On the afternoon of March 17, 2026, an AITO M9 lost control due to slippery road conditions in rainy weather in Anhui, resulting in a serious traffic accident. The vehicle collided three consecutive times, leaving two people with minor injuries and one person critically injured. The critically injured patient suffered a fractured fifth cervical vertebra, leading to high paraplegia.
Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong was taken away by the CCDI to assist in an investigation after returning from Vietnam.
On March 17, 2026, Wang Sanyuan, a 73-year-old pastor of Changchunli Christian Church in Jinan, Shandong, was taken away by the police. The authorities issued no notice of any kind, and his family has nowhere to turn to file a complaint. Observers outside China point out that this may be a settling of scores over his earlier involvement in the struggle to protect church property.
On March 17, the resume information of Academician Yang Wei, chief designer of the J-20, could no longer be retrieved from the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.