According to a report by Sound of Hope, on October 17, 2026, the canopy of a bus stop in Dalian, Liaoning Province suddenly collapsed, hitting and injuring several passengers who were waiting for the bus. The specific casualties and the cause of the accident are still under further investigation.
According to a video posted by @clashreport, a White House official, recalling a visit to China in 2016 in public, expressed doubt about outside predictions at the time that China was about to rise. The official said he felt confused after returning from China, and openly mocked China for not even having proper toilet facilities at the time, thereby expressing contempt for China's level of development.
On September 19, videos posted by netizens showed that the bottom of the foundation piles of an expressway bridge pier in Luodian County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, were severely hollowed out, with multiple load-bearing steel bars exposed and heavily rusted, sparking public concern over the safety of transportation infrastructure.
The Global Times published an article accusing the US of making an unreasonable demand by seeking entry and exit records from the Gyirong port, claiming that infrastructure in the disaster area and personnel registration ledgers may have already been destroyed.
China's National Bureau of Statistics announced that fixed-asset investment fell 6.7% year-on-year from January to July, private investment fell 9.4%, and infrastructure investment fell 3.6%.
On July 28, 2026, the US Federal Communications Commission announced that it would bring foreign-produced new humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and smart photovoltaic inverters within the scope of national security restrictions, guarding against potential remote-control and critical-infrastructure intelligence risks.
Vanuatu's Prime Minister stated that the Vanuatu Parliament has passed legislation prohibiting the use of critical infrastructure for any militarized purposes; Vanuatu is simultaneously negotiating an independent economic agreement with China.