Major European media outlets have exposed top-secret Sino-Russian military-industrial cooperation documents, revealing plans by China to assist the Russian military in targeting Elon Musk's Starlink system.
The joint issuance of a notice on making every effort to do a good job in flood and drought prevention by the CCP Central Committee Office and the State Council Office is seen as an unusual signal of military deployment and preparation.
A shoe factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian suddenly caught fire, with the blaze lasting nearly 8 hours and causing 28 deaths. Leaders from the State Council and provincial and municipal governments subsequently visited the scene and apologized.
Bloomberg reported that regulatory authorities under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have asked some banks to reduce the underwriting of local government financing vehicle (LGFV) bonds with maturities of less than two years, in an attempt to restrict local financing vehicles from continuing to rely on rolling over old debt with new loans.
There are reports that a military conflict occurred within the Western Theater Command, with some personnel targeting forces dispatched by Xi Jinping. The central directive was reportedly rejected after reaching the Western Theater Command.
A Tibetan person self-immolated at the United Nations to protest against the so-called "Democratic Unity Law" and other evil laws introduced by the CCP. This incident has sparked anger among Tibetans, Xinjiang Uyghurs, and the Hui people. The host does not condone self-immolation, but supports the independence of Tibet.
He Guangliang, former chairman of Guizhou Phosphate Group, is under investigation; Rao Yuzhu, former first-level inspector of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, is under investigation on the same day.
Growatt Australian executive Guoxin Zhu hid A$20,000 in cash inside a tea box and offered it to a representative of the Clean Energy Council of Australia in an attempt to expedite product approval; the representative refused the bribe and reported it, leading to a joint investigation by Australian police.
On the final day of the summit in Ankara, NATO issued a declaration reaffirming its Article 5 collective defense commitment, advancing increases in defense spending, and establishing a NATO 3.0 defense framework.
Seven lawmakers from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, New Zealand, India, the Czech Republic and Ukraine boarded a Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel to inspect and survey the waters around Kinmen, in a counter to Chinese coast guard patrols.
As of July 9, official data shows that the floods in Hubei and Guangxi have caused a cumulative 50 deaths; in Liaoning, more than 170,000 people were evacuated, including approximately 160,000 in Fushun.
The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Liu Nanyue and Guo Qi, former directors and deputy general managers of China Mobile Beijing Company, were placed under investigation on the same day.
In the early hours of July 9, artist Zhao Pinlin posted a real-name post demanding performance remuneration from "Yang Yangyang," the director of the variety show "100% Singer." This subsequently prompted multiple artists and industry peers to speak out in support, triggering a collective wave of demanding unpaid wages in the entertainment industry.
Trump publicly stated his intent to eradicate the cancer of communism, with related remarks seen as targeting the CCP and Xi Jinping.
The National Bureau of Statistics of China released June price data, showing CPI rose 1% year-on-year and PPI fell 4.1% year-on-year, expanding the scissors gap to 3.1 percentage points.
Sun Yuanping trekked for over ten hours through the tropical rainforests of Yunnan to cross the border into Laos, then traveled through Thailand before finally arriving in Melbourne, Australia.
On July 9, 2026, France's Le Monde and several other foreign media outlets jointly disclosed leaked documents in an investigation, claiming that China and Russia hold a secret military technology forum every year, with the Chinese side exchanging AI, chip, and drone technology for the Russian military's combat experience in Ukraine and defense cooperation.
On July 9, 2026, the EU announced anti-dumping duties of 4.3% to 45.3% on tires for passenger cars, light trucks and buses imported from China, finding that the dumping caused injury to the European industry.
On July 10, 2026, due to the approach of strong Typhoon Bavi, multiple northern and eastern counties and cities in Taiwan, including Taipei, New Taipei, Keelung, Taoyuan, Yilan, and Hualien, announced work and school closures and carried out typhoon preparations.
On July 9, 2026, a major fire broke out at the Huiteng Shoe Factory in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, causing people to jump from buildings to escape and resulting in deaths and injuries. By July 11, the site was tightly sealed off jointly by military and armed police as well as traffic police, with access restricted.
On July 9, 2026, cybersecurity company SentinelOne released a report disclosing that multiple hacker groups linked to the Chinese government had launched cyberattacks against Pakistani law enforcement agencies.
On July 9, 2026, food delivery platforms adjusted same-city crowdsourced rules in Shenzhen and other places, abolishing the self-dispatch toggle and implementing forced order assignment; riders who refuse orders face ranking demotion or forced offline penalties, triggering strong dissatisfaction among riders.
On July 9, 2026, The Economist revealed remarks made in an interview by Russian oligarch Andrei Melnichenko, in which he warned that if the Russia-Ukraine war continues, Russia could face defeat and ultimately end up as a vassal of China.
In July 2026, the gender-irony viral term “Sanshuai,” a satirical coinage by male netizens, and related deconstruction topics were jointly censored, blocked, and banned from search on mainstream domestic social platforms including Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Weibo.
On July 9, 2026, a migrant worker in Heze, Shandong, posted a video on social media, reporting in his real name that the "Shuxiang Yayuan" real estate project in Dongming County had withheld wages from 11 construction workers, demanding full payment of their hard-earned money.