On September 5, a Douyin account released an AI short film titled 'Millennium Illusion', which uses a fictional magical world to satirize various social issues in China, attracting widespread attention and discussion among netizens.
On September 6, the NetEase News app published an article discussing class solidification and the survival pressure on young people, which was subsequently deleted across the entire internet, sparking widespread discussion about economic downturn and deflation.
A netizen from Zhejiang shared a video of sisters reuniting at an airport. The younger sister grew up in Taiwan, while the older sister was raised as a child bride in mainland China, with a six-year age gap. The video prompted netizens to compare living conditions across the Strait and interpret the words and actions of the elders.
In September 2026, U.S. presidential envoys Witkoff and Kushner first visited Moscow, then traveled via Poland by special diplomatic train to Kyiv for the first time, holding several hours of talks with Zelensky. Zelensky said the territorial issue can only be resolved at the leadership level, and both sides gave positive assessments of their future outlook, but major differences remain over the Donbas issue.
On September 6, 2026, CCTV News reported the latest casualties from the August 26 major mudslide disaster in Gyirong County, Tibet. Officials confirmed that 43 people have been killed and 519 remain missing, but a detailed list of the victims has not yet been released.
On September 6, 2026, an investigative report by The New York Times revealed that Inspur Group, a Chinese company under U.S. sanctions, purchased tens of billions of dollars' worth of advanced-process chips and evaded export controls by renaming its Silicon Valley subsidiary and using a transshipment network in Southeast Asia.
A Financial Times report on September 6, 2026 said that nearly 100 tonnes of gold were shipped from Russia to Hong Kong in the first 7 months of 2026, three times the amount for the same period last year, and that large quantities of Russian gold evading Western sanctions ultimately flowed into mainland China.
On September 6, 2026, Global Times reported that the Ministry of State Security disclosed a case of a spy climbing into a courier station to steal logistics data, claiming that foreign forces attempted to use courier big data to spy on the routines of personnel with access to classified information and China's macroeconomic conditions.
A POLITICO investigative report dated September 6, 2026 says that Jilin Chemical Fiber Group, a Jilin provincial state-owned enterprise, is suspected of supplying tens of tons of carbon fiber precursor to Russian sanctioned entities for use in manufacturing Russian Shahed attack suicide drones.
On September 6, a customer in Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan posted an avoid-this negative review video because a 6 yuan portion of fried potatoes had too little extra added. This triggered an online mobbing campaign against stall owner Hu Ermei, who had been running her stall for more than four years. Overwhelmed by the pressure, Hu Ermei jumped into the river and took her own life. Netizens expressed regret one after another and angrily condemned the person who posted the negative review.
According to a report by Yicai, on September 6, Shandong Chemical Technician College welcomed 320 university graduates for enrollment and registration, among whom undergraduates accounted for 60.6%, junior college graduates 38.8%, and master's degree students 0.6%. Since 2019, the college has offered order-based classes for college graduates who left school without finding employment, and has enrolled more than 1,400 people in total.
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on an ABC News program on September 6 that a nuclear deal with Iran may not be reached. Trump responded on September 9 that what he is involved in goes far beyond the scope of the nuclear issue.
On September 6, a WeChat mini program called “Shuangxiu Gou” (Two-Day Weekend Shopping) attracted attention by advocating for consumers to prioritize purchasing products from companies that implement a two-day weekend. The page marks associated companies and their two-day weekend index, and provides access to shopping platforms.
Circulating online on September 6, 2026, a submission from a patient's family reported that a serious medical accident occurred at Ruijin Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, accusing the doctor involved of carrying out medical orders incorrectly and tampering with medical record data, which left the child paralyzed and then dead.
On September 6, 2026, animal protection volunteers in Dalian, Liaoning held banners against animal abuse on the street and hung posters on residential building balconies, continuing to speak up for Wangwang, a stray female dog abused to death in Jieyang, Guangdong.
On the evening of September 6, 2026, a vicious knife murder occurred in Qingyuan Town, Yizhou District, Hechi City, Guangxi. Official reports state that the male attacker, identified only as Lan, stabbed a woman to death and then jumped from a building to his death.
On September 6, 2026, an ideological and political theory teacher at Xiamen City Vocational College issued a notice strictly forbidding students from sitting in the last three rows, and claimed to use 360-degree panoramic surveillance to strictly check students' head-up rate, sparking ridicule over formalism in ideological and political courses at universities.
Iran claimed that on September 6 it attacked and destroyed a U.S. military unmanned surface vessel in the Strait of Hormuz as a warning to the U.S. military. The U.S. military has not confirmed the incident.