2026-11-11
The New York Times exclusively reports that Jensen Huang and Kimberly Powell, Vice President of NVIDIA Healthcare, had an extramarital affair, potentially involving a conflict of interest.
2026-11-11
Former President Tsai Ing-wen quoted Lo Ta-yu's song "Childhood" in a Facebook post to respond to criticisms, emphasizing her commitment to safeguarding Taiwan's future during her tenure, which drew widespread support and likes.
2026-11-11
An incident involving an excavator demolishing a building to demand unpaid wages occurred at the Fengdong Administrative Service Center in Xi'an, sparking widespread attention online.
2026-11-11
On November 11, the Douyin account of Shandong News reported that a car hit pedestrians near a subway station in California, USA, resulting in 3 deaths. In the comment section, a large number of Chinese netizens listed domestic malicious incidents to mock the official media for only reporting good news and ignoring the bad.
2026-11-11
On November 11, a large number of shops along the street near the Ganzhou Bus Station in Jiangxi closed their doors. Grid workers patrolled, knocked on doors, and repeatedly used loudspeakers to demand that the merchants resume normal business operations.
2026-11-11
On November 11, when staff from the Disabled Persons' Federation in Anlu City, Hubei Province, visited disabled individuals, they left only simple snacks, including Magic Star instant noodles. The accompanying milk was taken away after photos were taken, sparking netizens' criticism of the performative nature of the visit.
2026-11-11
On November 11, a netizen in Hubei posted a video exposing the village committee election scene in Lumatou Village, claiming that the election with over 3,000 votes was dismissed directly without them even voting or signing their names.
2026-11-11
Xi'an internet police reported that three individuals were administratively detained, fined, and given disciplinary education for using AI to synthesize and spread fake videos, such as 'Terracotta Warriors operating excavators to destroy buildings,' to incite public sentiment.
2026-11-11
On November 11, a netizen in Anhui accidentally clicked an ad link while using Mango TV. They received a phone call from the police demanding they go to the station to clear a 'warning,' and their phone was thoroughly inspected by officers for 25 minutes.
2026-11-10
Lo Ta-yu criticized Lai Ching-te and the DPP government on the 'UFO Breakfast' program, sparking widespread debate and heated exchanges among Taiwan's political circles, the entertainment industry, and netizens.
2026-11-10
Procurement documents for AI classroom patrol systems at Anhui Vocational College of Commerce and Trade and Zhengzhou Normal University in 2025 have recently sparked concern: the systems monitor student attendance rates, head-up rates, and desk-leaning rates, analyze the political leanings and sensitive words in teachers' classroom speech, and automatically trigger screenshots for evidence collection and inclusion in priority monitoring lists when thresholds are met.
2026-11-10
A residential committee in a Shenzhen community suggested in a group chat that residents go out for trips from November 17 to 19, stating that those who remain at home will be visited by party and government personnel during specific periods. Empty apartments will have electronic seals with chips placed on their doors, which will trigger an alarm upon opening, and residents must be accompanied by staff to return home. The APEC meeting is being held in Shenzhen from November 18 to 19.
2026-11-10
Yin Xu'an, a petitioner from Hubei who has been missing for over a year, has reportedly been detained by authorities in a black psychiatric hospital. His need for medical treatment for hypertension has been replaced by indefinite detention, forcing him to handwrite a plea for help to survive. Outsiders are calling on the Huangshi municipal government to immediately cease restrictions on his personal freedom and medical access.
[Follow-up · November 12, 2026] X user Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher posted a message calling on the public to pay attention to Yin Xu'an, though the post did not disclose his specific situation or the reasons for his detention.
2026-11-10
In November 2026, a netizen with a nickname containing the Hong Kong independent band my little airport sent a virtual sports car in Li Na's livestream. After thanking them, Li Na stated that she could not read the name. The band released the song "Miss Wu" during the 2019 anti-extradition bill movement, and their works have been removed from mainland Chinese music platforms. Netizens joked that knowing how to avoid "insulting" is itself a form of insult.
2026-11-10
On November 10, a netizen posted that on the eve of the APEC meeting in Shenzhen, workers at a construction site in Shekou were restricted from entering and leaving, and nearby street vendors were banned from operating until the 21st, affecting the workers' daily meals.
2026-11-10
On the evening of November 10, at the 39th Golden Rooster Awards, Zheng Dasheng won Best Director for "The Secret File," which significantly lagged in both box office and critical acclaim, defeating the high-rated and high-grossing "Love Letter to Grandma." This sparked protests from netizens who left one-star ratings on Douban.
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
On the same day that a forced demolition incident involving an excavator occurred in Xi'an, taxi drivers in the city collectively gathered outside their company to demand unpaid wages, with a large number of police deployed to the scene for stability maintenance.
2026-11-09
A man, frustrated by long-term fruitless petitioning, drove an excavator to demolish part of the facilities at the Fengdong New City Government Services Center in Shaanxi Xixian New Area and was subsequently subjected to criminal coercive measures.
2026-11-09
Trump called Jensen Huang to ask whether Eric Huang is a spy. Jensen Huang denied having knowledge of the matter. Trump stated he believed his statement, but confirmed that the FBI is still investigating.
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
On November 9, taxi drivers in Xi'an gathered outside their company to demand unpaid wages, with a large number of police deployed to the scene for stability maintenance.
2026-11-09
On November 9, netizens filmed streets near an unfinished construction project in Chengdu filled with police cars and tight security, with police appearing drowsy inside their vehicles. In the comments section, netizens used images to show solidarity with the excavator driver in Xi'an who recently demolished a building to demand unpaid wages.
2026-11-09
On November 9, Luzhou Southwest Trade City in Sichuan faced an inspection. Many merchants closed their shops and left in a hurry, some even leaving their meals unfinished on the tables, leaving the market looking deserted.
2026-11-09
On November 9, a Taiwanese vlogger posted a video claiming that their mobile phone card, registered in Chongqing, was suspended for no reason. When they contacted customer service in Xiamen to have it unblocked, they were told they must go to a Chongqing service hall to handle it, and questioned the customer service for reading from a script and passing the buck.
2026-11-08
Since the beginning of this semester, Henan University of Economics and Law has required students to sign in for every class using facial recognition and location tracking. The system also identifies the IP address, network environment, and device information at the time of sign-in, including proxy IPs and IPs from tools for circumventing the Great Firewall. It has been verified that those using tools to sign in on behalf of others will be directly marked as absent, and those with severe absenteeism may face expulsion.
2026-11-06
Huanle Aijia, a supermarket chain in Zhumadian, Henan, failed to honor its previously promised payment plan. When a large number of cardholders gathered to defend their rights, they were met with a heavy presence of police and SWAT police for stability maintenance, and many were taken away.
2026-11-06
Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher released recent records of the authorities intercepting petitioners, showing that many petitioners were subjected to stability maintenance measures such as interception and detention.
2026-11-06
On November 6, plainclothes officers were on duty outside the former residence of Li Keqiang in Hefei. A long-term surveillance post was set up behind a shop opposite the residence. Anyone caught taking photos was forced to delete them, and some were even taken to the police station for questioning.
2026-11-06
Recently, netizens in many places posted on social media platforms that they had received calls from 12340, the national social sentiment and public opinion survey hotline, where staff asked about their satisfaction with local public security and their daily living conditions.
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.
2026-11-05
A behavioral analysis report of the Honor HiView four-piece APK suite submitted by a netizen shows that its log component can read the list of installed apps, track usage duration, receive cloud pushes, execute debug commands, and capture network traffic, with the upload module containing a device serial number field; another module can determine whether an operation is an automated script based on operational data.
2026-11-05
On November 5, The Paper reported that universities including Jiangnan University, Heilongjiang University, Wenzhou University, and Northeast Forestry University have introduced AI classroom patrol systems to monitor attendance rates and student engagement (head-up rates). Jiangnan University's system covers 462 classrooms, has analyzed over 120,000 class hours, and automatically sends alerts for abnormal classroom situations, while Southern Medical University uses AI to grade classes.
2026-11-05
According to a netizen's report, the Foshan Women and Children's Hospital has implemented a blanket exit-entry restriction on ordinary staff who are not involved in classified work or middle management. Employees were disciplined for applying for travel documents without approval, and a corresponding penalty system was established. This is alleged to be in violation of the Passport Law and the Exit and Entry Administration Law.
2026-11-05
According to netizen reports, the official website of Zhaobang Technology shows that it has developed a mass emotion detection system. By combining technologies from neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, mathematics, and sociology to analyze public sentiment, it is being criticized as a tool for monitoring the public.
2026-11-04
On November 4, 2026, X user kiraequal performed ADB dynamic forensics and DEX reverse engineering on a locked-bootloader Xiaomi 13 Pro (HyperOS 3.0). They discovered that the system's Security Center contains a built-in anti-fraud database named 'fraud_detection_data.db', where the 'voip_record' table involves silent screen recording logs of QQ and WeChat voice and video calls.
[Follow-up · November 4, 2026] On November 4, X user KiraEqual posted after disassembling a Xiaomi 13 Pro running HyperOS 3.0, stating that the pre-installed anti-fraud component can record screens, record audio, and log network call details without triggering any authorization pop-ups. Another researcher verified that on some models, screen recording covers the entire screen, and even after turning off the protection switch, the screenshot time is still recorded.
2026-11-04
On November 4, iPhones in China enabled Apple Intelligence alongside the iOS 27.3 developer beta. The activation page indicates that to comply with Chinese regulations, the device will automatically download and update security mechanisms provided by local companies and collect anonymized security result summaries for sharing, without specifying the content or the recipients of the shared data.
2026-11-04
Recently, universities in Jilin and other regions have required students to attend and vote in local district and county People's Congress representative elections. It is stipulated that abstention is not allowed, and leave is not granted for off-campus internships. There are people guiding students to mark circles or crosses next to candidates, and taking photos is prohibited. Students have posted online to complain.
2026-11-04
On November 4, individual business owners and merchants in the hardware, building materials, and electromechanical industries in various parts of Suining, Sichuan, closed their shops en masse to avoid the quality supervision inspections and special 3C certification spot checks that began in November. Many shops along the streets remained closed.
2026-11-04
The Shenzhen police announced that the APEC security command system has entered wartime mode, and low-altitude control will be implemented starting November 7. Drones, kites, and sky lanterns are all within the ban.
2026-11-04
Taiyuan University of Technology released a procurement intention in the same batch, planning to spend 340,000 yuan to purchase internet behavior management equipment. It requires coverage of all faculty, students, and various terminals, integration with unified identity authentication, and the capability for website access control and internet behavior auditing.
2026-11-03
Media reports indicate that Nanjing University's Xianlin Campus has implemented a smart classroom system equipped with facial detection and intelligent recognition algorithms, which tracks real-time attendance and head-up rates, sparking criticism over privacy violations.
2026-11-03
The official website of Wenzhou University of Technology has made public similar correspondence materials, requiring the village committee, neighborhood committee, or sub-district office where parents reside to provide political vetting materials. The attached form lists columns for 'whether there are any issues or conclusions regarding the Cultural Revolution, the 1989 turmoil, or Falun Gong'.
2026-11-03
On November 3, staff at the Social Affairs Bureau of the Ganzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone in Jiangxi confirmed that the family subsistence allowance for the girl who triggered a warning after traveling to Hong Kong for a concert has been cancelled. The district publicity department stated that the matter will be handled in accordance with laws and regulations.
2026-11-03
On November 3, during an online patrol, the Rongchang Public Security Bureau in Chongqing discovered individuals insulting each other. Upon visiting their homes, they confirmed that both parties were minors and provided them with criticism and education.
Location: Rongchang District, Chongqing ·
Importance I ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-11-02
On the evening of November 2, news emerged that the travel influencer "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya," who has tens of millions of followers, is suspected of being banned again. His accounts on Weibo, Bilibili, and Douyin have all stopped updating. His last Weibo post was on October 27, and numerous fans have left comments asking about his status without receiving a response. His last public offline appearance was during the Halloween event in Hangzhou, after which he was taken away by the police.
2026-11-02
On November 2, netizens posted an exposé revealing that Nanjing University recently implemented a "smart classroom system." The system uses classroom cameras to monitor and record attendance rates, late arrivals, and student attentiveness (head-up rates) in real-time. Some teachers have notified students that these attendance data will affect their daily grades and could even lead to the cancellation of exam eligibility, sparking questioning and anger among the students.
2026-11-02
On November 2, Elephant News reported that sanitation workers in Huadu District, Guangzhou, were required to wear smart electronic badges capable of tracking their location. The local urban environmental sanitation management office responded that the badges do not record audio or video and do not infringe on personal privacy, but are used to monitor attendance, which has sparked skepticism among netizens.
Location: Huadu District, Guangzhou ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-11-01
A migrant worker from Shandong with over 3 million yuan in debt found himself in a desperate situation after all his bank cards were frozen and his wages were garnished, leaving him unable to even pay his child's 900 yuan tuition. Driven to the brink, he went to a police station asking to be sent to prison just to survive, but was eventually persuaded by officers to abandon the idea.
2026-11-01
On November 1, 17 days before the opening of the APEC Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen, the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department ordered all public security organs across the province to initiate high-level duty, deploy heavy forces onto the streets for strict management and control, and transfer police personnel to support Shenzhen for enhanced inspection and control on the outer peripheries of Shenzhen and Guangdong.
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, several railway photography enthusiasts were taken away by local personnel while filming train operations near the perimeter fence of Yuding Station in Jiangsu. They were accused of espionage, their mobile phones were confiscated for data extraction, and they were ordered to delete their photos. They were released after being detained for over 48 hours, during which no written documentation was provided, and their phones were not returned.
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
A netizen was monitored by WeChat and summoned for a 'tea' talk that same night after discussing cosplaying as 'Da Bai' (COVID-19 health worker) for Halloween in Shanghai.
2026-11
Recently, a vocational middle school in Suzhou, Anhui, required outsourced cafeteria and other on-campus service personnel to submit a certificate of no criminal record and fill out a background investigation form. The form asks whether they have participated in Falun Gong, have a history of mental illness, or have any "tendencies to retaliate against society" or "history of involvement in stability-related issues."
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.
2026-11
As the 2026 APEC meeting approaches, security measures in Shenzhen have become strict. Some residents report that their online orders are being returned to the sender, and daily items such as nail clippers cannot be shipped normally.
2026-10-31
When influencer Feng Ge appeared in Hangzhou to celebrate Halloween, he was taken away by local police as soon as he showed up.
2026-10-31
Protective fences were installed around the buildings and passageways of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Stock Exchange around October 31, sparking speculation that they were intended to prevent gatherings or protests by petitioners or investors.
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
On October 31, a developer reported that their friend received a call from the police, demanding they uninstall X and Telegram.
2026-10-31
On October 31, a citizen dressed as Mario on Julu Road in Shanghai was stopped by police, had their ID registered and was photographed. They were asked which school they attended and were required to contact their parents. Plainclothes officers on the scene stated they had been sent as reinforcements for the day.
2026-10-31
During Halloween on October 31, someone in Heping District, Tianjin, dressed up as US President Trump and was interrogated by police.
2026-10-31
On the evening of October 31, two women were taken away by police at Jing'an Temple in Shanghai for wearing "strange costumes."
2026-10-31
On the night of October 31, during Halloween in Hangzhou, internet celebrity Feng Ge appeared at Hubin Yintai IN77 and was subsequently taken away by police.
2026-10-31
On October 31, officials at Henan Medical University stated that they will use a student comprehensive profiling analysis platform to conduct graded early warnings and closed-loop management for abnormal situations in academics, psychology, and attendance, shifting student management from passive response to proactive prediction.
2026-10-30
The owner of a restaurant in Longhua District, Shenzhen, revealed that local police came to the premises and used metal chains to lock up all the kitchen knives in the community restaurant.
2026-10-30
A restaurant owner in Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, claimed that kitchen knives were chained and fixed by the police. It is rumored that this control measure is being widely implemented in local communities.
2026-10-30
On October 30, near Changle Road and Julu Road in Shanghai, people dressed in Halloween costumes were taken away by police for questioning, required to remove their makeup, register their ID cards, and have their photos taken for records. Outdoor venues such as open-air bars were also strictly prohibited from allowing costumes.
2026-10-30
On October 30, the owner of the 'Jiudao Geng Quan Niu Yan' restaurant in Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, stated that police officers came to the premises and used chains to lock and secure their kitchen knives, adding that they heard this control measure was being implemented throughout the local community.
2026-10-30
Shanghai rights activist Shen Yanqiu claims her family was harassed and intimidated by outsourced personnel posing as staff from the neighborhood Public Security Office, and that the individuals were released after she called the police.
2026-10-30
On October 30, the government of Beilin District, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, reported that a man surnamed Jiang, born in 2004, requested to leave the military multiple times after enlisting in March this year because he could not adapt to military life. He was dismissed on April 24, fined 61,051 yuan, had his household registration permanently marked for refusing military service, was banned from further education or traveling abroad for two years, was barred from being hired as a public servant, and was placed on the list of serious defaulters of national defense obligations.
2026-10-29
User @Cyberxinfang on X released a series of records documenting the harassment and stability maintenance (weiwen) measures implemented by authorities against petitioners and rights defenders during the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the official website of Hongshan College of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics released a tender announcement, planning to purchase a cross-border VPN monitoring system with a budget of 245,000 yuan. The system is required to integrate with internet authentication, link to the real names of faculty and students, and track the number of 'sensitive site visits' per person. The system must be capable of decrypting Shadowsocks traffic and include a real-time dashboard for statistics on circumventing the Great Firewall.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a Shenzhen netizen posted that due to APEC security controls, the Evian facial spray they purchased could not be shipped. Multiple netizens reported that scissors, knives, mosquito coils, deodorant sprays, and other items sent to Shenzhen addresses were either refunded by merchants or flagged as being outside the sales area.
2026-10-29
On October 29, a Weibo user posted on behalf of another, stating that a student was reported during a scholarship evaluation because they had photoshopped a Christmas hat onto their social media profile picture last year.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the 'Nanshan Folk' bar in Gongyi City, Henan Province, issued an announcement stating that it would refuse entry to customers wearing cosplay costumes or special effects makeup on the night of October 31. The post included the hashtag 'No Foreign Festivals,' which subsequently triggered questioning and ridicule from netizens.
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
A large number of police and plainclothes officers have appeared around Li Keqiang's former residence and Hongxing Road in Hefei, Anhui, monitoring passersby.
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
On October 28, workers from Zhongjian Magnesite Brick in Dashiqiao, Yingkou, Liaoning Province, gathered at the plaza in front of the city government to demand unpaid wages and defend their rights, as the company had failed to pay wages for 15 months and social security contributions for 19 months. A large number of police and SWAT police stood in lines to guard the scene for stability maintenance.
2026-10-28
On October 28, a large number of owners at the Feiyang Huafu Huayuhu residential complex in Xingyi City, Guizhou Province, gathered outside the homeowners' committee office to defend their rights, claiming that two property management companies (Lantian Garden and Dazhou Property) refused to vacate after their contracts expired and were forcibly collecting property management fees. A large number of police arrived to maintain stability.
2026-10-28
Recently a primary school student wore a red scarf on his head and imitated a rapper singing, drawing criticism from netizens who accused him of desecrating the red scarf and demanded an apology. In the end the student recorded an apology video, saying that after being educated by his parents he had come to recognize the sacred nature of the red scarf.
2026-10-27
On the night of October 27, under controversy surrounding Kylian Mbappé and pressure from accusations, Fan Zhendong unfollowed Mbappé on both Weibo and Instagram and deleted his Real Madrid fan bio. Previously, Weibo blogger "Xu's Observation" posted urging him to "make a clear stance and cut ties quickly."
2026-10-27
Recently a netizen posted that after a phone call with a friend they received a service suspension notice, and the anti-fraud center also called their friend to warn them to be careful with that number. Staff said they may have discussed sensitive words, and that the number had been flagged as impersonating a police officer; after applying to have it lifted, service was still not restored.
2026-10-27
On October 27, Zhejiang Pharmaceutical Vocational University published the contract announcement for the procurement project of smart campus data security control equipment. The procurement list included 2 cross-border VPN monitoring devices, priced at 95,000 yuan each, totaling 190,000 yuan.
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
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
In accordance with the requirements of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance, Nantong University and Yangzhou University have notified staff on the payroll and personnel-agency personnel that their salaries will be disbursed through digital RMB wallets starting November 2026. Personnel must open or upgrade their wallets within the prescribed deadline, with Nantong University requiring completion before October 30.
2026-10-26
On October 26, several teachers from a public school in Zunhua City, Tangshan, Hebei, collectively went to the west gate of the Zunhua Education Bureau to block it and defend their rights after being owed wages for a long time. Several teachers sat on the ground, and police and security personnel were present to maintain stability.
Location: Zunhua City, Tangshan ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-10-26
On October 26, the Student Affairs Department of Hubei University of Education issued a notice requiring all students to sign the "2026 Cybersecurity Commitment Letter" through the student affairs system, to self-check overseas app accounts such as Twitter and overseas game servers. Those confirmed to have circumvented the Great Firewall will face circulated criticism and disciplinary action, and serious cases will be handed over to the police and state security.
2026-10-26
On October 26, Olympic table tennis champion Fan Zhendong shared his experience of watching a Real Madrid match at the Barcelona home stadium on Weibo, without mentioning Kylian Mbappé. Screenshots of a report page posted by netizens show that 45% of users selected the 'insulting martyrs' category.
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
Recently, three “personal recreation” flight applications submitted by a drone hobbyist in Xiamen were all denied approval. He said that in the past, applications to fly at Guanyinshan Beach were basically approved, but now they are not approved at all, leaving five drones forced to sit idle.
2026-10-25
The Haibowan Branch and Wuda Branch of the Wuhai Public Security Bureau in Inner Mongolia carried out “distant-water fishing” against a Beijing entrepreneur — recovering assets before filing a case — involving 9.9 million yuan. The person involved has奔波 six years and won lawsuits repeatedly, yet the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau has kept the money and still has not returned it.
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
On October 25, at a Shangri-La hotel in Zhejiang, rapper "MulaSakee" got into a heated argument after being refused when he tried to check his girlfriend's phone. Passersby called the police. When officers attempted to intervene, he pushed them and was subsequently struck on the head three times with a police baton, requiring thirteen stitches. He later live-streamed himself showing his blood-stained clothing, claiming he would hold the police accountable for violent law enforcement. The police have not yet issued a statement.
2026-10-24
It is circulating online that the National University of Defense Technology is carrying out an "information cleanup," strictly investigating the use of circumventing the Great Firewall and foreign tools, requiring computers and cabinets to be checked person by person and room by room, emphasizing that "there must be no doors that cannot be opened," and that any discovered problem will result in a one-vote veto.
2026-10-24
The "2026 Shandong Province Public Security Organ Civil Service Examination Recruitment Brochure (People's Police)" stipulates that those who have studied, worked, or lived abroad (outside the country/region) for six consecutive months or more, and whose relevant experience and political performance are difficult to examine, may not apply for people's police positions in public security organs. Netizens say that having an entry-exit record of Taiwan basically means saying goodbye to 90% of civil service jobs.
2026-10-23
Minsheng Observation Studio published Issue No. 171 of the "China Stability Maintenance and Human Rights Dynamics" (September 2026). According to incomplete statistics, a total of 160 stability maintenance cases that month were compiled, and at least 562 individuals were subjected to varying degrees of stability maintenance and suppression.
2026-10-23
On October 23, Central South University issued a notice requiring all undergraduate and graduate classes across the school to carry out safety education from October 24 to November 2, listing anti-circumvention of the Great Firewall as part of class meeting content, stressing the consequences of disciplinary penalties for using circumvention tools without authorization, and requiring the installation of the National Anti-Fraud Center App and the timely reporting of improper online speech.
2026-10-23
On October 23, an online store selling model protective spray paint notified customers that, because Shenzhen is hosting the 2026 APEC Meeting (November 18 to 19), the product falls within the control zone, and deliveries to Shenzhen addresses are temporarily suspended. Shipping will resume after November 19, and buyers in Shenzhen were advised not to place orders for now.
2026-10-23
On October 23, the Market Supervision Administration of Luoding City, Guangdong issued a notice soliciting clues in the market supervision field related to gang-related and evil forces, listing knowingly buying fake goods, deliberately nitpicking, and filing complaints and lawsuits in batches as malicious claims for compensation, with suspected gang and evil crimes to be transferred to the police.
2026-10-23
On October 23, a netizen posted a "roster of people over 22 who have not enrolled in resident insurance," captioning it that those who haven't paid social insurance have already been found. Netizens in the comments said collection calls would be made to everyone in the family, and that even the unemployed with no money were being pressed to pay.
2026-10-22
On October 22, a netizen in Guangdong posted that during Shenzhen's "green travel" voluntary no-drive declaration period, some grassroots departments and enterprises had turned the voluntary program into quota targets, with managers requiring employees to scan a QR code to declare and submit screenshots, and those failing to meet the targets would be held accountable, sparking dissatisfaction among netizens.
2026-10-22
On October 22, a locale in Henan organized a vehicle convoy to go down to the countryside to promote and urge payment of medical insurance; the convoy played payment reminder audio through loudspeakers at village entrances and in the alleys.
2026-10-21
On October 21, Zhang Wenbin, a volunteer who has long been engaged in environmental supervision and runs the WeChat public account "Zero-Distance Pollution Task Force," was taken away by police from Wanzai County, Yichun, Jiangxi, in Urumqi. Online reports say he is suspected of extortion; colleagues suspect it is related to his exposure of environmental violations by Wanzai enterprises in 2023. No official announcement has been made yet.
2026-10-21
A student at Yunnan Vocational and Technical College of Communications in Chenggong District, Kunming, Yunnan, went missing after being sent by the school to an internship placement. The family repeatedly approached the school with no result, and recently held a banner displaying the child's photo outside the school gate to search for the person, getting into a dispute with police.
2026-10-20
Liu Ying, a petitioner from Shangrao, Jiangxi, was blocked at her doorstep around the clock by a large number of masked personnel who restricted her movement as she prepared to travel to Shanghai for medical treatment.
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
On October 20, Minecraft third-party launcher PCL announced that it would no longer provide the game download function in order to comply with relevant laws and regulations. According to netizens, the adjustment came after parents reported it and the relevant authorities demanded rectification. The developer noted that it has nothing to do with NetEase and Microsoft, and said that Chinese-style parents are quite something.
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
On October 19, 2026, Beijing time, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu displayed a map dividing the Middle East into different factions during a speech on Israeli national security. According to information posted by the X account @clashreport, the map was intended to illustrate the current situation in the Middle East and the security environment facing Israel. The presentation drew outside attention to Israel's regional strategic intentions.
2026-10-19
According to clashreport, French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon made public remarks pointing out that since the “Yellow Vests” movement, every social crisis in France has been handled in exactly the same way: letting the situation deteriorate and then resorting to police violence.
2026-10-19
A Xiaohongshu user in Huai'an, Jiangsu posted that after her father transferred 50,000 yuan to her, the anti-fraud center called the whole family in turn, repeatedly verifying the transfer and pressing her on what the money was for; she questioned why a transfer between father and daughter required the whole family to undergo verification.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a bank employee in Guangdong posted a notice from their workplace group chat requiring unmarried employees to share their parents' WeChat contacts and married employees to share their spouses' WeChat contacts with grid administrators, to be completed within the same day. Netizens said some banks also demand parents' ID numbers, job titles, and their children's school and class information, and even home visits.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a woman in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, said that a stranger asked her to add them on WeChat on the pretext of "having an emergency." After she replied with a single word, her account's social functions were restricted for "gambling-related" activity; after two unban cycles she was reported again, and the other party threatened, "Send money and I'll let you go." The platform's manual review still found a violation, and after she called the police, the authorities have not yet opened a criminal case because there was no actual financial loss.
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.
2026-10-17
A netizen revealed that taking photos at Potala Palace Square in Tibet will get you taken by police into a police booth for registration and investigation — one registration per photo taken.
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2026-10-17
Zhou Junyi, a senior member of the Chinese Democracy Party, successfully left Thailand on October 17, 2026 after being held by the immigration bureau there for more than a year, boarding a flight to Canada. According to reports, while stranded in Thailand Zhou Junyi faced dangerous situations on multiple occasions, including pressure from personnel at the Chinese Embassy in Thailand who demanded that he sign a consent form for repatriation, attempting to have him deported back to China. Zhou Junyi has now successfully escaped the control of the CCP's transnational repression apparatus and is about to arrive in Canada.
2026-10-17
At 10:00 a.m. Beijing time on October 17, 2026, X user @QuanLujun posted a video claiming that Chinese chengguan (urban management officers) violently beat an elderly woman who had been buying vegetables and was already lying on the ground. The video shows an intense clash at the scene and has drawn attention. This incident reflects the violence that exists in the course of chengguan law enforcement as well as social tensions.
2026-10-17
On October 17, the China Government Procurement Network announced that the campus network monitoring and blocking service for Zhejiang Chinese Medical University was purchased for 219,000 yuan. The procurement documents require the system to identify mainstream proxy software and VPN (airport) applications, link traffic that triggers alerts to campus network accounts, devices, and access times, support blocking of non-compliant requests based on a list, and list the discovery and disposal of on-campus users accessing sensitive or non-compliant information as a core project objective.
2026-10-17
A submission from a netizen shows that a university in Yunnan has issued regulations on managing work-group chats, laying down uniform rules for the management of staff work groups and for their speech and conduct.
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
During a rights-defense struggle over land requisition that has dragged on for more than ten years, the family involved went step by step from petitioning the authorities to being deprived of medical care, placed under communications surveillance, criminally detained, tortured, and violently assaulted, and a relative passed away. Netizens called on the authorities to stop blocking the family from seeking medical treatment and to investigate the abuse in detention.
2026-10-16
Recently, a Chinese student in the History Department of Moscow State University wore the Rising Sun flag and placed a Japanese military cap on his desk during class. He was reported by another Chinese student at the same university, after which he publicly released a video bowing in apology, saying his intention was to display a symbol of Japanese aggression rather than to support militarism.
2026-10-16
On October 16, an impoverished elderly man in the mountains of Sichuan posted a video showing four bowls and four pairs of chopsticks sent by the government, repeatedly thanking the government, the Party, and the village Party secretary and village head, calling it "special care"; he later said in the comments section that he had been asked to thank them, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-16
On October 16, a member of the class of 2026 posted on Xiaohongshu that they had not yet found a job and had recently received a series of calls asking about their employment situation; after one missed call, their family was also contacted, and chat records showed that the town mayor wanted to meet them in person. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is carrying out a youth employment service campaign from July to December, requiring a sweep to identify unemployed graduates.
2026-10-16
On October 16, a Xiaohongshu user posted that when applying for a passport in Yuzhong, Chongqing, they were asked about their purpose of going abroad, whether they owned property, and their savings. Because they rented without a contract, approval was finally granted only after they showed Alipay records of utility bill payments over the past year.
2026-10-15
The news outlet Blast Weekly revealed that the Chinese Communist Party has prepared 18 internal stability maintenance measures covering multiple fields for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee.
2026-10-15
Mike Rogers, Chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee (should be @RepMoolenaar, as the original tweet reads), sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Defense asking that it be added to the Section 1286 list, on the grounds that the university and other well-known Chinese universities are engaged in activities that harm U.S. national security. The letter details the situation at several Chinese laboratories and schools.
2026-10-15
According to China Digital Times (CDT), twenty students in Harbin were disciplined by their school for using a VPN to circumvent the Great Firewall. It is reported that these students were investigated and punished by the school after being reported by their classmates. This incident reflects the prevailing culture of snitching on Chinese campuses, where internet surveillance and reporting mechanisms are further weaponized, and students face increasing risks of disciplinary action for accessing overseas information.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a netizen posted chat screenshots claiming that police in a certain place in Guangdong were requiring landlords to evict tenants who had not paid social insurance, saying that those without jobs cannot rent homes, and that temporary workers and food delivery riders were also among those being evicted. The day before, another netizen had already posted asking whether one could rent a home without paying social insurance, sparking discussion.
2026-10-15
A netizen reported that the Political and Legal Affairs and State Security departments of Shangrao, Jiangxi, issued a document claiming that foreign forces are increasing their ideological infiltration of primary and middle school students in the city.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a student in Zhejiang posted that they had not installed any circumvention software and had only used the campus network to visit the PTE test official website and the immigration bureau websites of New Zealand and Australia to apply for a visa, but was questioned by the school, which accused them of “accessing sensitive foreign-related websites.”
2026-10-15
On October 15, a woman in Weihai, Shandong posted a video saying she had lost her job and could not afford social insurance. She then received a "caring call" from her community, followed by another video in which she urgently clarified that no one would starve to death in this time of peace and prosperity. The comment section of the original video was emptied, and netizens joked in the bullet comments that she had been threatened.
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 Weibo blogger posted that they were stopped by a sanitation worker on a pedestrian bridge who asked for help taking a photo for check-in. The worker explained that leaders require a photo every half hour to prove they are on duty, and selfies are not allowed. The worker's phone screen was cracked and the touch response was slow. The blogger questioned the pointlessness of such management.
2026-10-14
Multiple areas of Shenzhen have implemented large-scale temporary traffic controls and road closures ahead of APEC-related meetings or drills, causing traffic congestion and disrupting residents' travel.
2026-10-14
In the early hours of October 14, 2026, Beijing time, a Twitter user posted that New People's Party member Yan Youxin had been deported back to China, and pointed out that this matter was closely related to Yang Maosen's team. The poster questioned whether Yang Maosen's team might have arranged a pro-CCP lawyer for Yan Youxin, and criticized the team for claiming to catch "spies" on one hand while seeking help from CCP lawyers on the other. The cause of the incident and its specific details remain to be further verified.
2026-10-14
On October 14, 2026 Beijing time, the head of the British Security Service (MI5) publicly stated that foreign national security threats had increased fourfold over the past decade. At present, operations targeting Russia and Iran already consume a vast share of the agency's resources, on a scale comparable to counterterrorism work and even exceeding the level of resources invested during the Cold War. This statement reflects Britain's grave assessment of its national security situation in the current geopolitical environment.
2026-10-14
A netizen inside the Great Firewall shared records of fines imposed on their family by the Chinese Communist Party. The fines covered a wide range of items, and the specific items were not detailed in the tweet.
2026-10-14
According to a Voice of Hope report, when chengguan (urban management officers) confiscated the goods of street vendors, they seized a female vendor's liquefied gas cylinder, causing the vendor's belongings and food to spill all over the ground. Sanitation workers joined the argument as a result, angrily berating the chengguan, while onlookers also expressed contempt for the chengguan's behavior.
2026-10-14
On October 14, 2026, U.S. Representative John Moolenaar officially introduced the Securing Innovation and Research Act (SIRA). The bill aims to safeguard America's innovative capacity and national security, explicitly prohibiting federally funded research projects from establishing cooperative relationships with restricted foreign adversaries, and imposing strict limits on the sharing of sensitive research data.
2026-10-14
On October 14, China Literature and Art Net, part of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles system, published a commentary rejecting Kevin Tsai's explanation that he had just come "to see for myself" when attending Puma Shen's campaign event, saying there is no middle ground in the face of major issues of principle, demanding that literary and art workers first take a firm Chinese stance, and listing Nicky Wu as a positive contrast.
2026-10-14
On October 14, the WeChat public account of Guangxi Medical University reposted an article from "Chongqing Education" stating that college students using VPNs and other means to jump the wall constitutes illegal network access, and cited cases of students placed on probation at school and two individuals criminally detained for selling VPN accounts and profiting over 1 million yuan.
2026-10-14
On October 14, a Xiaohongshu user posted that they traveled to Thailand during the National Day holiday and activated an overseas communication service. After returning home, their China Unicom number was "suspended by the carrier." Two online applications to restore the service were rejected, and the service hall told them the number would have to be cancelled if it was not restored within 24 hours. Calling 10015 to file a complaint still had no effect.
2026-10-13
On October 13, Yiwu Industrial and Commercial Vocational and Technical College announced the winning bid result for the "circumvention traffic audit system construction" project, with a bid price of 170,000 yuan. The bid documents require the system to query cross-border internet access records by account and generate personnel profiles, specifically naming BBC, the Chinese edition of The New York Times, China Digital Times, as well as X, Telegram, YouTube, etc., to identify no fewer than 200 circumvention "airports" (VPN providers) and block them in coordination with the firewall.
2026-10-13
Ma Bo, a petitioner from Jiamusi, Heilongjiang, reported that while petitioning in Beijing he was beaten and both of his legs were fractured. After his assault case was dropped, he has applied for prosecutorial supervision.
2026-10-13
On October 13, a Bilibili creator aggregated data on personnel from 214 government agencies and public institutions in a western county, finding 8,098 active employees and 3,609 retirees, totaling 11,707 people. 2025 fiscal documents show the county's general public budget revenue is approximately 129 million yuan, with expenditures of about 4.056 billion yuan, and subsidies from central, provincial, and municipal governments totaling about 3.545 billion yuan. The creator did not name the county to continue the series, but the document mentions the Mizhi County Public Security Bureau.
2026-10-13
According to a China News Service report on October 13, a coffee shop in Shanghai was visited by chengguan (urban management) officers who came to explain the law because its sign was written entirely in English.
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
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, the X account "Baodian Weekly" (@baodiantimes) said that the Central Stability Maintenance Office had recently issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Maintaining Security and Stability During the Period of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee," putting forward 18 stability-maintenance requirements; Radio France Internationale and the Central News Agency relayed the report on the 13th, and the document has not been officially confirmed.
2026-10-12
According to the notice disclosed by Baodian Weekly, strict control is required over activities in key regions by personnel from embassies and consulates of key countries in China, media, and non-governmental organizations; strengthen intelligence collection and behavioral prediction regarding sensitive foreigners, and strictly guard against espionage and intelligence-gathering, as well as loss of control; unverified by official sources.
2026-10-12
According to the notice disclosed by Bodian Weekly, strict precautions are required against flash mob disturbances, reactionary slogans projected via electronic screens, the hanging and painting of banners, and illegal drone flights; strict control over petitioners traveling to Beijing; strict guarding against mass incidents and extreme individual cases; and strengthened management of online public opinion related to stability; not officially confirmed.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a Taiwanese nurse posted that while traveling in Tibet she was questioned by state security personnel for about an hour, being asked about her work, family, military service experience and political stance; among the 8 Taiwanese in the same tour group, 3 were questioned separately, including two nurses and an aircraft maintenance technician.
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.
2026-10-11
The developer entered the site for construction without the villagers' consent to hand over the land and hired thugs who attacked the villagers with dry powder fire extinguishers and pepper water; after police arrived, they took no coercive measures against the thugs.
2026-10-11
On October 11, a football blogger with more than 1.4 million followers posted a video saying that he is in Argentina and that a normal transfer made on September 30 was deemed risky by the anti-fraud center, which imposed a protective payment stop. On October 8, all of his domestic bank cards and credit cards were frozen. To unfreeze them, he must go to the police station in person with his ID card to explain, but as he is overseas and unable to go, he has sought help online.
2026-10-10
CCP official Li Zhong publicly stated on October 10 that those who still have not participated in social insurance and labor insurance will all be found through methods such as big data monitoring and forced to make contributions.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a traveler flying from Shanghai Pudong to Fukuoka with a child was told by border inspection staff that Japan was a “red alert area” and was advised to give up the trip; after the traveler said they were determined to go, the staff stamped the passport and let them through. Another traveler said that even using the self-service channel for Japan requires manual verification and a reading of the risk warning, while no such dissuasion applies when traveling to the United States. In fact, China’s Consular Service website lists most of Japan as a low-risk area.
2026-10-10
On October 10, the School of Intelligence at the Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) issued a statement warning that using foreign SIM cards for roaming or accessing restricted websites via VPN constitutes illegal internet connectivity that bypasses regulation.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a blogger posted a video saying that the county system found he had not paid social insurance and handed the list to the community, which then called to persuade him to join the urban-rural resident pension insurance; at first he thought it was a scam.
2026-10-09
On October 9, police deployed a large number of officers at the Zhejin Center in Hangzhou and the Zhangjiaba petition reception point. Some rights defenders were visited late at night by multiple batches of police officers who harassed them after they posted messages such as "unite as one, never give up" in rights defense groups.
2026-10-09
On October 9, Zhejiang Technical Institute of Economics issued a tender with a budget of 300,000 yuan to procure a cross-border VPN monitoring system, requiring that synchronized online accounts link violations to individuals, generate user profiles and behavioral heat maps, and add VPN service IPs to a blacklist linked with the firewall for interception.
2026-10-09
On October 9, a netizen posted a video claiming he was stopped by a security guard while lying down to rest at Jing'an Park in Shanghai, asking in return, "Did my lying here affect the city's appearance?" and complaining about formalism. Shanghai's 2018 version of the "Park Civilized Visiting Rules" lists "do not lie down at will" among the park order provisions.
2026-10-09
On October 9, 2026, the Changge Court in Henan published a post through its The Paper government affairs account, calling on the public to scan a QR code to follow the Ministry of State Security's WeChat official account, to mobilize relatives and friends to follow it as well, and to dial 12339 to report any suspicious leads.
2026-10-08
Chinese citizens in Argentina found that all bank cards under their names were frozen due to protective payment suspension by the anti-fraud center, leaving them unable to make overseas payments and cover living expenses.
2026-10-08
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs recalled its ambassador to Ukraine, Park Hee-kwon, over the issue of North Korean prisoner-of-war transfers; subsequently, the Office of the President of Ukraine disclosed on social media that South Korea had shipped large quantities of diesel to Russian ports between July and August, violating sanctions.
2026-10-08
The Zion Church announced that, as the trial approaches, justice administration departments in multiple regions have been pressuring defense lawyers and their firms, and 4 of the original 16 defense lawyers have formally withdrawn under the pressure.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a group chat notice circulated online stated that, having received a notice from the Public Security Bureau and the local police station, all content by Times Fengjun and TFBOYS cannot be published, and some of Zhang Hanrui's large-scale light shows and light projections also cannot be published normally.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a fan-support account announced that the originally planned 20-city birthday coffee events had been cancelled for special reasons, reminding fans not to organize any form of offline activities on their own.
2026-10-07
On October 7, a spokesperson for the Chinese Embassy in Thailand confirmed to Xinhua News Agency that the Shanghai music teacher who had gone missing in Bangkok has safely returned to Shanghai, but did not disclose the date of return, the cause of the disappearance, or the details of what happened.
2026-10-06
On October 6, Caixin revealed that science popularization blogger Hong Guangyu was criminally detained by Dalian police. He had helped cherry growers draft and revise complaint materials and spoken out online. Sources said the detention was related to his involvement in fruit farmers' rights defense.
2026-10-05
On October 5, a netizen in Shaanxi posted a video saying their child was flying a micro-drone in their own yard at a height of less than ten meters; about ten minutes into the flight, they received a police call demanding that the drone stop flying and its location be checked. Another netizen said they also received a no-fly warning for a toy drone costing a few dozen yuan.
2026-10-05
On October 5, a netizen in Guizhou filmed tourists using an extra-long drone selfie stick to shoot video at a scenic spot. Since drone flight approvals are strict everywhere, netizens in the comments section said such selfie sticks have become a substitute, and complained that the UOM platform's approvals are not passed and yield no results.
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.
2026-10-04
On October 4, a drone user in Guoyang, Anhui flew to 149 meters without approval from the air traffic management authority. About half an hour after the flight, personnel from the Public Security Bureau came to the door, and the user was fined 200 yuan. The user said they had already completed real-name registration on UOM.
2026-10-04
An article titled “A Criminal Investigator’s Disclosures About the Dirty Inside of the Public Security Apparatus” is circulating online. Its author claims to be a frontline criminal investigator, citing examples such as cases involving people with no money or power easily becoming wrongful convictions, superiors giving a heads-up that brings cases to an abrupt halt, and the extraction of confessions through torture for the sake of performance targets — exposing dark practices in internal police casework.
2026-10-03
Taiwanese singer Cyndi Wang held a commercial concert at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium, and told the audience during an interaction that both going on stage and going down into the audience seats require prior approval.
2026-10-03
On October 3, a netizen posted that after receiving a transfer from family during the National Day holiday, their China Construction Bank card was blocked less than one minute after the money was credited. Calling customer service and the anti-fraud center did not resolve the issue; customer service only said they would have to wait 3 working days. Many people in the comments shared similar experiences of having their accounts flagged by risk controls.
2026-10-03
In the comments section of a netizen's post complaining about their bank card being flagged for risk control, someone suspected to be a bank employee revealed that internal scripts require that words such as gambling and fraud, anti-fraud center, bank-police coordination, and reporting to the police must not be used when communicating with customers.
2026-10-03
On October 3, singer Cyndi Wang held a commercial concert at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium. During interaction with fans, she said she could not come down, and fans were not allowed onstage without prior approval.
2026-10-03
On October 3, Cyndi Wang said “cannot take the stage without approval” at the Qunxing Concert in Harbin, Heilongjiang, and the remarks sparked discussion and mockery among netizens.
2026-10-03
Under a Zhihu discussion about Na Ying singing an encore of 'The Crescent Moon', top-voted comments demand that Na Ying be punished. Other netizens quoted Wang Xiaobo to mock the mindset of 'cutting down the tall so everyone is equally short'.
2026-10-02
The American nonprofit Judicial Watch has formally sued the CIA, demanding the release of communications records related to Fauci and the origins of COVID.
2026-10-02
NASA strengthens enforcement of the Wolf Amendment based on a House report, suspending 40 grant projects involving cooperation with China totaling $40 million.
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2026-10-02
House Select Committee on the CCP Chair Moolenaar praised NASA for stepping up enforcement of the Wolf Amendment and for suspending more than 40 grant programs totaling $40 million.
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2026-10-02
A minor netizen in Hubei said that police came to their home and over the following days took away their collection of chemical experiment materials and equipment, also took their fingerprints and interrogated them.
2026-10-02
A Douyin user in Rizhao, Shandong posted a video showing himself driving a tractor bearing the slogan "Wei Guang Zheng" through the streets, and said he had been suppressed in the past for rights defense.
2026-10-02
According to a BBC report, China will impose broader regulation on AI chatbots open to the public starting July 15, placing restrictions on emotional interaction apps such as AI friends, AI boyfriends, and AI girlfriends: parental consent is required for those under 14, and access to virtual companions is prohibited for those under 18.
2026-10-02
On October 2, a netizen in Hubei posted a video saying that nearly 20 police officers came to their home one after another, and the next day more than a dozen vehicles arrived to confiscate all of their chemistry experiment materials and equipment; after fingerprint collection and questioning, they were able to go home because they are a minor.
2026-10-02
Around 15:00 on October 2, a netizen operated a drone near Hutouya in Yucheng Town, Boshan District, Zibo City without filing a flight plan and within controlled airspace, with one instance exceeding an altitude of 120 meters for about seven or eight seconds. The Boshan Branch of the Zibo Municipal Public Security Bureau ordered the person to stop flying and fined them 200 yuan. The netizen said they had been caught once before but not punished, and posted the notice on Xiaohongshu on October 4.
2026-10-01
Starting October 1, multiple videos appeared online showing netizens wearing black plastic bags and holding ID cards to accuse their bosses of not giving time off for National Day.
2026-10
A 35-year-old job seeker stated that last month, while working a part-time job sorting fresh food, they worked for 6.5 hours, picked 150 orders totaling 250 items, earned about 100 yuan, and were treated with impatience by colleagues multiple times.
2026-10-01
October 1, the first day of the National Day holiday: large numbers of netizens who had not been given time off filed real-name reports against companies or bosses for not granting National Day leave — wearing black plastic bags over their heads and holding up the backs of their ID cards — hoping the relevant authorities would investigate.
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
On October 1, a Shanghai netizen posted that in late August they received a 96110 AI voice call asking whether they had encountered fraud; in early September they were called in by police for “tea,” had their phone browsing history checked, and were asked to install anti-fraud software, after which they still frequently received dissuasion calls. Several netizens in the comments said they had similar experiences.
2026-10-01
On October 1, a Taiwanese netizen posted that outside the lobby of a hotel in Bangkok they witnessed a Shanghai man trembling all over, who claimed to have been trapped in his room for days and fed prohibited substances, and asked for help calling an ambulance; mainland netizens suspected he was a missing teacher surnamed Wang, but his identity has not been confirmed.
2026-09-30
A Chinese citizen in Argentina made a normal transfer on September 30, and then received a call from the local police station on October 8 saying that the anti-fraud center considered the transfer risky and imposed a protective payment freeze.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen posted that "Xiao Wu" (Feng Rui, who runs the WeChat public account "Chiapas East Wind TV"), an independent media figure who has long focused on labor rights, was suspected of having gone missing. His social media accounts have stopped updating since September 14, and his 100,000-character long article "2025 Labor Rights Incidents" was deleted.
2026-09-30
On September 30, the Tianjin Municipal Government issued a notice declaring all administrative regions of the city as control airspace for unmanned aerial vehicles, effective from the date of publication, while repealing the June 4 notice on flyable airspace; the original flyable zone of about 2,205 square kilometers has been entirely cancelled.
2026-09-30
On September 30, China's Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice launching a two-month special campaign focused on rectifying five types of short video misconduct: posing as vulnerable groups, fabricating professional qualifications, AI impersonation of people, attracting traffic through displays of wealth and superstition, and making up domestic violence and kidnapping storylines, while strictly prohibiting fake persona content from being pushed through rankings and recommendation slots.
2026-09-30
On September 30, the British human rights organization "Tibet Watch" published a 75-page report analyzing documents such as Chinese government procurement notices from 2017 to 2026, claiming that the authorities have deployed police drones, automated drone nests, and anti-drone equipment in Tibet, building an aerial control system and strengthening control over civilian drones.
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.
2026-09-29
Netizen Cyberxinfang said that last year he received petition materials from Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi. The petitioner alleged that local gangsters colluded with government officials in the long-term gang rape of her granddaughter, and that she was threatened with lifetime imprisonment if she petitioned again. She has since gone missing, and he is now publicly soliciting information about the case.
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
Under the name “Cyber Letters and Calls Bureau,” netizens released recent documentary footage of petitioners visiting a certain petition reception site, recording the scene of petitioners gathering to air their demands.
2026-09-29
On September 29, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism issued a notice regarding Na Ying paying tribute to Liu Huan at her concert and adding the song "The Curved Moon" on the fly, stating that it was a fragmented performance during an audience interaction segment, that the song was not performed in full, and that it did not constitute a case of changing the program and re-submitting it for approval.
2026-09-28
Beijing has further extended exit controls on artificial intelligence experts and core chip R&D personnel to cover their spouses, minor children, and other immediate family members.
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.
2026-09-27
On September 27, the WeChat official account of the Ministry of State Security published a comic titled "State Security Popular Science Theater: Infernal 'Rice'", claiming that foreign consulate personnel, agricultural experts, and biologists were dealt with according to the law for illegally collecting data on rice yields, planting distribution, and reserve conditions, and the village head who reported them was awarded a certificate of honor.
2026-09-27
During the performance at the Guangzhou Strawberry Music Festival on September 27, the audience took part in a circle-running interaction. A warning notice from the public security authorities was played at the scene, stating that this disrupted order and violated the Public Security Administration Punishments Law. The police had already collected evidence by drone aerial filming and taken away 3 audience members for investigation, sparking widespread dissatisfaction, with the crowd collectively chanting “Refund.”
2026-09-27
On September 27, commenting on the Harbin Engineering University student who was disciplined for circumventing the Great Firewall, a netizen compared China's information control to the historical "Single Channel for Profit" technique of ruling the people, stating that today it is "Information from a Single Channel," forcing hundreds of millions of citizens to view the world only through the eye of a needle.
2026-09-26
Na Ying changed into black clothes and added Liu Huan's song "The Curved Moon" at her Chengdu concert, was reported by audience members and drew the attention of the local culture and tourism bureau; after investigation it was found that no rules had been violated and no penalty was imposed.
2026-09-26
On September 26, Na Ying added a performance of "The Curved Moon" to her Chengdu concert to mourn Liu Huan. Netizens are hotly debating whether this move was pre-approved and if she will face fines, lamenting the tightening cultural environment.
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
Some netizens reported that after going to Hong Kong to buy an Apple phone, their bank account was frozen by the bank on anti-fraud grounds, with temporary protective measures taken in accordance with relevant laws.
2026-09-25
On September 25, a netizen from Fujian posted that after traveling to Hong Kong to purchase an iPhone on the official Apple website, they received an SMS from China Merchants Bank (CMB). The message stated that, following instructions from the police and in accordance with the Anti-Telecom and Online Fraud Law, temporary protective measures had been taken on all bank cards under their name, suspending both counter and non-counter services. The netizen claimed they only used credit cards and Alipay while in Hong Kong, with the rest being cash transactions.
2026-09-25
A 33-year-old music teacher surnamed Wang from Shanghai flew to Bangkok on September 24 and has been out of contact with family since the evening of the 25th. The family has reported the case to the police, and the school where the teacher works has confirmed it is cooperating with the police investigation.
2026-08-26
In Ningcun, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, hundreds of police officers tried to stop villagers from holding a parade celebrating the 700th anniversary of Tang He's birth; the two sides faced off and a clash broke out.
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Villagers in Baoshang Village, Anping Town, Langfang, Hebei, discovered that the authorities replaced the original temporary isolation panels with permanent isolation walls topped with razor wire, equipped with surveillance cameras and concrete barriers, intending to permanently cut off the daily passage between the village and neighboring Beijing. Villagers gathered to protest, stating that entering Beijing is now harder than going abroad.
2026-09-24
On September 24, the General Office of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region released a procurement intention announcement, with a budget of 80,000 yuan to procure cross-border VPN monitoring services, requiring around-the-clock real-time monitoring, evidence collection, and interception of unauthorized VPNs within the unit and violations of Great Firewall circumvention. The service provider is to submit monthly monitoring and analysis reports and assist with tracing and rectification.
2026-09-23
The comments section of the CCTV Finance Musk interview video shows “author has enabled filtering, some comments are not displayed”, and some comments are restricted.
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
On September 22, a netizen studying in the US posted that his mother's cross-border remittance of living expenses was intercepted by the bank according to the "Anti‑Telecom Network Fraud Law" and the anti‑fraud center's requirements, with transaction failure code 10036784. He had returned to China to deal with the bank, but after more than a month it remains unresolved; because the living expenses have not arrived, he cannot pay the rent and faces moving out of the apartment.
2026-09-22
On September 22, a netizen in Shanghai posted that when purchasing two small household scissors, they were required to first scan 'Suishenban' for police registration, and then perform a secondary registration by hand on-site.
2026-09-21
Following Wang Zhongwei's protest in Washington, D.C. against Xi Jinping's visit to the US, his family in China was harassed by the police under the guise of persuasion.
2026-09-21
On September 21, 2026, WeiJun Zhang, a member of the Chinese Democracy Party International Alliance, stated on X that after he went to Washington to protest Xi Jinping's visit to the US, his family members in China received multiple phone calls and were sent a "guarantee letter" via WeChat, demanding they sign it and fill in their ID numbers.
2026-09-21
On September 21, multiple netizens in Guangdong reported that, without contacting any strangers, their mobile phones continuously received dozens of early warning text messages from the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau anti-fraud center in a short period. Officials subsequently responded that it was caused by a system malfunction.
2026-09-21
On September 21, a tenant in Shenzhen failed to register a visiting friend, resulting in the landlord being taken to a police station, detained for 12 hours, and facing a fine of 1,000 yuan. The landlord demanded the tenant share the fine.
2026-09-21
According to the program, a poor student was watched by a classmate for 37 consecutive days and reported over his eligibility for a financial aid grant, all because he bought a cup of coffee costing less than 10 yuan a day.
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.
2026-09-18
On September 18, a 28-year-old netizen posted that when applying for a Hong Kong and Macau travel pass in another city, the police station of their household registration called their parents and relatives to inquire about their travel intentions and verify if they knew about it. Police explained this was for safety reasons, but the individual believed their privacy and itinerary as an adult were improperly disclosed.
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
Shandong petitioner Zhao Xigao was sentenced and imprisoned for demanding enforcement funds from a won lawsuit. His family accused that his legs and feet severely ulcerated and blackened in prison, and he eventually died behind bars.
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
Online reports claim that after the Spring Thunder Operation ends, entertainment venues across the country will face a 100-day intensive inspection campaign lasting from now until the end of the year, with continuous checks throughout the period.
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.
2026-09-20
On September 20, the School of Mathematical Sciences of Harbin Engineering University reported that, after verification by higher authorities, 20 undergraduates and graduate students used campus network accounts to access overseas networks via VPN on September 18–19, which was recorded by the network security monitoring system. Because it was their first violation and there were no serious consequences, they were given a warning sanction.
2026-09-20
On September 20, Xiamen Software Vocational and Technical College issued a notice requiring all faculty and students to self-inspect devices such as computers and phones connected to the campus network and uninstall circumvention software; the creation and forwarding of tutorials and nodes is also included in the inspection, with serious cases handed over to law enforcement agencies, and the college also required prioritizing the use of on-campus and domestic academic resources.
2026-09-20
Around September 20, Germany concluded that it would continue to be a target of Russian hybrid attacks, and its National Security Council decided to take new measures to combat espionage and sabotage and to protect critical infrastructure.
2026-09-20
On September 20, a netizen in Xiongan, Hebei posted that the police came to their home and confiscated a toy gun bought online, and then seized their high-spec computer on the grounds of video game addiction, only returning it after forcing them to sign a guarantee letter stating it was "voluntarily handed over for safekeeping."
2026-09-17
On September 17, employees of public institutions reported encountering pop-up alerts when applying for entry and exit documents, being required to provide a consent letter from their unit's human resources department. Even when opting for off-site processing, the system still indicated that record-filing was required, triggering concerns and panic among labor dispatch and grassroots employees regarding restricted freedom of travel.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a netizen in Hangzhou posted that after purchasing Hema shopping cards, police took protective payment-stopping measures, resulting in all of their bank cards being restricted. Even after the party involved cooperated with the police for verification, the account remained unfrozen, causing difficulties in daily life. Bank staff suggested switching to WeChat or Alipay balances, stating that using cards directly makes them prone to being frozen.
2026-09-17
On September 17, citizens in Shenzhen, Guangdong reported that purchasing knives (including scissors) locally requires scanning a QR code for real-name registration and taking photos for retention, sparking concerns over escalating social control.
2026-09-19
On September 19, Hong Guangyu, a former reporter for the Beijing Science and Technology Report and a popular science author on food safety, was taken away across provinces in Xiamen by the Zhongshan Branch of the Dalian Public Security Bureau. He was criminally detained on suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking trouble and is currently being held at the Dalian Detention Center. Netizens exposed the incident on September 24, and his family confirmed it.
2026-09-19
From September 18 to 19, several netizens in the comments section described similar experiences, involving late-night service suspensions, customer service claiming they had no authority to handle the issue, and delays of two months without resolution, affecting China Mobile and China Unicom users.
2026-09-17
On September 17, residents in Guangzhou reported that a local district, in order to suppress the case data of "two fevers," sent personnel to the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital to intercept feverish residents seeking medical treatment across districts. Additionally, parents stated that because their children sought medical treatment in another district, the community organized multiple people to visit their homes for "ideological work," forcibly demanding they return to their own district for testing.
2026-09-03
On September 3, a netizen reported that having worked abroad for many years, the village secretary in their hometown demanded through family members to submit information such as departure time, phone number, and working city. After submission, the village secretary further demanded the name of the specific employer, claiming it was for record-keeping according to a document issued by the provincial government.
2026-09-18
The School of Mathematical Sciences at Harbin Engineering University announced that 20 undergraduate and graduate students were given warnings for using VPNs over the campus network to access overseas internet.
2026-09-18
On September 18, a netizen posted a screenshot of a text message on Xiaohongshu, saying that at 23:30 they received a notice from China Mobile requiring them to go to a service hall within 10 minutes to redo real-name verification, otherwise their phone number would be subject to temporary protective restrictions; the phone was subsequently suspended.
2026-09-17
The Fucheng District government in Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, issued an anti-gang and anti-evil notice, explicitly defining malicious wage-demanding, forging evidence, surrounding construction sites, and coercing transactions as "labor porcelain-smashing" (extortion), and announced a severe crackdown.
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
According to a summary by blogger Qiqi Baba, passport application policies in Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan and many other regions have been tightened, and the procedures for going abroad have become more cumbersome than before.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a netizen in Xiamen stated that after receiving an anti-fraud phone call, they were asked to undergo in-person publicity, and their bank card was subsequently restricted to deposits only and could not be transferred out.
2026-09-17
According to blogger Qiqi Baba, many people were contacted by relevant departments in their hometowns after returning to China with their passports and were asked to cancel them.
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.
2026-09-17
Blogger Qiqi Baba said that after new rules took effect on September 15, one of his followers was stopped and questioned at the airport, asked to provide a hotel booking, itinerary and return ticket, and warned that those holding tourist visas should delete content on their phones related to overseas work and Macau to avoid being checked.
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.
2026-09-13
On September 13, netizens reported that small transfers triggered AI anti-fraud warnings from Anxun Technology, leading Guangdong police to summon them to local stations for 'propaganda' sessions. Anxun Technology's official website states that its system can convert warnings into precise operational instructions and establish a dynamic control system for high-risk individuals. Multiple netizens reported being visited by police to have their phones checked, being forced to record propaganda videos, or being forcibly summoned simply for small transfers or receiving private messages.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the day the new entry and exit regulations came into effect, some netizens reported that a certain unit required all its employees, both permanent and contract, to hand over their passports and Hong Kong/Macau travel permits to the HR department for registration. Netizens in the comment section reported similar confiscation of documents by units in many places, and that entry and exit records would be checked irregularly.
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
Macau on September 16 held the first closed-door hearing in a national security case, the prosecution of former pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San on charges of subversion of state power. London lawyer Pollack, who represents his interests overseas, said the closed-door hearing was no different from a sham trial, and has submitted materials to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Dalian fruit grower Yu Kewei, who participated in the rights-defense campaign over the death of cherry trees, was approved for arrest on suspicion of the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble; the charges are related to his online speech. Ji Xiaowei and several other fruit growers engaged in rights defense had previously been arrested as well.
2026-09-16
On September 16, villagers of Xujiaogou Village in Tangshan, Hebei, protested the pollution and environmental damage caused by iron ore mining. The local government mobilized staff, police and SWAT forces into the village to suppress the rights-defending villagers and forcibly push ahead with mine construction.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the State Council's Regulations on Outbound and Inbound Management officially came into effect, stipulating that Chinese citizens who violate export controls or endanger national security may be prohibited from leaving the country. Foreign media and scholars worry that this move will tighten control over technical talent, turning international travel into a privilege requiring administrative approval.
2026-09-05
On September 5, a netizen reported that while traveling in Shenzhen, they clarified to the anti-fraud police who came to their door for investigation that they had not been scammed, but their father still received a warning text message notifying the family. This triggered comments from multiple netizens who shared similar experiences of being harassed and having their privacy leaked.
2026-09-15
The "Regulations of the State Council on Exit and Entry" promulgated by the Chinese Communist Party's State Council officially took effect on September 15, 2026, requiring that reasons for exit be truthful and lawful, and possibly requiring the presentation of documents and electronic data, otherwise exit will be denied.
2026-09-15
The new regulations, dubbed the '19 Articles of Xi Jinping's New Era of Isolationism,' have officially taken effect, with border checkpoints implementing strict interception and vetting of public officials, employees of state-owned enterprises, and even their extended family members.
2026-09-15
New Chinese entry and exit regulations took effect on September 15, implementing stricter restrictions and penalties regarding reasons for application, travel to high-risk countries and regions, special technical personnel, and the responsibilities of intermediary agencies, sparking widespread concern over obstacles to traveling abroad.
2026-09-15
State Council Order No. 81 has begun to take effect, which stipulates that Chinese citizens engaged in illegal or criminal activities abroad that are deemed to endanger national security and interests may be barred from leaving the country for a certain period after returning home.
2026-09-15
On September 15, the first day of the implementation of the State Council's new exit-entry regulations, widespread public discussion and concern were sparked regarding who is being intercepted and the border inspection interrogations.
2026-09-15
The new exit and entry administration regulations officially took effect on September 15. The regulations contain 19 articles, meaning that passports will be kept by Party organizations.
2026-09-15
China's customs authorities have introduced new regulations concerning entry-exit management, which are being pointed to as primarily targeting wealthy individuals and high-profile entrepreneurs for border control to prevent the flight of capital and personnel.
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, the counselor conducted the fourth home visit for Min Xin. Min Xin was in good mental condition but was very worried about family members and worked hard to exercise and stay healthy.
2026-09-15
China began enforcing the 19-article Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration promulgated on July 31 starting September 15, expanding the scope of those barred from leaving the country from specific groups to all departing passengers at every port of exit, particularly affecting AI researchers and entrepreneurs, drawing widespread attention and concern at home and abroad. On September 10, officials issued a clarification saying the new rules mainly target cross-border gambling, telecom fraud, and the illicit transfer of technology. On the same day, the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders released a report noting an explosive growth in China's exit bans, with nearly 200,000 mentions of exit restrictions in Supreme People's Court rulings in 2025.
2026-09-15
In September 2026, online reports reflected that the number of homeless people on the streets of Shenzhen was increasing year by year — they could not be accommodated under overpasses, in underground passages, or in unfinished buildings; to avoid the social impact, the government closed a well-known homeless encampment and drove homeless people out of densely populated areas.
2026-09-15
On September 15, 2026, the day new exit-entry regulations took effect, a netizen said their workplace required all employees—both on the official payroll and off it—who hold a passport or a Hong Kong/Macau Travel Permit to submit them to the HR department for filing and registration. Commenters said their own employers also regularly check exit-entry records.
2026-09-12
On September 12, a concertgoer at a cultural and sports center in Chengdu was stopped by security personnel while attending a Shan Yichun concert. The security staff claimed her makeup and outfit constituted 'strange attire' and forced her to remove her makeup and change clothes before allowing her entry, causing her to miss about 20 minutes of the performance. Other audience members in the comments section also reported facing similar harassment.
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”.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, the Douyin platform cleaned the comment section of the Tianjin University of Technology military training performance “Tank Formation” video. After the video was posted, the comment section saw multiple netizens use “June Fourth” to allude to the 1989 Tiananmen incident, sparking heated discussion. Douyin subsequently deleted all related comments, resulting in the comment section being emptied, without providing an official explanation. This action was seen as online censorship of sensitive political topics.
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.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, a netizen posted on a social platform stating that when using the university learning software “Zhidao”, even after closing the app and clearing the background, after turning on VPN a prompt “VPN environment detected, please adjust network” still appears. The netizen worries this prompt could be monitored by the school and affect credits or graduation. Zhidao belongs to Zhihui Tree Net, and its privacy policy effective from July 1, 2025 states that the platform will collect device identifiers and IP in the background, and may provide abnormal learning behavior data to the school after school authorization.
2026-09-11
On September 11, netizens posted a group chat screenshot on a social platform. In the screenshot, an account self‑identified as “counselor” said the school’s backend could query the circumvention tools students use, the websites they visit, the posts they browse, and the videos they watch, and claimed all records could be retained for traceability. The account demanded that all students immediately uninstall circumvention tools, warned that verified violations would result in disciplinary action, and that serious cases would be transferred to the police (Public Security) for handling, also stating that circumvention would lead to personal information leakage and device infection.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, two elderly residents in Yuhua District, Nanjing, who had suffered oppression from the District Commerce Bureau for 23 years without resolution, hung banners with black backgrounds and white text, along with "Injustice" slogans, at their residence, accusing central government directives of becoming empty words and reporting nighttime harassment.
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
On September 13, State Security Minister Chen Yixin published a signed article in a magazine, listing political security as the primary risk of artificial intelligence and demanding adherence to the Party's comprehensive leadership, warning of overseas AI leakage risks and proposing the establishment of a regulatory platform. On the same day, Anthropic released a report stating that local public security and state security in China had used Claude to monitor residents, rights defenders, and overseas dissenters.
2026-09-13
Chen Yixin, China's Minister of State Security, published a signed article on China Cyberspace on September 13, incorporating six major risks arising from artificial intelligence into the national security system, placing political security first, and naming the large models of Anthropic and OpenAI for raising the level of weaponization of cyberattacks. This is the first time China's top intelligence agency has systematically expounded on AI risks.
2026-09-13
On September 13, Anthropic released its September threat intelligence report, stating that operators linked to local Chinese police and state security agencies had used Claude to assist in monitoring petitioners, rights defenders, and overseas dissidents, with the "Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher" account being one of the monitoring targets.
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
Anthropic released a report stating that the company discovered and banned a batch of accounts associated with local Chinese public security and state security departments. These accounts used Claude to collect information, query surveillance databases, and generate daily reports. "Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher" was explicitly listed as one of the targets for stability maintenance and public opinion monitoring.
2026-08-06
Yin Jiangen, a self-media person from Zhuzhou, was arrested across provinces in August 2025 for posting criticisms of officials, including Liu Ying, the Party Secretary of Liyang Town, Hexian County, Anhui Province. On August 6, 2026, the Hexian Court sentenced him to two years and three months in prison in the first instance for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Yin Jiangen disagreed and filed an appeal.
2026-09-09
On September 9, Fujian Longyan Zijinshan Experimental School installed security gates and X-ray baggage scanners at the school entrance. Students returning to school must undergo manual pat-downs and baggage screening, which has sparked public ridicule and criticism.
2026-09-11
Anhui University plans to build a campus network system for analyzing and controlling politically sensitive network behavior, with China Mobile winning the bid for construction at a cost of 868,000 yuan. The system aims to detect, alert, asynchronously audit, and trace politically sensitive information and activities like "wall-climbing." It is scheduled for acceptance and use by the end of 2026.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, Tibet Cyber Police announced multiple cases of penalties for online comments regarding the Gyirong mudslide disaster. The netizens involved were given administrative penalties by police in Tibet, Heilongjiang, Anhui, and Guangdong, for fabricating that the mudslide was man-made or induced by an earthquake, maliciously comparing it to rescue efforts in other countries to distort the effectiveness of China's disaster relief, fabricating that all public officials had died in the line of duty, and spreading false rumors.
2026-09-10
On September 10, a netizen posted that they had not subscribed to the campus network but were included in the school's list of people circumventing the Great Firewall. The counselor announced and reprimanded this in the class group, warning that having a record of circumventing the Great Firewall would affect one's entire life, and required the named person to explain the situation and fill out a form.
2026-09-10
On September 10, it was revealed that the Cybersecurity and Informatization Office of a university in Gansu monitored students' VPN use via the campus network, not only listing the names of students who bypassed the firewall, but also precisely recording the duration of their access to foreign social media.
2026-09-11
Beijing time, September 11, 2026 — According to China Digital Times (CDT), Wuhan authorities punished the relevant theater and the event organizer because crosstalk comedian Guo Degang sang “red songs” during a performance without prior approval. It remains undecided whether Guo Degang will be allowed to continue performing crosstalk or Peking opera. Outside observers believe that the authorities’ prolonged silence over whether to permit his performances is itself a statement.
2026-09-11
Ken McCallum, Director General of MI5, wrote in The Independent on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, warning that Britain faces strategic security threats posed by powerful states in addition to the risk of large-scale terrorist attacks. Although the article did not name any country, it comes amid attention on his previous definitions of the Chinese threat and the trial of Britain's first espionage case involving China.
2026-09-09
On September 9, when the word 'nikah' was entered into the iTerjiman translation software, a warning page popped up and an alarm played, stating that translation was prohibited and noting legal liabilities.
2026-09-09
On September 9, a meat stall owner in Songjiang, Shanghai, stated that a notice required business knives to be secured with iron chains and locks, prompting netizens to draw parallels to controls in Xinjiang.
2026-09-10
On September 10, 2026, Anthropic released a report stating that operators linked to Chinese local police and state security systems used Claude to carry out "stability maintenance" surveillance, with "Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher" explicitly listed as a monitoring target; Anthropic said it had banned the related accounts.
2026-09-10
On September 10, Tibet's internet police released cases of penalties imposed over disaster-related remarks, saying that some people "selectively applied cases from other countries to make malicious comparisons" and claimed that the government used vulgar trending topics to divert attention; the relevant content was deemed a distortion of facts and was subject to administrative penalties.
2026-09-10
According to a program on the Luther Society, the King of Tibet issued a public announcement claiming that netizens were distorting China’s rescue work in Nepal and one-sidedly applying other countries’ cases to make “malicious comparisons,” and that such netizens would be punished. Several netizens have been detained.
2026-09-10
Anthropic reported that the relevant operators used V2Ray and commercial VPN access services to automatically scrape public opinion, query government surveillance databases, and submit daily reports to their superiors with the help of Claude Code.
2026-09-10
The "Huai'an City Public Opinion Dual Rankings" test panel shown in the illustration accompanying the Anthropic report lists land rights defense, property disputes, tap water complaints, and others under the "Sensitive Cases and Incidents Ranking."
2026-09-09
From September 9 to 10, former Iranian telecommunications industry employee Parham Beheshti testified that Huawei has completed one data center in Iran and another is under construction. About 90% of the technical staff are from China, and the system is capable of simultaneously monitoring 1% of users without detection. Huawei's lawyers cross-examined him regarding his history of cooperating with the U.S. government and signing security review forms containing false information.
Location: New York, United States ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2026-09-08
According to a September 2026 video by Toronto Fang Lian, in the early stage of the Internet firewall system's construction, the only hardware contractors were Sugon under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huawei, and Huawei has long been involved in building the CCP's internet censorship and surveillance system.
2026-09-08
According to a September 2026 video by Toronto Fang Lian, the Wall Street Journal once revealed that Huawei has long helped the Chinese Communist Party build the Skynet surveillance system, becoming one of the main contractors of the CCP's surveillance system from hardware to software.
2026-09-08
In 2026, Huawei's Legal Department launched a mass reporting campaign against Douyin videos featuring bamboo cicada toys mocking Yu Chengdong. The related content was deleted, and the poster's avatar was replaced with a "Xuanwu avatar."
2026-09-07
In September 2026, social media platforms circulated claims that a girl from a subsistence-allowance (dibao) household in Ganzhou, Jiangxi traveled to Hong Kong to attend a concert and that her entire family's dibao benefits were revoked because of her cross-border spending. On September 7, the Social Affairs Administration Bureau of the Ganzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone issued a statement saying that the trip to Hong Kong for a concert did indeed trigger the dynamic monitoring alert for dibao recipients, and that the community had given her a policy reminder, but that her family's dibao benefits had not been revoked at the time. The incident sparked discussion among netizens over whether an individual's non-essential spending after receiving public assistance should affect eligibility for that assistance.
2026-09-07
After The Economist published an article on September 7, 2026 pointing out that China's speech environment has fallen into a deep freeze, this article exploring cultural censorship and the boundaries of expression was deleted across the entire Chinese internet.
2026-09-06
On September 6, 2026, Global Times reported that the Ministry of State Security disclosed a case of a spy climbing into a courier station to steal logistics data, claiming that foreign forces attempted to use courier big data to spy on the routines of personnel with access to classified information and China's macroeconomic conditions.
2026-09-05
Chenzhou, Hunan carried out household surveys from September 5 to 25, focusing on learning about and registering the ordinary people’s daily life activities over 24 hours a day, such as working, doing housework and taking care of children.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, a historical video of an earlier CCTV report showing police listing workers demanding unpaid wages as targets to be dealt with in a counter-terrorism drill resurfaced on social networks, triggering public criticism and heated debate over the stigmatization of the group of workers demanding unpaid wages.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, the Xilinhot City Public Security Bureau in Inner Mongolia announced that it would centrally collect blood samples from male residents in its jurisdiction and enter them into a DNA database, claiming that blood sample collection is directly linked to the processing of ID cards, passports and other documents.
Location: Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia ·
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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
On September 4, 2026, a netizen's submission reported that multiple universities required students in every class to follow the state security (MSS) WeChat official account, with class monitors verifying and tallying the number of followers one by one and reporting it upward.
2026-09-04
On September 4, 2026, a college student revealed that the school required students to report and document their travel history during the summer break to designated provinces and overseas, using a publicly editable online form to collect the information, sparking controversy over infringement of personal privacy.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, Australian media and the HiRISK organization released an investigation indicating that satellites had recorded signs of glacial instability weeks before the mudslide disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border, and disclosed that China significantly lagged in sharing cross-border hydrological early warning data.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, a large number of food delivery riders in Guangzhou had their order-taking accounts banned by platforms; traffic authorities and platforms jointly demanded that riders must pay off all accumulated fines for violations such as running through bridges and tunnels caught on camera before their accounts can be unblocked.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, Reuters reported that the Indian government, citing national security, data storage, and political considerations, has shelved the plan for Alipay+, a unit of Singapore-based Ant International, to connect to India's UPI payment system.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, a Shanghai resident posted a complaint about being visited and investigated at home by community police officers. Because the resident had once bought scissors online, called 12315 to defend their rights, and reported cases to the police, they were labeled a high-risk member of society and warned to make fewer police reports.
2026-09-03
On September 3, 2026, Zhejiang police issued a report stating that a 16-year-old had applied alone in another locality for a passport with the intention of going abroad; border entry-exit officers contacted the parents to intervene on the grounds of fraud-related controls and dissuaded the issuance of the passport.
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-09-02
Qiqi said her mother received a call from a relative, who relayed that the relevant authorities had made contact multiple times and demanded that Qiqi not mention Xi Jinping on the program.
2026-09
A Human Rights Watch report says the Chinese Communist Party collects biometric features such as faces, irises, and DNA through cameras, checkpoints, and facial recognition technology, and merges them with ID card data for screening and detention.
2026-09-01
The Communications and Technology Subcommittee of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed the Guard Act, requiring a review of robots manufactured by foreign adversaries such as China and banning the import of products deemed to pose a national security threat.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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Verification: Verified ·
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2026-09-01
The WeChat public account "Article 148" published a post claiming that young people filing complaints with overseas institutions is "telling on China to foreigners," and urged the government to bring it within the scope of the anti-gang and anti-evil campaign.
2026-09
British human rights organization Tibet Watch released a report claiming that Chinese authorities are building an air control system in Tibet, ranging from police drones to anti-drone equipment, drawing the attention of British lawmakers.
2026-09
Footage of a school inspection shows police checking whether students are carrying prohibited items, while staff on site ask whether the items can be brought in.
2026-09
After the video of a school checking students' belongings drew criticism from netizens, officials removed it.
2026-09
Harbin Engineering University issued a notice giving warning punishments to 20 students who used a VPN over the campus network to access foreign websites, sparking public attention over online information control.
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
Recently, netizens in various parts of Guangdong reported that local authorities are stepping up inspections of resident information in rental housing, sparking public skepticism about the purpose of the control.
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 have revealed that immigration consultancy companies are being required to report client information to relevant authorities, and civil servants or employees of public institutions who apply for immigration without declaring it to their work unit may face disciplinary action; some clients have already been frightened, and calls to have their personal data returned or deleted have appeared online.
2026-09
From September 8 to 13, 2026, governments in Kunming, Yunnan; Haikou, Hainan; Nanning, Guangxi and other places deployed chengguan and police to drive away street vendors making a living by setting up stalls, triggering clashes.
2026-09
According to reports, several men dressed in dark clothing, wearing masks and sunglasses, observed and filmed crowds near the National Archives. It remains unconfirmed whether they were related to the Chinese police.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, it was reported online that a Chinese university issued a notice designating September as a concentrated month for cracking down on circumventing the Great Firewall, publishing a list of 124 software programs including game accelerators and warning that students who violate the rules would be seriously dealt with.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, a WeChat official account published an article suggesting legislation to include workers' acts of reporting enterprises to overseas compliance agencies—labeled as 'reporting to foreigners'—within the scope of anti-organized crime and anti-gang campaigns, triggering strong backlash from a large number of netizens.
2026-09
In September 2026, consumers reported that the WeChat mini program of the State Post Bureau's postal industry complaint platform has still not been fully developed since its system was shut down for an upgrade at the end of 2024, nearly a year later, causing inconvenience for filing complaints about express delivery services.
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
On August 31, some Hong Kong residents held bouquets and chanted slogans outside Prince Edward Station to commemorate the 2019 crackdown on protests. Hong Kong police arrested them on suspicion of violating Article 24 of the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, "doing an act with seditious intent." As of now, eight people have been arrested in total.
2026-08-31
On August 31, 2026, it was reported online that dozens of depositors of Henan village and town banks traveled to Xuchang to demand their deposits; immediately after exiting the station they were surrounded by unidentified men in black, taken to the headquarters of Xuchang Rural Commercial Bank, and had their personal freedom illegally restricted.
2026-08-31
On August 31, 2026, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Civil Affairs published a list of illegal social organizations being banned, revoking the registrations of 12 unregistered social organizations in one batch, including seven civilian emergency rescue centers and rescue teams.
2026-08-31
On August 31, dozens of depositors from village and town banks in Henan traveled to Xuchang to demand their bank card savings. Immediately after exiting Xuchang Railway Station, they were surrounded by multiple unidentified men in black, forcibly taken to the headquarters of Xuchang Rural Commercial Bank, and illegally detained until late at night.
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.
2026-08-30
Tibet police announced that 10 netizens, including Jiang and Liu, were punished for posting information about the mudslide disaster at the Gyirong port on the China-Nepal border.
2026-08-30
On August 30, 2026, a Chinese netizen who has lived in the United States for a long time posted a report saying that the police station at his household registration location claimed, based on big data screening of people who have stayed abroad for a long time, that he was required to provide WeChat records, photos of his daily life, and real-time location for verification.
2026-08-30
On August 30, 2026, Chongqing player Ruan Qilong displayed shin guards printed with “Stop Animal Abuse” after a Chinese Super League match, prompting a top Weibo influencer to report him to Chongqing’s government service platform. The accuser alleged that he was conducting illegal political propaganda and demanded severe punishment.
2026-08-27
On August 27, a netizen in Leiyang, Hunan, posted on social media that after traveling to Southeast Asia, they were flagged by the local anti-fraud center as a person at risk of involvement in fraud and were restricted from leaving the country, despite having no criminal record and receiving no written notification.
2026-08-28
Owners of a residential development in Chengdu gathered to defend their rights over numerous safety problems at the property. After police took away some of them, the remaining owners surrounded the officers and demanded their release.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress revised and promulgated the National Defense Mobilization Law, stipulating that men aged 18 to 60 and women aged 18 to 55 shall lawfully undertake national defense duties, effective October 1.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, family members of Chinese crew members missing after the cargo ship Ocean Winner sank in the Bay of Bengal spoke out publicly under their real names online, questioning whether the vessel was an old second-hand ship and whether it had illegally loaded iron ore without testing its moisture content after rain, and demanding an investigation into the truth.
2026-08-27
Reports say checkpoints were set up on roads after the disaster, with some families of the missing turned back dozens of kilometers from the disaster area, and videos and information related to the disaster area also restricted.
2026-08-27
On August 27, 2026, a citizen registered in Leiyang, Hunan, reported that after merely taking a normal trip to Southeast Asia, they were labeled as fraud-risk by the local anti-fraud center and barred from leaving the country without any case being filed; appealing requires submitting a large amount of overseas documents.
2026-08-26
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst has introduced a bill aimed at prohibiting railroad freight surveillance technology linked to the Chinese Communist Party from being used to track sensitive military shipments.
Location: Washington, United States ·
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Verification: Reported ·
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2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, netizens reported that the official website of Zhejiang Library published a notice prohibiting the unauthorized use of VPNs, and that the library's public network has been upgraded with restrictions; tests showed that circumvention software can no longer connect to overseas networks.
2026-08-26
On August 26, 2026, a 24-hour guard and control post was set up outside the Changjiang International building in Nan'an District, Chongqing. Staff used a loudspeaker to broadcast on a loop a ban on check-in photo-taking, and inspected passing vehicles in the area.
2026-08-25
After Mr. Liu, a netizen from Liaoning, bought a flight ticket from Beijing to Los Angeles, he received a call from his local police station, which asked him about his purpose of traveling to the U.S., his flight, and information about his relatives' housing.
2026-08-25
The last video on the account of Ningbo teacher and Douyin travel blogger Qiu Wenjin was posted on August 25, after which updates stopped; whether he was safe was not confirmed at the time.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, it was reported online that a local government department posted a public opinion risk alert in an internal group chat, urging vigilance against the escalation of the Shidai Fengjun incident and to prevent overseas forces from linking it to sensitive political topics such as the Cultural Revolution or June Fourth.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, multiple netizens reported that Chongqing police had successively called to summon several netizens who recently went to the riverside in Nan'an District to clean the graffiti wall railings of Times Fengjun.
2026-08-25
On August 25, 2026, in Qiaolin Town, Pukou District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, an elderly man who had sought rights defense for nearly ten years after his house was mistakenly demolished was followed, tracked, and intercepted by unidentified people throughout his petition to air his grievances.
2026-08-24
A Chinese national working in Singapore was asked by the local police station to submit 7 additional documents, including his passport, overseas employment certificate, and proof of medical insurance, while on a business trip back home.
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.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, a netizen reported that their Chinese colleague working in Singapore was asked by the local police station to submit seven supporting documents, including an overseas employment contract, medical insurance, a photo of their workstation, and a photo of the storefront, for their records while on a business trip back to China.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, netizens photographed sections of the Lianhuo Expressway in Xinjiang between Turpan and Hami, where the original Uyghur markings on some road signs had been covered up or removed, and the newly replaced signs retained only Chinese characters and pinyin.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, netizens in Shiwan, Foshan, Guangzhou Province reported that after dengue fever cases appeared locally, the economic cooperative notified businesses and workers in its jurisdiction to bring their ID cards and go collectively to the senior activity center for blood testing.
2026-08-20
Outside Vanke Cloud City in Xiamen, chengguan (urban management officers) and police drove off street vendors, injuring 3 people who were sent to hospital. The incident began when people with connections fenced off a stretch of the street and converted it into a paid night market; the vendors were cleared out after refusing to enter because the fees were too high.
2026-08-20
On August 20, 2026, a technical developer released an analysis report pointing out that Alibaba's cross-border e-commerce platform, AliExpress, silently invokes WebAudio via security scripts in its webpage backend to generate audio signals, which are combined with various hardware parameters to create deep device fingerprints.
2026-08-18
A Chinese netizen at Pudong Airport was asked to fill out an exit-entry registration form containing personal information, outbound itinerary, family members, overseas contacts, online activities, assets and finances, and several people had their phones confiscated for inspection.
2026-08-18
On August 18, 2026, NTD reported that a Hebei Health Commission staff member said the 522,000 new confirmed cases in July released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention only reflect medical consultation data, and that the real number of infections is higher, with hospital beds in tight supply and long queues for cremation in many places; the claim has not been officially confirmed.
2026-08-17
A netizen in Guangdong, afraid of having blood drawn, did not undergo the required chikungunya blood screening. Their residential compound access permission was subsequently revoked, leaving them unable to return home.
2026-08-16
US cable news network CNN published a report analyzing the restrictions and censorship on Chinese Communist Party members marrying foreigners, pointing out that this could be regarded as "endangering national security."
2026-08-16
On August 16, 2026, multiple citizens planning to travel to Malaysia and other countries reported that, before leaving the country, they received anti-fraud warning calls from police in their household registration locality, and were questioned in detail about their travel purposes and round-trip tickets.
2026-08-16
On August 16, 2026, a Zhejiang netizen went to the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to close an account, bringing a death certificate, a cremation certificate, and a household register. Because the bank did not accept the household register and government service app documents, they were asked to go to the police station to obtain a new certificate bearing an official seal.
2026-08-15
A Chinese woman was taken into a room by customs officers at Nanning Airport in Guangxi for checks on her phone, luggage, and financial records; her passport was subsequently revoked, and she was told that students at her school were banned from leaving the country because some students had overstayed in Spain.
2026-08-15
The Qilin Opera Troupe's 10th anniversary tour show in Xi'an, originally scheduled for the evening of August 15, was reported the day before the performance because Guo Degang had previously changed "Weishan Lake Is Quiet" to "The Forbidden City Is Quiet" during a show in Wuhan. It was placed under formal investigation by the Wuhan Culture and Tourism Bureau and officially cancelled.
2026-08-15
A reporter went to Zhu Rongji's ancestral home in Hunan and found dozens of plainclothes police officers and local officials watching over the site, though members of the public still came to lay flowers in tribute.
2026-08-15
On August 15, 2026, while traveling by train from Chengdu to Hanzhong, a passenger was detained and questioned by multiple railway security and police personnel simply for carrying an empty drone storage bag.
2026-08-15
On August 15, 2026, a mainland traveler posted on a social platform revealing that they were stopped and inspected by customs upon entering from Hong Kong simply for carrying seven books, drawing attention to book inspections at border crossings.
2026-08-13
On August 13, 2026, the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service released its annual assessment, revealing that it had thwarted an attempt by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to install a ground-based satellite tracking facility under the cover of a local company.
2026-08-13
On August 13, 2026, security personnel at Guiyang North Station strictly confiscated a plastic toy gun carried by a child at the station entrance and registered their identity information, sparking public discussion about excessive security measures.
2026-08-13
On August 13, 2026, several villagers in Guhang Village, Luxin Town, Wuxuan County, Laibin, Guangxi, blocked a road in protest and to defend their rights after compensation payments for a quarry's mountain excavation were embezzled. Security and riot personnel arrived at the scene to handle the situation and took away several villagers.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that the scope of China's requirement to hand in private passports has expanded from public officials to universities, hospitals, key private enterprises, and even ordinary residents in some communities, as exit restrictions are being tightened at every level.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, netizens in multiple places reported on social media platforms that recently applying for ordinary passports has encountered unusually strict scrutiny, being questioned in detail by the entry-exit departments about deposits, bank statements, and travel itineraries; some netizens' online applications directly showed as not approved.
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, 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, a netizen submission revealed that a Grade II public hospital in Chengdu, Sichuan issued a notice launching a survey of religious belief information among all medical staff on duty, listing religious belief among the key areas for control and screening.
2026-08-11
The Wuhan Culture and Tourism Bureau officially announced that it has opened an investigation into Guo Degang of Deyun Society, after he changed the lyrics of the song from "Railway Guerrillas" to "All is quiet in the Forbidden City" during a commercial performance in Wuhan on July 24.
2026-08-11
When Guo Degang of Deyun Society performed a Peking opera in Wuhan with adapted lyrics from red songs, he was reported by netizens. The Wuhan Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau has formally opened an investigation in accordance with the law on the grounds that the performance content had not been filed in advance.
2026-08-11
The Wuhan Culture and Tourism Bureau issued a response regarding the incident of Guo Degang's performance lyrics not being reported, avoiding the controversy over disrespect and adapted content, and initiating filing procedures on the grounds of failure to report as required.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, during the Beidaihe Meeting, local netizens in Qinhuangdao, Hebei tested and found that cellular mobile networks imposed a strict blockade on overseas VPN services, making connection completely impossible; the local authorities escalate stability maintenance controls at the same time every year.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, the largest lighting specialty market in Jiangbei, Linyi, Shandong, was hit by a "3C certification" enforcement inspection. Fearing fines from the inspection, a large number of merchants along the entire commercial street closed their shops one after another to avoid it, leaving the market deserted and desolate.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, authorities responded to a netizen's report, stating that crosstalk comedian Guo Degang adapted the red song "Railway Guerrillas" in a recent performance, allegedly violating the Regulations on the Administration of Commercial Performances, and that the culture and tourism authorities have launched a case investigation.
2026-08-09
On a footbridge near Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, chengguan officers clashed with street vendors and brutally beat male and female vendors, sparking online outrage and widespread post deletions. Police later announced that three chengguan assistant officers involved in the case had been criminally detained.
2026-08-09
Shanghai residents received calls from community police officers asking if they have plans to travel to Japan, and were informed that there is a recent list regarding travel to Japan that requires caution.
2026-08-08
The famous rock wall in Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang, was entirely painted over in gray by the construction crew and fitted with surveillance cameras, sparking protests from netizens and doubts about the local area's inability to tolerate rock culture.
2026-08-07
It is alleged that the CCP Central Committee General Office conveyed requirements to Wang Xiaohong through Chen Wenqing, mandating the state security system to conduct political vetting of individuals entering and exiting China.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, a large number of depositors from Henan village and town banks left comments under journalist Li Weiao's Weibo post, accusing their accounts of being frozen and having no recourse after five years of rights defense. The platform subsequently classified the depositors' comments as harmful content and uniformly set them to be visible only to the poster, ultimately deleting the original Weibo post entirely.
2026-08-07
On August 17, 2026, the legal community and foreign media disclosed that the Ministry of Public Security announced the latest supervision measures, expanding the authority of cybersecurity inspections and, for the first time, directly bringing ordinary individuals and personal data processing activities within the scope of routine police inspections and document reviews.
2026-08-06
A grassroots medical worker posted online that after booking flights and a hotel, they received a notice from their workplace stating that the hospital prohibits all active staff from traveling abroad, affecting both personnel with and without formal staffing status.
2026-08-06
On August 5, 2026, an environmental blogger investigating Shixian Village in Daqing found that ditches running through farmland and woods were discharging large volumes of milky-white industrial wastewater with foam and a pungent odor, leaving surrounding vegetation yellowed; villagers reported being warned to keep quiet.
2026-08-06
On August 6, police in Hengzhou, Guangxi, announced that as of that day they had investigated 25 online rumor cases related to the floods and administratively detained 24 people; a man who commented in a comment section that he had heard the flood killed tens of thousands was detained for 3 days.
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
A netizen posted that when leaving the country and undergoing customs inspection, they were questioned about their travel purpose and traveling alone, and staff also doubted the authenticity of their UK visa.
2026-08-05
A netizen from Guilin claimed that when preparing to travel to Japan via Hong Kong, they were unable to process their visa and were told their information was under internal control, requiring them to bring their documents to the anti-fraud center the next day for processing.
2026-08-05
A netizen in Tianjin claimed that when their family member applied for a passport, they were required to provide their WeChat ID, confirm whether their family was aware of the application, and list phone numbers for multiple relatives. Staff stated that the result would be known in about two weeks, with a 50% approval rate.
2026-08-05
On August 5, 2026, a netizen in mainland China posted that after returning from a trip to Japan, they were questioned by phone by the police in their place of household registration and were forced to record voiceprint information of a designated anti-fraud script, otherwise facing threats of restrictions on entry and exit.
2026-08-05
On August 5, Shi Jianjian, a depositor who was given a suspended sentence for the crime of picking quarrels and provoking trouble after legally traveling to Henan to demand her deposits, received a certificate terminating her community correction, and stated that she would file an appeal in accordance with the law and apply for state compensation.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a Guilin resident went to the exit-entry administration office to apply for an endorsement for Japan but was intercepted by the system; staff informed them that they had been placed on the police's information control list and could not obtain exit documents.
2026-08-05
On August 5, a netizen in Tianjin reported that when family members applied for passports, they were required to register their WeChat names and phone numbers of multiple relatives, and were told by staff that the approval rate for applications was only 50%.
2026-08-04
The scale of the search and arrest operation has further expanded, with dozens of buses forming a convoy to transport personnel, and large numbers of police and civilians carrying sticks conducting inspections along the roads.
2026-08-04
On August 4, 2026, the official platform of the National Administration of State Secrets Protection altered the details of an old classified case already closed in 2019 and reissued it as a typical espionage case, prompting public doubts about the authorities deliberately manufacturing anxiety about enemy activity.
2026-08-04
On August 4, 2026, rights defense petitioners in Jiangsu Province found that when logging into the official online complaint platform of the Jiangsu Provincial Letters and Calls Bureau, the system repeatedly prompted that the phone number did not exist or the verification code was invalid, accused of setting up technical barriers to obstruct petition appeals.
2026-08-03
Chinese customs officials have been instructed to tighten entry and exit management and intercept suspicious individuals, seen as a sign of the country shutting itself off from the world.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, Li Ru, a resident of Loudi, Hunan, was taken away by officers from the Lianpengshan Police Station while sightseeing in Beidaihe, Qinhuangdao. He was later handed over to stability maintenance personnel from his household registration location, and subsequently lost contact; his personal safety remains unknown.
2026-08-03
On August 3, 2026, a netizen reported receiving a call from the police station in their household registration locality asking whether they had any history of traveling abroad and about their work situation, and being required to hold their ID card and that day's lottery ticket and take a photo in front of a government agency for verification.
2026-08
According to online reports cited by Radio Free Asia, personnel in at least 13 categories of jobs in China — including research institutions, civil servants, state-owned enterprises, finance, universities and hospitals — have been required to hand over their passports.
2026-08
The CCP's political-legal system is accused of retroactively reviewing old cases and cleaning out networks of interests on the grounds of increasing fiscal revenue, while carrying out cross-border recovery of illicit assets; the scope of investigation may cover closed cases, case-handling personnel, and related parties.
2026-08
The video cites insiders as saying that local government finances are strained, and higher-level authorities are requiring the grassroots to handle finances with one hand and maintain stability with the other, achieving this through tax audits, fines, and strengthened control over personnel; no public reports have been found backing this claim.
2026-08
Chinese banking systems are tightening resident foreign exchange and overseas transfers, requiring in-person counter transactions, explanations of fund usage, and submission of relevant supporting documents; the amount of foreign exchange individuals can exchange and remit is subject to quota limits.
2026-08
Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno has called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to initiate a national security review of Zhongrun Guangneng's plan to purchase or lease facilities near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
2026-08
It is alleged that China Customs has begun intercepting and repatriating some individuals preparing to go abroad, without informing the relevant personnel of the specific reasons.
2026-08
A netizen in Gansu reported that some subdistrict residents' committees require ordinary residents to hand over their passports to grid workers for safekeeping; another netizen said that even the passports of temporary hospital staff were confiscated.
2026-08
Mr. Shi, a native of Liaoning living in Japan, said that local police visited and harassed his parents three times within two months, demanding that he return to China to talk, and claiming that his name was in the police computer system.
2026-08
Some communities in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, notified residents that the community residents’ committees, together with the rental management center, are conducting door-to-door visits and information collection; rental housing inspections are also underway in Haizhu, Baiyun, Panyu, Zengcheng and other areas.
2026-08
According to reports, Chinese citizens applying for passports are being asked more questions, and may face additional screening or be denied exit when leaving the country.
2026-08
Private jets in China have been banned from flying, with related restrictions reportedly aimed at preventing wealthy individuals from leaving the country by air.
2026-08
The flight of Chinese commercial aircraft is strictly controlled; business owners must undergo state security (MSS) review to use commercial aircraft to go abroad.
2026-08
It is alleged that Chinese citizens holding green cards are required to report to the local police upon returning to China, and their accommodation and movement information may be incorporated into surveillance systems.
2026-08
Xia Fugang from Xiping, Henan, was arrested after being reported by a local elderly man in Luohe, triggering widespread attention and heated discussion online. Influencers and netizens have expressed strong dissatisfaction and are calling for a boycott of local products.
2026-08
In Liuzhou, Guangxi, a middle-aged couple struggling to make a living by street vending were driven to despair after chengguan (urban management officers) violently seized their stall. The female vendor jumped from a height, sparking intense public concern over the livelihood struggles of the underprivileged and the issue of violent law enforcement.
2026-08
Hundreds of residents and volunteers protested outside the residential compound where Li Meng lives. Police detained Li Meng and some volunteers, and some officers were accused of beating volunteers who came to protest.
2026-08-01
A blogger posted a video saying that multiple followers reported that when they applied for ordinary passports online, the system showed their applications as not approved.
2026-08
Mainland travel agency sources stated that applying for or renewing a passport requires proof of ties such as bank statements, vehicles, housing, and funds.
2026-08
A mainland netizen stated that when applying for a passport renewal through a mobile app upon expiration, they received a prompt requiring them to bring a consent letter issued by their work unit.
2026-08
The government of Xiaoyi Town, Hengzhou, Guangxi offered affected villagers a subsidy of several hundred yuan per household and person, demanding that villagers sign to accept their losses and classifying the flood as a natural disaster.
2026-08
A Chinese national who had previously worked abroad and was preparing to travel overseas again said that police asked them to go to a police station for verification, where officers checked the contents of their phone and collected their information for about two hours.
2026-08
Foreign media and cybersecurity researchers discovered and disclosed a system called the "Dynamic Control Platform for Foreign Personnel," revealing extensive surveillance data on foreigners and foreign journalists in China collected by local Chinese police.
2026-08
In August 2026, a citizen who had been living abroad for a long time posted to disclose that after returning home he was repeatedly summoned by the police and was forcibly required to unlock his phone so that the police could carry out a deep data collection lasting up to two hours.
2026-08
In August 2026, Heilongjiang Province drew attention for failing to publish birth rates, death rates, and natural growth rates in its statistical bulletins on national economic and social development for three consecutive years, making it the only province in the country to withhold these indicators.
2026-08-01
On August 1, a blogger posted a video saying that recently several followers reported that when applying for an ordinary passport online, the result directly showed “Application Not Approved,” and they speculated that approval, guarantee, or sponsorship procedures might be added in the future.
2026-08
In August 2026, employees of public institutions in Foshan, Guangdong reported receiving internal notices ordering them to follow the Ministry of State Security's official account, with subscriber numbers to be counted and reported up the chain of command level by level.
2026-08
In August 2026, a Chinese traveler posted a disclosure that during a trip to Japan, their domestic and Hong Kong bank accounts were continuously frozen by the anti-fraud center due to a misjudgment of a domestic public account transfer, leaving them in a desperate situation.
2026-08
In August 2026, it was reported online that a netizen, after searching on Douyin for phrases containing the word "poison," received a call from local police officers asking whether they were involved with drugs and was asked to go to the police station to cooperate in making a statement.
2026-07-31
Chen Wenqing, Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, presided over a national video conference on the campaign to combat organized crime and root out local mafia, announcing the relaunch of the relevant special campaign for a period of approximately one year.
2026-07-31
China has officially released exit-entry administration regulations known as Order No. 841.
2026-07-31
The CCP announced new regulations on exit and entry management. The relevant content is alleged to incorporate the public security, procuratorate, court, and state security systems into the review process for personnel going abroad.
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
On July 31, the Chinese Communist Party introduced new regulations and tightened policies regarding going abroad, leading to higher thresholds and more restrictions on leaving the country in the future.
2026-07-31
A blogger stated that followers reported being denied passport applications; she also mentioned that personnel in certain regions or departments require approval, guarantees, and sureties for travel.
2026-07-31
China has announced the State Council Order No. 841, an exit ban order, which stipulates that individuals may not be notified in cases involving national security or criminal investigations.
2026-07-31
On July 31, Chinese authorities announced a one-year special campaign to deepen the crackdown on organized crime, vowing to remove the malignant tumors eroding the social fabric. Building on the fight against traditional criminal gangs, the campaign will focus on organized crimes committed through online platforms and soft violence.
2026-07-31
On July 31, 2026, China's State Council promulgated the State Council Regulations on Exit and Entry Administration, signed by Li Qiang, which incorporate harm to industrial security and technological security into the circumstances for restricting citizens' exit, granting administrative departments greater discretion in exit border controls.
2026-07-30
On July 30, Xi Jinping unveiled a tightening policy restricting all citizens from traveling abroad, officially set to take effect on September 15, with customs set to intercept large numbers of outbound travelers.
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.
2026-07-29
On July 29, 2026, the historical nonfiction work Eight Thousand Hunan Women Go to the Tianshan Mountains, which records the history of supporting the frontier, was subjected to content control on reading platforms such as Douban and WeChat Reading. All of its readers' reviews were wiped out, and the rating and tagging functions were shut down and disabled.
2026-07-29
On July 29, a Shanghai resident returned home after a 28-day business trip and received a call from the neighborhood committee for verification, being told that big data had detected they had been away from Shanghai for a long time, prompting questions about grassroots digital surveillance of the population.
2026-07-28
On July 28, 2026, the US Federal Communications Commission announced that it would bring foreign-produced new humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and smart photovoltaic inverters within the scope of national security restrictions, guarding against potential remote-control and critical-infrastructure intelligence risks.
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2026-07-27
During a rights defense gathering by property owners at Victoria Bay, police set up human walls and privacy screens; that evening, some owners were cleared by police and taken away.
2026-07-27
On July 27, 2026, a netizen in Ningbo, Zhejiang posted that their real name was rejected by the Taobao system as a recipient because it matched the platform's politically sensitive word database, leaving them unable to normally claim government consumption subsidies.
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
Recently, the mother of Zhu Yidan, a victim of the Zhejiang Financial Center default incident, wrote a letter to prosecutors and judges in Zhejiang Province. She stated that her daughter, who was in Changsha, was labeled a "principal offender" simply for forwarding relevant information in a WeChat group, and questioned whether the Hangzhou police, procuratorate, and courts were engaging in retaliation.
2026-07-24
When the Qilin Opera Troupe, under the Deyun Society, staged the Peking opera "Ji Gong, the Living Buddha" at a special show in Wuhan, Guo Degang casually and jokingly adapted the red song "Strum My Beloved Earthen Pipa," sparking controversy and drawing reports.
2026-07-24
During a performance of the Peking Opera 'Ji Gong Huo Fo' in Wuhan, Guo Degang improvised a line change from 'It's quiet on Weishan Lake' to 'It's quiet in the Forbidden City.' He was subsequently reported by name for performing without proper filing, and the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism has officially opened an investigation.
2026-07-23
On July 23, 2026, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the Ministry of Emergency Management jointly issued a notice, deploying a special campaign to rectify illegal and harmful information related to disaster incidents during the flood season, severely cracking down on online speech concerning disasters. On the same day, the Ministry of Public Security publicized 20 typical cases of disaster-related rumors.
2026-07-23
In late July 2026, Zhu Yidan, a victim of the Zhejin Center collapse, was designated a ringleader by Hangzhou police and detained for an extended period for reposting rights-defense information online; her family publicly issued an accusation letter questioning whether judicial organs were engaging in retaliation.
2026-07-21
Screenshots circulating on Weibo show that the CCP is requiring personnel in the system to surrender their passports, with some units even demanding the "voluntary cancellation" of passports and conducting audits of overseas travel records from the past five years.
2026-07-21
On the second day after the new Shenzhen Metro security check regulations took effect, someone at Bihaiwan Station rushed the card reader and knocked a security officer down, causing severe queues at the security checkpoint.
2026-07-21
The Hunan Library issued an announcement on its official WeChat account stating that due to recent incidents where readers used public Wi-Fi to circumvent the Great Firewall and access prohibited overseas websites, posing serious cybersecurity risks, it has temporarily shut down its wireless network for rectification and exposed the mobile phone numbers of some readers.
2026-07-20
Starting July 20, Shenzhen Metro will upgrade random inspections to a “check every bag, check every person” policy, requiring all passengers to undergo luggage X‑ray and personal security screening, with queues exceeding 20 minutes during the morning and evening peaks.
2026-07-20
On August 10, 2026, foreign media reported that Shenzhen significantly tightened metro security checks in preparation for an international summit, scanning and searching passengers' belongings one by one, causing morning rush-hour queues lasting up to half an hour. It was criticized as an expensive, formalistic "security performance."
2026-07-18
In July 2026, an online public opinion risk alert issued by the Chinese Communist Party's Shenyang Dadong District Cyberspace Administration was exposed. Officials listed a public service advertisement on shopping mall big screens supporting a stray dog tortured and killed in Jieyang as a political risk being hyped overseas, and ordered a comprehensive investigation and removal.
2026-07-16
Liang Wenjie, Deputy Chairperson and spokesperson of the Mainland Affairs Council, said at a press conference that in July there were reports of 10 Taiwanese missing in the mainland, including a group of four traveling together that is currently being detained for unknown reasons.
2026-07-16
Trump announced that starting that evening, documents concerning cyberattacks on voting systems, foreign interference, and the security of election data would be made public.
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2026-07-16
On July 16, 2026, the Chinese government formally submitted an extradition request to Thailand, seeking the repatriation of former investigative journalist Bai Zhaodong, who fled abroad amid an investigation into corruption and is being detained in Bangkok. International human rights groups have urged Thailand to reject the extradition to prevent him from being subjected to torture.
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
After the Jinjiang shoe factory fire, local relevant departments intervened to interview merchants, demanding that they not deliver flowers to the shoe factory area. Meituan's system blocked the flower delivery function in that area, and some merchants said the delivered flowers were taken away by traffic police.
2026-07-15
In July 2026, rumors circulated online that Xi Jinping visited Shanghai for an inspection and stayed at the Shangri-La Hotel. Shanghai authorities implemented extremely tight security controls, issuing traffic control and road closure notices in multiple districts and imposing a comprehensive ban on drone flights.
2026-07-15
On July 15, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Government and the Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a notice and sent mass text messages to residents, announcing that from 0:00 on July 15 to 24:00 on July 20, temporary control airspace for drones would be designated across the city, prohibiting low-altitude, slow and small aircraft from taking off in violation of the rules.
2026-07-15
In July 2026, Zhang Liang's wife, Cai Xiaodan, spoke out once again, stating that her husband died suddenly due to continuous overtime work. After the family reported the incident, the relevant departments referred the issue back to the company in question for self-handling.
2026-07-14
Volunteers in the Guangxi flood disaster area stated that the cafeteria was not allowed to deliver meals because it lacked a required certificate; netizens reported that multiple charity kitchens in Hengzhou were shut down by the supervision team for the same reason.
2026-07-14
During the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, the city suspended the sending of knives, scissors, pliers, hammers and other items in several districts such as Fengxian, Songjiang, and Qingpu.
2026-07-14
China's announced June exports grew 27% in dollar terms, with integrated circuits and servers alone contributing 11 percentage points.
2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, the Macao Public Security Police Force officially released national security promotional content, listing everyday behaviors such as the misuse of paper cups among the preventive measures against threats to national security, sparking discussion and mockery among the public and netizens.
2026-07-13
Local netizens in Guangxi reported that non-local vehicles entering certain disaster-affected areas require a pass to enter.
2026-07-13
On July 13, 2026, the Cybersecurity Bureau of China's Ministry of Public Security reported 25 cases of online speech violations and crimes related to floods and disasters, in which 4 people were criminally detained and 23 people were given administrative penalties, strengthening control over disaster-related public opinion.
2026-07-12
CCTV cited data from the Ministry of Public Security stating that the number of criminal cases nationwide decreased by 16.1% year-on-year from January to May. However, the phenomenon of multiple regions investing financially in expanding detention centers and prisons has led to external doubts about the real public security situation.
2026-07-11
The mother of Ningbo's Little Luoxi was blocked by staff while traveling to disaster-stricken areas in Guangxi to donate money and supplies, and her accompanying personnel received inquiry calls from the Bureau of Justice.
2026-07-11
On July 11, 2026, the mother of "Xiao Luoxi," a deceased victim in a Ningbo medical malpractice rights-defense case, traveled to the flood-hit area of Guangxi to donate funds and urgently needed supplies, and was intercepted and obstructed midway by local on-site stability maintenance (weiwen) personnel.
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.
2026-07-08
On July 8, 2026, it was reported online that multiple performance venues in Shanghai received notices from the Changning District culture and tourism authorities requiring them to adjust their set lists and prohibiting the playing of Japanese-language songs, sparking discussion among performing arts professionals.
2026-07-07
On July 7, 2026, after civil anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported a breeding farm for enslaving disabled people in Qinyuan County, Changzhi, Shanxi, his vehicle information was posted by local village officials in a villagers' WeChat group, with instructions to report immediately if he was spotted.
2026-07-04
In July 2026, a Decision on Release on Bail Pending Trial from the Haizhu Branch of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau circulated online, showing that a party involved was criminally detained by police for as long as 37 days on suspicion of assisting information network criminal activities for purchasing a Hong Kong data card to log into Facebook.
2026-07-02
Funeral flowers placed by netizens near Saige Mall were taken away by security guards, the people who delivered the flowers were surrounded by plainclothes men, and a delivery driver's phone orders were even checked.
2026-07-02
In July 2026, China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs issued the Measures for the Administration of Branches and Representative Offices of Social Organizations, stipulating that branches of social organizations must accept the comprehensive leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and establish grassroots Party organizations, while completely prohibiting the establishment of clan-based and regional branches.
2026-07
The Japanese entrepreneur said that after cooperating with a televised confession, stating that he was restoring his Chinese nationality and cutting off Japanese consular protection, he was told he was banned from leaving the country before 2036.
2026-07
According to sources with military connections, the Central Military Commission has teamed up with multiple departments to investigate firearms that have flowed into civilian hands; some of the firearms in question are said to have originated from decommissioned and retired military equipment.
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
A total of 135 kilometers of razor wire fencing has been discovered built around the Mount Tai scenic area, with non-tourist areas being cordoned off layer by layer.
2026-07
After returning to China, Tan Song was taken away at the airport and questioned for about seven or eight hours. After being released and returning home, he was placed under an exit ban and was unable to leave China.
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.
2026-07-01
On July 1, 2026, the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration's Measures on Further Regulating the Registration of Public Visits officially took effect, explicitly requiring people to file their complaints within their local jurisdiction, and greatly tightening the registration and acceptance channels for bypass-level and repeat petitioning.
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
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed a 3-0 order to significantly strengthen regulation of undersea communication cables carrying international internet traffic, extending jurisdiction to operators of terminal equipment for undersea lines and establishing a fast-track approval process, provided national security standards are met.
2026-06-30
On June 30, 2026, on the sixth anniversary of the entry into force of the Hong Kong National Security Law, Human Rights Watch released a report criticizing the full mainlandization of Hong Kong's governance structure; the report pointed out that within the year the Hong Kong government empowered police to compel the surrender of electronic passwords, and once again injected HK$5 billion into the national security budget.
2026-06-29
An influencer with over one million followers stated that they donated 19060 yuan to the Han Hong Love Charity Foundation in 2022, but the record could not be found on the official website. They also questioned the Apple computer procurement in the foundation's 2025 audit report.
2026-06-29
On June 29, 2026, victims of the internet finance platforms Juxiaohua and Yikoudai from across the country went to Yingkou City, Liaoning Province for rights defense. At the protest site they got into a fierce physical clash with police, and multiple borrowers were forcibly taken away by the police.
2026-06-29
In June 2026, a railway enthusiast uploader was called a "spy" by company employees while filming narrow-gauge trains in an industrial and mining area and reported to the police; after the officers arrived, they took him to the police station and detained him for several hours of investigation, releasing him only after a full search of his photography and electronic equipment.
2026-06-28
On June 28, 2026, multiple overseas students and outbound travelers reported on social media that they themselves or their parents back home received calls from public security authorities, who questioned them in detail about their overseas travel plans and personal circumstances, and even asked the students to persuade them to drop out and return to China.
2026-06-28
On June 28, 2026, a college student posted that after casually saying in a WeChat group chat with friends that they wanted to jump off a building, they were soon precisely located by several police officers, taken away from their dormitory for investigation, and their parents were also warned not to speak out of turn.
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
On June 27, 2026, China's Ministry of State Security once again issued a warning article claiming that graduates taking group photos, enabling location tagging on WeChat Moments, or revealing where they are headed at classified-affiliated work units could all become channels for foreign spy agencies to collect sensitive information and "hunt" them.
2026-06-25
The National Petition Bureau has introduced new regulations, requiring the public to cross their own level or the next higher level of agencies to petition in Beijing; they must have written or electronic documents from a provincial-level agency, otherwise registration will not be accepted.
2026-06-25
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission passed the new regulation by a 3-0 vote, significantly strengthening oversight of submarine communication cables, extending jurisdiction to onshore terminal equipment, and establishing national security standards to expedite approvals.
2026-06-25
On June 25, 2026, an incident of violent enforcement by chengguan occurred at the Xujia Po agricultural market in Yueyanglou District, Yueyang, Hunan. More than ten chengguan officers clashed with a citizen, causing the citizen to fall to the ground and fall unconscious. A large crowd gathered at the scene to watch and protest.
2026-06-23
On June 23, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that large numbers of street-front businesses in Nenjiang, Heihe, Hailun, Suihua and other places in Heilongjiang province closed down en masse out of concern over hefty fines from surprise fire safety and environmental inspections; officials subsequently came forward to refute the reports.
2026-06-22
The day after the Hailun Fire Department issued a notice refuting rumors, roller shutters on local streets remained largely closed, and businesses did not resume operations in response to the notice.
2026-06-21
On June 21, the Ministry of State Security of the Chinese Communist Party issued a warning stating that overseas spy agencies are using online pop-up advertisements to conduct intelligence collection and ideological infiltration.
2026-06-19
On June 19, 2026, a school in Suzhou, Jiangsu issued a self-inspection questionnaire to teachers, requiring them to conduct a comprehensive self-examination and sign a pledge letter on whether their teaching and everyday speech undermined the authority of the Party Central Committee and whether they had accessed overseas networks in violation of regulations.
2026-06-18
On June 18, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that the Central China Hazardous Waste Technology Center project on Gongzheng Road in Wuchang, Wuhan, continued to trigger mass protests by hundreds of residents; police arrived to disperse the crowd and took away and injured many people, and online information was strictly controlled.
2026-06-18
On June 18, 2026, a well-known "unmanned bookstore" that had operated for 20 years in Hexi University Town, Changsha, Hunan, was suddenly forcibly demolished. The owner published a post accusing officials and businessmen of conspiring through planning to hunt him down and of being driven out by hard power, while a large number of police and chengguan locked down the scene, drawing attention.
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
On June 16, 2026, media reported that Yibin police in Sichuan traveled across provinces to Shenyang, in the name of cracking down on fake Wuliangye, and seized 159 bottles of Moutai worth over 1.2 million yuan from a liquor dealer, while threatening the dealer's personal freedom to demand 220,000 yuan, claiming that they handled the case for profit.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, the second-instance verdict was handed down in the case of the murder of Wang Ziya at the AVIC City residential compound in Chengdu, Sichuan. The court sentenced the defendant, who is suspected of carrying out a knife attack, to death with a two-year reprieve in accordance with the law.
2026-06-16
On June 16, 2026, Guoji Beisheng released the "Cross-Border VPN Identification System for Universities – Product White Paper," claiming that by using bidirectional traffic monitoring and deep learning models, it achieves real-time detection, evidence collection, and violation profiling of circumventing the Great Firewall behavior.
2026-06-15
On June 15, 2026, it was reported online that some shopping malls had received notices from local police stations requiring that outdoor commercial advertising screens and the like strictly refrain from broadcasting content related to entertainment figures on specific sensitive dates.
2026-06-14
On June 14, 2026, reports online claimed that the reincarnation stone at Mount Kailash in Tibet, where visitors make wishes and post photos of the deceased for memorial prayers, had been completely sealed off by a huge iron cage installed by the relevant authorities.
2026-06-11
The international human rights organization "Safeguard Defenders" has released its latest investigation report, revealing that multiple Chinese companies are openly posting commercial advertisements on the short-video platform Douyin, promoting anti-suicide soft-padded living and interrogation facilities custom-built for "retention" facilities under the state supervision system.
2026-06-10
During the escalation of the Chongqing dog abuse protest incident, netizens revealed that a local pet hospital treating abused pet dogs for free had been questioned by police, and the hospital's related social media accounts were immediately restricted from posting publicly, sparking public doubts about an official cover-up and stability maintenance.
2026-06-04
On June 4, the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth incident, a netizen posted that three people spent a total of 192 yuan on a meal, but a WeChat group payment of 64 yuan could not be transferred, leaving them to eat the loss themselves, and complained that the Commies were making a big fuss.
2026-06
In June 2026, a claim circulated on Weibo that staff on the payroll must not only hand in their passports but also voluntarily cancel them and have their exit records over the past five years retroactively checked.
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
On June 14, 2026, multiple Counter-Strike 2 players reported receiving notices from local tax authorities requiring them to pay additional taxes on hundreds of thousands of yuan in transactions and earnings from third-party skin trading platforms.
2026-06
In June 2026, Hong Kong's Innovation and Technology Bureau changed the internationally used caliber of total local R&D expenditure to total local innovation activity spending, including product design, software development, testing, and intellectual property applications. Under the new caliber, the 2024 figure was 51.7 billion, accounting for 1.63% of GDP, while the old caliber had long been about 1.1%.
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.
2026-05-31
Reports circulating online say that the exterior wall of an underground garage in a residential compound in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province collapsed during a rainstorm, causing rainwater to flow back in. Hundreds of private cars in the garage were flooded and damaged, and some owners were summoned and pressured by the local police station after seeking rights defense from the property management and posting videos of the scene online.
Location: Zhongshan, Guangdong ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Verifying ·
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2026-05-28
On the morning of May 28, 2026, urban management enforcement officers in Jiangyong County, Hunan, after restraining a stray dog at Jinlong Park, tied it to the rear of a vehicle without authorization and dragged it away, causing its death; official notices acknowledged the improper handling and suspended the personnel involved.
2026-05-25
In late May 2026, on the eve of the 37th anniversary of the June Fourth incident, public security departments in Beijing, Guizhou, Zhejiang and other places placed large numbers of dissidents, independent scholars and rights lawyers — including Gao Yu, Pu Zhiqiang, Hu Jia and Chen Xi — under assigned surveillance or took them away on forced travel.
2026-05-22
On May 22, 2026, a truck driver in Ankang, Shaanxi carried two foreign tourists, including the well-known American podcast host Friedman, and because he worried that their identities were those of spies, he recorded video throughout the journey as a precaution; after the video was reported by the media, it sparked heated discussion.
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.
2026-05-12
The head and deputy director of the Shanggao County Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi Province abused their official authority, using an intermediary to illegally provide buyers with citizens' bank account information at a price of 1000 yuan per record; the related judgment has been published on the Court Judgment Website.
2026-05-10
A netizen in Guangdong posted that after discovering a middle-aged driver playing a Japanese song in his car, he suspected the driver was a Japanese spy based on his appearance and behavior.
2026-05-07
Thousands of villagers protested at Maojiawan in Zhaotong, Yunnan, the second-largest poverty alleviation relocation resettlement site in China. The conflict was triggered by a monthly parking fee of 360 yuan, leading to clashes after SWAT police arrived to suppress the demonstration.
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
A federal court jury in Brooklyn, New York, returned a guilty verdict against Chinese American Lu Jianwang on charges of acting as an unregistered agent of the Chinese government; prosecutors alleged he operated a secret police station in Manhattan.
Location: New York, United States ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Verified ·
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2026-05
In May 2026, primary and secondary school teachers, nurses, grassroots civil servants and others were widely required to hand over their passports to be kept by their work units.
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 May 2026, a tourist complained to a local culture and tourism official account about the hygiene of concert seats but received no response and was subsequently blocked. After leaving a comment in the comment section, the tourist was reported for infringing on reputation rights, resulting in restricted account functions.
2026-04-28
China's Ministry of State Security released a virtual police video, characterizing the "lying flat" phenomenon that is trending on platforms as a group supported by overseas organizations and calling on young people to return to a spirit of striving.
2026-04-23
On June 15, 2026, the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab released a research report disclosing that commercial spyware vendors exploit vulnerabilities in global telecommunications network interconnections to conduct long-term targeted tracking of journalists, politicians, and dissidents.
2026-04
The seventh round of inspection tours by the 20th CCP Central Committee has carried out regular inspections of the party organizations of 36 units including the Ministry of Public Security since April 2026; no source could be found for the 12th Inspection Team and its head Shi Kehui cited in the video.
2026-04
Recently, major media outlets have intensively reported on ordinary citizens receiving rewards for catching foreign spies, triggering a nationwide spy-hunting craze. Backpackers, surveyors, and scavengers are all being suspected of being spies or poisoners.
2026-03-19
Since March 19, 2026, Jeyens Reskhan, a Kazakh children's literature writer from Xinjiang and former chairman of the Hami Prefecture Writers Association, was taken away by police on suspicion of extremist thought and has since gone missing. His family has received no official notice and does not know his whereabouts.
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.
2026-03-12
China has passed the Law on Promoting Democratic Unity and Progress, pushing the Chinese nation's community from a propaganda slogan into a legal obligation, requiring citizens to promote a specific identity community, making political neutrality even more difficult.
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
In early March 2026, the Italian government, on national security grounds, ordered the deportation of 8 Chinese citizens suspected of surveilling and intimidating dissident Teacher Li (Li Ying).
2026-02
In February 2026, the community of well-known overseas Twitter influencer "Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher" launched the "Cyber Letters and Calls Bureau" website, collecting and displaying records of grievances such as rights defense and judicial injustice within China for Chinese netizens around the world.
2026-02
In February 2026, the Administrative Examination and Approval Bureau of Xiangcheng District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, acting on relevant opinions from the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, revoked the administrative permit for a commercial performance featuring Na Yina, citing her designation as a 'disgraced artist'.
2026-01-11
On January 11, an 8-meter-tall Marilyn Monroe statue inside the Central Avenue tourism and culture shopping center in Dalian, Liaoning, was quietly removed. Netizens posted comparison photos of the scene on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) and Douyin, and mall staff claimed they only noticed it when they arrived for work that day.
2026
Shanghai residents say that community screening has clearly intensified in the second half of this year, registering the ID card numbers and phone numbers of migrants and overnight guests, conducting facial recognition, and asking about family circumstances.
2026
The video says that the Hebei Cyberspace Administration of China recently issued notices to all counties and cities, demanding that they manage their jurisdictions and further strengthen control over people who speak online.
2026
China has begun implementing real-name registration for the purchase of kitchen knives, demonstrating the government's precise control over individual behavior.
2026-01
A netizen from Guilin reported that after returning from a trip to South Korea at the end of January, the local police station required them to give a statement, undergo interrogation, have their photo album checked, sign documents, and provide fingerprints.
2026
China has recently required stricter reviews of the overseas historical investment records of companies and residents, extending the look-back period from five years to 20 years.
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.
2025-12
In response to the frequent occurrence of illegal drone flights, the Ministry of Public Security has been conducting a six-month national special rectification campaign for airspace security since last December.
2025-11-29
After the short film was released, it drew mockery from netizens and was subsequently taken down by CCTV.
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
In November 2025, a 20-year-old college student in Shanghai attempted to withdraw medical subsidies and funds deposited by their mother at a bank, only to be unreasonably reported to the police and restricted by the bank, resulting in the funds being indirectly withheld.
2025-10
The People's Bank of China has officially unveiled its master console, centralizing eight major authorities—including currency issuance, wallet management, risk control, and smart contracts—under the central bank. It has also connected thirty commercial banks directly to the system, building a super-console capable of reaching into individual wallets.
2025-10
In October 2025, a post circulated online from someone claiming to be a Bilibili content reviewer, disclosing operational details of how the platform frequently receives internal orders to take down content, control comments, and direct traffic to specific official accounts when handling hot topics such as foreign visas.
2025-09-30
On September 30, Zhejiang Propaganda published an article criticizing Hu Chenfeng, pointing out that he uses worship of the foreign to dissolve consensus, exploits young people's anxiety to harvest consumers, and uses extreme emotions to distort values. Previously, Zhang Xuefeng had already been criticized for shaking the foundations of the state.
2025-09
In September 2025, a document purportedly consisting of the key points of a Chinese Communist Party internal stability maintenance training course circulated online, listing control methods for preventing mass resistance, such as diverting social contradictions, splitting rights defense groups, steering debates, and entrapment-style law enforcement.
2025-05
The Light of Xi'an Church in Xi'an, Shaanxi, has been subjected to government suppression, with three people, including Pastor Gao Quanfu, arrested and held in custody.
2025-04-10
On April 10, 2025, Song Mouqi, a staff member of the special task force of the Supervisory Commission of Gangcha County, Qinghai, impersonated someone and sent private messages insulting Long Mou, a woman who was seeking justice for her brother, calling her a "comfort woman" and threatening her personal safety; after verifying the facts, the police imposed no administrative penalty, and the supervisory commission only gave internal criticism and education.
Location: Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai ·
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2025-02
The Thai government repatriated a group of Uyghurs to China in a secret operation, sparking strong condemnation from Western countries.
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
In 2025, the World Health Organization disclosed that China still had not provided hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from the early stage of the outbreak, data on animals sold at Wuhan markets, and information on research content and biosafety conditions at Wuhan laboratories; Tedros said all origin hypotheses must continue to be considered.
2025
In the second half of 2025, the Chinese Communist Party began large-scale measures to lock people in, including requiring personnel inside the system and grassroots public institution employees to hand over their passports; even students at universities, primary and middle schools need school approval to leave the country.
2024-12-22
On December 22, 2024, the Nanchang police in Jiangxi and the subdistrict office issued a statement saying that, in response to an online dispute, they had lawfully sent Li Yixue, a party who had repeatedly pursued rights defense, to a hospital for psychiatric treatment, once again sparking controversy over being "diagnosed as mentally ill" against one's will.
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.
2024-12
Data shows that by the end of 2024, the total number of social organizations in China dropped to 871,800, declining for three consecutive years since 2022; from 2021 to 2025, authorities cracked down on a cumulative total of 75,000 zombie-like organizations and targeted over 8,000 illegal social organizations.
2024-10-31
People in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wuhan, and other places dressed up and took to the streets during Halloween; police patrols or on-site dispersal occurred in many locations.
2024-10-31
A Chinese woman wearing Hanfu was arrested in Shanghai during Halloween.
2024-10-31
Guangzhou Metro has set up makeup removal areas for passengers to remove their Halloween costumes.
2024-10-31
Zhuhai Fuhuali issued a notice stating that, due to requirements from relevant departments, the performance scheduled for Halloween night has been cancelled.
2024-10-31
Someone dressed up and performed on the streets of Wuhan, and police (Public Security) and SWAT police asked the participants to leave; the police on site did not immediately force a dispersal.
2024-10
During Halloween 2024, Shanghai police strictly prohibited citizens from wearing Halloween costumes or cosplaying in areas such as Yuyuan Road. Many citizens who went out in costume were forcibly taken to the Public Security Bureau for questioning or arrested.
2024-09
Online reports claim that China has begun implanting chips into student school uniforms for location tracking and surveillance.
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.
2024-07-26
A netizen submitted a report claiming that Huawei's HarmonyOS NEXT system has a built-in website blocking function based on online detection, consistent with the blocking in Huawei phones' stock browser, and that every URL a user visits is uploaded to Huawei.
2024-07-16
After Enxu lost contact, Wang Yuhang posted missing-person information on social media and reported to the police that Enxu was missing; more than ten days later, the police said that Enxu had not been unlawfully deprived of personal freedom.
2024-07
Gaukas Wang (Wang Yiyan), a US-based Great Firewall and anti-censorship researcher, lost contact with the outside world after returning to China in the summer of 2024 and has been missing since July 2024. Chinese Human Rights issued a statement in June 2026 expressing concern.
2024-06-27
On June 27, a man in Guangdong posted a video saying that his family had transferred 10,000 yuan to another account with the same name, after which police came to his door to check on the pretext of anti-fraud.
2024-04
In June 2026 it was exposed online that officers from a police station in Taizhou, Zhejiang, led by two deputy directors, collectively solicited opposite-sex hostesses at a KTV and were caught on the spot by the discipline inspection commission; for two years after the incident the authorities made no public announcement, imposing only minor internal punishments of removal from office while all of them retained their public-sector posts.
2024
Data shows that in 2024, the annual number of criminal cases filed by Chinese police (Public Security) exceeded 10 million, a sharp increase compared to 2000, with the majority of short-sentence cases involving various "pocket crimes."
2024
The Qinglang Campaign proposes ten task objectives, requiring platforms such as Douyin and Bilibili to adjust their algorithms and recommendation mechanisms to ensure content distribution aligns with so-called mainstream values.
2024
The Chinese Communist Party has released the Ethnic Unity Promotion Law, expanding enforcement to the global level with the intention of policing all speech involving Chinese issues.
2024
Jing Shuren, a migrant worker and self-media creator in Gansu, was criminally detained by Lanzhou police in 2024 for repeatedly reposting posts by his friend Zhou Lubao that exposed companies' unpaid wages.
2023-10-27
The sudden death from a heart attack of former Premier Li Keqiang triggered spontaneous national mourning. Universities and authorities across various regions implemented strict security and censorship measures, restricting flowers and gatherings, turning the mourning into an expression of dissatisfaction with the current status quo.
2023-10-24
The Chinese Communist Party issued 500 billion in special treasury bonds nominally for Hebei flood relief, but some of the funds were used to purchase surveillance equipment and stability-maintenance infrastructure.
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.
2023-08
In the early stage of the Zhuozhou floods, several civilian rescue teams from other provinces said they were required to present a local invitation letter and complete registration before being allowed to enter; volunteers said the Zhuozhou Emergency Management Bureau had been flooded and lost power, with its official seal in another building surrounded by water, and that they were arranging for people to wade through the water to fetch it.
2023-07-31
The Ministry of State Security officially launched a WeChat official account, frequently publishing counter-espionage warnings and propaganda content, and beginning to actively build a public presence.
2023-07-10
The Cyberspace Administration of China is targeting foreign-related speech, requiring that information regarding domestic and international current affairs, public policy, and social events be labeled with its source, and linking account monetization privileges to compliance status.
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.
2022-11-16
The Cyberspace Administration of China has introduced regulations for managing internet comment interactions, bringing comments, replies, messages, bullet chats, and likes under supervision, and allowing platforms to take measures such as account bans and silencing.
2022-11
Chinese company Fufeng Group purchased approximately 150 hectares of farmland near Grand Forks Air Force Base and planned to invest $700 million to build a corn processing plant, but the project was blocked by the city council in 2023 due to national security concerns.
2022-10-30
Chen Yixin, former director of the Policy Research Office of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and former secretary-general of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, has succeeded Chen Wenqing as Minister of State Security.
2022-09
Washington Post reporter Kader reported from a field visit that a village in Henan had images of facial expressions and occlusion states collected, and the villagers were paid with a bottle of cooking oil.
2022-03-28
Shanghai imposed a lockdown starting on March 28, 2022. It was originally planned to last 9 days but actually continued for about two months, until normal production and daily life resumed on June 1. Residents experienced shortages of supplies, hardship in daily life, and psychological pressure.
2022-01
Mi Chunlei was taken away by the local public security economic investigation department between the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022, and subsequently failed to perform his duties for a long period.
2021-08-27
The Cyberspace Administration of China has launched a special rectification targeting financial information, identifying activities such as distorting interpretations of financial policies and macro data, or maliciously betting against financial markets, as targets for governance, covering financial self-media accounts and information platforms.
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.
2021-03-29
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that the previously launched special campaign to crack down on organized crime and root out local mafia has come to a successful conclusion.
2021
Bazhou in Hebei Province was exposed for assigning revenue-generation tasks down to townships. Dongyangzhuang Township collected only 40,000 yuan in fines over the first 9 months, yet was saddled with a quota of 13.95 million yuan for the last 3 months.
2020-12
A U.S. security research institute found that Huawei is developing a facial recognition system for Uyghurs that can automatically report to the authorities, drawing international attention; French football star Griezmann subsequently announced the termination of his endorsement deal with Huawei.
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.
2020
Nicknamed “Review”, Li Yanheng was arrested by Shanghai state security on charges of endangering national security when he returned to Shanghai to handle the cancellation of his Chinese nationality.
2019-12-30
Li Wenliang, an ophthalmologist at Wuhan Central Hospital, posted news in a WeChat group about confirmed SARS and coronavirus cases at the Huanan Seafood Market, for which he was subsequently investigated by the Public Security Bureau and issued a reprimand letter.
2019-08
A Wall Street Journal investigative report in August 2019 found that authorities in Uganda and Zambia used Huawei cameras and communications equipment to monitor the opposition and dissidents, and that Huawei technicians personally helped crack the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp and locate movements to aid arrests.
2019-07-21
A large number of people dressed in white in Yuen Long used violent indiscriminate attacks on anti‑extradition bill protesters and citizens, and the police were accused of responding slowly and failing to intervene in time.
2019
A vocational school in Chongqing purchased a facial recognition system worth $124,000 to monitor students' sleep, recording information such as identity, contact details, dormitory bed numbers, and daily routines.
2019
According to a 2019 report by The New York Times, Huawei's Safe City system in Ecuador was used by the local government to monitor the opposition and journalists.
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.
2018-09-11
Uyghur retired doctor Abbas was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government in Xinjiang and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a secret trial.
2018-01-24
China launched a nationwide special campaign to crack down on gangs and eliminate evil, which lasted for about 3 years and was announced to have ended in 2021.
2018
Kim Myeong-il said that in 2018 the government imposed similar administrative restrictions on his house, affecting his work and buying and selling, and putting him in debt.
2018
Over three years, China has rectified approximately 40,000 weak and lax village Party organizations, dealt with over 40,000 village officials, and investigated more than 90,000 cases under the guise of cracking down on 'protective umbrellas,' resulting in the punishment of over 110,000 people.
2018
As disclosed by the Wall Street Journal, Huawei has long helped the Chinese Communist Party build the Skynet surveillance system, and in 2018 developed the “Uyghur Alert” feature, which automatically triggers an alarm as soon as police cameras identify a Uyghur.
2017
After Ms. Ma Yongtian's son and husband completed their immigration procedures to the United States in 2017, they were stopped from leaving the country by the Changchun Public Security Bureau. Their passports and related documents were confiscated, and they were designated as suspects of "illegal emigration," released on bail pending trial.
2017-01-01
The Law on the Administration of Activities of Overseas Nongovernmental Organizations in the Mainland of China was passed on April 28, 2016 and took effect on January 1, 2017, shifting the authority overseeing overseas NGOs from civil affairs departments to public security organs.
2016-11-07
The Cybersecurity Law was passed in November 2016 and took effect in June 2017, stipulating that platforms are also held responsible when anti-Communist or pornographic content appears on them, and that group owners may be punished if someone in a group violates the rules; thereafter, all platforms greatly increased their content moderation staff.
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.
2016-10
Deng Guangying, a Chongqing petitioner who had spoken about the disappearances in Chongqing and the organ harvesting scandal, was arrested and repatriated after being interviewed in Beijing, and has been held at the Sanmiao Psychiatric Hospital in Hechuan District ever since.
2016-01
After Chou Tzu-yu's apology video drew attention, the Kuomintang stated on its official website that it felt sorry for her, and condemned Huang An's snitching and the related way it was handled.
2015-07-09
From July 9, 2015, Chinese police (Public Security) carried out large-scale arrests, summons and detentions of over a hundred rights lawyers, rights defenders and their relatives across 23 provinces, an event known as the 709 crackdown.
2015-03-10
Minister of Human Resources and Social Security Yin Weimin introduced the gradual delayed retirement policy at the Two Sessions press conference. That evening, CCTV's "Two Sessions 1+1" made it a key topic, and Bai Yansong explained it on the program as an inevitable trend whose benefits outweigh its drawbacks.
2014
According to a streamer friend, in 2014 or 2015, the annual income of grassroots police officers in Shanghai dropped from 200,000 to 300,000 yuan to 70,000 to 80,000 yuan.
2013-10-19
On October 19, 2013, New Express Daily reporter Chen Yongzhou was criminally detained across provincial lines by Changsha police on suspicion of damaging commercial reputation after publishing reports critical of Zoomlion; the newspaper subsequently ran "Please release him" on its front page.
2013-09-09
In 2013, the Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate issued a judicial interpretation stipulating that online commentary reposted 500 times or more can be prosecuted as the crime of defamation.
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.
2013-08-10
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
China's current Exit and Entry Administration Law was passed in 2012 and began to be implemented in 2013.
2013
In 2013, Zhejiang lawyer Wu Youshui applied for information disclosure, revealing that China's total fines for exceeding birth quotas in 2012 amounted to about 30 billion yuan; scholars estimate that over more than 30 years of enforcing the one-child policy, total fines reached 1.5 to 2 trillion yuan, and local governments have never disclosed where the money went.
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.
2011
In 2011, the Jasmine Revolution broke out in China, and the Hu Jintao administration suppressed it with iron-fisted means.
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."
2009-05-16
On May 16, 2009, Xia Junfeng and his wife were penalized by chengguan for setting up an unlicensed street stall in Shenyang. A conflict broke out at the Binhe duty room, in which Xia stabbed two chengguan officers to death. The defense argued that he had been beaten by a group first and acted in self-defense, but the court did not accept the claim.
2009-05-16
On May 16, 2009, Xia Junfeng and his wife were caught operating an unlicensed street stall by chengguan in Shenhe District, Shenyang, and Xia Junfeng went with the law enforcement officers to the Binhe duty office to receive punishment.
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.
2008-08-18
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.
2008-06-27
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.
2005-12-06
In December 2005, a large-scale clash between police and civilians broke out in Dongzhou Village, Shanwei, Guangdong, leaving 14 dead and 50 injured; the first three pages of Yahoo China's search results contained no content related to the crackdown, while the international version of Yahoo returned 370,000 related results.
2005-04
In April 2005, Suqian in Jiangsu publicly recruited 26 online commentators, one example of localities building teams of internet commentators.
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.
2005
University forums such as Peking University's Weiming and Nanjing University's Xiaobaihe have successively restricted off-campus access and require users to register with their real names.
2004-10
In October 2004, the Changsha Municipal Party Committee's External Propaganda Office set up a team of internet commentators with a base salary of 600 yuan per month, supplemented by pay based on posting volume, five mao per post — hence the term "five mao."
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.
2004-06-01
On June 1, 2004, Jiang Yanyong and his wife Hua Zhongwei were taken away by the authorities while on their way to the hospital; Hua Zhongwei was released two weeks later, Jiang Yanyong was released on July 19, and the authorities denied the incident.
2003-08-19
Bai Yansong resigned from his positions as producer of News Meeting Room, China Weekly, and Time and Space Link because he felt that the producer role made his expression mediocre and led to self-censorship, while retaining his role as host.
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.
2002-03
In 2002, workers at the Liaoyang Ferroalloy Plant launched weeks of protests over long-term unpaid wages and losing everything after being laid off; worker representatives were subsequently arrested and sentenced on charges of illegal assembly, inciting subversion of state power, and others, on Zhu Rongji's signal.
2001
At the 2001 annual meeting of CCTV's "Tell It Like It Is" program team, a satirical comedy short, "Division of the Family in October," was produced, in which colleagues openly mocked Bai Yansong's rationalizing, brow-furrowing, preachy style by remixing Soviet films and their character names.
1998-09-22
The Ministry of Public Security has launched the national public security informatization project, known as the Golden Shield Project, aimed at collecting information such as household registration, educational background, and residential addresses of Chinese citizens and achieving a nationwide network.
1996
China continues to carry out severe crackdown operations.
1993-05-01
“Oriental Horizon” officially went on air, and Bai Yansong, from a temporary planner, was pushed in front of the camera, ushering in a period of public opinion supervision later known as the “mini spring” of CCTV news.
1989-10
According to Yu Maochun, declassified archives show that the East German secret police Stasi were deeply afraid of the spirit of the Tiananmen Movement spreading to East Germany, and once tried to prevent the protest movement from spreading, but it was too late.
1989-03
During the Lhasa crackdown in March 1989, in opposition to the indiscriminate shooting by armed police, more than 3000 Lhasa public security officers disobeyed orders and withdrew from the city, refusing to cooperate with the armed police.
Location: Lhasa own content archive., Tibet ·
Importance IV ·
Verification: Reported ·
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1988
China has once again launched a severe crackdown campaign.
1983-07
The Ministry of State Security of the People's Republic of China is officially established, primarily undertaking foreign intelligence and counter-espionage work, forming a parallel system with public security organs that handle domestic security.
1983
China launches a crackdown campaign.
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.