Flash flood in Weiyuan County, Dingxi, Gansu leaves 10 dead and 23 injured
A sudden flash flood caused by short-term heavy rainfall at the Shuangshimen Scenic Area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi, Gansu, has left 10 camping tourists dead and 23 injured.
A sudden flash flood caused by short-term heavy rainfall at the Shuangshimen Scenic Area in Weiyuan County, Dingxi, Gansu, has left 10 camping tourists dead and 23 injured.
According to a post by X account Luo Xiang, the contributor who reported on the Three Gorges Dam collapse has gone missing. The whistleblower's final submission included an 'internal use' employee information registration form, which detailed personal political affiliation, family background, overseas connections, contact methods, internet usage habits, assets, and requirements for fingerprint and voiceprint collection.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has warned that Moonshot AI's project, Kimi K3, may be stealing U.S. AI models through "distillation" techniques and could potentially use overseas nodes to hijack access to NVIDIA servers. The U.S. government has added Kimi K3 to the Entity List for sanctions.
The day after Fang Xinghai was reported, Liang Wenfeng notified potential investors for the second round of financing to pause, with the valuation for the relevant round approaching $70 billion.
As the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party's military approaches, outlying troops have begun moving closer to Beijing, Beijing's defenses have been tightened, and large numbers of military vehicles have appeared and started conducting checkpoint inspections.
Anti-climbing blades have been installed on some trees in Beijing, while a large number of non-locals are sleeping on the streets near Beijing Railway Station.
Affected by Typhoon "Noul," the first floor of a woman's home in Huizhou, Guangdong, was flooded, with water levels reaching over one meter deep.
Affected by Typhoon Noul, a construction cradle used for exterior wall work on a high-rise building in Shenzhen, Guangdong, was trapped in mid-air with two workers inside.
X account Luo Xiang posted a video submitted by a netizen showing that some disaster victims in the Hengzhou area of Guangxi staged a protest due to dissatisfaction with post-disaster resettlement. The video footage shows smoke filling the air in the night.
On the afternoon of July 25, 2026, a high-altitude cradle at the Gemdale property in Dongguan went out of control during typhoon weather, leaving 4 workers trapped in mid-air.
The United States, Japan and the Philippines have concluded a five-day multilateral maritime cooperative joint exercise in the South China Sea.
China's State Administration for Market Regulation has found that Ctrip abused its dominant position in the hotel booking market, confiscating its illegal gains and imposing a fine totaling approximately 5.179 billion yuan.
On July 23, U.S. President Trump publicly stated that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the U.S. on September 24 for another meeting, where the two sides will focus on discussing artificial intelligence. Trump claimed that he had already discussed artificial intelligence with Xi and extended the invitation during his visit to Beijing in May.
In the first half of 2026, discipline inspection and supervision organs nationwide received 2.188 million reports and filed 538,000 cases, including 50 officials at or above the provincial and ministerial level and 2,773 officials at the department and bureau level.
The Wall Street Journal reporter Lingling Wei published a report on Fang Xinghai containing internal details, released just over six hours before the announcement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Caixin has published a report of over 5,000 words exposing Fang Xinghai, focusing on his act of 'passing notes' during the Ant Group IPO process.
On July 25, the CCP Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that 36 centrally-managed cadres had fallen in the first half of 2026, and 50 provincially-managed cadres were placed under investigation, nearing last year's full-year record of 65.
The State Administration for Market Regulation determined that Ctrip violated Article 22 of the Anti-Monopoly Law, confiscating illegal gains of 1.658 billion and imposing a fine of 3.521 billion, totaling 5.179 billion in fines and confiscations.
In July 2026, netizens found that the new edition of the PEP Chinese textbook for 9th grade added an article by Xi Jinping, replacing classic texts such as Liang Qichao's "Dedication and Harmony with Others," prompting concern about ideological infiltration in basic education.
On July 26, 2026, Guangxi Daily, the official newspaper of the CCP Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regional Committee, broke its front-page convention dominated by leaders' activities by running a full-front-page headline report on Fields Medal-winning scholar Wang Hong, drawing rare public praise.
On July 25, an outdoor electronic big screen in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan aired a public service announcement opposing animal abuse and supporting Wangwang, a stray dog in Jieyang, Guangdong.
Recently, the mother of Zhu Yidan, a victim of the Zhejiang Financial Center default incident, wrote a letter to prosecutors and judges in Zhejiang Province. She stated that her daughter, who was in Changsha, was labeled a "principal offender" simply for forwarding relevant information in a WeChat group, and questioned whether the Hangzhou police, procuratorate, and courts were engaging in retaliation.