At the Beijing Politburo meeting the day after the Hongfuyuan fire, CCDI Secretary Li Xi presented irrefutable evidence of Ma Xingrui's corruption, and he was placed under isolated investigation on the spot.
The fire at Wing Fook Yuen in Tai Po, Hong Kong, on November 26, 2025 killed more than 100 people; the exterior protective netting is suspected to have been produced by two Shandong companies, whose test reports cannot be found on the testing agency's official website, and outsiders question whether the materials were substandard.
A major fire broke out in Tai Po, Hong Kong. Hu Liren said that the plastic mesh involved did not meet fireproof standards, and pointed out that its materials were related to imported waste.
The 62nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony was held in Taipei, where Fan Bingbing won the Best Actress award for her lead role in the Malaysian film 'Mother Earth'.
On November 18, 2025, Masaaki Kanai, an official from the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, communicated to the Chinese side in Beijing the intention to expel Xue Jian, the Chinese Consul General in Osaka. Liu Jinsong, then Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, warned on the spot, "If you expel one, we will expel two," leading the Japanese side to ultimately shelve the plan.
On November 13, 2025, US Secretary of State Rubio announced that four far-left groups in Germany, Italy, and Greece would be designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists, and that they would be listed as Foreign Terrorist Organizations starting the following week.
After undergoing a series of legal procedures in a Thai prison, She Zhijiang was eventually extradited back to China to face charges.
Guo Yonghang, Party Secretary of Guangzhou, accompanied the top leader in Guangzhou to attend the opening ceremony of the 15th National Games, marking the third key 'escort' mission in his political career.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to infidelity to his employees and issued an apology, while also facing allegations of intelligence-related misconduct involving China and an independent board investigation.
On November 4, according to CCTV, the Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court in Guangdong Province announced the first-instance verdict in the Bai family criminal gang case: Bai Suocheng, Bai Yingcang, Yang Liqiang, Hu Xiaojiang, and Chen Guangyi were sentenced to death; Li Fushou and Li Zhide received death sentences with a reprieve; Guo Jianzheng, Pan Xian, and three others received life imprisonment; Li Longhua, Luo Wending, and six others received fixed-term sentences ranging from three to twenty years.
Anti-Xi forces began a large-scale gathering last November, followed by reports of Zhang Youxia's arrest, which triggered strong shock and backlash within the military.
In November 2025, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae said in the Diet that a Taiwan incident could constitute a “existential crisis” for Japan; China then issued a travel advisory for trips to Japan and suspended imports of Japanese seafood, causing Sino-Japanese relations to deteriorate sharply.
On November 1, 2025, the White House claimed that the US-China agreement would effectively lift relevant rare earth export controls through general licenses; but the suspension list China subsequently released did not include the measure implemented that April placing yttrium under export licensing management.