On the evening of August 29, 2025, the exterior wall of a high-rise building on Xijie in Chongqing University Town was used by activists to display, in a rotating projection, four sets of anti-communist protest slogans including "Down with Red Fascism" and "Overthrow the Communist Party's Tyranny."
On August 22, 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wang Lixia, Deputy Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and Chairperson of the regional government, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing review and investigation.
It is alleged that a collision between CCP vessels and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea caused the deaths of two military personnel, aged 21 and 25; related claims state that the incident was not disclosed until August 2026.
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee, has been taken away to assist in an investigation. He is considered the person within the Party who best understands the layout of the overseas assets of the power elite.
In August 2025, a subject in the high-dose group of Huida Gene's HG302 Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene editing clinical trial died from a severe immune reaction triggered by AAV, and the incident was not disclosed until about a year later.
A video blogger claimed that the 82nd Group Army, stationed in Baoding, is using the September 3 military parade to prepare to enter Beijing and the Beidaihe area and step up security; the claim comes from sources outside the Great Firewall, with no public reports confirming it.
Reuters cited insiders as saying that Liu Jianchao's residence was searched in early August 2025.