On November 3, China Fund News published an article citing external factors such as the decline in the South Korean stock market, the drop in U.S. tech stocks, and the U.S. midterm elections to explain the A-share correction. The related topic entered the top ten trending list on Weibo, drawing mocking comments from netizens.
On November 2, 'Baitou Baiwei', the same-sex partner of ancient-style singer Wu En, posted that the funeral home procedures had been completed and the cremation time scheduled. They added that they had not expected their own name to be the one left on Wu En's death certificate. The related topic reached number 2 on the Weibo trending list. Same-sex couples cannot register for marriage in mainland China.
On October 31, the topic of "sexual consent determination" in the case of Bu, a female master's degree holder who was "taken in," reached the Weibo trending list, peaking at No. 13. Bu suffers from schizophrenia and lacks the capacity for sexual self-defense. She cohabited with Zhang Moujun for over a decade without a marriage certificate. Zhang Moujun was not prosecuted, while two villagers were publicly prosecuted.
According to Shanghai News Workshop, the Minhang District Representative Office of the Shanghai Charity Foundation received a property worth 6.5 million yuan bequeathed by an elderly person for educational aid. The person in charge stated that selling the property would require an estimated 4.5 to 4.6 million yuan in taxes, so they have decided not to sell it for now and will instead use rental income to support charity. On October 31, the topic topped the Weibo trending list.
Yu Yang, a host at Hangzhou Traffic 91.8 who has been helping ride-hailing drivers with rights defense (weiwen) for over a decade, personally took the test of renting a car to drive. On his second day, he drove for 12 hours, completed 9 orders, and generated 139 yuan in revenue. After deducting expenses for car rental, charging, and meals, he lost 15.73 yuan. On the first day, after deducting new driver bonuses and tips, he also lost 14.8 yuan. The related topic trended on Weibo on October 31.
On October 30, Cang Bai, the male partner of gay singer Wu En, posted to announce Wu En's passing, and the news topped the Weibo trending list. Wu En had been battling stomach cancer for nearly seven years, and the two had taken turns undergoing chemotherapy and caring for each other.
On October 29, the Weibo topic "Mbappé-endorsed drink sees zero sales in a single day" reached number two on the trending list. Guangdong Radio and Television reported that a merchant in Guangzhou claimed the drink had zero sales for the day, while netizens in the comments section posted photos to refute the claim, stating they were still purchasing it.
On October 21, a Global Times editorial titled "The World Is in Chaos While China Lives in Peace" climbed onto Weibo's trending list after being reposted by accounts such as Beijing Daily. Some netizens pointed out that only four of the 400 comments in the relevant Weibo comment section were displayed, while another netizen said "Domestic chaos is what you cannot see," and the search suggestions for their post showed "Are negative news stories being blocked."
On October 21, BMW launched a voluntary redundancy scheme in Germany, with compensation for some employees reaching about 4.87 million yuan. A large number of employees logged into the internal system to check their compensation amounts, causing the system to become congested, and the related topic trended on Weibo's hot search.
On October 19, the Weibo topic “Why young people don’t pay social insurance” trended on the hot search list. Netizens generally attributed it to low incomes, and called for the implementation of an eight-hour workday, no fewer than eight rest days per month, strict punishment for wage arrears, and compensation guarantees for layoffs.
On October 18, "A work schedule more vicious than alternate long-and-short weeks and one-day weekends has appeared" topped Weibo's trending searches. Circulating chat records show that the so-called "improved alternate long-and-short week" means working seven days one week and six days the next, with only one day off in two weeks; a netizen in Shenyang also claimed that a "mini week" means one week with a single day off and the following week with no days off.
On October 11, "How much social insurance do you actually have to pay to get a 10,000-yuan pension" ranked first on Weibo's hot search. Previously, a blogger cited Shanghai as an example, claiming that ordinary people would have to pay contributions at a relatively high base for 30 to 40 years before their pension could exceed 10,000 yuan, and said the shortcut was to get a job inside the system. Netizens sarcastically commented on "deemed contributions" — "they have the final say."
On October 11, the topic “Employers in Arrears on Social Insurance May Be Fined Up to Three Times the Amount” topped Weibo’s trending searches, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
On October 11, “smoothing out pension benefits” trended on Weibo, reaching a high of No. 15. Under the topic, one blogger suggested that retirees receiving more than 10,000 yuan per month, whose contributions before 2014 were deemed as paid, have their benefits cut by 5% per year for five consecutive years, and that those receiving more than 5,000 yuan have their increases frozen for five years; another blogger called for raising rural pensions to at least 500 yuan, saying rural elderly cannot wait any longer.
On October 8, Dongchedi released a test video claiming that during a continuous emergency braking test from 100km/h to 0, the brake pedal brackets of three Zunjie V800 units priced between 766,000 and 1,016,000 yuan broke in succession, with none lasting more than 4 hard stops, contrasting with the official website's promotion of "multiple redundancy, steady as Mount Tai." There is online dispute over the force readings in the test, and the cause of the breakage remains to be verified.