Xi Jinping went to the Zhongnanhai polling station to cast his vote in the Beijing district-level People's Congress election, with state media high-profilely promoting 'whole-process democracy'.
On the day the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress closed, Wang Zhonglin was taken away by the CCDI in Beijing. His daughter and son-in-law were investigated at the same time, and his health-care doctor Yu Yanhong was also publicly announced on the same day.
Defense Minister Dong Jun is rumored to have been taken away for investigation and has been missing for over a month, failing to attend the Fifth Plenary Session, sparking external concern and speculation about internal power struggles.
At the IPAC Hague Summit, 54 legislators from 26 countries responded to the latest report released by Safeguard Defenders, jointly calling for six emergency measures to combat the CCP's foreign interference and transnational repression, demanding that countries stop appeasement.
Radio Free Asia reported on November 6 that Uyghur woman Reyila Wumaer was sent to a re-education camp at the age of 14 in 2017, sentenced to 12 years in prison at 18 in 2021, and died in a Xinjiang prison at 23. Local police and judicial authorities confirmed her death; one officer claimed she died of a heart attack but did not specify the condition or the circumstances of her death.
On November 6, Reuters disclosed Italian investigative documents: suspects had long been staking out Teacher Li's residence and rummaging through trash. One individual collected over 4,000 photos and 35 videos, while others offered 100 euros per day to hire people to track Teacher Li. Prosecutors suspect two main suspects acted on behalf of the Chinese police and maintained contact with personnel from the CCP United Front Work Department. The Milan prosecutor's office concluded its investigation into 10 suspects (8 Chinese citizens, 2 Italian citizens) on October 23; no convictions have been made yet.
On November 6, the Macau Court of First Instance sentenced 69-year-old former pro-democracy legislator and long-time organizer of June 4th memorial activities, Au Kam-san, to 12 years and 6 months in prison on charges of subversion of state power, colluding with foreign organizations to endanger national security, and violating confidentiality. This is the first national security criminal case since Macau's sovereignty handover. Au was arrested in July 2025 and tried behind closed doors in September this year. His family questioned the restrictions on his choice of legal counsel, and Human Rights Watch criticized the case for violating due process.
On November 6, the human rights organization Safeguard Defenders released a report stating that China has established 1,247 overseas liaison points across at least 91 countries and regions, involving 74 domestic agencies. These points use the police, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, and the United Front system to collect information on overseas Chinese and monitor dissidents. The report also cites a paper by the Qingtian Public Security Bureau chief, which claims that 15 protests by overseas Chinese during visits by Chinese leaders were handled.
On November 6, the foreign ministries of ten countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, France, and Germany, issued a joint statement criticizing the use of the Hong Kong National Security Law to target political expression and participation, demanding an end to unjust prosecutions and the release of Joshua Wong.
Au Kam-san, a 69-year-old former pro-democracy legislator in Macau, has been sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison in the city's first national security case, facing long-term incarceration.
Because Au Kam-san holds Portuguese citizenship, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made representations to the Chinese side on the day of the sentencing, sparking widespread attention and support from the international community.
A Reuters exclusive report states that about 600,000 NVIDIA H200 AI chips are stored in Hong Kong waiting to be shipped into mainland China, with prices surging due to Beijing's delayed approval for large-scale imports.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate has formally initiated a public prosecution against Ma Xingrui for suspected duty-related crimes.
Shortly after Ma Xingrui was targeted for public prosecution, Liu Yuan conveyed the words of the old military generals to Wen Jiabao.
On November 5, the Hong Kong High Court sentenced Joshua Wong to an additional 10 years in prison for "conspiracy to collude with foreign forces" for his 2020 calls for foreign sanctions against the Chinese and Hong Kong governments. The remaining two months of his original sentence can be counted, and he must serve until November 2036.
On November 5, Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, stated at the opening ceremony of the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai that the reason for the huge trade surplus is that China wants to import many products but cannot buy them, or is not allowed to buy them, and that normal trade in high-tech products is being interfered with. He also refuted claims that China is squeezing the economies of other countries.
On November 5, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced that the case of Ma Xingrui, former member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee and former Party Secretary of Xinjiang, suspected of bribery, has been filed for public prosecution by the Yichang Municipal People's Procuratorate in Hubei Province to the Yichang Intermediate People's Court. Prosecutors allege that he took advantage of his positions as a senior executive at the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Party Secretary of Shenzhen, Governor of Guangdong, and member of the Political Bureau to illegally accept property, involving an exceptionally large amount.
On November 5, Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Coming just one day after the case of Au Kam-san in Macau on the following day, prominent pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong and Macau have been sentenced to heavy prison terms for two consecutive days.
On November 5, a Hong Kong court sentenced Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison under the National Security Law, and the Hong Kong government subsequently announced that it would confiscate assets related to his crimes in accordance with the law.
On November 4, the closing meeting of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held, and former Armed Police Commander Wang Ning was stripped of his committee membership.
Xinhua News Agency of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced the decision of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee to remove former People's Armed Police Commander Wang Ning from his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Director of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and to revoke his membership.
The People's Bank of China has intervened in the bond market through consecutive days of large-scale overnight reverse repos and the establishment of tools such as the Securities, Funds and Insurance Companies Swap Facility, stabilizing the run on the wealth management market.
Republican chairs of three House committees jointly wrote a letter inviting Jensen Huang to attend a closed-door briefing at Congress on November 18.
According to a report by the Financial Times on November 4, Oracle canceled a five-year, approximately $7 billion chip leasing agreement with Tencent under pressure from the Trump administration. The original agreement allowed Tencent to use about 100,000 advanced AI chips in Southeast Asian data centers. During the same period, senior officials from Guangdong visited Tencent and demanded that it switch to domestic chips.
On November 4, 2026, X user kiraequal performed ADB dynamic forensics and DEX reverse engineering on a locked-bootloader Xiaomi 13 Pro (HyperOS 3.0). They discovered that the system's Security Center contains a built-in anti-fraud database named 'fraud_detection_data.db', where the 'voip_record' table involves silent screen recording logs of QQ and WeChat voice and video calls. [Follow-up · November 4, 2026] On November 4, X user KiraEqual posted after disassembling a Xiaomi 13 Pro running HyperOS 3.0, stating that the pre-installed anti-fraud component can record screens, record audio, and log network call details without triggering any authorization pop-ups. Another researcher verified that on some models, screen recording covers the entire screen, and even after turning off the protection switch, the screenshot time is still recorded.
According to a Reuters report on November 4, China is seeking the extradition from Thailand of five Uyghur men who fled China in 2014 and have been detained by Thai authorities. Two of them were transferred to an immigration detention center after being pardoned on October 21, while the other three remain in prison. The two have issued an open letter pleading not to be sent back to China, while Thai officials stated that the decision on whether to hand them over will be made by the courts.
On November 4, iPhones in China enabled Apple Intelligence alongside the iOS 27.3 developer beta. The activation page indicates that to comply with Chinese regulations, the device will automatically download and update security mechanisms provided by local companies and collect anonymized security result summaries for sharing, without specifying the content or the recipients of the shared data.
The CCP held the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee in Beijing, deliberating and adopting documents related to comprehensively strengthening Party discipline.
Cheng Wanjun, former editor-in-chief of the magazine "Law and Life," was sentenced to six years in prison for commenting on Xi Jinping. After his release, he fled to Thailand and flew to Taiwan on November 3 to seek help, but was deported back to Thailand due to a lack of valid documents.
On November 3, Zhang Shengmin, Secretary of the Military Discipline Commission who was recently added to the Politburo, met with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov at Diaoyutai.
According to a Financial Times report on November 3, citing three people familiar with the matter, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) held meetings with investment banks over the past few days, issuing informal window guidance to suspend corporate IPOs and halt large-scale share sales by existing shareholders until the market recovers.
According to a Financial Times report on November 3, citing people familiar with the matter, Nvidia has requested that global data center and cloud service partners allocate at least 51% of their services to non-Chinese customers to reduce reliance on the Chinese market.
On November 3, The Wall Street Journal reported that among approximately 3,500 leaked A7 transactions, Chouzhou Bank appeared most frequently as the receiving bank. In February 2025, a Kyrgyz front company ordered 40,000 kilograms of molybdenum trioxide from a Chinese supplier, with a payment of about $1.5 million wired to an account at the bank. Both the Biden and Trump administrations had internally flagged the bank but did not impose sanctions. Chouzhou Bank stated it has launched an internal investigation, while China opposes unilateral U.S. sanctions.
After attending and speaking at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in mid-September, Defense Minister Dong Jun missed the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting and has been out of contact for a month and a half.
On November 2, Guo Yonghang, who served as the top aide to Ma Xingrui in Guangdong, was expelled from the Party and public office and transferred to judicial authorities, involving the Ma family's capital chain and urban renewal projects in Shenzhen.
Google released a report stating it had dismantled a botnet controlling over 1.3 million TV set-top boxes, noting that the backdoor was developed by Shenzhen Shizhuang Technology and used for malicious ad fraud and bandwidth rental.
On November 2, a draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of the PRC was submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for its first review. It proposes to explicitly write for the first time that 'no person shall be found guilty without a judgment by a people's court in accordance with the law, and presumption of guilt is prohibited,' and intends to restrict the application of residential surveillance in designated locations. Scholars warn that adding these six characters requires a systematic upgrade of provisions regarding evidence and the right to defense.
Since the beginning of this year, national fixed asset investment has fallen by 7.2%, with negative growth seen in infrastructure, manufacturing, and investment in electricity, heating, gas, and water facilities.
On November 1, the official Chinese Communist Party (CCP) authorized the release of a decision on several major issues regarding the persistent promotion of strict Party governance, sparking outside attention regarding a potential turning point in the political situation.
Xinhua News Agency has published the "Decision of the CCP Central Committee on Several Major Issues Concerning Persistent Promotion of Comprehensive Strict Party Governance," explicitly requiring that top leaders must not engage in one-man rule or patriarchal practices.
The CCP's state media, Xinhua News Agency, has released a major document of over 17,000 words, requiring party members to avoid one-man rule while upholding the core status of Xi Jinping.
The Russian Defense Minister visited China and met with Zhang Shengming, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission. According to protocol, he should have met with the Chinese Defense Minister, but Dong Jun did not attend the meeting, further fueling speculation about his disappearance.
Following the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee, the push for comprehensive strict party governance and the purging of officials has led to mass arrests of officials in government compounds across the country, triggering panic within official circles and a trend of officials preparing for their aftermath in advance.
A serious car-ramming incident occurred on Jiefang Avenue in Wuhan, resulting in multiple casualties. Related information was subsequently censored online by the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Explosions occurred late at night in multiple residential compounds in Wuhan, including Anshun Community and Zhongnan International City. Residents reported that it is suspected someone deliberately locked people inside their rooms via food delivery orders before carrying out the explosions, resulting in casualties.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee has adopted a 17,000-character decision. The content covers strengthening supreme political authority, restricting the power of top officials at all levels, establishing a vertical supervision system within the Party, managing cadres throughout their entire cycle, and breaking the immunity of 'iron-hat kings,' thereby comprehensively implementing white terror within the Party.
On November 1, CCP state media published the "Decision" passed by the Fifth Plenary Session. Part 7 of the document explicitly states that there shall be no "iron-cap princes" or "iron-clad guarantees" (dan shu tie quan).
U.S. intelligence agencies have identified a Singaporean executive named Huang Xiaole as a female spy for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Under pressure, Jensen Huang issued an open letter to Nvidia employees admitting to the affair, and the board of directors has begun an investigation into whether she is suspected of helping the CCP.
Utah has passed a powerful, retroactive bill requiring companies owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to divest from a total of 38,000 acres of land, including properties adjacent to major military installations, and has successfully blocked a land acquisition near Provo Airport.
Due to involvement in an incident of leaking goods to CCP spies which alarmed the U.S. government, the Nvidia board is considering removing Jensen Huang from management to distance the company.