Rights-defense protests and struggles launched by depositors and investors against financial storms and debt defaults.
The 52nd G7 Summit was held in France, and the meeting issued a joint statement opposing any unilateral attempts to change the status quo, especially opposing any attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion in the East China Sea, the South China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait.
Two depositors encountered obstruction and difficulty from the bank when attempting to withdraw money at the counter. A fierce conflict erupted between the two parties, with the bank threatening to call the police, sparking strong dissatisfaction among the depositors.
On September 18, a large number of depositors in Zhumadian, Henan Province, gathered in the rain outside the municipal petition office to defend their rights, after the company chairman Wang Haizhou failed to fulfill his promise to distribute living expenses before the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays. They chanted slogans demanding to "see the mayor" and called for government intervention to resolve the issue.
On September 12, as Shandong Zaozhuang Tengzhou Urban Construction Group failed to repay the principal and interest of a loan upon maturity, multiple investors gathered at the entrance of the company headquarters for rights defense, demanding an explanation from the company.
According to a report by the English edition of the Chosun Ilbo, the US Senate Armed Services Committee has for the first time included the malicious influence of the CCP within South Korea as a matter of special concern in its draft report for the fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act.
At the Shenzhen import and export trade fair, due to a scarce turnout of buyers and suspicions of hiring fake foreigners to pad attendance, hundreds of exhibitors staged a collective protest demanding refunds of tens of thousands of yuan in exhibition fees, while a large contingent of SWAT police confronted and suppressed them at the scene.
After the National Bureau of Statistics released stable data showing a decline in the urban unemployment rate from January to May, the topic "I really want to know how many unemployed people there are now" surged to fourth place on Weibo's hot search list, triggering a massive wave of netizen commentary venting about employment difficulties.
An 18-year-old boy in Kaizhou District, Chongqing, jumped into the river after being chased by fishery administration personnel while fishing downstream of a regulating dam. Law enforcement officers failed to rescue him, triggering protests from onlookers and family members on the shore, which were suppressed by the police.