Taiwan's Secretary-General of the National Security Council, Joseph Wu, publicly confirmed that the PLA has deployed over 100 naval warships and coast guard vessels to operate in the waters from south of Japan to the Philippine Sea.
A formation of four China Coast Guard vessels entered the restricted waters of Kinmen six times during this period.
Reuters and the Taiwan National Security Council pointed out that after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conducted large-scale unannounced military exercises in early November, 70 PLA vessels and aircraft remained active within the first island chain.
Xinhua News Agency reports that Xi Jinping will head to Shenzhen to preside over APEC; at 6 PM, the CCDI officially announced that Wang Zhonglin has been placed under investigation.
The Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee held a meeting to resolutely support the decision of the CCP Central Committee to conduct disciplinary review and supervisory investigation into Wang Zhonglin.
On November 13, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wang Zhonglin, former Party Secretary of Hubei Province, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Wang Zhonglin took over as Party Secretary of Wuhan in February 2020, succeeding Ma Guoqiang, and was jokingly referred to by netizens as the "firefighter captain." Jiang Chaoliang, Wang Xiaodong, and Zhou Xianwang, who were known as the "Hubei F4" during the early stages of the pandemic, have previously been investigated.
On November 13, a symposium on Party building in state-owned enterprises was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping's instructions were conveyed: strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over SOEs, integrate Party leadership into all aspects of corporate governance, and promote the deep integration of Party building with production and operations. Cai Qi demanded further institutionalization and standardization of the Party's leadership over SOEs.
According to a New York Times report on November 13, three Taiwanese officials believe that Xi Jinping's ongoing loyalty reviews and anti-corruption investigations within the military may hinder the People's Liberation Army's war preparations against Taiwan. Other officials noted a recent decline in the complexity of PLA military exercises, speculating that it is related to the impact on the command structure.
On November 13, in an interview with Salem News Channel, Trump stated that Xi Jinping had discussed with him in detail the role of Jimmy Lai in the Hong Kong democracy movement, claiming he caused great trouble for the Chinese side. Trump said Xi promised to release others but has yet to agree to release Jimmy Lai. Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison this February.
On November 13, researcher Will DePue released a report stating that the weights of 6 AI models publicly released by DeepSeek, Moonshot AI (Kimi), MiniMax, and Ant Group contain traces consistent with Nvidia's Blackwell chips. He extracted 469 lines of parameters from DeepSeek-V4-Flash and replicated 445 of them using a single B300 chip. Exports of this model to China require a U.S. license.
In March 2025, a child with a rare disease died of thrombotic microangiopathy within a week of receiving customized gene editing treatment at Shanghai Xinhua Hospital. On November 13, Shanghai authorities reported: the research team failed to timely disclose safety warnings from animal trials, the published paper did not report the child's death, ethical reviews were lax, and some personnel accepted approximately 1.06 million yuan in bribes from the family. Two responsible individuals have been dismissed and disqualified from research awards for five years.
LatePost reports that in order to meet launch dates, some car companies leave incomplete validation and rectification until after delivery. When hardware issues arise, they replace parts under the guise of 'free upgrades' while continuing to sell the vehicles, having already set aside after-sales budgets when cutting testing costs.
Large-scale demolition has been carried out in Xi'an Fengdong New City, Shaanxi, for the OCT project (including the Maya Beach Water Park), affecting multiple villages such as Niujiao Village and Fengsan Village in Doumen Subdistrict. Following the demolition, the local economy has declined and fiscal resources have been exhausted.
The contributor claims that the Fengdong New City government owes a massive amount in compensation to farmers, with their own family being owed approximately 150,000 yuan and over 300 square meters of housing not yet provided. Official statistics indicate that the total debt in the district exceeds 10 billion yuan, and state-owned enterprise employees have generally had their wages unpaid for about two years.
A netizen submitted a report stating that when explaining the internet meme "Winnie the Pooh," Baidu's Ernie Bot replied that the meme is used by netizens to mock former Chinese national leader Xi Jinping.
On November 13, a blogger who commutes daily between Langfang, Hebei and Beijing stated that the roads entering Beijing are equipped with electric retractable gates, roadblocks, large police (Public Security) checkpoints, and barbed wire fences. Passing through depends on luck, and netizens jokingly remark that Hebei and Beijing are like two separate countries.
The virtual character 'Little Fireman' from Douyin's friend interaction feature said 'Xi Dada' (which sounds similar to 'Xi' when read as 'xī'), and the user's Douyin account was subsequently permanently banned. Netizens commented that this is the 'most unexpected way to get an account banned'.
On November 13, hardware and machinery merchants in multiple areas of Kunming, Yunnan, closed their shops en masse to avoid inspections following joint undercover enforcement actions by the Market Supervision Administration, the Tax Bureau, the Social Security Bureau, and the local police. Merchants who remained open were subjected to on-site inspections.
Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Chinese AI companies have contacted overseas data centers in an attempt to lock in high-end Nvidia computing power in advance; an investigation by IT Times on November 13 stated that some computing power leasing channels claim high-end computing power is becoming increasingly difficult to secure, and they cannot guarantee renewals for 2027.
On November 13, the M+ Museum in Hong Kong announced that the screenings of Hou Hsiao-hsien's film 'The Time to Live and the Time to Die,' originally scheduled for November 22 and December 12, have been cancelled due to "technical issues." Netizens speculate that the cancellation may be due to the film's politically sensitive content involving Kuomintang historical propaganda.
On November 13, the official Douyin account of China Youth Daily posted a video titled 'So beautiful~ A romantic "airplane cloud" appeared over Nanning.' In the comment section, a large number of netizens flooded the screen with the word 'two-day weekend.' One highly-liked comment stated, 'Putting down your phone, putting down your work, and taking to the streets is the only thing that works.'
On November 13, a federal court in Manhattan, New York, sentenced 69-year-old June Fourth participant Tang Yuanjun to three years of probation. In September 2025, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an illegal agent of the Chinese government in the United States. Prosecutors revealed that for about five years starting in 2018, he collected information on overseas dissidents for state security (MSS) personnel, recorded June Fourth memorial meetings, and introduced state security personnel into a pro-democracy activist group of about 140 people.
On November 13, the Ministry of Emergency Management reported that the Office of the State Council Work Safety Committee recently interviewed the main person in charge of the Xiangyang Municipal Government in Hubei, but did not disclose specific rectification measures or deadlines.
On November 13, netizens captured footage showing that the scope of hardware, electromechanical, and building materials markets closing to 'avoid inspections' has expanded to Kunming, Yuxi, and Baoshan in Yunnan; Zhengzhou and Shangqiu in Henan; Xi'an in Shaanxi; and Bengbu in Anhui. Merchants stated that the joint inspections by multiple departments have caused widespread panic, leading many to close their businesses.
On November 13, in Hubei, multiple workers went to the project department to demand unpaid wages due to the MCC South Optics Valley No. 3 High School construction project withholding pay. According to netizens at the scene, a person in charge surnamed Yue from the project department led a team to beat and injure the workers while in front of police body cameras.
A Reuters investigation on November 13 found that AI computing projects in various parts of China are using or planning to use Nvidia H100, H200, and H800 chips, which are subject to U.S. export controls, with the total value of related projects and equipment agreements exceeding 23 billion yuan.
A new employee at Foxconn in Chengdu was publicly reprimanded and threatened with forced resignation by a line manager for being too slow. After the employee filed a complaint, the line manager denied the remarks and refused to cooperate in reviewing surveillance footage for verification.
Recently, a Douyin user shared their favorites page, which included a video featuring the eight calligraphy characters 'Deng Xiaoping massacred Tiananmen.' The account was subsequently permanently banned.
A contributor claims that Su Xiaopeng, Secretary of the Doumen Subdistrict in Fengdong New City, is under investigation. His assets are reported to exceed 80 million yuan, and with jewelry, calligraphy, and paintings, the total value exceeds 100 million yuan, reflecting severe corruption in the area over the years.
An 'excavator incident' occurred in Fengdong New City. The contributor claims the protagonist only broke windows and did not harm anyone, using the bucket only to push aside those blocking the machine, describing him as a 'good person' and hoping the local authorities will use this to face up to fiscal and debt issues.
Recently, a shop at Changchun Beihu Wuyue Plaza displayed an animal protection sign to show support for "Wangwang".
On November 13, the original Weibo post of Litchi News' investigation into unlicensed sheep slaughter in Binhai County, Yancheng, became inaccessible, suspected of being deleted or blocked.
A netizen reported that during the township-level People's Congress representative election, the village head brought ballots to a wedding banquet, had the guests take them, and explicitly designated two candidates the villagers had never heard of, forcing most villagers to vote for them.
On November 13, BYD's legal department announced that to combat the chaos of online black PR, it is offering a reward of up to 5 million yuan for information leading to the exposure of organized and planned smear campaigns.
On November 13, the Changsha Blood Center held an event at a school, offering students holidays and exemption from that evening's self-study session as incentives for donating blood, which sparked widespread attention.
On November 13, a netizen had their Weibo account banned simply for posting the three characters "习惯了" (used to it), a phrase alleged to be a sensitive expression related to Xi Jinping.
On the evening of November 13, a stabbing incident occurred on the street in Wangjiapu, Caijia, Chongqing. Details have not yet been disclosed.
On November 13, The Beijing News reported that 41-year-old internet writer Zhou Lubao was sentenced to 14 years in prison for extortion and picking quarrels and provoking trouble. He was accused of publishing false negative information under the guise of helping migrant workers and contractors demand unpaid wages and rights defense, in order to pressure companies and the government to extort 820,000 yuan.
On November 13, a netizen in Shandong posted a request for help, stating that they received an anti-fraud call informing them that the provincial Public Security Bureau had detected risks associated with their Taobao Wangwang account. Subsequently, local police officers visited their home and demanded to inspect their phone. Although the netizen was reluctant, the phone was forcibly inspected for several minutes.
A notice from a Kunming merchant group shows that property management first reminded merchants to prepare for undercover inspections, then later relayed a notice from the regulatory bureau requiring merchants to operate normally and not spread rumors, stating that criminal liability for spreading rumors would be pursued if panic is caused.
On November 13, The Beijing News cited Lanzhou police documents to disclose the process of how police initiated a case in 2023 due to a post mentioning key leaders of the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee.
On November 13, the Henan University of Economics and Law announced that teacher Zhao Mouyan had seriously violated professional ethics and Party discipline. The university decided to expel him from the Party, terminate his employment, and apply for the revocation of his teaching credentials. Previously, sexual harassment allegations against him appeared online, but the announcement did not disclose investigation details.
On November 13, a blogger in Longxi, Gansu, posted a video about their experience with local grassroots wages, discovering that the county People's Hospital was hiring 10 cleaners at a monthly salary of 1,300 yuan. After calling to verify, it was confirmed to be 8 hours a day, with an hourly rate of about 5.41 yuan. The other party also stated that local security guards earn a monthly salary of 1,200 yuan.
On November 13, netizens discovered that the Douban book entries for Eileen Chang's novels 'The Rice-Sprout Song' and 'The Rouge of the North', written during her time in Hong Kong, had been removed. Both novels cover historical themes such as land reform, rural famine, the Three-anti and Five-anti campaigns, and the Korean War.
On November 13, a Douyin travel influencer with over 500,000 followers was filmed on a street in Japan teaching local minors wearing yellow caps to say the Shandong dialect term 'Chaoba' (meaning 'idiot'), while falsely claiming it meant 'Fashion,' and declaring it a 'small act of anti-Japanese resistance today,' which sparked criticism from netizens.
On November 13, a student at Weifang Engineering Technician College requested leave from a teacher to handle funeral arrangements after their father passed away, but was reprimanded. In the recording of the phone call, the teacher threatened, "If you don't arrive by tomorrow, you will be expelled."
On November 13, at the Shuxiang Yayuan project site in Dongming County, Heze, Shandong, a worker climbed a tower crane to demand over 170,000 yuan in unpaid wages after multiple failed attempts to collect. The worker has been stranded for 4 days, facing a lack of food and water. The company associated with the project is Shandong Xiangzhan Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.
On November 13, a cleaner at the Zhenmei Plaza in Gongming, Shenzhen, posted a video claiming that she was fined 500 yuan by her company after being maliciously complained about for stopping someone from putting up illegal advertisements. To avoid being transferred to sweep streets far away, she also gave her supervisor 500 yuan and a box of milk.
On November 13, a netizen posted a video showing a huge red slogan on the exterior wall of a building in a village in Henan that read, 'Better ten more graves than one more person.' In the comments section, netizens questioned the age of the slogan and speculated that someone had recently repainted it.
On November 13, a gaming streamer with hundreds of thousands of followers on Bilibili posted a video criticizing the mockery of femboys, furries, and the LGBT community online. They pointed out that some people in the comment sections were impersonating members of these groups to smear them, stating that there is no need for the majority to suppress the minority.