A man drove an excavator to the Fengdong New Town Government Service Center in Xixian New Area, smashing the entrance sign, canopy, glass doors, and steps. No one was injured at the scene, and the suspect, surnamed Hu, has been placed under criminal coercive measures.
A shooting occurred at a street-level shop in Linping, Hangzhou, resulting in two deaths. The suspect, surnamed Ji, committed suicide while being surrounded that night. The police released the information 31 hours after the incident.
Nvidia announced that Jensen Huang has resigned as CEO, effective immediately, sparking widespread concern over the US-China AI chip competition and rumors of Huang being a spy.
Affected by Jensen Huang's resignation, NVIDIA's stock price plummeted by 13% to 14% at one point, with its market capitalization evaporating by over $500 billion.
Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul stated that Jensen Huang has agreed to testify before Congress before Thanksgiving.
Taiwan authorities reported that 29 PLA aircraft were active around Taiwan, with 22 crossing the median line of the strait; several PLA naval vessels were also active simultaneously.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) held a meeting to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen. Xi Jinping delivered a speech, but CCTV did not broadcast the entire event live. Hu Chunhua, who was previously rumored to be affected, made a high-profile appearance on the rostrum.
NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang resigned from his positions as CEO, President, and Director of NVIDIA on November 12, stepping down from daily operations and losing his power to participate in decision-making through the board of directors.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated at a press conference that the U.S. should stop fabricating spy narratives, and emphasized that China and the U.S. are maintaining communication regarding interactions between their heads of state.
Guan Zhong, Ding Shou-zhong, Wang Jin-pyng, Su Chi, and others initiated the Cross-Strait Peace Initiative Conference. Former Straits Exchange Foundation Vice Chairman Chiu Chin-yi proposed a ten-year plan including a referendum in 2027, negotiations in 2028, and a unified currency by 2032.
Tang Yuanjun, chairman of the U.S. East Coast branch of the Chinese Democracy Party and a participant in the June 4th movement, has been sentenced to three years of probation in a New York federal court for allegedly acting as an unregistered agent for the Chinese Communist Party.
Xi Jinping went to the Great Hall of the People to attend the meeting marking the 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth and read a speech.
Chinese artist Song Yuqi reposted a post commemorating the birthday of Sun Yat-sen on her personal Weibo, which triggered strong protests from Korean netizens and sparked a public opinion war among China, South Korea, and Taiwan.
On November 12 local time, NVIDIA announced that Jensen Huang has resigned from his positions as President, CEO, and member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately, with Colette Kress serving as interim CEO.
On November 12, Chinese state media reported that at the commemoration of the 160th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth, Xi Jinping stated that the complete reunification of the motherland must be achieved. He reiterated the commitment to peaceful reunification and 'one country, two systems,' expressing a willingness to engage in dialogue with all sectors in Taiwan based on the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, while emphasizing that there will be no room for 'Taiwan independence' separatist activities.
According to Reuters and The Information, the U.S. Department of Commerce is finalizing new rules that would restrict Chinese AI companies from using high-end Nvidia chips to train models remotely via data centers in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and other locations. The new rules could be announced as early as this month.
On November 12, US House Speaker Mike Johnson stated that Congress is reaching a consensus on tightening chip export restrictions to China. Three committee chairs are pushing to include measures such as the Remote Access Security Act in the annual National Defense Authorization Act. The proposal has been passed by the House and is awaiting Senate review.
On November 12, the Hong Kong government announced an education amendment bill, requiring teachers and principals in public, private, international schools, and kindergartens to hold a practicing certificate in addition to registration, valid for a maximum of three academic years. It also establishes a mechanism to prevent those convicted of endangering national security from teaching. The bill is scheduled to be gazetted on the 13th and submitted to the Legislative Council on the 25th.
After being detained in a detention center for 544 days, Pastor Gao Quanfu of the Zion Light Church went on trial in an open court on November 12 on charges of "fraud." Friends and family have called on believers to attend the hearing.
On November 12, Anthropic's new regional policy took effect, clarifying that even if a company is registered in the United States and all its employees are based in the U.S., it cannot use Claude if it is controlled by individuals or entities from mainland China. The company had announced similar restrictions in September 2025.
Following the incident where an excavator was used to demolish a government service hall, Xining in Qinghai announced complaint hotlines for unpaid wages in various districts and counties via SMS. The Beijing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau announced online and offline reporting channels, Sichuan launched the "Sharp Sword Protecting Wages" campaign, and the Xinjiang Department of Human Resources and Social Security opened a dedicated hotline for rights defense regarding unpaid wages starting in November.
Due to the APEC summit from November 12 to 20, all bus services to and from Shenzhen have been suspended. Passengers who already purchased tickets have received cancellation notices, and only business class tickets remain available for high-speed trains to Shenzhen.
In its 2026 budget document, Yan'an University proposed measures to resolve its financial distress. With a sharp decline in the proportion of fiscal appropriations, the university has begun to assign revenue generation and funding targets to ordinary teachers.
Universities are requiring retroactive audits of corporate participation in teaching and graduation projects over the past three years, triggering a survival crisis for faculty unable to trace records or meet the indicators.
Multiple fresh food supermarkets under Liaoning Dandong Jinbao Agricultural and Sideline Products Co., Ltd. have experienced stock shortages and the inability to use membership cards, leading large numbers of customers to gather at the affected stores to demand refunds of their remaining balances.
Employees of Haoshun Real Estate in Xingtai, Hebei, have spoken out, claiming that the company required them to sign IOUs and take on mortgages on behalf of the company. Despite promises to release the mortgages within two years, the company failed to do so, and some properties were even sold a second time. Employees are facing unpaid wages and are afraid to resign for fear of mortgage defaults.
Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Huang Le, founder of SuperSpeed International and a close associate of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, has returned to China and is currently living in Beijing, a fact known to Chinese security authorities.
Worried about further tightening of US chip controls, some Chinese AI companies have contacted overseas data centers to reserve high-end Nvidia chip computing power in advance. A large cloud service provider is internally discussing locking in computing power early, and some domestic gray market merchants have begun hoarding restricted chips.
On November 12, Chiu Tai-san, Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council in Taiwan, stated that Huang Le, who has been accused of involvement in an extramarital affair with Jensen Huang and espionage suspicions, visited Taiwan eight times between 2024 and 2025 using a Hong Kong passport, with no entry records this year. If she applies again, she will be strictly flagged and subjected to rigorous review. Legislators have questioned whether there are loopholes in national security vetting.
On November 12, the WeChat official account 'Sanshi Lingjuli' (3rd Division Up Close), run by the Propaganda Department of the 3rd Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, reposted public legal education content from the police. It reported that a university teacher surnamed Zhou was administratively detained and fired by the school for long-term use of tools to circumvent the Great Firewall to browse overseas websites and forward content, stating that any circumvention without approval is illegal.
On November 12, CCTV reported that the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Supreme People's Court have recently focused on supervising 18 major criminal cases involving food safety, specifically naming three cases: formaldehyde-treated cabbage, fake imported health supplements, and sulfur-treated bamboo shoots.
On November 12, several Chinese tourists were intercepted upon entry at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand and detained in 'dark rooms' with poor conditions. The reasons for the interception varied, and on-site management warned them not to upload any videos.
On November 12, a netizen in Guangdong uploaded a document suspected to be from a local township regarding work deployments during the 'Two Sessions'. It demands 'zero travel to Beijing, zero non-compliant petitions, and zero registrations' during the special protection period, and lists individuals such as those claiming to be victims of 'mind control', veterans of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War and the Battle of Laoshan, key personnel living near solid waste disposal sites, and individuals involved in demolition disputes as key targets for stability maintenance.
On November 12, the South China Agricultural University student affairs platform 'Zijing Huanong' published an article titled 'The Heavy Price of "Jumping the Wall"!', warning that circumventing the Great Firewall will result in academic, reputational, and legal consequences. Disciplinary records will be placed in student files, affecting honors, recommendations for graduate studies, and employment background checks, and the article reported several cases of students being penalized by the police.
On November 12, over a dozen depositors from Henan village banks headed to Beijing for rights defense. Many were intercepted at various points while on their way to the National Financial Regulatory Administration, while others managed to reach the Beijing Financial Court to submit materials. Depositors claim their demand deposits have been inaccessible for 5 years.
On November 12, The Paper released an investigative video on the fire at Taiyuan Howard Johnson International Apartment, showing that the escape routes in the building were dim and narrow, cluttered with debris, with damaged exit signs, missing emergency lights, and traces of people living with makeshift beds.
On November 12, as the opening ceremony for a red-themed film was being held at the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall, hundreds of victims of the AVIC fraud case gathered across the street, shouting "State-owned enterprise fraud" to protest and defend their rights.
From October 19 to 31, Malaysian police raided 112 suspected telecom fraud syndicates, arresting 932 people, 538 of whom were Chinese nationals. Among 144 records of fraud targets, 62 pointed to China, the highest number. The police announced the results on November 12.
On November 12, media reported that the Dongguan Municipal Health Bureau ordered the First Dongguan Hospital Affiliated to Guangdong Medical University to stop the practice of deducting doctors' performance pay due to patient arrears. The bureau required the hospital to verify records and fully reimburse the deducted performance pay, interviewed the hospital's leadership, and launched a city-wide investigation. Previously, the hospital claimed the deductions were temporary and alleged that the doctors involved had violated clinical guidelines, without specifying the details.
On November 12, a large number of victims of the Zhonghang fraud case gathered at the entrance of the Jiangxi Financial Regulatory Bureau, shouting in unison, 'Down with corruption,' to voice their demands for rights defense.
The Washington Post reported on November 12, citing an investigation by The Midas Project, that over 400 suspected sockpuppet accounts have posted more than 4,000 pieces of content on X, Bluesky, and Reddit since November 2025, opposing U.S. restrictions on chip exports to China. Some accounts attacked U.S. lawmakers and defended Jensen Huang, with at least 260 X accounts having been deactivated.
On November 12, Bloomberg published an opinion piece stating that Jensen Huang's departure could prompt the U.S. to further tighten chip export restrictions to China, and that Chinese AI companies would lose a supporter who advocates for open weights and distillation technology.
Recently, netizens entered the names Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping into the Zuoyebang AI and received lengthy biographical introductions. However, when asking about Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping, the input was displayed as six asterisks, and the AI replied three times: "Let's change the subject～".
A netizen submission claims that during the China-Thailand joint military exercises, the PLA held the Thai military in great contempt, possibly related to personnel changes, which resulted in the inability to complete the original objectives during the exercises.
It is rumored in Shenzhen that management has instructed food delivery riders to maintain a neat appearance during the APEC summit, and notified them that all delivery overtime from November 16 to 20 will be exempt from penalties to prevent traffic accidents from attracting negative international attention.
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.
An intersection opposite Laochenggen Mall in Lianhu District, Xi'an, has lacked video surveillance for a long time, making it difficult to hold parties accountable in a recent case. The victim is demanding an investigation into their injuries and accountability for the missing surveillance at the intersection.
Multiple JD.com delivery riders have exposed on social media that the platform is forcing them to deliver charity orders with a delivery fee of 0 yuan, sparking widespread concern over the labor rights of delivery workers.
On November 12, a student at Zhejiang University was summoned by the school's Party Committee for using a green frog avatar from a guessing game. The school claimed the avatar is a symbol of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters and concerns core national interests, demanding the student change it immediately.
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.