Nepalese army, armed police and rescue personnel rescued two stranded engineers inside the tunnel of the Upper Chhuksikhola 3A hydropower plant; the two were subsequently taken to a hospital in Kathmandu.
Nepal's disaster management department has released its latest statistics, showing that the floods have killed at least 1,259 people and left more than 5,000 missing.
Chinese official reports state that as of September 4, the disaster has left 31 people dead and 531 missing, with a total of 987 personal belongings recovered at the scene.
Starting September 4, an entertainment venue in Zhuji, Shaoxing, Zhejiang was ordered by relevant local departments to suspend operations for rectification for three months, kicking off a new round of strict crackdowns on entertainment venues in Zhejiang.
President Trump said on September 4 that the United States leads China in the field of AI, emphasizing that this is a competition between the two countries.
A narration about new entry-exit rules claims that the relevant measures will affect outbound travel after September 15, including strengthened review of visa documents, turning back travelers at ports on risk grounds, and approval for specific individuals; the video did not provide the specific issuing authority.
As the Pacific Islands Forum closed, leaders agreed to express a joint concern over China's launch of ballistic missiles into the waters of forum member states; Nauru opposed the joint statement condemning China, and the statement was therefore not adopted unanimously.
Reuters exclusive reports that Beijing is preparing an unusually large delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs to accompany the top leader on a visit to the United States, sparking external attention to the political signal of private entrepreneurs traveling together.
A neighbor said the family bought the house for about 1.35 million yuan in 2021 and paid for renovations; after five years of mortgage repayments, they sold the house for 800,000 yuan. Her husband is unemployed, and the family is under considerable pressure to repay the loan.
A Chinese national who has lived abroad for a long time said that police, on the pretext of a verification check, demanded their passport, visa, living and work details, WeChat records, as well as a video call and real-time location sharing.
Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung, who was invited to attend the Pacific Islands Forum, criticized China's wolf warrior diplomacy in an interview in Taiwan, and said that the conduct of Chinese personnel at the venue and during events involved espionage. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied the related allegations.
According to the material, the Shanghai People's Congress accepted Gong Zheng's resignation as mayor of Shanghai on September 4.
A middle-aged man sold his TV because he had no money for food, saying he was rejected over his age while job hunting and that he had already sold everything in the house that could be sold.
US Treasury Department official Bessent pointed out that not a single barrel of Iranian crude oil has been shipped out since August 25.
According to a Nature report on September 4, the NIH and the Department of Defense have signed an agreement to transfer NIAID biodefense and other projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars to the management of the Department of Defense, with completion planned by the end of September, a ten-year term, as part of the larger "Advancing the Frontier" biodefense program.
On September 4, astronomer Jonathan McDowell revealed that the Yaogan-50 02 satellite of China fragmented in orbit, and the US Space Force has cataloged 43 related fragments, with orbital altitudes of approximately 600 to 1100 kilometers. The satellite was launched on March 15 of this year, less than six months before this news disclosure. The National Space Administration at that time annou... #China
Reuters reported on September 4, citing sources, that some Chinese rare earth suppliers, even while holding export licenses, are refusing to ship to the US out of concern that Beijing could hold them accountable or that the materials could be resold to restricted end users; the total number of companies involved could not be confirmed.
On September 4, 2026, under the continuing impact of heavy rain, Xiaohua Village in Putian, Fujian and other areas were severely flooded. Several old residential houses collapsed one after another into ruins after being soaked in the floodwaters, and some villagers were trapped.
On September 4, 2026, Radio Free Asia reported that after Taiwan imposed a one-year restriction on Xiaohongshu from the end of 2025 due to obstruction of anti-fraud investigations, within eight months related fraud cases and the amounts involved each fell by around 70%.
On September 4, 2026, a netizen's submission reported that multiple universities required students in every class to follow the state security (MSS) WeChat official account, with class monitors verifying and tallying the number of followers one by one and reporting it upward.
On September 4, 2026, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung criticized Beijing after the Pacific Islands Forum for obstructing Taiwan's participation and pursuing wolf-warrior diplomacy, and alleged that Chinese security personnel monitored the Taiwanese delegation inside and outside the venue.
On September 4, 2026, officials in Houyang Village, Hetang Town, Gutian County, Ningde, Fujian, forcefully demolished a large outdoor Guanyin stone statue. The demolition was blocked on the spot by several villagers. Relevant authorities deployed riot-control security personnel to maintain order, and a standoff and clash ensued.
On September 4, 2026, a massive landslide occurred in Gongli Village, Huating Town, Chengxiang District, Putian City, Fujian Province, due to heavy rainfall, resulting in the destruction and burial of over ten residential houses.
On September 4, 2026, continuous heavy rainfall in Suichuan County, Ji'an, Jiangxi, triggered secondary disasters such as landslides in multiple areas, damaging numerous houses and causing widespread water, power, and communication outages in the affected regions.
On September 4, 2026, a ninth-grade student at Guangdong Bowen School in Zhongshan, Guangdong, died by suicide on the first day of school. Suspecting that the student had suffered long-term school bullying, the family held up a portrait of the deceased outside the school gate in a rights defense action, prompting police to arrive and cordon off the area.
On September 4, 2026, regarding the case of a Chinese man who killed a female student in South Korea, domestic media blurred the suspect's photo released by the Korean police while disclosing the victim in detail, trending on Weibo and sparking controversy over media ethics.
On September 4, 2026, a large number of villagers gathered in protest outside the gate of Liaoning Datang International Fuxin Coal-to-Natural-Gas Company, accusing the company of emitting pungent, foul-smelling gas for days, which caused health problems such as sore throats and shortness of breath among many villagers; police stood guard at the scene.
On September 4, 2026, Musk posted to announce that the motors of Tesla's Cybercab robotaxi have completely freed themselves from reliance on rare-earth metals, seen as a key technological breakthrough in responding to China's supply-chain control over rare-earth export restrictions.
On the evening of September 4, 2026, a dissident action group projected slogans on the outer wall of the Chinese Consulate General in Frankfurt in support of those who had been arrested. Chinese consulate staff gave chase and tried to block them with black umbrellas, and German police later arrived to help the protesters leave the scene.
On September 4, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against a Turkish investment bank and its subsidiaries, accusing the bank of helping Iran's shadow banking network route and launder oil trade payments from China.
Reuters reported exclusively on September 4, 2026 that Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to unusually bring a large corporate delegation with him during his visit to the US for a summit on September 24, aiming to demonstrate sincerity in business cooperation and stabilize bilateral trade and economic relations.
On September 4, 2026, a vicious attack on a doctor occurred at the Hongyan Campus of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine. A patient with late-stage cancer hid a knife inside a banner of praise and stabbed a disabled attending physician 16 times, leaving him severely and critically injured.
On September 4, 2026, Yaogan 52-02, a Chinese military reconnaissance satellite launched in March this year, broke up in orbit, producing 13 fragments. Space-tracking expert Jonathan McDowell disclosed details of the fragments, saying a battery explosion or a collision with debris was more likely, and ruled out a deliberate shoot-down.
On September 4, 2026, the White House reposted a CNBC report saying that South Korea is evaluating multiple options, including military assistance, to support the United States in reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with no final decision yet made. The Lee Jae-myung government subsequently denied to reporters that the details had been settled, saying many matters remain undetermined.
After the family applied for reconsideration, Yuncheng police on September 4 revoked the decision not to file a case and opened an investigation into the class teacher surnamed Tan on suspicion of the crime of abusing a person in care.
On September 4, 2026, after Radio Free Asia reported on the Changzhou Xingyu incident, Chinese workers paid widespread attention to defending their rights with the help of the EU Forced Labor Regulation, and several labor experts offered interpretations of the determination standards and the supply chain complaint mechanism.
According to online reports, on September 4, 2026, affected by heavy rain from Typhoon Shardel, villagers in Batou Village, Qianhuang Town, Quangang District, Quanzhou, Fujian, found the body of a deceased person in the floodwaters. The authorities have not yet released information on casualties.
On September 4, 2026, outside the gates of Zhongjian Road and Bridge Group in Qiaoxi District, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, a group of workers gathered to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages, accusing the company involved of failing to honor its payment agreement and of misappropriating the wages it refused to pay.
On September 4, 2026, four employees of Yilong New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. in Longyan City, Fujian Province, climbed onto the rooftop of the factory building to protest and demand tens of thousands of yuan in wages that had been withheld for half a year, threatening to jump off the building. Police arrived at the scene to handle the situation.
On September 4, 2026, Xinhua News Agency published an article calling for action against crushing bride prices that weigh on rural young people. The article was shared tens of thousands of times, but only two supportive comments were selectively shown in the comment section, prompting netizen discussion about the one-way messaging and comment control of state media.
On September 4, 2026, Putian No. 4 Middle School in Fujian was severely flooded by torrential rain. Large numbers of students were trapped in their dormitories without electricity and short of food. After nightfall, the trapped students sang loudly together on the balcony to boost morale and cry for help from outside.
On September 4, 2026, several grassroots community medical workers and staffed teachers in Shaanxi reported on social platforms that their wages were in arrears and performance pay had been suspended. Some employees with official staffing status said they were burdened by mortgages and even had to consider taking out loans in order to keep working.
On September 4, 2026, a college student revealed that the school required students to report and document their travel history during the summer break to designated provinces and overseas, using a publicly editable online form to collect the information, sparking controversy over infringement of personal privacy.
On September 4, 2026, a contractor from Chenzhou, Hunan, posted a video to report state-owned enterprise Shaanxi Construction No.7 Group under his real name, claiming that the group still refuses to pay more than 2 million yuan in project payments, over a year after completion of the Ruoqiang Loulan Town project in Xinjiang, which it had contracted as general contractor.
On September 4, 2026, media reported that a doctor at a health clinic in Wuchuan, Guangdong refused to treat a girl with an allergy and wrote the word 'unruly' in her medical record. The health bureau confirmed this was true but accused the parents' online rights defense of being a smear against Wuchuan.
On September 4, 2026, several students at Henan Vocational College of Art reported that the school issued a sudden notice on the eve of the new term, ordering sophomores to transfer to a secondary vocational program. Students questioned whether the school was using the name of work-study alternation as a pretext to covertly arrange for them to work in factories.
On September 4, a netizen captured footage of a blind person using a domestic smartphone when a pop-up ad covered the screen. Because he relies on the screen reader accessibility feature, he could not close the ad through normal means, and the phone repeatedly played a prompt sound.