In a first-instance ruling, the Qindu District Court found that Zhang Heng's act of resisting a forced demolition that resulted in a death constituted self-defense, acquitted him, and rejected the civil compensation claims filed by the deceased's family.
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a joint defense agreement in Mecca, stipulating that an armed attack on one of the countries shall be considered an attack on all three.
Philippine police found 5 abandoned coffins in Manila, one of which was placed outside the Chinese Communist Party embassy, bearing photos of Xi Jinping, Wang Yi and Jing Quan.
The Ministry of Public Security issued Order No. 176, promulgating the Measures for Cyberspace Security Supervision and Inspection, expanding the scope of network inspections and taking effect on October 1.
It is alleged that the CCP Central Committee General Office conveyed requirements to Wang Xiaohong through Chen Wenqing, mandating the state security system to conduct political vetting of individuals entering and exiting China.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters said that some members of the Pacific Islands Forum blocked the passage of a joint statement condemning China's recent test firing of nuclear-capable missiles in the region.
Trump held a roundtable meeting with executives from critical mineral companies at the State Council and announced a $100 million investment to cultivate the next generation of American mining talent.
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan formally signed the Mecca Defense Agreement and invited Iran to join. Advancing under the approval and lead framework of the Trump administration, the agreement has completely disrupted the Chinese Communist Party's infiltration strategy in the Middle East.
At 1:08 p.m. on August 7, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan, with a focal depth of 6 kilometers. Some people were trapped in an elevator.
US Federal Judge James Boasberg issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily halting the Department of Defense's decision to designate Wuxi AppTec as a company associated with the Chinese military.
President Trump attended a critical minerals roundtable and announced multiple investment and loan programs aimed at promoting the independence of the U.S. critical minerals supply chain and reducing external dependence.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) issued a notice stating that Zhang Yigong, Party Secretary of Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations and the law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.
In an interview, Want Want Group vice chairman Chou Hsi-wei said that Taiwanese need to think clearly about how much harm the so-called Western electoral democratic system has brought to the world, sparking discussion among netizens.
On Friday, the US stock market saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise by 0.28%, the S&P 500 rise by 0.62%, and the Nasdaq Composite rise by 1.3%.
According to a Yicai report, from 1985 to 2024, the impervious surface area in major urban agglomerations such as Beijing, Tianjin, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta increased from 22,500 square kilometers to 69,300 square kilometers.
Wu Chunyu, deputy Party secretary, director and general manager of Genertec Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool, voluntarily turned himself in; the case is being investigated by the Huludao City Supervisory Commission in Liaoning.
On August 7, 2026, a lawyer disclosed that the Qindu District Court in Xianyang, Shaanxi, had issued a first-instance judgment in the case of Zhang Heng, finding that when his residence was illegally and forcibly demolished by a group of armed people in April 2023, his counterattack that resulted in one death constituted legitimate self-defense, and declaring him not guilty.
On August 7, 2026, Yangshipin published a report on rising vegetable prices in South Korea. Over 10,000 comments quickly appeared in the comment section, mocking the low-income situation at home, with the number of comments far exceeding the number of likes; afterwards, the comment section of the video was entirely wiped clean by the platform.
On August 9, 2026, in the men's singles quarterfinals of the WTT Champions held in Yokohama, Japan, Xiang Peng and Chen Yuanyu each lost to Japanese and South Korean players, meaning that for the first time in history no Chinese men's singles player advanced to the semifinals at the Champions level.
On August 10, 2026, Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology released the report "Science and Technology Indicators 2026", showing that China's total R&D investment in 2024 reached 97.1 trillion yen, surpassing the United States' 95.3 trillion yen for the first time to rank first globally.
On August 7, 2026, a large number of depositors from Henan village and town banks left comments under journalist Li Weiao's Weibo post, accusing their accounts of being frozen and having no recourse after five years of rights defense. The platform subsequently classified the depositors' comments as harmful content and uniformly set them to be visible only to the poster, ultimately deleting the original Weibo post entirely.
On August 7, 2026, netizens testing the systems found that when waiting in a queue on Tencent's and several telecom operators' customer service systems, typing "I am a foreigner" would immediately connect them to a dedicated human agent channel, sparking strong public doubts about super-national treatment.
On August 7, 2026, an earthquake struck Gao County, Yibin, Sichuan, causing extensive cracking and damage to the walls of many residential houses near the epicenter. A young mother in Chenzheng Village was unfortunately killed. Local residents again pointed to nearby shale gas extraction operations as the cause of the frequent earthquakes.
On August 17, 2026, the legal community and foreign media disclosed that the Ministry of Public Security announced the latest supervision measures, expanding the authority of cybersecurity inspections and, for the first time, directly bringing ordinary individuals and personal data processing activities within the scope of routine police inspections and document reviews.
On August 7, flower farmers in Hengzhou, Guangxi released footage showing that, affected by the flooding from the discharge of the Liulan Reservoir for more than ten days, large areas of jasmine plants in local fields had lost their leaves and withered, and the soil was severely compacted.
On August 7, 2026, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Zhang Yigong, Party Secretary of Quanzhou, Fujian, is under investigation and scrutiny.
On August 7, 2026, Zhou Zuyi, Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, convened a meeting, reviving the "Fortress Project" deployed in Fujian 35 years ago and calling for it to be integrated into grassroots Party building across the province and into the leadership elections of village and community two committees.
On August 7, Tianjin Party Secretary Chen Min'er went to community elderly care homes and hospitals for an on-site inspection, appearing two days earlier than other Politburo members.
On the afternoon of August 7, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, went to the municipal flood control headquarters to inspect and coordinate typhoon defense work.
On August 7, 2026, a student rights defense organization revealed that Yingshan High School in Sichuan Province illegally held supplementary classes and charged students fees during the summer vacation, while publicly claiming to offer free after-school care. During this period, students were forced to stay on campus at noon, and the quality of the cafeteria food was poor.
On August 7, 2026, affected by typhoon weather, a family of four was knocked down by huge waves at the seaside of Shitang, Wenling, Zhejiang. One 9-year-old boy was swept away by the waves and went missing, and local authorities launched a search and rescue operation.
On August 7, 2026, a netizen posted a photo showing a double-decker tram on the streets of Hong Kong covered with a public service advertisement on the theme of opposing animal abuse, accompanied by rainbow elements and slogans, in support of the dog "Wangwang," who was abused to death in Jieyang, Guangdong.
On August 7, 2026, multiple staff members at the Zhouzhi Water Street Scenic Area in Xi'an, Shaanxi, who were facing wage arrears, hung banners inside the scenic area to collectively demand unpaid wages and defend their rights.
On August 7, 2026, after a Douyin creator posted a short video satirizing, in a humorous way, schools' hypocritical procedures for handling campus bullying, the account was immediately hit by the platform with a ban on publishing content.
On August 7, 2026, Pang Dong Lai founder Yu Donglai announced that the Xuchang Life Plaza store, which has been in operation for 24 years and earns annual profits of over 100 million yuan, falls below the baseline of fairness because of its historical lease, and will officially close and exit after the lease expires in December 2026.
On August 7, 2026, at the Weishan Torch Festival in Dali, Yunnan, a female tourist wearing a qipao was deliberately splashed with rosin by several strange men, who set her exposed skin on fire and burned her; the culture and tourism authority apologized.
On August 7, 2026, a college student in Quanzhou, Fujian posted a request for help, saying that while working part-time at an educational institution in Quangang District, 4500 yuan in wages were withheld; the institution unilaterally cut the pay to 3000 yuan and deleted them as a friend, leaving them facing difficulties in rights defense because they had no company name.