The New York Times reported that since December last year, a fake Hong Kong consulting firm, under the guise of high-paying consulting work, attempted to recruit the core aide to the chairman of the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, seeking sensitive information on China policy; the case has been handed over to the FBI.
70 recipients of the 2026 Chinese Government Scholarship from 16 Chinese universities arrived in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, to begin their studies there.
Thousands of property owners from four housing developments in Shizhong District, Leshan, staged a collective protest against the government's reclassification of their household registration (hukou) as rural, which affects their children's access to urban educational resources. Some owners blocked traffic.
A large section of the exterior wall insulation of a high-rise building at the Wuzhou International Residential Complex in Taocheng District, Hengshui City, suddenly detached, crashing onto the road and a nearby kindergarten. The person who posted the video was subsequently pressured by the local government to hide the content.