On October 31, a blogger posted a clip from the TV series 'War of Faith' featuring a character delivering monologues such as 'The Communist Party was born to create a new world' and 'Only the Communist Party can save China.' The comment section was immediately flooded with phrases like 'Slap her in the mouth' and 'Beat her to death.'
On October 26, Chinese state media promoting propaganda toward Taiwan interviewed Hong Kong Legislative Council member Junius Ho. Ho said that Western democracy and freedom sound beautiful but cannot fool people, and that a system that can make people happy is a good system. His remarks were collectively mocked by Chinese netizens.
On October 23, a netizen posted a video complaining that during CCTV News’ live broadcast of the rescue effort after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Baqing County, Nagqu, Tibet, the on-site reporter frequently used filler words such as “uh” and “this part,” conveying almost no useful information in three minutes, prompting netizens in the comments section to mock the report.
At 20:25 on October 7, the topic "Numerous Taiwan artists clearly state the one-China position" ranked 11th on Weibo's overall chart. State media outlet Southern Daily posted a compilation video, using Wu Qilong's "even if it doesn't make money, this is still my position" as a hook, and listed records of artists such as Angela Zhang and Ouyang Nana reposting CCTV's "Taiwan will surely return" poster; the Wenling City Media Convergence Center said that identifying with one China "is not a multiple-choice question, but a compulsory one."
After a Hong Kong media outlet interviewed the painter who sprayed the national emblem at Tiananmen, some netizens questioned the related “Great Nation Craftsmen” propaganda, and controversy broke out in the comments section.
At 23:28 Beijing time on September 30, 2026, the account @CDT posted a tweet sharing a report by Safeguard Defenders on CGTN (China Global Television Network) titled "See the Difference. China's Party-State Media in Focus". The report focuses on media under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.
On September 24, the Communication University of China announced the establishment of the 'Xi Jinping Cultural Thought Research Institute' and held an unveiling ceremony. University Party Secretary Liao Xiangzhong, President Zhang Shuting, and other university leaders, as well as heads of various schools and functional departments, attended the event. The day marked the second anniversary of Xi Jinping's reply letter to all faculty and students of the university.
On September 18, Study Times, the official newspaper of the CCP Central Committee Party School, published an article pointing out that public opinion has become a high-risk explosion point for social conflicts. It criticized the government for its habitual avoidance of responsibility, suggested channeling emotions through empathy and apologies, and called for incorporating public opinion management into the national governance system.
On September 18, the official authorities in Zhumadian, Henan released a promotional video showing citizens spontaneously observing a moment of silence when the air raid siren sounded. This triggered skepticism among netizens in the comment section, who accused it of being staged and mocked official formalism such as not granting a holiday on the anniversary and keeping assembly lines running.
To reshuffle her cabinet, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's cabinet first resigned en masse and then completed the reorganization on the same day, finishing the whole procedure within a single day; CCP propaganda portrayed it as a collective cabinet resignation and Takaichi losing support.
On September 10, 2026, the official media People’s Daily posted an entry announcement on the social platform Xiaohongshu. Subsequently, a netizen posted “We want two-day weekend” in the platform’s comment section as a test, and the system returned a prompt “This comment is under review, sharing not supported at this time”. The incident shows that People’s Daily’s comment function on the new media platform is limited by the platform’s censorship mechanism, sparking netizens’ attention to platform speech censorship.
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.
The CCP Central Propaganda Department organized a national media seminar in Hangzhou, emphasizing that the party's theories must be implemented according to Xi Jinping's thought. At the same time, the second International Academic Seminar on Xi Jinping's Cultural Thought was also held.
From September 4, official media such as Beijing Daily carried extensive expert interpretations, claiming that the Gyirong mudslide was a chain disaster with multiple links, including an ice collapse and debris flow, with extremely strong destructive power that cut off roads, communications and power entirely. The deposit averaged 4 meters thick and reached a maximum of 16 meters; life detectors could effectively probe less than two meters, leaving survivors with little hope of survival.
After Chinese workers were rescued on September 5, state media outlets such as Chengdu Economic Daily and Tibet Daily reported with headlines like "Chinese and South Korean experts and the Nepalese army have been working hard." Red Star News, when citing local reporters, added a statement about Chinese tunnel experts participating in the rescue. However, reports from the Nepalese military and foreign media only mentioned the Nepalese military and South Korean experts, sparking questions about China grabbing credit.