sold their 50% stake in a Beijing investment company to a company founded by Xiao Jianhua, removing their names from the assets.
2013
Cai Fuchao served as the Director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television from 2013 to 2016.
2012-04-04
On April 4, 2012, Qingming, more than ten petitioners went to Yang Jia's grave in Beijing to pay their respects. The area around the grave was swarming with police, and surveillance cameras had been installed. Five petitioners, including Mao Hengfeng, were taken away by police as soon as they arrived at the grave.
2012-03-18
In the early morning of March 18, 2012, Ling Gu, the only son of Ling Jihua, died in a Ferrari crash near the Baofusi Bridge on Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road. Two young women in the car were severely injured, triggering high-level political maneuvering and intensive news censorship.
2012-03-14
On March 14, 2012, Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the Two Sessions Chinese and foreign press conference, emphasizing that without political structural reform, economic structural reform cannot succeed, and warning that the tragedy of the Cultural Revolution could happen again.
2012-03
In the spring of 2012, the son of Ling Jihua was involved in a Ferrari crash. The cover-up and aftermath surrounding the accident quickly escalated into a political scandal, causing Ling Jihua to lose his chance to enter the Politburo before the 18th National Congress and leading to his removal from the General Office of the CCP Central Committee.
2012-03
In March 2012, Wen Jiabao spoke about reform of the system of Party and state leadership at his final press conference as premier, warning that if political reform stalled, the gains of economic reform could be lost again and even a historical tragedy such as the Cultural Revolution could happen once more; the next day, Bo Xilai was removed from his post as Chongqing Party Secretary.
2011-07-31
Actress Shao Xiaoshan posted on Weibo stating that she had been approached by the Second Department of the General Staff since the age of 17 and ordered to date the son of a Western diplomat to gather intelligence.
2011-07-04
When serving as Vice President, Xi Jinping met with South Korean Democratic Party leader Sohn Hak-kyu at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, where he put forward three wishes for China: qualifying for the World Cup, hosting the World Cup, and winning the World Cup.
2011-05-09
Gao Xiaosong was involved in a traffic accident in Beijing's Dongzhimen Outer Street while driving under the influence, resulting in a four-car collision and multiple injuries. Tests showed his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. Gao later pleaded guilty in court and was sentenced to six months of criminal detention and a fine of 4,000 yuan, becoming the first celebrity to be sentenced after China criminalized drunk driving.
2011
Cai Fuchao has been in charge of radio and television operations since 2011, and later served as the director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.
2010-11-26
November 26, 2010 marked the second anniversary of Yang Jia’s execution. His mother, Wang Jingmei, traveled to Beijing’s Futian Cemetery to pay her respects, and the authorities deployed police to monitor her. Radio Free Asia reported that Yang Jia is regarded by many as a victim of China’s judicial system.
2010-04-05
On April 5, 2010, Qingming Festival, Wang Jingmei went to Beijing Futian Cemetery to pay respects to her son. Large numbers of police and plainclothes officers surrounded the cemetery, several people filmed the mourners with video cameras, and more than a dozen police cars were parked nearby. The police told Wang Jingmei that Yang Jia's grave would receive "special attention."
2009-12-23
On the evening of December 23, 2009, a large poster outside Zhang Ziyi's home in Beijing was splashed with ink. The following January, socialite Zhao Xinyu came forward claiming a grudge with Zhang Ziyi, and brought Shanghai businessman Mr. A into the picture.
2009-12
Li Botan founded the Moutai Club in a government-owned courtyard house in Beijing, gathering red aristocrats, financial tycoons, and private entrepreneurs to form a covert organizational platform connecting power and capital.
2008-11-23
Three days before Yang Jia was executed, Wang Jingmei, who had been held for four months, was brought by police from a psychiatric hospital in Beijing to a detention center in Shanghai to visit her son. It was the first time mother and son had met since the incident, and also the last.
2008-11-21
On November 21, 2008, the Supreme People's Court issued a criminal ruling approving the death sentence of Yang Jia. It was only after 7 p.m. on November 25 that Wang Jingmei received this ruling, with only one night left before the execution.
2008-11-09
On November 9, 2008, Yang Jia's aunt, Wang Jingrong, went to a psychiatric hospital under the arrangement of Beijing police to see her younger sister Wang Jingmei, who was being held there. This was the first time the family had seen Wang Jingmei since she disappeared four months earlier. She had been confined at the Compulsory Treatment Management Division of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, known externally as Ankang Hospital.
2008-09
In the face of the global financial tsunami, in September 2008 Wen Jiabao led the State Council in announcing a large-scale 4 trillion yuan bailout plan for infrastructure investment.
2008-08-18
During the Beijing Olympics, the authorities set up a demonstration zone. On August 18, the Beijing Public Security Bureau said it had received 77 applications involving 149 person-times in total, and not a single one was approved.
2008-08-17
On August 17, 2008, two elderly people, Wu Dianyuan and Wang Xiuying, who had applied to petition in the Beijing Olympics protest zone because their homes were forcibly demolished, were decided to be subjected to one year of re-education through labor on the grounds of disturbing public order; on August 29, that decision was rescinded under pressure from international public opinion.
2008-08-08
Zhang Yimou served as chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the 29th Beijing Olympic Games, presenting the country's image and a visual spectacle to the world through massive human formations and militaristically precise choreography.
2008-07-02
The night after the Yang Jia case occurred, his mother Wang Jingmei was first taken to the Datun Police Station in Chaoyang District, and was then sent by Shanghai and Beijing police to the Ankang Psychiatric Hospital of the Beijing Public Security Bureau in Shunyi District and forcibly detained. Her family only learned of her whereabouts four months later, and legal professionals pointed out that there was no regulatory basis whatsoever for sending her to a psychiatric hospital.
2008-06-27
The video claims that in June 2008 Hu Jintao presided over a Politburo meeting to deploy Olympic security, with Beijing mobilizing 50,000 police officers and more than 1 million militia patrol members and volunteers; no public reports of this meeting or these figures can be found.
2008-03-15
On March 15, 2008, the inspection squad of the Zhabei Branch went to Beijing again to speak with Yang Jia. By then, five months had passed since Yang Jia's first complaint, and the Shanghai police still maintained that there had been no problem with the officers' law-enforcement actions — no apology and no compensation.
2007-10-16
On October 16, 2007, the inspection squad of the Zhabei Branch went to Beijing to visit Yang Jia and his mother, Wang Jingmei. Yang Jia demanded that the police pay 10,000 yuan in compensation. The inspection squad did not agree, nor did it discipline any police officer.
2007
Jing Tian was admitted to Beijing Film Academy. Sun Yuchen saw Jing Tian's advertisement for QQ on Xiaonei and tried to add her as a friend, but the request was not accepted. Sun Yuchen mentioned in his article that as early as 2007, someone had already been "burning money" for Jing Tian.
2005-03-16
On March 16, 2005, the Tsinghua Network Center blocked access from off-campus, and the Shuimu Tsinghua BBS was converted into an on-campus-only system, leaving 82.3% of its former off-campus users unable to log in; on April 14 the servers were taken over by the university, and on April 19 the station affairs committee resigned en masse.
2004-09-13
Yitaohutu Forum, one of China's largest campus forums, was shut down by Peking University because it was flooded with political commentary and active discussions about the Sun Zhigang case.
2004-07-19
After being released on July 19, 2004, Jiang Yanyong remained under long-term surveillance and in a state of house arrest; on March 22, 2005 he regained freedom of movement, but was told he was barred from accepting interviews and given other restrictions, and approval to go abroad was not granted.
2004-07
In July 2004, Sinopec's Beijing branch and Beijing Shouchuang Petroleum Investment Co., Ltd. jointly established a joint venture with a registered capital of 1 billion yuan; the former invested 700 million yuan in the physical assets of 123 gas stations, while the latter contributed 300 million yuan and planned to build 60 new gas stations.
2004-05-10
After the Chaoyang District Court issued a first-instance verdict on Liu Xiaoqing's company and related personnel, the procuratorate officially issued a non-prosecution notice to Liu Xiaoqing herself, deciding not to initiate a public prosecution against her.
2004
In 2004, a SARS virus leak occurred at a laboratory in Beijing, infecting multiple people, placing hundreds under quarantine, and causing at least one death.
2003-08-15
After multiple rounds of supplementary investigations and legal defense, Liu Xiaoqing was granted bail on August 15, 2003, and walked out of the detention center the next day along with her sister Liu Xiaohong.
2003-04-20
On April 20, 2003, the CCP Central Committee decided to remove Zhang Wenkang, Party Secretary of the Ministry of Health, and Meng Xuenong, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, from their posts. On the same day, Beijing's case figures were revised upward from 37 to 339 and changed to daily releases; Meng Xuenong subsequently resigned as mayor, and Zhang Wenkang was removed as Minister of Health on April 26.
2003-04-04
On April 4, 2003, military doctor Jiang Yanyong learned that Health Minister Zhang Wenkang had claimed there were only 12 SARS cases in Beijing. He then told the real case numbers from military hospitals to CCTV and Phoenix TV, and the information was relayed out by foreign journalists.
2003-04-03
On April 3, 2003, Health Minister Zhang Wenkang told a press conference in Beijing that Beijing had only 12 SARS cases and 3 deaths, and said it was safe whether or not you wore a mask; the next day, Jiang Yanyong disclosed higher figures from military hospitals.
2003
Sima Nan was elected as a deputy to the Dongcheng District People's Congress in Beijing. When voting on the list of the presidium at the first plenary session, he cast an abstention, and subsequently, after multiple conversations, he gradually changed his attitude and adapted to the system.
2003
The Beijing municipal government invited entrepreneurs to discuss economic policy. While Pan Shiyi was speaking, Ren Zhiqiang took over the topic, criticized the policy, and demanded that officials uphold the credibility of the market.
2002-12-14
Zhang Yimou's commercial wuxia film Hero premiered at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, eventually grossing over 200 million yuan in the mainland and ushering in the era of Chinese commercial blockbusters.
2002-05
After Xi Zhongxun passed away, his ashes were placed in the columbarium of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing in accordance with sub-national-level standards, without an independent mausoleum being built at the time.
2001-12-06
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled at first instance that China International Television Corporation had committed infringement, and ordered it to stop distribution, issue a public apology, and pay Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao more than 330,000 yuan in compensation.
2001
Duan Weihong began befriending Sun Zhengcai, then-Party Secretary of Beijing's Shunyi District, in 2001, laying the foundation for her future political connections.
2001
According to data cited in the video, from 2001 to 2018, the CPPCC invited 550 overseas Chinese from 79 countries to attend meetings in Beijing as non-voting delegates.
1999-04-25
In 1999, under Li Hongzhi's direction, Falun Gong leaders across China coordinated via email to launch a mass siege of Zhongnanhai, prompting the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to tighten internet controls.
1998
Zhu Rongji replicated in the State Council Shanghai's approach to streamlining processes, cutting the number of ministries and commissions in half from 40; large numbers of cadres at division level and above were reassigned to the private sector or took early retirement, making the scale of personnel changes unprecedented.
1997-04
Andy Lau released a new song "Chinese People" and filmed the music video at the Great Wall's beacon tower.
1997
An investigative report by an American journalist noted that Xiang Huaqiang is a co-owner of a Beijing luxury entertainment venue TOP Ten, and the other co-owner is then-Minister of Public Security Tao Si Ju.
1996-04
The Film Bureau issued an urgent document stating that the script took delight in improper relationships. Beijing Film Studio head Han Sanping announced the suspension of the film, resulting in huge economic losses.
1996
Zhou Beifang, suspected of illegally mobilizing massive funds from Shougang to help Deng Zhifang pay off gambling debts, was sentenced by the court to death with a reprieve, while Deng Zhifang escaped legal prosecution and safely retreated behind the scenes.
1995-04-27
With the suicide of Beijing Vice Mayor Wang Baosen and Chen Xitong's resignation taking responsibility, he was subsequently removed from office and sentenced to 16 years in prison for embezzlement and dereliction of duty.
1995-04-05
On April 5, 1995, Jin Xing underwent gender reassignment surgery at Beijing Xiangshan Hospital, becoming the first person in mainland China whose transgender identity was officially recognized.
1994-10-25
Representatives from five shareholders, including China Construction Bank and Morgan Stanley, signed the agreement at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, with Wang Qishan serving as the first chairman, marking the official establishment of CICC.
1994
Feng Xiaogang partnered with Wang Shuo to establish the Haomeng Company, and with Wang Shuo's help, he adapted and directed his first film, "Gone Forever with My Love".
1993
Pan Shiyi went from Hainan to Beijing to look for projects and visited Ren Zhiqiang, and the two met for the first time through this.
1992-01-17
Bypassing the CCP Central Committee and under the tight protection of the military, Deng Xiaoping quietly boarded a special train to leave Beijing and head south, initiating the southern tour often referred to as a military coup.
1990-08-10
Sima Nan took the stage at a lecture event held in Beijing, performing tricks of qigong and supernatural powers and then revealing the secrets behind them, using this to reinvent himself as an exposé of pseudoscience.
1990
According to the host's account, a northern woman unable to make a living received 200,000 yuan in Beijing and was arranged to accompany an African president for three days, of which 100,000 yuan was taken by a middleman.
1989-11
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 13th CCP Central Committee, held in November 1989, decided that Jiang Zemin would succeed Deng Xiaoping as Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission.
1989-08
Two months after the June Fourth Incident, James Chao met Jiang Zemin in Zhongnanhai, one of the earliest publicly recorded meetings between the Chao family and China's top leader.
1989-06-23
During the 1989 protests, because he advocated resolving issues within the framework of democracy and the legal system, Zhao Ziyang was stripped of all his posts by Deng Xiaoping and subsequently placed under house arrest in Fuqiang Alley, Beijing, for fifteen years until his death from illness.
1989-06-09
Kim Myeong-il said that he arrived in Beijing in the early morning of June 5, 1989, returned to school after seeing the city paralyzed, and left Beijing on June 9.
1989-06-09
Afterwards, Deng Xiaoping issued a victory proclamation, defining the June Fourth incident as a counter-revolutionary riot.
1989-06-04
On the night of June 4, 1989, CCTV Evening News anchors Du Xian and Xue Fei wore dark clothing, speaking in extremely slow and subdued tones to broadcast the news of martial law troops entering the city, and were subsequently transferred from their posts.
1989-06-03
Chinese students and citizens gathered in Beijing Tiananmen Square to demand reforms, anti-corruption measures, and freedom, and were met with a military crackdown by troops and tanks.
1989-06-03
As a power crisis loomed, Deng Xiaoping used tanks and machine guns to suppress the student movement, blocking China's path to freedom and democracy.
1989-06
In June 1989, Peng Liyuan, dressed in military uniform, sang “The Most Beloved People” loudly before the martial law enforcement troops on Chang’an Avenue; overseas disclosures claim that this act became her political pledge of loyalty that won her favor with the senior leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
1989-05-21
Li Peng called Deng Xiaoping, suggesting convening an expanded Politburo meeting to implement the dismissal decision. Deng Xiaoping requested to wait until the army entered Beijing to hold the meeting.
1989-05-19
In the early hours of May 19, 1989, Wen Jiabao accompanied Zhao Ziyang to Tiananmen Square to visit the students on a hunger strike.
1989-05-17
Deng Xiaoping convened a Politburo Standing Committee meeting at home to discuss whether to impose martial law in Beijing, and Zhao Ziyang explicitly stated that it could not be carried out.
1989-05-08
Deng Xiaoping personally summoned the heads of the major military regions and branches, beginning the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of field troops to gather around Beijing.
1989-05-04
On May 4, 1989, reporters and editors from the People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, and China Youth Daily took to Chang'an Avenue, carrying banners demanding that the news must tell the truth.
1989-05
In May 1989, during the 1989 student movement in Beijing, university students staging a sit-in protest in Tiananmen Square spontaneously organized a clean-up of the entire square, clearing rubbish and attempting to implement self-managed sanitation of the public space.
1989-04-27
Over 200,000 students and 1 million citizens took to the streets, holding the famous "April 27th Grand Parade" in support of the student movement.
1989-04-25
Deng Xiaoping officially made the decision to label the students' actions as "turmoil against the Party and socialism" and established a leading group to quell the turmoil.
1989-04-25
Deng Xiaoping summoned Premier of the State Council Li Peng, labeling it as "turmoil", setting the tone for the subsequent clearing operation.
1989-04-24
The Beijing Municipal Party Committee, at Deng Xiaoping's behest, reported to the Standing Committee of the Politburo, and put forward the theory of a "black hand in the Central Committee."
1989-04-15
Former the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Hu Yaobang died of heart disease, prompting spontaneous mourning by Beijing university students.
1989-04-15
In April 1989, Hu Yaobang suffered a massive myocardial infarction during a Politburo meeting and passed away shortly after. His death directly triggered the subsequent 1989 Student Movement.
1989-04-08
On April 8, 1989, Hu Yaobang suffered a heart attack at a Politburo meeting in Huairentang; Wen Jiabao directed the rescue and accompanied him to the hospital.
1989-02-26
When meeting with U.S. President George H.W. Bush in Beijing, Deng Xiaoping stated that the overriding issue for China's problems is the need for stability; without a stable environment, nothing can be accomplished.
1989-02-26
U.S. President George Bush visited Beijing, and his plan to invite dissident Fang Lizhi and his wife to a dinner was intercepted by Chinese police.
1989
In 1989, Zhao Ziyang bluntly told visiting Gorbachev that Deng Xiaoping was the absolute authority ruling from behind the curtain. During the June Fourth period, as vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, he was unwilling to order the massacre, and was therefore politically purged.
1987-09-14
In Compound 10, Chegou, Beijing, a Siemens 7760 mainframe at the Institute of Computer Application Technology of China Ordnance Industries connected to the internet and sent China's first email in English.
1987
After completing his graduate studies in 1987, Ma Chaoxu went directly to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1987
In 1987, due to political struggles such as the 1986 student movement, Hu Yaobang was completely defeated in his contest with Deng Xiaoping and lost his position as General Secretary.
1985-10
In October 1985, under the principle of then General Secretary Hu Yaobang, Wen Jiabao was selected as deputy director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee and subsequently promoted to director.
1985-02-01
Beijing Youth Daily reporter Guan Jian interviewed Teresa Teng via long-distance call, and the report was published on the bottom right of the front page the next day, marking what is considered the first formal interview with Teresa Teng by the mainland Chinese press.
1983
From 1983 to 1986, Han Xiu and his wife worked in Beijing, where Han Xiu taught Chinese to diplomats and related personnel at the US Embassy.
1982
After being recommended and introduced to Hu Yaobang by Song Ping, Hu Yaobang and Song Ping jointly recommended Hu Jintao to serve as Secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League of China Central Committee and Chairman of the All-China Youth Federation. Hu Jintao, about 40 years old, returned to Beijing and was promoted to First Secretary of the Communist Youth League Central Committee within two years.
1981
Yu Qiangsheng, an official of the Chinese Ministry of State Security, was recruited by the CIA in Beijing and began providing intelligence.
1981
Ma Zhaoxu was admitted to Peking University in 1981 to study economics.
1980-11-10
On November 10, 1980, the CCP Central Politburo held a meeting in Zhongnanhai, demanding that Party Chairman and Military Commission Chairman Hua Guofeng relinquish his power.
1980-08-27
Yang Jia was born in Beijing on August 27, 1980, and was the only son of his mother, Wang Jingmei. His parents divorced when he was a child, after which mother and son depended on each other.
1980-02-23
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was held in Beijing through February 29, restoring the Secretariat and electing Hu Yaobang as General Secretary; Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang were additionally elected to the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau, and Wang Dongxing and three others resigned.
1979
In the spring of 1979, Xi Jinping and Bo Xilai met by chance in Beijing's Yuanyuan Tan Park. The two recalled their respective difficult experiences, and Bo Xilai even took Xi Jinping to a gathering of princelings.
1978-01
Han Xiu, a Chinese-language writer holding U.S. citizenship who had remained in China for about 30 years, returned to the United States in January 1978; she claimed to be the first among U.S. citizens who had remained in mainland China after 1949 to return to the United States, and she received assistance from the State Department.
1977
After the restoration of the gaokao in 1977, Zha Jianying was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University, and in 1981, during her senior year, she went to the United States to study.
1976-10-06
After Mao Zedong's death, the Central Guard Bureau under Wang Dongxing's control arrested the Gang of Four overnight at the Huirentang, testing the multiplication logic of absolute control over guards and personnel at the core of power.
1976-09-09
On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong passed away. Newspapers across the country reported his death with black borders and large-scale memorial activities were held. The grassroots society was plunged into an extreme political atmosphere, with the public required to participate in collective mourning. Those with problematic family backgrounds faced severe political suppression during this period.
1976-09-09
Mao Zedong passed away on September 9, 1976.
1975
Baozi entered the Department of Chemistry at Tsinghua University as a worker‑peasant‑soldier student to study.
1972
During his visit to China, Nixon toasted with Zhou Enlai at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing; the wine used was later served at White House state dinners.
1968
During the Cultural Revolution, the two rival Red Guard factions at Tsinghua University fought a hundred-day armed clash, using improvised cannons, land mines, grenades, semi-automatic rifles, and even homemade tanks, leaving 18 dead, more than 1,100 wounded, and over 30 permanently disabled.
1967-08-05
A mass rally to criticize Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping was held in Tiananmen Square. Liu Shaoqi held up the Constitution to protest and was beaten by Red Guards, while Wang Guangmei was also publicly humiliated and subsequently arrested.
1967
During the Cultural Revolution in 1967, with Mao Zedong's approval, Red Guards posted two slogans on both sides of Xinhua Gate at Zhongnanhai — “Long live the great Chinese Communist Party” and “Long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought” — and they remain in place as of 2025.
1967
In 1967, Wang Guangmei, wife of Liu Shaoqi, was publicly denounced at Tsinghua University, with Tsinghua President Jiang Nanxiang and Bo Yibo accompanying her in the struggle session.
1966-08-24
During the Cultural Revolution, Lao She suffered denunciation and beatings at the hands of the Writers and Artists Federation; his wife Hu Jieqing was unable to hold him back, and Lao She ultimately ended his life by the Taiping Lake.
1966
After the Cultural Revolution broke out in 1966, Hu Jintao was repeatedly subjected to struggle sessions and forced to write self-criticisms at Tsinghua because he was regarded as a lackey of Jiang Nanxiang's revisionist education line and as coming from a petty-bourgeois background; he neither defended himself nor took part in struggling others.
1964
In 1964, two years before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, Hu Jintao joined the Chinese Communist Party, and through the counselor system established by Tsinghua president Jiang Nanxiang, he was selected to serve as a political counselor at Tsinghua.
1962-01-11
Because the Three Years of Great Famine exposed numerous problems, the Seven Thousand Cadres Conference was convened. Officials expressed dissatisfaction with the Great Leap Forward at the conference, forcing Mao Zedong to make self-criticism and step back to the second line of leadership, while Liu Shaoqi took over frontline economic management authority.
1959
In 1959, Hu Jintao was admitted to Tsinghua University with excellent grades. He had originally intended to apply for the Department of Automatic Control, but due to his family background, he was reassigned to the Department of Hydraulic Engineering.
1957-06
In the Anti-Rightist Campaign, the Chinese Communist Party labeled some individuals as rightists because intellectuals had voiced their opinions, and the people involved and their families subsequently suffered long-term political and social consequences.
1956-01
In January 1956, Beijing and large and medium-sized cities across the country rapidly completed the state-private joint ownership of entire industries. Through a fixed-interest system, the state peacefully bought out private industry and commerce, marking the basic completion of the socialist transformation of the ownership of the means of production.
1949
Before the CCP came to power, Mao Zedong specifically consulted Stalin, and ultimately decided to set the capital in Beijing.
1912-08-25
Song Jiaoren merged the Tongmenghui with four small parties to form the Kuomintang, winning 392 seats in both houses in the first parliamentary election to become the largest party.
1912-01-26
Liang Bi, a core Manchu noble figure who advocated rejecting a republic and fighting against Yuan Shikai, was killed in a bomb attack in Beijing, causing the Manchu nobles' northwest defense line to completely collapse.
1627-09-30
Emperor Tianqi died, and Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the Eastern Depot, lost his backer; he then quickly fell from power after Chongzhen took the throne and hanged himself in December of the same year.