On November 4, multiple merchants posted videos stating that sales representatives from Dongpeng Beverage's "Bushuila" brand visited small supermarkets and shops across various regions, manually using new stickers to cover the image of Kylian Mbappe on the bottle labels, sparking dissatisfaction in the comments section from netizens.
A woman posted a video stating that she purchased a Bull power strip on Pinduoduo labeled as '100% authentic' and 'ten times compensation for fakes.' Upon receiving it, she discovered the power cord plug was not an original Bull part. The merchant admitted the cord end was from another brand, and the product page simultaneously claimed it was authentic while noting it came with a non-original cord.
On November 3, The Wall Street Journal cited research from The Accounting Review, stating that Chinese companies provide less information in their English annual reports compared to their Chinese versions. The probability of them responding to inquiries from foreign investors is only half that of domestic investors, leading to lower forecast accuracy for foreign analysts.
Google released a report stating it had dismantled a botnet controlling over 1.3 million TV set-top boxes, noting that the backdoor was developed by Shenzhen Shizhuang Technology and used for malicious ad fraud and bandwidth rental.
Readers pointed out that the cover and inner pages of the 'South China Sea Marine Life Popular Science Series' published by China Agriculture Press featured illustrations of 'two-headed shrimp.' The publisher stated it is notifying all platforms to remove and recall the books in question. The book had previously been recommended by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs for the 2026 National Excellent Popular Science Book list.
On October 27, Shandian News exposed that multiple companies in Henan are processing chicken frames—left over after removing chicken necks and breast meat—into meat paste to supply the production of sausages, meatballs, and dumplings. Some workshops were found with sewage flowing everywhere, and some companies lacked food production licenses. The person in charge of Qixian Xinrui Food stated that the daily production capacity is at least 30 tons, with a selling price of 3,800 yuan per ton, and warned consumers to eat as little stuffed food products as possible.
On October 24, X blogger Elshayib posted what he said were promotional documents from Kimi (Moonshot AI), requiring bloggers promoting K3.1 Pro to submit drafts for review first, not to label paid partnerships, and providing talking points such as the AI gap between China and the US having narrowed to one month. He refused to participate and struck back by posting screenshots of private messages.
Recently, FAW-Volkswagen employees reported online that the company has delayed the payment of policy bonuses. Some netizens questioned that this money was included in the compensation package during recruitment, but there has been no clear news about its distribution to date.
On October 22, an AITO owner in Sichuan posted a video on Douyin saying that in May this year his vehicle caught fire while driving without any collision, with flames shooting out from the passenger-side center console. The inspection report attributed the fire to "an aromatherapy bottle refracting sunlight." The owner asked in helplessness, and netizens sarcastically commented in the danmaku: "malicious fire."
According to a report by the UK's Financial Times on October 22, the liquidators of China Evergrande sent a demand letter to Harvard University, asking for the return of $2 million from a 2020 research grant, and the two sides are in negotiations. The liquidation report disclosed that Evergrande also paid the university about $156 million in 2013 and 2016, and the liquidators said they found no clear commercial rationale for these payments.
On October 21, a Douyin blogger with 550,000 followers posted a video saying that the Huawei smartwatch they purchased did not support standalone video calls, so they applied for a refund and returned it within less than 10 seconds of receiving it; the merchant refused the 960 yuan refund citing a scratched screen and sent the item back, and their earlier complaint video was taken down.
On October 20, the "Zhangshang University" platform under Hangzhou Xinmai Technology was accused of collecting high service fees on the promise of a "guaranteed minimum sales volume," then failing to perform, delaying refunds indefinitely, and owing wages to internal employees and campus agents. Large numbers of people gathered at the company's premises to defend their rights, and victimized merchants issued a petition urging regulators to investigate severely.
On October 19, a netizen claiming to be the actual driver of an AITO M9 posted on Autohome saying that while traveling with his young daughter in late August, the vehicle lost power twice in a single day, with one instance leaving it stopped in a highway traffic lane until traffic police handled it; after mediation through the 12315 hotline he still failed to obtain the backend driving logs, and the SD card footage from the two periods of power loss is missing, so he is demanding a written report based on real data.
According to Xinnwang reports on October 19, Mr. Wang from Yantai reported that his mother, in her seventies, has been charged for a Huawei video membership since December 2022. The charges were 12 yuan for the first month and 29 yuan per month thereafter, totaling over 1,000 yuan. The elderly woman neither used nor activated the service. The family demanded a full refund; customer service increased the offer from a 1-month refund to 24 months, refusing to refund earlier charges due to the time elapsed. Huawei stated they would arrange for verification and a response.
On October 17, a netizen posted on Xiaohongshu that when applying for a bank card at the Chengyi Plaza Branch of ICBC in Jimei, Xiamen, the teller unauthorizedly opened a personal pension account for them; the money transferred in could not be withdrawn, and they were told it could only be withdrawn upon retirement.