Shortly before the announcement of Xi Jinping's visit to North Korea, North Korea suddenly launched several short-range ballistic missiles on May 26, signaling to the outside world that its schedule is not constrained by external agendas.
In the first quarter of 2026, Xiaomi's revenue was 99.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 10.9%; adjusted net profit was 6.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year drop of 43.1%, effectively being halved.
On May 26, 2026, the UK government added Huobi Global, which operates Huobi (HTX), to its sanctions list, on the grounds that it provided funding and financial services to the Russian government.
Guo Bing, former executive vice president of Jiangxi Higher People's Court, has been arrested.
Bloomberg reported on May 26 that some of the top AI talent at private companies such as Alibaba and DeepSeek must obtain official approval before leaving the country, with the list selected based on an individual's strategic importance to the country rather than solely on rank or employer.
According to a Bloomberg report cited by the program, government departments require senior AI researchers and executives at companies such as Alibaba and DeepSeek to obtain prior approval before leaving the country.
On May 26, 2026, Bernstein, a Wall Street asset management firm, issued a statement from its Hong Kong-based analyst, announcing that due to the departure of a senior analyst, the firm would terminate its research coverage of China's consumer sector with immediate effect and would no longer maintain related ratings and earnings forecasts.
On May 26, 2026, multiple mainland Chinese residents reported that Bank of China (Hong Kong) had tightened its account opening requirements. Counters now require proof of offshore fund sources and records of overseas work, study, or investment, leading to the rejection of some mainland applicants.
Bloomberg reported on May 26, 2026 that Xiaomi Group's profit in the first quarter of 2026 fell sharply, driven by manufacturing costs pushed up by surging global DRAM and flash memory prices as well as heavy investment in new businesses such as automobiles.
On May 26, 2026, the Sina Weibo account "Xianzi and Her Friends" of Xianzi, the feminist activist who had publicly accused CCTV host Zhu Jun of sexual harassment, was formally banned by the platform on the grounds of violating laws, regulations, and the community convention.
On May 26, 2026, the Chengdu Jinniu Public Security Bureau announced that two suspects were apprehended for illegally installing secret recording devices in the restroom of a certain influencer shop and profiting by selling videos of others' privacy; one was approved for arrest by the procuratorate, and one was released on bail pending trial.
On May 26, 2026, a Meituan delivery rider in Heilongjiang revealed that he got into an argument with a university section chief while yielding on a narrow road because he did not give way first, was verbally abused by the other party, and was subsequently fired directly by the station leadership without any investigation.
On the morning of May 26, 2026, the Lishui River in Yongding District, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, suddenly rose due to a rainstorm. Four men were fishing in the river channel when they encountered danger. Two of them evacuated, while the other two were trapped and swept away by the floodwaters. After search and rescue operations, both were confirmed to have tragically died.
In late May 2026, a blogger revealed that on the Douyin platform there were violating communities using obscure code words such as "wearing a little cotton-padded jacket" to exchange and share experiences of sexually assaulting underage girls; on the 27th, Douyin responded saying it had indefinitely banned the relevant accounts and group chats.
On May 26, 2026, a student at a Shanghai university exposed online that a counselor sent a notice urging blood donation in the class group chat, and stipulated that those unwilling to donate blood must handwrite and submit a statement of no less than 500 characters within a deadline, sparking criticism that this was disguised coercion.
On May 26, 2026, Taiwan influencer "the Curator" visited Zhang Xue's motorcycle factory to call for supporting domestic products. The person in charge, Zhang Xue, responded in person, saying that buying a Yamaha does not mean being unpatriotic and that good products naturally find buyers, pushing back against moral coercion.
On May 26, 2026, rumors circulated online that swine fever had broken out in Yuantan Town, Qingyuan City, Guangdong, with hundreds of pigs in the piggery infected and some already having entered the market; the breeder who provided the tip-off was forced to leave the village and go into hiding out of safety concerns.
On the evening of May 26, 2026, following a tip, reporters conducted an undercover visit to a villa on Wuzhou Road in Linping District, Hangzhou, and found that it had illegally set up an underground test-tube baby laboratory without any medical qualifications, carrying out egg donation, embryo cultivation and transplant procedures in violation of regulations.
On May 26, 2026, online reports claimed that an employee of China Chengxin Pengyuan Credit Rating Co., Ltd. had passed away due to work. Afterwards, the company unexpectedly issued a statement calling on all employees to learn from her dedication and professionalism and to jointly pursue steady development, triggering strong public questioning.
On May 26, 2026, private entrepreneur Liu Shuhong of Xiangyang, Hubei, publicly accused the Nanzhang County government online of having unlawfully detained him and his wife for 666 days under the pretext of a restructuring, forcibly seizing enterprise assets worth over 100 million yuan registered under his name, and saddling him with enormous debts.
On May 26, 2026, an office worker in Nanning, Guangxi posted a complaint saying that their company, because performance targets had not been met, was forcing employees to accept physical punishment. The employee firmly refused this unreasonable rule and had a verbal confrontation with the supervisor on the spot.
On May 26, 2026, a truck driver posted a video reporting that after delivering goods to a logistics company in Shanghai, he was repeatedly put off by several unloaders for as long as two hours, and was told explicitly that they would only arrange unloading if he bought them cigarettes.