2026-11-12
Netizens have compiled statistics on the hottest positions in the national civil service exam over the years: in the 2022 exam, a single position at the Ngari Prefecture Postal Administration in Tibet had a recruitment plan of 1 person, but 20,813 applicants passed the review. Some netizens calculated that the total application fees amounted to 1.665 million yuan, enough to pay the salary for that position for 20 years.
2026-11-12
Netizens reported on social media that after a job fair held at a school, resumes of applicants were found discarded in trash cans, all of which were from master's degree holders.
2026-11-11
Recently, the China News Service announced the winners of the 36th China News Awards. The 'Xi Sayings' column won a first-place prize. Netizens mocked it in the comment section, calling it 'full of lies,' after which the comment section was scrubbed, leaving only 4 comments.
2026-11-11
Recently, netizens shared photos of the autumn recruitment board at Gannan Medical University: Huangpu District, Shanghai, is recruiting one clinical doctor, requiring a master's degree in clinical medicine, with the salary column marked at 1950 to 2499 yuan per month, with the upper limit being lower than Shanghai's monthly minimum wage standard of 2740 yuan.
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, BYD officially responded to reports from netizens regarding the wheel mismatch on the Tang EV, stating that specialized testing showed the affected vehicles do not have compromised handling and pose no safety risks while driving.
2026-11-11
After Dongqiudi reported on the controversy surrounding Infantino seeking a third consecutive term, the most clicked emoji in the comment section was 'hiss'. Others clicked the emoji of a person holding a book with the word 'study' on it, sarcastically implying that term limits are merely nominal.
2026-11-11
Recently, a Douyin user posted photos of the Argentina Pride Parade and publicly made violent remarks against the homosexual community, claiming they would infiltrate the enemy's ranks and exterminate all homosexuals in the world.
2026-11-11
On November 11, a virtual musician released an AI single titled "I Don't Understand Working" on Douyin, and the comment section was flooded with requests for the artist to perform on the Spring Festival Gala.
2026-11-10
On November 10, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted that two unidentified disabled individuals, who previously worked at a brick kiln, were taken by their boss to Dongliuke Village, Weibo Town, Xinji City, Hebei Province, where they were forced into hard labor for years. He reported the case to the local police (110) in the morning, but was told to call 12345, and 12345 then told him to call the police.
2026-11-10
On the afternoon of November 10, after Shangguan Zhengyi entered the village and met one of the individuals, he reported the situation to local authorities. Relevant departments arrived and first found one person, while the other had been hidden by the boss. After about two hours of searching, the second person was also found. He relayed claims from locals that the boss's son-in-law is a director at a police station under the Xinji Public Security Bureau.
2026-11-10
On November 10, thousands of comments appeared under a Douyin video related to human trafficking, with many netizens sharing their own experiences or those of people around them who had been trafficked.
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, a programmer posted that after passing an interview for a full-stack development position in Beijing, they were required to serve as the company's legal representative to be hired, which they ultimately refused due to the high risk.
2026-11-08
On November 8, a film instructor teaching in Hong Kong asked why Chinese students always like to conduct moral judgments on film characters instead of exploring the meaning behind the creation, sparking discussions among netizens about censorship, black-and-white education, and the psychology of power.
2026-11-07
Xiaohongshu user 'Archengist', who initiated the Melbourne memorial event, was questioned by some netizens for 'smuggling private agendas' (suspected political demands). However, most netizens were unaware of his specific remarks and kept asking around, with one netizen jokingly calling it a 'Mbappé-style mystery'.
[Follow-up · November 9, 2026] The individual involved, Archengist, responded via social media, stating that in his speech at the Sydney rally, he accused the Labor government of cutting public housing, which led to a surge in homelessness and random violence, and claimed that HungryPanda is unscrupulous because it is backed by a 'red family'. He mentioned that his speech was interrupted when someone in the crowd heckled him while he was speaking about transnational repression.
Location: Melbourne own page, Australia ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-11-07
On November 7, the Pride Parade was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with participants calling for an end to discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community.
2026-11-06
According to data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, 4.648 million couples registered for marriage in China in the first three quarters of 2026, a year-on-year decrease of approximately 500,000 pairs; 2.082 million couples registered for divorce, remaining largely flat compared to the same period last year. The divorce-to-marriage ratio reached 44.8%, approaching the high of 45.3% seen in the same period of 2020.
2026-11-06
On November 6, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a scrap yard in Xiaowanglou Village, Huaidian Town, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province, was suspected of controlling three intellectually disabled individuals for over a decade, forcing them into hard labor without pay, withholding food if they failed to work, and subjecting them to physical abuse. One of the victims remains unidentified. Shangguan questioned why previous reports had not been investigated.
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
Recently, an online store selling LGBTQ+ themed brooches, bracelets, and other accessories had its products repeatedly removed by the platform for being 'politically sensitive.' In a clearance notice, the owner stated that the repeated removals were too exhausting and that they were preparing to close the shop.
2026-11-05
Two elderly people got into a physical altercation after being confronted by a young person for queue-jumping, leaving the young person injured and sparking a discussion on tourist etiquette.
2026-11-04
On November 4, the Wangcheng District Court in Changsha disclosed an inheritance dispute: an adopted son demanded exclusive ownership of a 700-plus square meter ancestral home based on the tradition that 'family property is passed to sons, not daughters.' The five sisters filed a lawsuit, and after court mediation, the adopted son was awarded 70%, while each of the five sisters received 6%.
2026-11-03
In the group photo of the banner presentation reported by the media, none of the 8 people were frontline sanitation workers wearing uniforms. Netizens in the comment section questioned the act as making life difficult for the grassroots while leaders take the credit.
2026-11-02
Recently, a Chinese veteran has been live-streaming for a long time while holding placards on social media, with slogans demanding that society attach importance to missing persons, opposing organ trafficking, calling for a crackdown on telecom fraud, and refusing blood draws for matching.
2026-11-02
On November 2, 'Baitou Baiwei', the same-sex partner of ancient-style singer Wu En, posted that the funeral home procedures had been completed and the cremation time scheduled. They added that they had not expected their own name to be the one left on Wu En's death certificate. The related topic reached number 2 on the Weibo trending list. Same-sex couples cannot register for marriage in mainland China.
2026-11-02
On November 2, a dispute broke out between elderly tourists and young tourists over a photo spot at the Jiuzhaigou Scenic Area in Sichuan, leading to a physical altercation that left 3 people injured. Local police reported that the injuries were not serious and that both parties have reached a mediation agreement.
Location: Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan ·
Importance II ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-11-02
On November 2, police in Saihan District, Hohhot, reported that a netizen surnamed Wang had been administratively detained for posting false information regarding the Shengle International Airport on social media and disrupting public order. The police did not disclose the specific content of his remarks, leading netizens to question and demand to know what exactly he had said.
2026-11-01
After legal scholar Xu Zhangrun was punished for his speech and forced to leave academic research, he turned to writing poetry. His latest collection of poems from the past four years, "Fallen in Battle: The War Between Heaven and Earth," has been evaluated by Ding Dong regarding his experiences.
2026-11-01
On November 1, netizens discovered that previously free mountain-access paths near the Pofengling Scenic Area in Beijing, such as "Shixiagou," were completely blocked off by blue sheet-metal fencing. Guards were stationed at the site to collect 50 RMB adult admission tickets and turn away visitors who had not purchased tickets, sparking heated discussions online.
2026-11
Scalper "Xiao Chenze" operated at least 50 ticket-purchasing groups under the guise of selling tickets at face value. After collecting ticket payments and mobile phone payments, the individual went missing, suspected of absconding with the funds.
2026-11-01
On November 1, a Weibo blogger posted a Xinhua News Agency report about record-high egg prices in Japan. Netizens left comments mocking the state media for caring about the livelihoods of other countries, and referenced the old meme of Taiwanese people mocking mainlanders for being unable to afford tea eggs.
2026-10-31
On the night of October 31, in the Jianghan Road business district of Wuhan, a ride-hailing driver was trapped by dense crowds for nearly 4 hours after entering an alley. During this time, the car body was vandalized with abusive graffiti, trash was piled on the roof and trunk, and a man deflated the tires.
[Follow-up · October 31, 2026] On the night of October 31, a ride-hailing car was trapped by dense crowds in the Jianghan Road business district of Wuhan, Hubei. During the incident, someone smashed the windshield, and when the driver got out to demand an explanation, he was shoved and verbally abused. Afterward, a netizen posted from the driver's perspective, stating that he refrained from retaliating and cried alone inside the car.
2026-10-31
On October 31, at a Halloween event, a participant dressed up as a graduate student, wearing signs such as 'Academic trash, non-recyclable,' 'Advisor, I really don't know how,' and 'Third-year grad student, no results, no prospects, no hope,' self-deprecatingly mocking the pressure of graduate studies and the employment crisis.
2026-10-30
On October 30, a netizen posted that after sharing a photo on WeChat Moments of a "Bushuila" drink featuring a portrait of Kylian Mbappé, all social functions of their account were temporarily restricted four minutes later.
2026-10-30
Bandao Morning Post modified its report on the death of Wu En multiple times: first writing "his partner Cang Bai," then changing it to "she," then to "their," and finally deleting the word "partner" entirely. After being questioned by netizens, the newspaper deleted the Weibo post.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the Beijing Queer Film Festival (iQueer Film Week), founded in 2001, issued a statement announcing the cancellation of the film week originally scheduled for the near future, apologizing to the audience without specifying the reason. The festival has long operated by circumventing censorship; after being shut down in 2014, it once organized screenings for audiences on a train to Huairou using USB drives, and it stopped using its WeChat official account in 2025.
2026-10-29
On October 29, the People's Daily commentary account 'People's Sharp Review' posted on Weibo, criticizing claims such as 'young people can no longer afford to support the elderly' and 'the pension system is about to collapse' as inciting confrontation. It stated that there is no precedent for public pension bankruptcy, but the comment section was set to 'creator-selected,' leading netizens to mock the post under other reposts.
2026-10-28
On October 28, comments supporting Mbappé appeared in the comment sections of multiple videos related to him on Douyin. Some praised him for "loving to tell the truth," while others questioned why there were only condemnations without seeing the original controversial remarks.
2026-10-28
Recently, multiple netizens have been selling Mbappe's "original words" as commodities on the second-hand trading platform Xianyu, sparking widespread discussion.
2026-10-27
On October 27, a netizen posted on Weibo discussing “What did Mbappé do? Was he wrong?”, and the AI auto-reply robot “Comment Robert,” which has over 2 million followers, generated a voice message saying “He was just telling the truth — some people simply don’t like hearing it.” Netizens commented “The AI is out of control” and “The AI is not beyond the law.”
2026-10-27
On October 27, a Hebei netizen purchased a "Buchongla" drink printed with a portrait of Mbappé at a Lawson convenience store. At checkout, the clerk took the product back on the spot and refused to sell it, citing portrait rights issues. The video sparked heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-26
A video recently circulated on Douyin showing a shirtless, emaciated elderly person bending over to rummage through a roadside trash can. Commenters left sarcastic remarks, saying this is the older generation of farmers who handed over their grain quotas — this is what “care in old age” looks like.
2026-10-25
On October 25, a netizen shared their experience taking a ride-hailing car in Guangdong: because of a GPS positioning error that wasted the driver’s time, they were berated. The netizen casually said “It’s all America’s fault,” and the driver immediately turned to seriously criticizing America, and the tension subsided.
2026-10-24
In early October, some Brazilian netizens expressed their admiration for China on X and called on China to help with a Brazilian revolution. The discussion then turned to issues such as the war on drugs and LGBT rights. Chinese and Brazilian netizens questioned each other over who the real leftists were, and one Brazilian netizen who described himself as right-wing lamented that Chinese communists are 500% more far-right than he is.
2026-10-24
Around October 24, netizens posted multiple sets of comparison images, claiming that the doll character "Lime," created by Chinese illustrator Slimes in 2019, plagiarized the early design of Wirt, the protagonist of the American animated series Over the Garden Wall. Slimes responded that it was fan art drawn while at work.
2026-10-24
On October 24, a parent posted a video claiming that a disabled child weighing 22 jin was still required to buy a ticket to ride a train, that they were denied free subway rides in Shanghai and Beijing because they were told "your eyes aren't blind," and that they were also suppressed by police officers during their travels.
2026-10-23
Economist Yao Yang, Dean of the Dishui Lake Advanced School of Finance at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, said in a video posted on "Yao Yang Shuo" that about 100 million people in China actually pay individual income tax, that an annual income of 100,000 to 120,000 yuan puts one in the top 10% by income, and that an annual income of about 300,000 yuan puts one in the top 1%. The bottom 10% of earners account for only 0.4% of all income and have negative net wealth, and around 600 million people nationwide still earn less than 1,000 yuan per month.
2026-10-22
A blogger posted a video of interviews at a night market. The stall owners’ fields of study included environmental monitoring, auto repair, finance, preschool education, and garment patternmaking. Netizens commented that the promise of education changing one’s fate had fallen flat.
2026-10-22
Anhui official media publicized a new policy on urban-rural resident pension insurance: after parents pay their own premiums for the current year, their children may make additional contributions on their behalf, with a maximum limit of 9,000 yuan per person per year, sparking complaints from netizens.
2026-10-22
On October 22, a dormitory inspection was carried out at the Xinjin campus of Chengdu New Oriental Senior Technical School in Sichuan. An auxiliary police officer entered the dormitory to check students' belongings, take photos, and verify ID cards. A school official, "Principal Xue," said the operation was aimed at screening out "lawbreakers." After footage of the inspection was exposed, it was questioned by a number of netizens.
2026-10-22
On October 22, a netizen posted that their house was washed away in a flood, and that their homestead had been reallocated in the post-disaster reconstruction plan and designated as a public parking lot, making it impossible to rebuild on the original site. The comment section sparked heated discussion.
2026-10-21
After several mainland netizens posted reflections containing specific homophones on WeChat Moments, their Moments feature was restricted until November 20 or their WeChat accounts were banned.
2026-10-20
Two Xiaohongshu posts titled “A Life of Upward Sacrifice That Was Never Cherished” describe how those without power hand over resources, labor, and dignity to those in power in exchange for recognition. The author recalls offering up a sheep’s kneecap during childhood as a public contribution, only for it to be damaged and thrown away. The reshared post received 100,000 likes.
2026-10-20
Recently, an illustrator on Xiaohongshu posted an illustration titled “Discourse Power,” depicting the communication predicament of children having their voice stripped away in a dominant family atmosphere. It received 34,000 likes. Netizens interpreted it as a metaphor for ordinary people’s public discourse power, online bans (“夹了”), and unequal power relations in the workplace and on campus.
2026-10-20
On October 20, a parent in Xushui District, Baoding, Hebei, posted a video accusing a teacher at Nanshaozhuang Rainbow Bridge Kindergarten of kicking down a young child during an activity.
2026-10-20
On October 20, Gelonghui released data on sex ratios by birth order for 31 provinces (municipalities) based on the 2020 China Census Yearbook: nationally, the sex ratio for first births was 113.17, for second births 106.78, and for third births it rose to 132.93, with Hubei's third-birth sex ratio reaching as high as 177.42, Anhui at 165.95, and Fujian at 164.49.
2026-10-20
On October 20, a netizen posted a video sharing the plight of a sharp drop in income, with his monthly salary falling from 4,800 yuan in 2021 to 2,800 yuan now. He mocked himself for having become a joke, and at the end of the video his eyes filled with tears. Many in the comments section said they were unemployed or had been owed wages for months.
2026-10-20
On October 20, a boy recorded a video saying he wanted to educate Japanese people about Chinese oranges. He ate the orange peel, saying it was sweet, sour and nutritious, and threw away the flesh, saying it could not be eaten and was very bitter, accompanied by subtitles such as "refuse" and "beware of poisoning," sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-20
On October 20, Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Surawong responded to the security advisory issued by the Chinese Embassy in Thailand regarding Chinese citizens being lured and detained upon traveling to Thailand, saying that genuine tourists coming to Thailand are unlikely to be forcibly taken to the border, and asking why only Chinese tourists encounter this situation.
2026-10-20
On October 20, Guan Quan, an economics professor at Renmin University of China, posted a video on social media pointing out that urban residents' years of service before 1992 can be converted and counted as deemed contributions, while farmers who paid grain tax for decades cannot, saying that although it is technically difficult, "it's actually not that hard."
2026-10-20
On October 20, a Douyin user edited and published the video "The Eyes of Workers," which received 117,000 likes. In the comments section, netizens left remarks such as "all fuel" and "human batteries," lamenting the exhaustion and numbness of Chinese workers.
2026-10-19
Recently, a child said in a video that ordinary people remain poor despite a lifetime of effort because wrong values, knowledge and judgment have been instilled in their heads. The remarks were widely agreed with by many netizens.
2026-10-19
Recently a Douyin blogger released the AI animation "Planting Blessings," a fable about poor people planting "blessing worms" in their children to seek obedience while rich families raise "longevity chickens" to control people; the ending spells out "what counts as having blessings is decided by those who raise longevity chickens in the city," and netizens in the bullet comments said "blessing worms = obedience."
2026-10-19
On October 19, the Weibo topic “Why young people don’t pay social insurance” trended on the hot search list. Netizens generally attributed it to low incomes, and called for the implementation of an eight-hour workday, no fewer than eight rest days per month, strict punishment for wage arrears, and compensation guarantees for layoffs.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a video circulated online showing members of the Nanning Blue Sky Rescue Team in Guangxi wearing uniforms and shoulder lights, standing watch and patrolling the Yongjiang First Bridge at night and chanting the slogan "Public welfare guarding the bridge, rescue by your side." Netizens questioned whether the root cause of people jumping off the bridge should be addressed.
2026-10-19
On October 19, a netizen posted a video saying that in first grade his teacher told him he was a successor to communism; years have passed and the central authorities still have not sent anyone to discuss the succession with him, so he has been quietly lying low at the very bottom of society, sparking follow-up posts and memes among other netizens.
2026-10-18
On October 18, 2026, Beijing time, riots broke out during protests in Bordeaux, France, and a local Hermès store was looted by demonstrators. According to on-site video posted by the X account @clashreport, the shelves inside the store were emptied. The incident occurred against the backdrop of recent social unrest in France, and no further detailed reports of casualties or police arrests have been available so far.
2026-10-18
Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs publicly stated that a civil war has already broken out in France, and further predicted that Belgium and the United Kingdom would be the next countries to experience similar turmoil. The remarks have drawn attention and discussion in international public opinion.
2026-10-18
A Douyin blogger posted a video interpreting the U.S. Declaration of Independence and translations such as "justice delayed," "Labor Day," and "jury," arguing that official translations distort the original meaning, and saying that if the government does not do well, the people have the right to bring it down. Netizens in the bullet comments joked that the translators are state-level.
2026-10-18
On October 18, Chinese state media collectively reported that a 23-year-old worker in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, said that because of rising vegetable and meat prices he only eats once every two days, linking this to Japan's weak economy. In the comments section, netizens sarcastically remarked that Chinese people never get time off.
2026-10-18
On October 18, a netizen posted that at 1 a.m. at a food stall, an elderly person asked for an empty mineral water bottle and then ate someone else's leftovers. The netizen offered to treat them to a meal, but the elderly person replied, "I want to eat dumplings." Since there were no dumplings at the night market, the netizen instead bought fried noodles with meat to give them.
2026-10-18
On October 18, a Douyin blogger posted a spliced video, first showing footage of ants circling in a death spiral, then cutting to an aerial view of a campus where students formed dense phalanxes while running drills; sarcastic comments appeared in the bullet comments and the comment section.
2026-10-17
According to a tip-off from X user @LeiYang8964, a mainland Chinese netizen was sentenced by the authorities to three years and six months in prison for the crime of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" after posting remarks on an overseas social platform that defamed and attacked the country's leaders and the national system. This incident reflects the Chinese government's severe control over and punishment of domestic netizens' speech on overseas platforms.
2026-10-17
After the stall owner's river-jumping incident escalated, the person who originally posted the negative review deleted their account and fled. Unable to find their cyberbullying target, a large number of netizens turned their sights on innocent netizens using the same screen name, sparking a new wave of cyberbullying.
2026-10-17
On October 17, a Douyin blogger complained that young people are told to abandon the “student mindset” as soon as they enter society, asking why honest people should reflect on themselves after being taken advantage of, and saying that those who cheat and deceive are the ones who should truly reflect. The post struck a chord with netizens, who left comments in共鸣.
2026-10-16
A land dispute occurred in Dongguan Village, Mei County, Baoji, Shaanxi. Villagers say local authorities deployed police to assist a city investment company in occupying land to build a food market.
2026-10-16
On October 16, the Liangshan Prefecture investigation and handling task force announced that the county head of Leibo County was given an intra-Party warning and transferred from the county head post, the director of the county education and sports bureau received an administrative warning and was transferred out of the education system, the county party committee official in charge was admonished, and authorities apologized.
Location: Leibo County, Liangshan Prefecture ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-10-16
On October 16, a netizen published an article titled "If criticism of a country's prime minister can only be built on vulgarity, is it clarity or sorrow?", criticizing some media for vulgarizing the diplomatic interactions of female politicians and replacing discussion of foreign policy with gender stereotypes; the article received 64,000 likes.
2026-10-16
On October 16, Cover News reported: Guangzhou clothing shop owner Xiaoqian donated 300 sets of clothes to a school in her hometown in Jiangxi through the Jiujiang Volunteer Federation, but local media credited the donation to a company run by the son of vice president Xie. Xie said it was caused by his son mistakenly believing payment had already been made and a communication error, and refused to publish a clarification; the two sides failed to reach agreement on the company purchasing the clothes, and the donor demanded a truthful correction and an apology.
2026-10-15
On October 15, 115 days after the joint investigation team of four departments including the State Administration for Market Regulation was established, a report was issued stating that formamide was not detected in 368 batches of infant diapers from 180 brands sampled, nor in 210 blood samples stored by the Shandong Provincial Public Health Clinical Center. It was concluded that the center's earlier testing had involved such problems as selectively choosing data points and deleting raw data. The Shandong Provincial Health Commission has taken action against the relevant medical institutions and personnel, but did not disclose the specific targets or measures.
2026-10-15
On October 15, Douyin blogger "Changchang Changduan" posted an undercover investigation video exposing a dark web app involving child sexual exploitation, saying it had formed a profit chain of secretly filming and sexually assaulting one's own daughter and selling the videos, with sections including paid videos and trades of date-rape drugs, and stating that the evidence had been submitted to the police in a real-name report; the video received about 212,000 likes within 12 hours of being posted.
2026-10-15
On October 15, the Hong Kong Pride Parade announced on its official social media account that the Rainbow Market originally scheduled for November 14 had been cancelled, saying the venue provider was temporarily unable to provide the venue. Pink Dot HK had previously been forced to cancel for two consecutive years due to venue problems.
2026-10-15
According to the Instagram account of the "Chinese Rainbow Alliance," netizens discovered that the "Notice on Human Organ Donation" displayed in a hospital stipulates that donation is only permitted for those without a history of high-risk activities such as homosexuality or bisexuality, while China's current regulations contain no such ban.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a veteran in Anhui posted a video appeal, showing his veteran preferential treatment certificate, two outstanding soldier medals, and the medical records of all four family members. He said his family was hospitalized with serious illnesses and unable to pay the costs, and that doctors told him his child's life would be in danger if not treated promptly.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a retired soldier and father of triplets who had been discharged for 8 years posted a video saying he had spent two years seeking medical treatment in Shanghai for his seriously ill daughter and was pleading for social assistance, but the comment section was met with sarcasm and mockery from some netizens.
2026-10-15
After the netizen posted a video mocking social insurance back-payments, their account avatar and ID were reportedly cleared. Netizens in the comments section sarcastically remarked, among other things, "In the midst of laughter and talk, the avatar vanished into thin air."
2026-10-15
On October 15, a Xiaohongshu user posted that, like a capitalist who would rather dump milk than sell it cheap, they would not sell their labor cheaply either, calling on everyone not to engage in low-price involution. In the comments section, several netizens shared their experiences of frustration in job hunting and how lying flat actually saved them money.
2026-10-15
On October 15, a blogger uploaded a video on Douyin: in a park, several elderly landscaping workers sat on mats by the roadside eating, while nearby old people were dancing square dance. The caption lamented that the gap in life among people of the same age was too great, and netizens in the comments section left messages such as "those who hand over grain to the public and those who eat grain from the public."
2026-10-15
On October 15, a blogger posted a video of an urban village in Guangzhou on Douyin: buildings on both sides pressed close together and the alley dim, claiming "Guangzhou's sunlight needs to be paid for." Netizens in the comments section mocked with remarks such as "So the sky was blocked, I thought the light was gone."
2026-10-14
Chinese auto media platform Dongchedi has been accused by some Chinese netizens of being a “foreign force.” It is currently unclear the specific reason, but tweets show that this accusation is related to content published by Dongchedi or its stance.
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
On October 14, according to a report by Modern Express, Li, director of the Education and Sports Bureau of Leibo County, Liangshan, Sichuan, has been transferred from his post. The county Education and Sports Bureau said the investigation is still ongoing, while the Liangshan Prefecture Education and Sports Bureau said the investigation and handling have been completed and the results will be released in accordance with regulations.
Location: Leibo County, Liangshan Prefecture ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-10-14
On October 14, an animal fable animation spread on Douyin: the cheetah arriving first doesn’t count as a win, the peacock switches to competing on who stands higher, and the swan is told to present the leader’s decision as its own opinion. Netizens in the comments section called it a “workplace documentary.”
2026-10-14
Recently, netizens uploaded a video on Douyin showing two men, one carrying the other on his back while operating farm tools, with the caption "my legs hurt." Bullet comments teased with phrases such as "thank you, leader, for spurring me on," "state-owned enterprise," and "empowerment," garnering about 30,000 likes and 33,000 shares.
2026-10-14
On October 14, the Nanshan Branch of the Shenzhen Social Insurance Fund Administration set up a consultation booth at the entrance of a park, carrying out social insurance publicity under the themes of "Everyone Fulfills Their Duties · Everyone Enjoys the Benefits" and "2026 Social Insurance Services Go Into Every Household." Netizens commented sarcastically that they should set up at company entrances and have employers pay social insurance for their employees.
2026-10-14
On October 14, netizens noticed that in the new-store opening promotional page of the Huazhu Club mini program under Huazhu Group, the image accompanying "Nanjing" was actually the Taipei landmark Taipei 101, prompting sarcastic jokes from netizens.
2026-10-13
The Hungarian parliament voted to repeal anti-LGBTQ measures introduced by former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in 2021, which included restrictions on depicting homosexuality and transgender identity. The move is one of the steps taken by the government of current Prime Minister Péter Magyar to improve the country's image.
2026-10-13
A netizen shared a video of a university graduate's job interview: the HR recruiter belittled the graduate's educational background and grades and demanded unpaid overtime. After the job seeker refused, the recruiter subjected them to personal insults, and also said that they should not view the interview with a sense of discrimination. The video attracted widespread attention from netizens.
2026-10-13
On October 13, a man blind in one eye posted a video saying that officials refused to recognize him as disabled on the grounds that his other eye works fine; he was directly rejected by employers when job hunting, and even a physical exam for running a three-wheeler to make a living was blocked. He lamented that he can neither be a disabled person nor a normal person.
2026-10-13
On October 13, the Qingfu Town Government of Gao County told China Newsweek that police are investigating the case of female street vendor Ms. Hu, who took her own life after receiving a bad review. The Gao County Public Security Bureau said it responded at the first instance and is handling the matter jointly.
2026-10-13
On October 13, a netizen uploaded to Douyin a video of a person squatting beside a roadside trash can eating. The comments section posted a screenshot of an interview bearing the CCTV logo saying "Right now I am nothing but happiness, just happiness" along with memes, satirizing the contrast between official happiness propaganda and reality.
2026-10-12
Because the Luchin Expressway construction project included no drainage system, the road has been flooded for a long time; villagers' collective rights defense led to a clash when large numbers of police and riot personnel arrived on the scene.
2026-10-12
After the announcement of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, remarks Mo Yan made years ago on Kevin Tsai's show criticizing the Sino-Vietnamese War and military literature were dug up by netizens, came under concentrated condemnation online from Little Pinks, and were labeled as those of a reactionary intellectual.
2026-10-12
Around October 12, a netizen showed a text message confirming the deposit of the central farmland productivity protection subsidy, in the amount of only 0.32 yuan, contrasting with the high pensions enjoyed by those inside the system.
2026-10-12
On October 12, a netizen posted a video saying that when using a domestic AI tool to remove passers-by from the background of a photo, the software indicated that the image contained sensitive information because the background included the Five-Starred Red Flag and could not be processed, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
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
Around 4 a.m. on October 11, a netizen in Yunnan captured footage of a delivery rider taking a young child along on late-night food deliveries. The child was left alone on the front seat of a delivery e-bike parked by the roadside, crying. After the video was posted, it sparked heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-11
On October 11, a Douyin blogger posted an animation in which a mole gets beaten in a whack-a-mole machine to earn money and support its family, with the caption "the pillar of the family, the offcut of society." The video received more than 170,000 likes and over 60,000 shares, and netizens in the comments section left messages mocking themselves.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a netizen in Changchun, Jilin posted a video claiming that local medical care requires giving doctors red envelopes for everything from giving birth to surgery, and that those who don't will receive special treatment, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a user posted a screen recording of the game Minecraft on Douyin, questioning why NetEase's chat system flags the number “64” as a violation when other players can send it normally.
2026-10-10
According to a report by China Newsweek on October 10, local authorities in Haikou said the man who kicked an autistic boy has been given 10 days of administrative detention and a fine of 1000 yuan. The boy was found uninjured after an examination, and police have visited the family to comfort them and promised to strengthen education to ensure safety.
2026-10-10
On October 10, a Douyin blogger posted a video joking, “Good news: the cattle and horses are all back; bad news: the barns and stables are gone.” A comment in the reply section reading “Actually it’s to give the boss time to move his stuff” received 20,000 likes.
2026-10-09
On October 9, Chinese netizens posted videos showing many Chinese people in Russia waiting at customs to return home; other netizens, worried about the risk of the epidemic spreading, demanded that all returning personnel be rounded up and quarantined.
2026-10-09
On October 9, a parent in Jiangxi posted a video in which a boy says that the motherland mother is more important than his own mother, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-08
On October 8, People’s Daily published an article about Qilian County opening student dormitories to house tourists, arguing that it is difficult to conclude from the available information alone that the local authorities bullied students for the sake of tourists, while acknowledging that further explanation is still needed regarding the protection of students’ rights. The related topic trended on Weibo, with netizens asking whether county guesthouses and government dormitories are also used to receive tourists.
2026-10-08
Alan Macfarlane, an 84-year-old emeritus professor of anthropology at the University of Cambridge in the UK, shared life advice on Xiaohongshu, surpassing 2.5 million followers in 17 months and resonating widely with Chinese youth.
2026-10-08
On October 8, a food delivery blogger posted a video responding to netizens' question of "why not go learn a trade," listing skills such as hairdressing, cooking, carpentry, and AI programming, and saying that among the station's 100-plus riders, you could find someone to teach each of them. In the comments section, netizens holding a first-class constructor certificate and a bachelor's degree said they too were working as delivery riders or security guards.
2026-10-07
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has filed denaturalization lawsuits in multiple district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious crimes, including two Chinese-Americans from China.
2026-10-07
According to Maoyan Professional Edition data, the box office for the 2026 National Day holiday (October 1 to 7) was about 1.1 billion yuan, lower than the 1.118 billion yuan in the same period of 2014, setting the lowest record since 2014 and only a quarter of the 4.466 billion yuan in 2019.
2026-10-07
Luo Yonghao has come under attack from some Chinese netizens for failing to remove an interview with Kevin Tsai that went live on April 29 of this year, and for not responding publicly. Some have questioned his stance on Taiwan, saying the two are "on the same side." The program has still not been taken down.
2026-10-07
On October 7, Matilda Tao recently commented on a program that Kevin Tsai thinks things through carefully before acting, which Chinese netizens interpreted as speaking up for Kevin Tsai and supporting Taiwan independence, sparking heated discussion on Weibo and drawing criticism and boycotts.
2026-10-07
On October 7, a Douyin user uploaded a video in which a Winnie the Pooh doll is repeatedly slapped; all five visible comments in the comment section were clapping, thumbs-up, or "666", and a search suggestion appeared asking "what does a Winnie the Pooh plush toy symbolize".
2026-10-06
Israel seized 33 Chinese citizens at the Allenby Bridge border crossing. These people had previously exited Jordan using genuine Chinese passports, then took out forged Japanese passports in an attempt to enter the Israeli-controlled West Bank.
2026-10-06
On October 6, prosecutors in Los Angeles County, the United States, charged Xuan Guojun and his wife Zhang Siwei with conspiring to abuse 15 children, 14 of whom were born through surrogacy. Prosecutors said Xuan Guojun told the nannies to "hit harder" and personally beat the children; the couple had discussed inflicting corporal punishment without leaving marks and taught the children to deny being beaten. Both have pleaded not guilty, and bail was set at $20 million each.
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2026-10-06
According to Reuters, as China's national statutory holidays approach, Chinese workers are publicly demanding the rest and holidays they are entitled to. The situation has drawn outside attention to labor rights and the implementation of holiday entitlements.
2026-10-06
In early October 2026, several netizens with bachelor’s degrees posted photos of their work uniforms and factory life on social media, recounting how the difficulty of finding a job led them to work as general workers in factories. They lamented the devaluation of academic degrees, the monotony of assembly line work, and the discrimination they faced, saying they chose to enter factories out of a survival instinct.
2026-10-06
On October 6, Xinhua News Agency reported on the National Day film market with “Celebrating the National Birthday with Light and Shadow, New Trends Surging in the Market,” while CCTV Finance said the market’s heat continues to climb, placing the National Day box office breaking 1 billion yuan alongside the 480 billion yuan output value of the entire film industry chain.
2026-10-06
On October 6, photos circulated on Weibo showing multiple people holding black-and-white photos of Mu Shecheng on Jianghan Road in Wuhan, with the participants accused of being fans of Wang Lujie.
2026-10-06
After the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was announced, some local media outlets and official accounts in China ran reports with headlines such as "Linyi-born scientist Xue Qikun regretfully missed out," and netizens in the comments sections mocked: "regretfully missed out means I signed up too."
2026-10-06
On October 6, a customer in Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan, who had purchased 10 yuan of self-selected fried dishes without potatoes, posted warning posts on multiple platforms; female vendor Ms. Hu subsequently took her own life and died.
2026-10-06
On October 6, a blogger's pet dog, "17," was taken away in Guizhou. The perpetrator discarded the dog's tag and tracker, and sold it for 300 yuan to a dog dealer at a vegetable market in Nanmenguan, Zunyi. After the blogger reported the incident to the police and tracked it to the market, they discovered that the dog had already been slaughtered.
2026-10-06
On October 6, a netizen who graduated from Guizhou University of Finance and Economics posted that "four years of undergraduate study came to nothing, and I still ended up in a factory as a general worker." The post sparked extensive discussion among netizens in the comments section about ways out for employment.
2026-10-06
On October 6, a Douyin blogger posted a video waving the national flag, claiming it could enhance netizens' 'magnetic field.' A large number of netizens left sarcastic comments, complaining about real-world difficulties such as low wages and overtime.
2026-10-05
On October 5, 2026, under the strong deterrent of police filing cases for investigation and intense attention from media across the entire network, major domestic social and content platforms launched a special rectification and cleanup campaign, concentrating on banning accounts and posts involving fake AI obscene image collections of "CC Who Collects Phones," face-swap video cloud-storage download codes, and malicious doxxing. At the same time, the legal department of Zhuanzhuan, on behalf of the company and the victimized blogger, publicly issued a rights-defense notice, announcing that it had formally entrusted a well-known Beijing law firm to initiate comprehensive cross-platform civil lawsuits and criminal reports, pursuing judicial accountability against key black-market personnel who maliciously generated, first released, and resold fake image collections both within and outside China, resolutely pursuing economic compensation and criminal liability from lawbreakers, and building a legal shield for the victimized employee.
2026-10-05
On October 5, CCTV aired the first episode of the documentary 'The Sword is Drawn', exposing the criminal inner workings of telecom fraud compounds in northern Myanmar, including luring victims with high-paying jobs, illegal border crossing, detention, violence, forced debt notes, trafficking between compounds, and even the harvesting of organs to pay off debts.
2026-10-05
On October 5, a netizen in Shandong posted a video showing various certificates, saying that a marriage certificate is the easiest to obtain, while the divorce process is extremely long and difficult; he spent 1 year 9 months on a litigated divorce, bearing significant time and financial costs.
2026-10-05
During the National Day holiday, The Paper conducted a live-streamed test at Fantawild Dream Kingdom in Wuhu, Anhui, and found that thrill rides with a height limit of 1.1 meters admitted toddlers under 90 cm tall, while young children could use in-park bear tickets to invite staff members to dance up close, with some children frightened into crying.
2026-10-05
After the report drew widespread attention, the management of Fantawild Dream Kingdom in Wuhu publicly apologized on October 5, saying it had launched a comprehensive inspection and rectification, would strictly regulate interactive procedures, and would prevent similar incidents from happening again.
2026-10-04
Affected by Beijing's drone control policy, the Taobao platform, because its system cannot distinguish between "masturbator cups" and "drones," has halted across-the-board shipments of adult products containing related keywords to customers in the Beijing area; a notice in a merchant group was exposed.
2026-10-04
On October 4, at a mall in Guangming, Shenzhen, Guangdong, a physically disabled man wearing a delivery uniform lay sideways on a specially modified electric wheelchair to pick up and deliver food. Warm-hearted passersby and mall staff on site helped him hang and collect the meals, and the video sparked heated discussion among netizens.
2026-10-04
On October 4, a netizen posted a photo of a Chinese-language warning sign photographed on a street in South Korea. The sign reminds people not to smoke, not to litter, and not to spit, and states that violators will be fined and charged for cleaning costs. In red letters it reads: "Please have the high cultural awareness of Chinese people." After the photo was posted, it sparked discussion among netizens.
2026-10-04
On October 4, Heyuan Radio and Television Station posted a video claiming that 12-year-old Chen Zixi found two dinosaur egg fossils in a flower bed near his home and handed them over to a museum, praising him for knowing the law and following regulations. The video received 50,000 likes, and sarcastic comments such as "the young master has been recommended as xiaolian" and "something handed down for 15 generations in the family has been handed over" appeared in the comments section, questioning the true origin of the fossils.
2026-10-04
On October 4, a netizen passing by the company stumbled upon the company moving out. The boss offered an extra month's wages to keep quiet and transferred 16,000 yuan on the spot.
2026-10-04
On October 4, in Jiangxi, a boy was "disciplined" by his parents, who used clear tape to stick his phone directly onto his face because he had been playing on his phone for a long time. The related video sparked discussion online, with netizens saying the act hurt the child's self-esteem.
2026-10-03
Hiker Mr. Sun posted a video angrily denouncing the 24-Bend scenic area for fencing off a wartime resistance relic to charge admission, sparking strong backlash from netizens. The local Qinglong County government held a meeting on October 3 and decided to waive the 60 yuan ticket for the viewing platform and exhibition hall area.
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, Xiaoxiang Morning News reported that a car owner from Gansu arrived at the Luotang service area on the Lanhai Expressway at 10 p.m. on September 30, and didn't manage to charge until 5 a.m. on October 1. With nighttime temperatures around 14°C, he didn't dare turn on the air conditioning, while another vehicle ran out of power and had to call a tow truck. At the Baolun service area in Sichuan, a car owner queued for 4.5 hours, charged to 75%, and then had to leave.
2026-10-03
On October 3, a tourist posted a video on Douyin reporting that a section of tidal flats at Hua'ao Island, Xiangshan, Ningbo, Zhejiang, had been enclosed by fencing nets, with beachcombing inside the nets charged at 38 yuan per person, complaining that the sea was being fenced off and sold for money. On October 4, the Gaotang Island Township Government and the scenic area responded that the fencing nets were used for safety management and project operations, and that the beach along the shore remained open free of charge.
2026-10-02
On October 2, YouTube creator Bumingbai Podcast released an episode, gathering letters from eleven listeners to discuss various experiences of feeling inferior while living in China.
2026-10-02
X account holder “Canghai Yisu” posted a livestream clip featuring small business owners from various parts of China talking about their business conditions during the National Day holiday.
2026-10-02
A netizen posted a video complaining that the Anti-Japanese War highway "Twenty-Four Turns" in Qinglong County, Guizhou, has been fenced off and turned into a paid attraction, with a 60-yuan ticket and a 50-yuan shuttle bus fee, striking a chord with many. On October 2, the local Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau issued an announcement stating that it is a national key cultural relics protection unit and a 4A-rated scenic area, that the charges have legal basis, and that visitors can tour it on foot free of charge.
2026-10-02
On October 2, at the Urhe World Devil City scenic area in Karamay, Xinjiang, a shuttle bus bypassed the queue to pick up tourists from the back rows. A large crowd of tourists surrounded the bus, shouting for the queue-jumpers to get off. Even after police arrived, the driver still drove away. The scenic area later issued an apology, saying it had added vehicles and staff. Some of the videos exposing the incident were subsequently reported and taken down.
2026-10
A major incident recently occurred at a KTV in Zhejiang, prompting the Chinese Communist Party to conduct strict inspections of KTVs and other nightlife venues nationwide. Luxury KTVs in many places have shut down, and city governments have adopted one-size-fits-all policies in response.
2026-10-01
On October 1, 2026, the blogger went to Wangxian Valley in Shangrao, Jiangxi, and found that the well-known influencer scenic spot had few visitors during the National Day holiday, reflecting the phenomenon that the peak tourism season is not booming.
2026-10
Li Hufu, a farmer in Qingdao, Shandong, posted a video stating that a tricycle load of over 300 catties of green onions sold for less than 40 yuan, averaging out to 12 fen per catty, which has sparked widespread concern over the difficult living conditions of elderly people in rural areas.
2026-10-01
On October 1, 2026, as the rights-defense video of "CC Who Takes Phones" trended across the entire internet, a number of authoritative mainstream media outlets, including Sina Technology, Tencent News, My Drivers (Quick Technology), and China Youth Daily, followed up with in-depth reports and special investigations. Legal scholars and senior criminal lawyers, in interviews with the media, made clear that using generative AI technology (DeepFake) to synthesize fake, indecent photos and videos of others is by no means an ordinary civil infringement of portrait rights or reputation, but a serious illegal and criminal act that crosses the bottom line of the law: a person who uses AI to generate obscene image collections and sells them across platforms for profit is already suspected of constituting the crimes of "insult," "defamation," and "profiting from disseminating obscene materials" under criminal law; combined with malicious doxxing (human flesh search box-opening) behavior, this further raises suspicion of the crime of "infringing on citizens' personal information." The legal community is calling on judicial authorities to step up the crackdown and sever the black-and-gray industrial chain that uses open-source technology to fabricate pornographic rumors for profit.
2026-10-01
Starting October 1, multiple media outlets including Sina Technology, Tencent News, Gamersky, and Kuai Technology reported that “CC Who Collects Phones” was smeared with a pornographic rumor and called the police. The reports said her video “Smeared With a Pornographic Rumor for 2 Months, I Called the Police” surpassed 3.21 million views and received 14,000 comments. According to the video she posted, the company’s legal department has assisted in collecting evidence.
2026-10
Netizens found that large numbers of different accounts on Xiaohongshu were posting notes with nearly identical copy and photos, packaging the same photo as different users' real experiences to gain traffic, sparking doubts about online public opinion being artificially manipulated.
2026-10-01
After "CC the Phone Collector" posted a video of calling the police, comments such as "support leaving the internet to defend rights" and "I'll support you once you resign" repeatedly appeared in the comment section, and some people asked for related images under the name of "collecting evidence." Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher compiled this situation on X.
2026-10
China Daily's Douyin account posted a 16-second video in which remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir were edited and translated to appear as a threat to kill Palestinian women and children, sparking outrage among Chinese netizens.
2026-10-01
CC, a Bilibili uploader with 970,000 followers who buys used phones, was hit by fabricated pornographic rumors; AI face-swapped pornographic images and comics spread across the internet for two months. Unable to endure it any longer, she reported to the police and on October 1 released a video publicly blasting the rumor-mongering keyboard warriors.
2026-10
A netizen who claims to have worked for the "Zhengzhou Gang" said that a Xiaohongshu operations team of about 500 people posts 6 pieces of content per person per day, publishing over 50,000 notes a month, with dedicated staff collecting popular templates for mass copying, and each viral note rewarded 500 yuan.
2026-09-30
A blogger said that at 20:33 on September 30, traffic was flowing smoothly at the Shenzhen passage exit and the on- and off-ramp bridges, adding that this spot often saw long-lasting congestion in previous years.
2026-09-30
On September 30, 2026, "Shou Shouji de CC" officially released a rights defense recap video titled "I've been a victim of AI-generated pornographic rumors for 2 months, and I've called the police!" on platforms including Bilibili and Douyin. Holding the case acceptance receipt issued by the police, the vlogger, teary-eyed but firm, fully exposed the entire journey and truth behind the events—from the graphics card recycling dispute in July and the satirical comics in August, to being targeted by black-market AI face-swapping for pornographic rumors and malicious doxxing in September. The vlogger stated firmly in the video: "All pornographic images, private photo sets, and videos circulating online are 100% fake. I have completed the notarization of all evidence and will never settle!" Within 24 hours of its release, the video surpassed 3.21 million views, quickly topping the trending lists on Weibo and Bilibili, and triggering a strong public condemnation of AI face-swapping rumors and cyberbullying.
2026-09-30
On September 30, a netizen posted that their friend tried to send a drone out of Beijing via EMS through the government-designated channel, but it was rejected. EMS claimed the package was too large to ship, yet photos showed the drone was not of a particularly large size.
2026-09-30
On September 30, Bilibili blogger and Zhuanzhuan recycler “CC Who Collects Phones” posted a video saying that over the past two months she had been targeted by sex rumors, AI porn images, and the leak of her home address, phone number, and ID card information. With the assistance of her company’s legal team, she collected evidence, filed a police report, and obtained a receipt.
2026-09-30
Researchers released a preprint paper testing major language models for gender bias, finding huge differences among models: when asked whether it is acceptable to abuse women to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, DeepSeek strongly agreed, while Claude, GPT, and Llama all strongly disagreed.
2026-09-30
Tech blogger "CC the Phone Buyer" was targeted by rumor-mongers who used AI to synthesize explicit content and spread it in the comments section and private messages for as long as two months. On September 30, he released a video announcing that the police had accepted the case, saying he would pursue the rumor-mongers' legal liability through civil litigation. The topic trended on Weibo's hot search.
2026-09-29
According to a Reuters report on September 29, against the backdrop of weak consumer demand, deflationary pressure and a sluggish property market, average travel spending per trip during the 2025 Golden Week was 911.04 yuan, dropping to its lowest level in three years; the survey said only 5% of surveyed travelers planned to stay in luxury hotels, with tourists paying more attention to value for money.
2026-09-29
On the evening of September 28, on a flight from Hefei to Dalian, a China Eastern Airlines flight attendant was forced to kneel two or three times after accidentally brushing against a male passenger's elbow, yet she was still not forgiven. After the video was released, it trended on Weibo on the 29th. Multiple media outlets contacted China Eastern Airlines but did not receive a definitive response.
2026-09-28
Recently, Hong Kong singer Jackson Wang was accused on Threads of unearthing a netizen's comment from a month ago and using his public figure influence to direct cyberbullying against a female private citizen. Fans praised him for having a 'human touch,' which subsequently led a large number of netizens to flood his comment section, turning it into a platform to discuss public issues such as gender rights, labor, June Fourth, and the White Paper Movement.
2026-09-28
Recently, netizens exposed that scalpers are selling blood donation certificates at Shanghai Hongkou No. 1 Hospital, with the scalpers themselves being family members of patients. Because the hospital is short of blood and cannot fulfill its promise of priority or free blood usage for donors and their relatives, the number of voluntary blood donors has declined, creating a vicious cycle.
2026-09-28
On September 28, a Douyin blogger released a video titled "No Good Employer Has One-Day Weekends," questioning the claim that taking one less day off means earning more money, arguing that many monthly salaries are padded out by extending working hours, and saying wages should be evaluated by hourly rate, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
2026-08-12
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on August 12 the arrest of 11 defendants, charging them with orchestrating thousands of sham marriages to help Chinese citizens fraudulently obtain U.S. immigration status.
2026-08-12
On August 12, the US Department of State announced the establishment of a special task force to curb birth tourism, aimed at investigating and cracking down on foreigners who travel to the US on visas to give birth in an attempt to acquire citizenship. Over 600 visas have already been revoked.
2026-09-26
On September 26, Weibo user "Xinzhisonggu" posted a tribute to Liu Huan, lamenting that with his passing the common denominator of art has disappeared, which resonated with many netizens and drew over 3000 reposts.
2026-09-26
On September 26, a Douyin influencer posted a video of a mooncake gift box, stating that their Danish boss had specifically gone to an Asian supermarket to buy mooncakes for the only Chinese employee in the company, which the influencer found very touching.
2026-09-26
In the comment section of the blogger's post showing off mooncakes, a comment comparing Mid-Autumn Festival benefits in domestic workplaces received over 3,000 likes. Other netizens complained about bosses taking away employees' mooncakes to give to clients, and poked fun at BYD for their mooncake distribution.
2026-09-25
Recently, a Douyin blogger posted two GTA-style AI workplace short videos in which an employee fights through team leaders, bosses, and clients all the way just to clock out on time; the two videos together earned about 250,000 likes.
2026
The second joint "Survey of Chinese People's Private Lives" by Peking University and Fudan University (conducted in 2025) shows that among those aged 25 and under who have a steady partner, about 13% of men and 17% of women have no sex life at all.
2026-09-24
At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Transport predicted that cross-regional passenger trips across society during the National Day holiday will reach 340 million, exceeding the same period last year.
2026-09-24
On September 24, photos of a lecture manuscript displayed on the big screen at Yunnan Normal University circulated on social media, stating that women get a free ride and grow rich without working, which triggered criticism from netizens.
2026-09-22
Anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi discovered through investigations that some underground surrogacy agencies intentionally have surrogate mothers conceive twins and sell the surplus infants through human traffickers for about 160,000 RMB each.
2026-09-22
On September 22, CCTV.com published "CCTV Quick Commentary: Strive to Make the Lives of the Vast Number of Farmers Happier and Better," focusing on Xi Jinping extending Harvest Festival greetings to farmers across the country, and proposing to protect grain-growing returns through measures such as prices, subsidies and insurance; netizens commented sarcastically that it "sounds nice."
2026-09-21
According to the source material, PLA Daily published an article in which a veteran who had fought on the Sino-Vietnamese border battlefield was invited to recount his experiences.
2026-09-15
On September 15, a blogger posted a video recounting how, after their father's death, their aunt arranged a ghost marriage for him, and their grandmother's grave was illegally excavated, with her remains sold for a ghost marriage. In the comments section, multiple netizens described their own relatives' remains being stolen and sold or being forced into ghost marriages, exposing the vicious custom in some regions of treating female corpses as commodities.
2026-09-21
On September 21, in Tianjin, an elderly person fell on the roadside. Passersby, worried about being scammed or falsely accused, did not step forward to help. The elderly person attempted to get up by themselves multiple times without success.
2026-09-21
On September 21, after multiple netizens posted comments such as "call for legislation" and "respect life" in the live stream of the "Greater Bay Area Mid-Autumn Concert" gala, they were collectively restricted from commenting by WeChat Channels, with one person banned from commenting until October 21.
2026-09-21
After Douyin influencer "Yulie Qige" exposed the issue of sulfur-fumed bamboo shoots, he received private messages from bamboo farmers questioning him for causing price drops. The blogger responded that illegal processing and the destruction of market trust are the root causes.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a ride-hailing driver from Hubei who claimed to be a veteran of Unit 38263 of the PLA Naval Aviation posted a video lamenting that despite working hard, he still could not pay off his credit card debt and was struggling to make ends meet. After the video was posted, the comments section was quickly censored, and netizens questioned the disappearance of comments and expressed concern over the treatment of veterans on other channels.
2026-09-18
On September 18, at a shopping mall square in Qiantang District, Hangzhou, multiple disabled individuals performing street art came into conflict with security guards and local police. Chaos and chasing broke out on the scene, with someone scattering white powder, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.
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
On September 20, a netizen shared photos of themselves wiping away pornographic advertisements on a shared bicycle seat. The images show two instances of the phrases "hookup with little sister" and website URLs printed on the seat. After wiping, the text faded significantly but still left traces. #InternationalRelations
2026-09-20
On September 20, 2026, Beijing time, China’s Ministry of State Security and official media blamed foreign forces for interfering in the popular domestic phenomenon of “lying flat.” This official claim was widely mocked and criticized by Chinese netizens, with the relevant comment sections filled with critical and satirical voices.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a blogger revealed that tourists at the Qingdao Beer Museum privately stole complimentary specialized glass cups, took photos to show off on social media, and posted tutorials on how to steal them, sparking netizen discussions on the lack of social morality.
2026-09-18
Recently, the Chinese-style animation 'Dengxian Pavilion,' adapted from 'Flowers in the Mirror,' has gone viral on Douyin. Through a fictional class structure, the work satirizes the absurd exploitative relationships between the powerful, the compradors, and the starving lower classes, sparking resonance and discussion among netizens regarding the current state of society.
2026-09-18
Suzhou High School's 2025 recruitment ultimately hired 13 people, of whom 8 are PhDs and 5 are master's degree holders; 6 graduated from Tsinghua University and 4 from Peking University. The school's teachers generally take home a monthly salary of around 11,500 yuan, with annual pay ranging from 150,000 to 250,000 yuan.
2026-09-16
On September 16, a pair of sisters who had lived in mainland China and Taiwan respectively and had not seen each other for ten years reunited at the airport. After the video was released, netizens compared the mental state and attire of the two elderly women, sparking widespread discussion and political metaphorical interpretations regarding the social environments and living conditions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
2026-09-16
On September 16, the Weibo LGBTQ+ science popularization account 'Lao Shuang Jia Chuan Sheng Tong,' which had approximately 141,000 followers, was permanently banned by the platform. The account had long been dedicated to popularizing knowledge about bisexual and LGBTQ+ communities. Its homepage currently indicates that it has been banned for violating community guidelines, and all historical content is inaccessible.
2026-09-17
On September 17, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a disabled man in Huguan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, had been illegally held by a foreman and forced to perform hard labor at a cattle farm for over 30 years. The man claims to be from Henan, and his wages were withheld by the foreman, who claimed the man was "picked up." After Shangguan Zhengyi reported the case to the police, local authorities failed to respond within 25 minutes. The man's identity and the details of his confinement are still under investigation.
2026-09-17
The police report receipt shown in the video indicates that Zhuanzhuan recycler and Bilibili blogger "CC Who Buys Phones" filed a report with the public security authorities at 18:14 on September 17, 2026, and the police have registered the case. On September 30, she posted a video making the matter public.
2026-09-17
On September 17, 2026, facing the continuing spread of AI deepfake pornographic image collections, face-swap videos, and malicious doxxing attacks, the blogger "CC Who Buys Phones," accompanied by the professional legal team of his employer Zhuanzhuan, formally went to the local public security bureau to file a report and defend his rights. At the scene, the legal team assisted the blogger in submitting to the investigating officers a complete set of notarized electronic evidence gathered from across the internet, covering Telegram black-market groups, posts on X, doxxing threads on forums, fake AI porn image file packages, and a large volume of harassing communications. After several hours of intensive recorded statements and evidence collection by the investigating officers, the public security bureau formally completed the case acceptance registration at 18:14 that day and issued a Case Acceptance Receipt in accordance with the law, opening an investigation into a series of criminal leads involving suspected defamation, insult, and infringement of citizens' personal information.
2026-09-17
Flood disasters occurred in Zhenlong Township, Hengzhou, Guangxi. The houses of multiple villagers were destroyed, and they are in urgent need of daily living supplies such as autumn and winter clothes, bedding, and kitchenware. Netizens have launched donation appeals on social media platforms.
2026-09-17
On September 17, a netizen uploaded an AI short film to Douyin in which a young person runs desperately while carrying a basket on their back containing their parents, only to be criticized for falling behind, sparking widespread resonance and discussion among netizens about the heavy burden of family.
2026-09-17
Some netizens discussed protests by tobacco farmers in Yunnan, saying that farmers were mobilized by the government to grow tobacco, with promises of considerable income, but at purchase time the tobacco leaves were only bought for a few yuan per kilogram, leaving them with just a few dozen yuan of income after working more than half a year on one mu of land.
2026-09-16
On September 16, Xu Huping, former director of the Nanjing Museum, was sentenced to 3 years in prison and fined 200,000 yuan for accepting bribes in engineering contracts and commercial cooperation. Previously, Xu Huping had been expelled from the Chinese Communist Party and stripped of his benefits. This ruling did not involve the illegal allocation of cultural relics.
2026-09-16
On September 16, 2026, while AI-generated fake pornographic and face-swapped image sets drew malicious crowds, some rumor-mongers and vile netizens, using excuses such as “asking for the images and resources” and “verifying the person’s real information,” carried out a malicious doxxing and “box-opening” campaign against “CC who buys phones” on an illegal overseas social-engineering database channel. The blogger’s real name, national ID number, private mobile phone number, home address, and family members’ information were maliciously published to groups and forums both inside and outside China. This was followed by a flood of anonymous insulting and abusive calls and harassing text messages containing obscene words, while comment sections and direct messages were inundated with vulgar remarks such as “asking for resources” and “box-opening victory,” leaving the blogger’s daily life and mental state in severe panic.
2026-09-16
The World Economic Forum released the 2026 Global Gender Gap Report, ranking China 96th overall, with the sex ratio at birth indicator ranking third from the bottom globally.
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.
2026-09-16
On September 16, 2026, someone online fabricated chat records to spread rumors about mainland Chinese actor Wang Hedi, and a blogger created a related topic entry to spread them further; Wang Hedi's studio completed notarization of the evidence that same day, reported the case to Beijing police, and issued a statement saying it would pursue legal responsibility in accordance with the law against those who fabricated and spread the rumors.
2026-09-15
Shenzhen Middle School has released its list of 21 proposed teacher hires for 2026, all of whom hold graduate degrees, including 5 PhDs and 16 master's degree holders. Among them, several PhDs from Tsinghua University, the University of Cambridge, and Fudan University listed labor dispatch companies as their previous employers, sparking public concern over the employment patterns of high-end talent.
2026-09-09
Starting September 9, 2026, the Wansui Mountain Wuxia City in Kaifeng, Henan began trial operation of a marriage registration point, prompting netizens to leave various sarcastic comments in the comment section.
2026-09-15
Around September 15, 2026, the harassment of "Shou Shouji de CC" (CC who buys phones) by cybercriminals and malicious netizens escalated into serious crimes of spreading pornographic rumors. Overseas Telegram groups, X (Twitter), and adult forums began grafting others' nude photos onto claims of being "CC's private photos." Subsequently, black market gangs quickly followed up by using open-source AI face-swapping algorithms (DeepFake) and facial LoRA models to batch-generate hundreds of highly realistic fake AI indecent images, face-swapped nude photos, and forged videos based on the blogger's publicly available facial features. These fabricated image collections were packaged and sold under sensational titles like "The CC Scandal" and "Full Unreleased Video Set" to drive traffic. CC later publicly denounced the rumor-mongers on social media, solemnly declaring that all circulated images and videos were malicious grafts and AI-generated fabrications.
2026-09-15
According to the Bilibili blogger “CC Who Buys Phones,” after pornographic comics appeared in the comment section in August, starting from September 15 someone began linking nude photos of other women to her, followed by images she identified as AI-generated and spliced videos. She said all of this content was fabricated.
2026-09-15
In the comment section of a blogger's video on September 15, a netizen recounted that their grandmother's remains were sold by their uncle for over 100,000 yuan, and after being recovered they were stolen again; after their grandfather passed away, they could only make a large dough figure to be buried with him.
2026-09-15
In the comment section of a blogger's video on September 15, a netizen claimed that after their childhood friend died at the age of 20, she was arranged for a 'ghost marriage,' with the groom's family paying 160,000 yuan.
2026-09-15
In the comment section of a blogger's video on September 15, a netizen recounted that a 14-year-old girl was arranged into a ghost marriage, with a bride price of 60,000 yuan collected for her father, and everyone around called the girl filial.
2026-09-13
A netizen in Guangxi captured a video of an uncle who fell to the ground together with an electric scooter, struggling to get up, while nearby vendors, pedestrians and a man playing on his phone were indifferent, no one stepped forward to help.
2026-09-14
According to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Education compiled by Yicai, among full-time primary and secondary school teachers nationwide, 5,910 hold a doctoral degree and 855,634 hold a master's degree, totaling more than 860,000; on September 14, the topic "Over 860,000 Master's and Doctoral Degree Holders Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools" trended on Weibo's hot search.
2026-09-14
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 14 that two Chinese citizens living in New York, Chen Tianzhu and Chen Yong, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to engage in organized unlawful profit-making and money laundering. They were accused of stealing waste cooking oil from restaurant grease containers in multiple states, selling it across state lines, and laundering the money. Sentencing is scheduled for January 29 next year.
Location: New York, United States ·
Importance II ·
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2026-09-11
On September 11, netizens shared a photo of a donation monument. In the "Married-out Daughters' Donations" column, names such as "Xuedi" and "Jindi," which carry strong gender connotations, appeared frequently, sparking criticism and heated discussion among netizens regarding patriarchal oppression and the preference for boys over girls.
2026-08-26
On August 26, an 18-year-old girl from Gansu went to Shenzhen to work to escape an arranged marriage. Her parents found her address through the local police station and hired people to forcibly take her back to Lanzhou across provinces. After Shenzhen bus drivers noticed something unusual, they called the police. The police identified the suspects and rescued the girl in Lanzhou across provinces.
2026-09-10
On September 10, a user posted an article accusing domestic film and television and social platforms of double standards in reviewing homosexual content, with positive emotional content being restricted or removed, while content linking the homosexual group with negative labels can be spread normally, attracting attention.
2026-09-12
On September 12, the man with an intellectual disability died in Fengshun, Meizhou, after rescue efforts failed, at the age of only 39. His family said he had been doing heavy work without pay at a scrap yard for nearly 20 years, while the boss claimed he had kindly taken him in seven or eight years ago.
2026-09-09
Taiwan's Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office reported on September 9th that they had dismantled an organ trafficking ring composed of seven adult defendants. The group recruited victims online, planning to control them and smuggle them to mainland China for organ harvesting. Those involved have been investigated and dealt with according to law.
2026-09-11
On September 11, 2026, Jiayuguan police in Gansu reported that the widely circulated story of a man being threatened after stopping financial support for students was a self-directed and self-performed act by Yao Moumou to gain followers. Previously, commentary from Duowei Media was taken offline and deleted.
2026-09-10
The Shanghai Sports Bureau announced that Liu Xiang chose to seek employment independently, after which the official Weibo account enabled the comment selection feature, triggering mockery from netizens over the official's inconsistent words and actions.
2026-09-08
Heping Town in Chaoyang District, Shantou, Guangdong, was exposed by the media for producing and selling counterfeit goods; official joint law enforcement seized a large amount of counterfeit cosmetics packaging materials, equipment, and creams, and arrested the homeowner involved, Wu某某.
2026-09-10
According to a video by Qiqi Baba, the difficulty of applying for a passport may increase after September 15, as the new exit-entry regulations are being strictly enforced. The video also said that the number of people going abroad has risen noticeably recently, and reminded viewers to obtain proper visas as early as possible.
2026-09-10
In a September 2026 program, Fox Man recalled that after he developed new energy and air conditioning patents in the 1990s, teachers from several top Chinese universities approached him, asking him to apply for funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Development and Reform Commission in the name of the patents, with the individual to receive half of the money once approved; he refused.
2026-09-08
According to a report by Yicai, the first cohort of the university-student high-skilled talent program at Wuxi Technician College in Jiangsu Province opened on September 8, with a total of 36 trainees, 13 of whom hold bachelor's degrees. They will receive two years of training, starting out as technician apprentices.
2026-09-08
According to a September 2026 video by Hu Liren's "True China," an elderly man sat down at the entrance of a shop and suffered a fatal heart attack. The shop owner went forward to help him, and the process was captured on surveillance camera. Afterwards, the man's family demanded hundreds of thousands of yuan in compensation from the shop owner and took the matter to court. The court sided with the family, and the shop owner ultimately paid the compensation.
2026-09-06
On September 6, the NetEase News app published an article discussing class solidification and the survival pressure on young people, which was subsequently deleted across the entire internet, sparking widespread discussion about economic downturn and deflation.
2026-09-06
On September 6, a customer in Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan posted an avoid-this negative review video because a 6 yuan portion of fried potatoes had too little extra added. This triggered an online mobbing campaign against stall owner Hu Ermei, who had been running her stall for more than four years. Overwhelmed by the pressure, Hu Ermei jumped into the river and took her own life. Netizens expressed regret one after another and angrily condemned the person who posted the negative review.
2026-09-06
According to a report by Yicai, on September 6, Shandong Chemical Technician College welcomed 320 university graduates for enrollment and registration, among whom undergraduates accounted for 60.6%, junior college graduates 38.8%, and master's degree students 0.6%. Since 2019, the college has offered order-based classes for college graduates who left school without finding employment, and has enrolled more than 1,400 people in total.
2026-09-05
On September 5, 2026, a crash and fire broke out at the China GT Shanghai round. On-site rescue personnel fled in panic, while a rival driver urgently abandoned the race to help. Afterwards, the team involved issued a statement strongly protesting the organizing committee and announced its withdrawal from the event.
2026-09-04
On September 4, a netizen captured footage of a blind person using a domestic smartphone when a pop-up ad covered the screen. Because he relies on the screen reader accessibility feature, he could not close the ad through normal means, and the phone repeatedly played a prompt sound.
2026-09-03
In Yangjiang Town, Qionghai, Hainan, a propaganda cadre's claim that he paid out of pocket for tree seedlings to win over a holdout household was exposed as false by the person involved; the town government issued a notice on September 3, 2026 acknowledging discrepancies between the account and the facts and publicly apologizing.
2026-09-02
News that Yuan Tengfei had "landed in America" circulated online. Xu Xiaodong posted a message saying "he has landed safely," while Yuan Tengfei himself had not publicly responded as of that time.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, a netizen in Jinzhou, Liaoning, posted that on the very first day after newly deployed shared e-bikes were put on the streets, large numbers of the vehicles were abandoned en masse and pushed into waterways such as the Xiaoling River.
2026-09-02
On September 2, 2026, Hebei's official Great Wall New Media posted a video criticizing Real Madrid's moment-of-silence caption related to China, and its comment section was flooded with collective sarcastic replies from more than 14,000 netizens using the same sentence structure, citing places such as Chengdu in China's Sichuan Province.
2026-09
A Hebei netizen posted the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts handed out by the company, saying that both the mooncake box and the red envelope were empty, and the image spread together with footage of a food delivery rider showing an empty mooncake box.
2026-09
A security team leader at Agile Garden in Panyu, Guangzhou, is suspected of having abused children over a long period since around 2020, with at least 4 known victims, the youngest only eight or nine years old, and of having filmed nearly 200 videos. He was placed in criminal detention by police this September.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, anti-trafficking blogger Shangguan Zhengyi exposed that a farm in Jiyuan, Henan illegally confined two disabled people and forced them to work as unpaid laborers for more than ten years; the victims lived in squalid conditions and were often beaten.
2026-09
Hu Ermei, a street vendor who had been selling fried potatoes in Gao County, Yibin, for more than 4 years and had two children, jumped into the river and took her own life after being unable to bear the pressure of online abuse. Netizens expressed their sorrow one after another and voiced anger at the abusive netizens.
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
A random attack in which a victim's eyes were stabbed took place at Guangzhou University Town. Related videos are circulating online, and the incident has been described as an act of violence in which the bottom rungs of society prey on one another.
2026-09
In September 2026, some tobacco farmers in Yunnan held rallies to defend their rights after tobacco companies tightened their leaf purchasing standards, downgraded and cut the price of their tobacco leaves, or even refused to buy them. Some farmers said that over a thousand jin of tobacco leaves fetched only a few dozen yuan after grading deductions for weight.
2026-09
The Xinpu Branch of the Zunyi Public Security Bureau busted a criminal gang led by Lü Xiaohong and Bao Yanchuan. Since 2025, the gang had set up restaurants at the intersections of highway toll stations in Xiazi Town and Yaxi Town, using lucky draws to draw in customers, harassing and intimidating passing travelers, forcing them to buy inferior products at inflated prices, and carrying out extortion, forced transactions, fraud and other illegal activities. 28 suspects were arrested.
2026-09
In September 2026, it was rumored online that Henan veterans were diverted to tertiary-industry companies under the pretext of exam training during demobilization placement, and failed to obtain formal positions at central state-owned enterprises in accordance with policy.
2026-09-01
On September 1, 2026, the Fire and Rescue Brigade of Sanjiang New Area in Yibin, Sichuan, listed “no history or tendency of homosexuality” and “no cross-dressing” among the basic conditions for applicants in its recruitment notice, setting restrictions on sexual minorities and triggering widespread public controversy.
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.
2026-08-30
On August 30, 2026, Xiamen authorities announced that Lülinsen Environmental Technology Company illegally used the highly toxic pesticide dichlorvos to disinfect catering stores, and that six criminal suspects, including legal representative Zhuang mou-chen, have been criminally detained in accordance with the law.
2026-08-29
On August 29, 2026, after the video released at a State Council Taiwan Affairs Office press conference explaining Taiwan's prospects after peaceful reunification was published, the comment section was mocked by netizens on both sides of the strait over 996 and benefits, and the original 3,000-plus comments were subsequently deleted down to 25.
2026-08-28
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California sentenced Huang Wenhui to 78 months in prison and Song Yang to 57 months, and ordered both to pay restitution; prosecutors said the fraud caused Apple losses of at least $16.2 million.
2026-08-28
On August 28, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi confirmed that a disabled man who had lived at a pig farm in Zhengyang County, Henan for nearly ten years successfully located relatives he had been separated from for over thirty years.
2026-08-27
Recently at the Jungfrau in Switzerland, a Chinese woman brought an elderly person to cut in line. After being reminded that she needed to queue, she loudly berated other people in line for "not knowing how to care for the elderly." The related video has sparked discussion online.
2026-08-26
National Business Daily reported that "Xinzhua", a Chengdu face-authorization platform, trades the portraits of influencers and ordinary people at listed prices, completing nearly 70 deals with a transaction value of 40,000 yuan in the two months since launch.
2026-08-26
On August 26, Leibo County in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan held the 2026 autumn education administration meeting, proposing that teachers scoring below 30 in primary school and below 15 in junior high must collectively take a "shame photo" to motivate teaching performance through humiliating means.
2026-08-26
After the Leibo County education administration meeting ended on August 26, the principal responsible official of the county government made a temporary proposal to take a group photo together with relevant leaders, low-scoring subject teachers, and principals; the county leaders set the two characters "shame" as the backdrop for the photo, seriously damaging the professional dignity of teachers.
Location: Leibo County, Liangshan Prefecture ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Reported ·
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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.
2026-08-24
On August 24, 2026, US media reported that the Trump administration plans to revoke the B1/B2 visas of up to 200,000 people who have applied for or are seeking asylum, which would be the largest single visa revocation in US history.
2026-08-23
A delivery rider injected an unknown substance into thousands of beverages and called on others to imitate the act, sparking serious food safety concerns.
2026-08-21
On August 21, 2026, large numbers of tourists at the Daocheng Yading Scenic Area in Sichuan ignored signs, climbed over fences, and trampled the alpine meadows to take photos; other tourists on site loudly tried to dissuade them, but to no avail.
2026-08-20
An English-language blogger spoke with Spanish tourists at Xi'an Xyangyang International Airport. The tourists said that people here rarely smile, look serious, and are different from other Asian countries.
2026-08-20
Shangguan Zhengyi assisted police (Public Security) in arresting human traffickers and surrogacy agency personnel, and rescued a surrogate infant who was about to be sold.
2026-08-19
On August 19, the Qixi Festival, a large number of elderly people appeared at a marriage registration hall in a certain place to register their marriages. Some netizens said that local elderly people could get a bucket of oil as a gift when re-obtaining their marriage certificates.
2026-08-18
On August 18, 2026, a commercial dispute over graphics card buyback prices began to fully degenerate into mass personal attacks and gender-based insults. On Tieba, Hupu, NGA and the comment section of Bilibili, some extreme netizens completely ignored the blogger's explanation about the time difference, instead directing their fire at CC's female identity, her appearance and figure, and her image at work wearing black-framed glasses and work clothes, referring to her with the highly mocking and obscene nickname "the mysterious glasses woman." Some rumor-mongers even maliciously drew vulgar comics and memes with obvious sexual innuendo and disparaging intent based on video screenshots, which spread virally in major digital hardware discussion groups, showing online violence sliding toward vulgar pranks and personal humiliation.
2026-08-18
On August 18, 2026, it was reported online that in Shining Village, Tangpeng Town, Lianjiang City, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, personnel from the Juxinyuan Mining Company were suspected of violently seizing villagers' mountain and forest land and beating villagers and minors, triggering a fierce physical clash.
2026-08-17
On August 17, 2026, a netizen posted to expose that merchants on a second-hand e-commerce platform were forging everyday metal objects bearing the marking "731", passing them off as evidence of Japanese army crimes and selling them at high prices to reap improper gains.
2026-08-16
On August 16, 2026, "Shou Shouji de CC" officially released a graphics card recycling video, previously recorded in July, on mainstream video platforms including Bilibili. Upon its release, the video caused a sensation in the hardware and digital community, with views exceeding one million in a single day. However, due to a sharp surge in spot prices in the graphics card market in mid-August, the recycling prices shown in the video were severely "inverted" compared to the current market rates. Numerous netizens flooded the comments and bullet screens, accusing the blogger and the platform of "unscrupulous recycling" and "maliciously suppressing prices for novices." Facing the overwhelming backlash, CC posted a long pinned update that evening to clarify, explaining that the video was recorded in early July and only edited and uploaded in mid-August. There was a time lag of over a month and significant market volatility during this period, and the quotes were calculated according to the system rules at that time, not by intentional price suppression.
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.
2026-08-13
"CC Who Collects Phones" (the mysterious woman in glasses), a Zhuanzhuan second-hand platform employee who became an internet celebrity through an ad, was hit by a fabricated sex rumor. She reported the case to the police to defend her rights but did not receive widespread sympathy from public opinion. The incident sparked discussion about the rights and obligations of influencer employees and their companies, as well as how public relations should be handled.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, the Ministry of Civil Affairs released statistics showing that in the first half of the year, nationwide marriage registrations fell by 264,000 pairs year-on-year, a drop of about 7.5%, while divorce registrations increased year-on-year.
2026-08-12
On August 12, 2026, media released an in-depth undercover investigation revealing that online black market operators are promoting modified hidden camera devices and controlled anesthetic drugs in the comment sections of social platforms, and enticing buyers to send back privacy videos.
2026-08-12
On the evening of August 12, 2026, multiple villagers in Lincuo Village, Waisha Subdistrict, Longhu District, Shantou, Guangdong gathered in a sit-in protest, objecting to the authorities changing agricultural household registration to resident household registration without public notice, and demanding protection of collective land rights.
2026-08-11
On August 11, 2026, foreign media reported that against the backdrop of China's gender imbalance of tens of millions, matchmaking agencies in Guiyang and elsewhere lure older single men into paying hundreds of thousands of yuan in high bride prices under the guise of flash marriages before absconding, and that judicial authorities have already held over 1,500 people accountable.
2026-08-10
On July 10, the U.S. Department of State issued a notice strongly advising U.S. citizens in China to register for the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), with the warning content for the first time listing social unrest as a potential hazardous event.
2026-08-09
On August 9, 2026, a video circulating online of a beach in Shantou, Guangdong showed several men dumping several whole barrels of garbage and waste directly into the sea at night, causing large amounts of waste plastic to pile up on the beach; the related exposure video was subsequently deleted.
2026-08-08
On August 8, 2026, a blogger disclosed that in the high-standard farmland improvement project in Mingshui County, Suihua, Heilongjiang, the topsoil of some plots had been hauled away, leaving bare subsoil, resulting in severe yield losses for nearly 3,000 mu of soybeans and corn, even facing total crop failure.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, Yangshipin published a report on rising vegetable prices in South Korea. Over 10,000 comments quickly appeared in the comment section, mocking the low-income situation at home, with the number of comments far exceeding the number of likes; afterwards, the comment section of the video was entirely wiped clean by the platform.
2026-08-07
On August 7, 2026, at the Weishan Torch Festival in Dali, Yunnan, a female tourist wearing a qipao was deliberately splashed with rosin by several strange men, who set her exposed skin on fire and burned her; the culture and tourism authority apologized.
2026-08-05
On August 5, 2026, under continued media questioning, the pharmaceutical company involved confirmed that a boy in a gene-editing trial at Shanghai Children's Medical Center died in August 2025 from a serious adverse reaction, after the parties involved had concealed the information and not made it public.
2026-08-03
Victims in the dam-break disaster area in Guangxi said in interviews and videos that relief supplies were severely insufficient, that local private donations were blocked, and that videos they posted showing their monotonous three meals a day were taken down online.
2026-08-02
On August 2, 2026, Chinese dissident Sun Yuanping, who had long been placed under exit control and surveillance by Shijiazhuang police over his online political speech, disclosed in Australia that, with the assistance of others, he successfully broke through the exit restrictions, arrived in Australia, and applied for political asylum.
Location: Melbourne own page, Australia ·
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2026-08
5 Chinese who had originally been scattered across different locations spent the night together in a cowshed on a mountain, were rescued by helicopter the next day, and were subsequently taken back to Kathmandu by a reporter.
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
Li Meng is accused of adopting kittens and puppies under the guise of free adoption, abusing and killing them, filming videos of the acts and spreading them for profit.
2026-08
US Plans to Revoke Visas of 200,000 Asylum Seekers
2026-08
According to Southern Metropolis Daily, this 18-year-old girl from Gansu was previously betrothed by her parents without her knowledge. After receiving the bride price, her parents forcibly interrupted her schooling, prompting her to flee her hometown and go to Shenzhen to work.
2026-08
After the girl sought help online, a public welfare organization involving Tencent employees placed her to work at a café on Shenzhen's Penguin Island; the hired kidnappers subsequently staked out near the café multiple times and disguised themselves as customers to case the place.
2026-08
The doorstep collection video it released in August drew accusations of lowballing because it quoted 13500 yuan for an RTX5090 and 6000 yuan for an RTX5080. She explained that the video was filmed in July and published in August, and that graphics card prices rose during that period, causing a gap between her quotes and market prices; after that, pornographic comics and other cyberbullying content began appearing in the comments section from August 18.
2026-07-30
After a vicious case in Tandian Town, Xiping County, Henan left one dead and four injured, the suspect fled into a cornfield. Villagers are suspected of voluntarily going to his hiding spot to leave supplies to help him escape, and police subsequently deployed a large number of officers and SWAT police to hunt him down.
2026-07-30
On July 30, 2026, Nature and Nature Cancer simultaneously retracted two papers involving academic misconduct from Tongji University and Nankai University. Tongji's corresponding author Wang Ping was removed from the position of dean and demoted, while first author Jin Jiali was dismissed; Nankai's corresponding author Chen Quan was removed from the position of dean and demoted, and first author Zheng had their employment terminated.
2026-07-20
A topic on Weibo hot search, 'Never buy cheap drinks online', has emerged. The reason may be that some drinks, after being soaked by floods, were salvaged by unscrupulous merchants and resold. Videos point out deficiencies in China's system for tracking and destroying goods after disasters.
2026-07-19
A female netizen from Jiangsu posted on Xiaohongshu, describing the phenomenon of increasing hostility in China's lower‑class society, which sparked a large number of netizens’ comments and resonance; people shared their own experiences and feelings, believing it is caused by social pressure and injustice.
2026-07-18
On July 18, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi revealed that an intellectually disabled woman in Mawujiu Town, Renqiu, Hebei had been illegally taken in and controlled by a man for as long as 20 years, with no household registration or identity. When he reported the case to local police, they bucked responsibility and demanded verification of the whistleblower's identity.
2026-07-17
Two painters working on the exterior wall of a 60-story residential building in Wuhan discovered that their secondary safety rope had been cut during evening work. Fortunately, the main rope remained intact, and both workers narrowly escaped. Police are investigating, with netizens speculating it may be related to a neighbor dispute.
2026-07-17
The Xinhua News Agency's Ban Yue Tan magazine published an investigative report, exposing that public officials within the CCP system use their positions to obtain internal secrets in advance about officials being promoted or being arrested by the disciplinary committee, and then post them online in the form of “official resumes” or homophonic coded short videos, charging fees.
2026-07-15
On July 15, 2026, the iconic “Sincerity Tripod” landmark at the Nan Market in Heping District, Shenyang, Liaoning, collapsed and was destroyed after heavy rain. Its interior was found to be filled with a structure pieced together from thin sheet iron, prompting netizens to mock it as a fake vanity project.
2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, the Hohhot Federation of Literary and Art Circles in Inner Mongolia announced that the first-prize entry "Saleyuanlin" in the open photography bimonthly competition, which had previously drawn public questioning, was indeed AI-generated; officials revoked its award qualification and suspended the competition for rectification.
Location: Hohhot, Inner Mongolia ·
Importance III ·
Verification: Official claim ·
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2026-07-14
On July 14, 2026, the Ruyang County Court in Henan announced its first-instance judgment in the case of a bridesmaid who was forcibly dragged out of a cabinet and thrown to the ground during wedding pranks, suffering a grade-nine disability. The newlyweds and nine participants in the pranks were ordered to jointly pay more than 230,000 yuan in compensation.
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, a cattle farm in Qincun, Linzhang County, Handan, Hebei was exposed for illegally employing people with disabilities of unknown identity who lived next to the cattle pen. When a volunteer blogger went to investigate and report the matter, she was followed by the farm owner, who grabbed her car door and threatened her.
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.
2026-07-09
In July 2026, the gender-irony viral term “Sanshuai,” a satirical coinage by male netizens, and related deconstruction topics were jointly censored, blocked, and banned from search on mainstream domestic social platforms including Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Weibo.
2026-07-02
On July 2, Zhang Dandan, a professor and deputy dean at the National School of Development at Peking University, publicly stated to the media that the average working hours of Chinese laborers far exceed those of OECD countries, with ride-hailing drivers and food delivery riders working over 60 hours a week.
2026-07
After the Daxiaojing Scenic Area in Luodian, Guizhou, handed over operations to the "Minsheng Company," villagers were prohibited from using bamboo rafts to carry passengers. Villagers began protesting on July 18, and on July 24, they clashed with government personnel, police (Public Security), and company staff.
Location: Luodian County, Guizhou ·
Importance IV ·
Verification: Reported ·
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2026-07
CCTV reported on a live-streaming scam conducted under the guise of rescuing stray cats and dogs. The criminal gang defrauded over 1,500 kind-hearted individuals of more than 2.5 million yuan through false information and intentional animal abuse. The mastermind, surnamed Li, was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for fraud and fined 200,000 yuan.
2026-07
After Black Sea shipping routes were disrupted, China turned to South and North America for emergency spot purchases of grain, with international grain traders charging an extra $42.5 per ton.
2026-07
China's total retail sales of consumer goods rose 0.6% year-on-year in July; retail sales of automobiles fell 13.2% year-on-year from January to July.
2026-07-01
On July 1, 2026, a merchant jumped to his death at the Saga International Shopping Center in Xi'an, Shaanxi. Yan Peng, chairman of Lihe Commerce and Trade, leapt to his death after being driven to a dead end by the mall, which slapped him with a sky-high fine of tens of millions of yuan on the grounds of "improper coupon use." The incident sent shockwaves through the entire city.
2026-07
Recently, netizens photographed several people staging photos of doing sanitation work, and the photos drew comments such as “Doing it well is not as good as photographing it well.”
2026-06-30
From June 26 to 30, 2026, villagers of Lincuo Village, Waisha Street, Longhu District, Shantou, Guangdong gathered for several consecutive days to defend their rights, protesting that the village committee sold off collective land without the villagers' consent, and demanding the restoration of household registration status that had been altered to non-agricultural without authorization.
2026-06-28
On June 28, 2026, several youths in Xinheng Town, Jieyang, Guangdong, looped wire around a female dog and dragged her while beating her violently with sticks, then beat an entire litter of puppies to death, and poured flammable liquid over the mother dog, burning her alive. The cruel act sparked outrage across the internet.
2026-06-26
Villagers of Lincuo Village, Longhu District, Shantou, had their agricultural household registrations arbitrarily converted to non-agricultural household registrations. After sitting-in for rights defense for a month, they escalated their actions, with hundreds occupying the village committee and engaging in physical clashes with the police.
2026-06-23
On June 23, 2026, LGBTQ+ graffiti and rainbow symbols inside Dalian Polytechnic University were vandalized; a student subsequently publicly admitted to carrying out the act and said the university is not a gay club.
2026-06-19
On June 19, 2026, a Chinese independent bookstore in Paris, France promoted the screening of the FIRST Best Documentary "Youzi Crossing Log" on social media; afterwards its Xiaohongshu account was permanently banned and its WeChat promotional article was taken down.
2026-06-16
In May 2026, China's total retail sales of consumer goods fell 0.6% year-on-year, marking the first monthly decline since December 2022, with sharp drops in sales of automobiles, home appliances, building materials and other categories.
2026-06-15
On June 15, 2026, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi posted a video exposing that a contractor in Gaoche Village, Huangpi District, Wuhan, allegedly purchased a disabled person for 10,000 yuan and forced them into hard manual labor for 20 years.
2026-06-14
On June 14, 2026, official media publicly reported a case of counterfeiting and selling specially-supplied liquor, in which the businesses involved used online livestreams to package low-priced bulk baijiu costing only 2 yuan as specially-supplied and exclusively-supplied liquor, profiting at a high price of 599 yuan.
2026-06-10
On June 10, 2026, Pangdonglai founder Yu Donglai said at an internal sharing session that high pay can easily lead to excessive pampering, sparking pay-cut speculation; he subsequently posted a clarification stating that the company has no pay-cut policy and urging people not to misread it.
2026-06-08
On June 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice announced lawsuits to revoke the citizenship of 17 naturalized citizens, following the government's continued push to strip citizenship from naturalized citizens, citing reasons including fraud and concealment of crimes.
2026-06-08
According to an RFI report on June 8, the French Cultural Center in Beijing suddenly canceled all film screenings for June, which outsiders suspect is related to the removal of Pride Month films.
2026-06
A Chinese tour guide in Thailand pressured and intimidated tourists, threatening to prevent them from returning to China and demanding they delete their videos.
2026-06
Blogger Shiju Insight posted in June this year that some university technician classes failed to recruit enough students and in the end had to hold classes together with ordinary classes starting from junior high school graduates; the teachers' lecturing pace was extremely slow and the content extremely shallow, and high-end skills training turned into a big pot of stew for just killing time.
2026-05-27
Chutou, a 10-year-old influencer dog from Shangqiu, Henan, with over 1 million followers, was stolen by a stranger while its owner was driving to Georgia. It was sold to a dog meat trader for 180 yuan, skinned, and sold as meat. The owner tracked down the thief after days of searching.
2026-05-22
On May 22, 2026, the Henan Blue Sky Rescue team issued a notice stating that three teams from Yichuan, Yiyang, and Song County had traveled to Changde, Hunan to carry out rescue work and posted videos without completing the filing and approval procedures, and ordered all personnel to withdraw and issued internal written warnings.
2026-05-21
On May 21, 2026, regarding the incident where over 700 mu of shepherd's purse crops were swarmed, stolen, and looted by surrounding villagers, a farmer in Neihuang, Henan, formally submitted a criminal case application to the local police, demanding that the crime of intentional destruction of property be investigated and compensation for losses be made.
2026-05-17
On May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the British Embassy in China published an article titled "Will the Rainbow Return?", reviewing the past 30 years of the Chinese LGBT community and pointing out that the group is facing a comprehensively tightening survival environment, including the arrest of Danmei writers, the removal of dating apps, and the banning of organizations.
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
A Wuhan man found a Xiaomi Auto recruitment posting on BOSS Zhipin, traveled to Xiangyang for an interview, and was charged accommodation, bedding, and cleaning fees by an intermediary, only to discover that the position did not exist and that he had been blocked by the other party.
2026-05
In May 2026, the total retail sales of consumer goods in China fell by 0.6% year-on-year.
2026-05
In May 2026, “Chutou,” a pet dog with one million followers in Shangqiu, Henan, was stolen and sold to dog dealers for 180 yuan to be slaughtered. After the owner reported the case to the police, the dog thief offered only 400 yuan in compensation, triggering widespread condemnation online.
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.
2026-04-28
A video of a food delivery rider in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, carrying a child on his back while making deliveries has drawn online attention, with netizens leaving comments lamenting the hardships of life and expressing dissatisfaction with official "lying flat" remarks.
2026-04-25
State Grid's Yantai–Weihai UHV line project entered Jiaoxi Town, Jiaozhou City, Shandong for construction without paying any compensation, and a female villager climbed a high-voltage tower in protest.
2026-04-21
Affected by a Ministry of State Security article criticizing lying flat, lying-flat influencer Xianyu Dreamer, who has 800,000 followers, quickly pivoted, buying a second-hand van and starting to drive for Huolala to document his working life.
2026-03-20
On March 20, an incident occurred in Shanghai where an elderly woman fell off her bicycle and no one dared to help. The on‑site photographer and netizens commented that fear of being falsely accused, extorted, having to give statements or bear medical costs led to no one stepping forward to rescue, reflecting a lack of social trust.
2026-02
Yang Lanlan has moved out of her penthouse in Sydney's eastern suburbs and taken up residence in a top-tier mansion near Sydney Harbour, and has not appeared in public since.
2026
In 2026, major riots broke out in France and many European countries. Large numbers of illegal immigrants and far-left organizations intervened in student protests, which escalated into looting, vandalism and arson. The unrest then spread to Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy, Albania and other places.
2026
Leiyang, Hunan once claimed that its industrial park had introduced more than 60 enterprises, but in reality, there were only 5 enterprises with fewer than 100 employees.
2025-11-19
A domestic media outlet released a photo showing a Chinese official with his hands in his pockets and a calm expression, while a Japanese official bows his head and listens respectfully. In the comments section, netizens criticized the Chinese official for being arrogant and rude.
2025-10-16
From October 16, 2025, Japan’s Immigration Services Agency raised the capital requirement for business management visas from 5 million yen to 30 million yen, and added Japanese language proficiency and education requirements, greatly raising the “run‑Japan” threshold.
2025-09-28
On September 28, 2025, in Hujiatun Village, Wanquan District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, a village official exploited his position as an agent at a China Construction Bank branch to secretly transfer tens of millions of yuan of villagers’ pension savings into a personal account and absconded with the money, leaving many elderly residents in dire straits.
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.
2025-05-15
Around May 15, 2025, overseas media published a signed article by Zhang Yingjie, an associate professor at Peking University, titled "No Way Out of the Predicament, No Rescue for the System," criticizing the system; afterwards, the editorial office received a letter in her name claiming she had been impersonated and demanding the article be retracted.
2025-03-17
It is reported online that the 13-year-old daughter of Baidu Vice President Xie Guangjun, a fan of South Korean star Jang Wonyoung, doxxed a pregnant netizen on Weibo following a controversy over comments about the star, and posted information showing her father's monthly salary of 220,000 yuan.
2025-03
As of the first quarter of 2026, approximately 42 million employees nationwide had suspended their pension insurance contributions, with the suspension rate among young people aged 20 to 35 reaching 31.7% and the rate among the flexible employment group reaching 38%.
2025
Data from Chinese Communist Party civil affairs departments shows that in 2025 there were 6.765 million marriage registrations nationwide, while the total number of divorces reached 3.937 million, with a marriage-to-divorce ratio as high as 58.2%, setting the highest record in the world under circumstances other than major disasters.
2025
After the flood in Rongjiang, the Foshan Pineapple Volunteer Team went to participate in rescue efforts and cleared silt at the Village Super League stadium.
2025
After years of hard study, 25-year-old Lu Meng completed her bachelor's degree, but faced setbacks in her job search, earning only 3,000 yuan a month as a telephone customer service representative. In 2025, she re-enrolled in a corporate order class at Shandong Chemical Technician College. According to a previous report by Qilu Evening News, about 60% of the 320 new students in this order class are bachelor's degree holders, and some even hold master's degrees.
2024-11-08
In early November 2024, hundreds of thousands of college students in Zhengzhou, Henan rode shared bikes at night into Kaifeng, triggering large-scale gatherings. Universities in Henan and many other places subsequently locked down their campuses and barred students from going out, while traffic police in both cities imposed a full closure of the Zhengkai Avenue.
2023-10-23
The influencer "Jack Spicy Strips," previously controversial for cat abuse incidents, returned to Weibo on October 23, posting criticisms against animal protection activists and updating multiple cat abuse videos.
2023-08-18
On August 18, 2023, France's 20 Minutes reported on a parody video that face-swapped Mbappé with Mao Zedong and set it to the red song "The Sun in the Sky Is Red"; the meme originated as fans' satire of his outsized influence within the team.
2023-07-04
Sima Nan attended an Independence Day event at the U.S. Embassy in China, where he took photos with the U.S. Ambassador and sampled food, sparking mockery from netizens who accused him of 'anti-Americanism as a job, but living in America as a life.'
2023-05
In May 2023, after the Ant Group's IPO was halted and Ma Yun had been out of the public eye for a long time, he was appointed a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo's Tokyo College, and thereafter lived in Japan for an extended period, being seen as a representative figure of the wave of Chinese entrepreneurs moving to Japan.
2023-04
In April 2023, reporter Li Weiao claimed that Zhang Jike had incurred massive gambling debts and handed over private images of Jing Tian to his creditors; the creditor who used the images to extort money from Jing Tian was later sentenced to 7 years for extortion.
2022
Hu Xiaowu, a professor at Nanjing University, conducted a questionnaire survey of 1,200 people in 2022, finding that 63% of young people under 18 have basically no contact with their relatives.
2019
In 2019, Gao Xiaosong joined the Chinese Communist Party-led Jiusan Society, saying he had finally joined the intellectual family he had long aspired to.
2018-09
After celebrating his parents' 51st birthdays, streamer Fox Person flew out of China. Upon arriving in the United States, between September and October 2018, he submitted an immigration application to the U.S. government based on his extensive work experience and multiple patents in new energy and air conditioning technology, and successfully received his green card approval in less than three months.
2018-09
Blogger Hu Liren left China for the United States in September 2018, anticipating a political upheaval and drawing on his own rights-defense experience.
2018-09
After arriving in the US in 2018, the blogger submitted an immigration application in October based on their own special work experience and personal technical patents, and subsequently obtained approval within two months, then went to Washington to publicly participate in anti-communist activities.
2018
A group of researchers conducted tests by grouping individuals with normal film viewing experience and those with almost no experience watching film and television works. The results showed that the former would infer emotions based on adjacent frames, while the latter mainly viewed the frames as independent facts.
2018
Zhang Koukou, a veteran from Hanzhong, Shaanxi, witnessed his mother beaten to death by local thugs as a child. In 2018 he returned home and killed several members of the family responsible, a case seen as a typical instance of folk revenge against village bullies and local tyrants.
2017-03
China Newsweek published an article titled 'The Truth of Huawei's 34-year-old Employees' on page 6 of the 7th edition on March 23, 2017, revealing the event of Huawei centrally clearing out employees over 34 years old in 2017.
2017
In 2017, Huawei carried out a mass purge of employees over the age of 34, an action widely regarded as the origin of today's phrase "the anxiety of programmers over 35."
2013-05-07
On the afternoon of May 7, 2013, at 5 pm, 18 days before the wedding date, the demolition team of the Beigaoying Village Committee forcibly demolished Jia Jinglong's wedding home with an excavator. His father was restrained, relatives were beaten, Jia Jinglong was injured in the head, and the engagement was later broken off.
2013-05
After Jia Jinglong's marital home was forcibly demolished in May 2013, he repeatedly wrote letters of complaint to the Chang'an District Procuratorate and the district letters and visits bureau, and repeatedly sought talks with village head He Jianhua over compensation, all to no avail.
2012
In 2012, Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported that a vegetable vendor in Shandong sprayed formaldehyde on Chinese cabbage to keep it fresh. This method had been used for three or four years, and long-term inhalation can cause leukemia.
2012
According to records of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) judiciary, Deputy Director Ma XXX of Biyang Industry and Information Bureau colluded with the local casting company head, fabricated a roster of absent workers, defrauded over 1.94 million yuan of closure small enterprise subsidy funds, and divided the loot according to the June Fourth ratio.
2011-11
Around the third anniversary of Yang Jia's execution on November 26, 2011, Chinese netizens launched memorial activities online, and many reposted his line, "If you don't give me an explanation, I'll give you one." NTD's report noted that the netizens' commemoration was mainly an expression of dissatisfaction with autocratic privilege through Yang Jia.
2011-09-20
On September 20, 2011, Jin Xing posted on Weibo that she had received notice from the Zhejiang Radio and Television Bureau barring her from serving as a judge, the reason being her transgender experience.
2011-07-23
On the evening of July 23, 2011, CRH trains D301 and D3115 on the Ningbo–Taizhou–Wenzhou Railway collided in Wenzhou, sending several carriages off the bridge; much of the information was sent out by passengers via Sina Weibo.
2010-01
In mid-January 2010, netizens found that Zhang Ziyi's actual donations after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake did not match her pledges, and the whereabouts of the funds she raised in Cannes were unclear; her agent said it was a mistake, after which she donated an additional 160,000 yuan, and Zhang Ziyi denied the donation fraud allegation in an exclusive interview in March.
2009
At the 2009 Boao Forum, Jackie Chan made the remark “We Chinese need to be controlled”; the video contrasts it with Stephen Chow’s later public statement.
2007
In a 2007 case in Nanjing in which a person helped an elderly person who had fallen to the ground, the judge ordered the helper to pay compensation on the grounds that "if you didn't bump into him, why did you go and help him," and the ruling sparked nationwide discussion about extortion targeting those who act courageously to help others.
2006-10
In October 2006, the Pengyu case occurred in Nanjing. The court of first instance ordered the young man who had helped an elderly person who fell to compensate the plaintiff. The reasoning in the judgment and the subsequent handling sparked a long-running nationwide controversy over trust and mutual assistance among strangers.
2003
In 2003, Li Wei obtained the development rights to 61,800 square meters of land at Taipingjiao in Qingdao. The project was nominally applied for under Capital Group, but in fact fell under Yichuang Real Estate, which was held in her name, and she later earned 84 million yuan from the transfer.
2003
In 2003, China began piloting the New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme, with fiscal subsidies increasing year by year; by around 2010 it covered more than 800 million farmers.
2001
In 2001, Hu Wenhai of Shanxi, after being oppressed by village official thugs for a long time, killed multiple people with weapons. The case shocked the whole country at the time, and a large number of related videos circulated online.
2000
Niu Qun went to Mengcheng, Anhui to serve as deputy county magistrate. After seeing the local poverty, he raised funds to build schools and promoted education, rehabilitation, and employment assistance.
1997-04
Andy Lau released a new song "Chinese People" and filmed the music video at the Great Wall's beacon tower.
1989-02-26
When meeting with U.S. President George H.W. Bush in Beijing, Deng Xiaoping stated that the overriding issue for China's problems is the need for stability; without a stable environment, nothing can be accomplished.
1983
Gao Xingjian's plays, such as "Absolute Signal" and "The Station," were criticized during the Campaign to Clear Spiritual Pollution and were accused of being vestiges of bourgeois style.
1976
When the author was in elementary school in Shanghai, a school worker who had barely spoken for five years was actually a principal-level senior intellectual who had been purged elsewhere; after Mao Zedong's death in 1976, this person was rehabilitated and took up the post of principal.
1967-09-18
In 1968, Jiang Qing announced Liu Shaoqi as a major special agent and traitor when receiving the Peking Opera Troupe. During the Cultural Revolution, numerous political figures and intellectuals suffered brutal persecution.
1966-05-16
On May 16, 1966, the "May 16 Notification" was issued and the Cultural Revolution began. Intellectuals at schools of all levels were struck, and Lao She, Fu Lei and others were persecuted to death.
1964
Han Xiu said that with the launch of the Socialist Education Movement in 1964, class backgrounds were upgraded: in rural areas, middle peasants could be labeled as rich peasants and rich peasants as landlords, and many young people were consequently affected in their school advancement.
1964
In 1964, two years before the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, Hu Jintao joined the Chinese Communist Party, and through the counselor system established by Tsinghua president Jiang Nanxiang, he was selected to serve as a political counselor at Tsinghua.
1959
In 1959, Hu Jintao was admitted to Tsinghua University with excellent grades. He had originally intended to apply for the Department of Automatic Control, but due to his family background, he was reassigned to the Department of Hydraulic Engineering.
1958
The CCP implemented the Great Leap Forward policy. During this period, the climate was normal, and there were no large-scale wars or epidemics, yet at least 45 million Chinese people died abnormally, with causes of death including starvation, overwork, and beatings by cadres.
1957-07-09
During the Anti-Rightist Campaign, Mao Zedong quoted the Zuo Zhuan idiom "If the skin is gone, what can the hair attach to," comparing intellectuals to hair clinging to the skin of the proletariat, and declared that intellectuals had lost the qualifications for independent survival.
1957-06-08
Beginning in 1957, the Anti-Rightist Campaign was launched, resulting in the purge of numerous members of democratic parties and intra-party dissidents.
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.
1949
After 1949, a large number of Chinese social elites left China; related accounts regard this as the starting point of the subsequent changes in social structure.