Xi Jinping paid a 27-hour visit to North Korea. The joint communique lacked mentions of nuclear weapons and military alliance cooperation, reaching consensus only on commemorative facilities and other minor matters.
US President Trump delivered a speech at the UN General Assembly, emphasizing American strength and confronting the common enemy of all mankind, issuing stern warnings against Iran, nuclear proliferation, and geopolitical challenges.
Trump officially signed a milestone security agreement on Greenland with the Prime Minister of Denmark and the Prime Minister of Greenland, expanding the permanent U.S. military presence in the Arctic and excluding non-NATO countries from establishing bases.
On September 20, North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan. Subsequently, North Korean state media announced the successful testing of a new important combat weapon system and released photos.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official media "China Daily" reported that China's first Vice Foreign Minister Ma Chaoxu will visit the United States next week, and Hong Kong media interpreted it as paving the way for Xi Jinping's visit to the United States.
On July 17, a landslide occurred near the three bridges of Wu River in Pengshui County, Chongqing, burying or dropping more than ten residential buildings into the river. By that night, 18 people had been rescued, 8 dead, and another 34 missing. Officials said that before the incident, a grid worker had noticed falling rocks and organized an evacuation, but netizens questioned the insufficient warning.
Former CCP official and commentator Du Wen revealed that Ma Zhaoxu, the current executive vice minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is about to take over as Foreign Minister, and the current Foreign Minister Wang Yi is about to step down.
Wang Huning, member of the CCP Central Committee Politburo Standing Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, led a Chinese delegation to meet Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang; the Korean Central News Agency released related photos the next day.
An article published by the PLA Daily on the eve of the morning wakeup call warned party cadres to stay away from dangerous walls, which the outside world interpreted as a signal hint regarding high-level power.
Xi Jinping visited the Central Cadre School of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, where he planted trees and unveiled a monument with Kim Jong Un. This symbolic power transfer marker has been pointed out as resembling an abdication during one's lifetime.
The website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision reported that Wei Xiaodong, Chairman of the Beijing Municipal Political Consultative Conference, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
The removal of Chen Xi as President of the Central Party School by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection amid purge operations is seen as a key move to eliminate the core figures of the Fujian faction.