The Transit Corps of the Beijing Public Security Bureau released a proposed hiring list of 80 auxiliary police officers, which includes graduates from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China University of Political Science and Law, University of International Business and Economics, and Communication University of China.
China and the United States reached a one-year trade truce arrangement after talks in Busan, suspending some tariffs and related measures.
Chongqing police announced that they have opened a case against Shen Bayang on suspicion of the crime of splitting the country, and stated in the notice that a Taiwan civil defense organization is an organization that splits the country.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 15th Central Committee in Ningbo deliberated on the 15th Five-Year Plan, where new energy vehicles were removed from the core position of strategic emerging industries, signaling the downgrading of the automotive industry into an object of governance.
On October 25, 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Jiang Duntao, former Vice Mayor of Chongqing and former Party Secretary of Zibo, was under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law; the notice stated that during his tenure in Zibo he forcefully pushed projects and took on massive new debt.
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee was held from October 20 to 23, 2025. When it concluded, it was decided to add Zhang Shengmin as Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
In October 2025, the Fourth Plenary Session expelled nine generals from the Party, eight of them full generals.
According to the broadcast, Xi Jinping's cousin Zhang Shengmin entered the Central Military Commission around September 2025 and was promoted to Vice Chairman.
Data released by the Supreme People's Court shows that courts nationwide accepted 648,000 first-instance labor dispute cases in the first three quarters of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 37.5%.
Under pressure from Zhang Youxia and CCP elders, Xi Jinping officially signed a power-transfer document at the Fourth Plenary Session, agreeing to step down in the Hua Guofeng model, marking the end of the Xi Jinping era.
On October 20, 2025, the School of Business Administration of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics issued the "Notice on Carrying Out Tuition Reduction and Waiver Work for Undergraduate Students in the 2025-2026 Academic Year," which likewise listed smokers, heavy drinkers, and those addicted to the internet and other consumption-type bad habits as circumstances for canceling tuition waiver eligibility.
On October 18, 2025, the Kuomintang held its chairperson election. Cheng Li-wun was elected with 65,122 votes, a vote share of 50.15%, and officially took office on November 1.
Officials announced that 9 people, including He Weidong, were expelled from the Party and the military.
On October 17, 2025, the Ministry of National Defense announced that it had opened cases for review and investigation against nine senior generals, including He Weidong, Miao Hua, and Wang Houbin, and imposed the punishment of expulsion from the Party and the military.
Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission He Weidong has been expelled from the Party and from the military.
He Weidong, the military brother-in-arms and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) close to the leader, has been arrested, and elite generals of the 31st Group Army in Fujian have been purged in batches.
Mutadi, a suspect involved in the October 7 Gaza massacre, was arrested by the FBI after sneaking into the United States and living there for more than a year.
From October 16, 2025, Japan’s Immigration Services Agency raised the capital requirement for business management visas from 5 million yen to 30 million yen, and added Japanese language proficiency and education requirements, greatly raising the “run‑Japan” threshold.
Tesla held the launch event for its second-generation Roadster electric sports car in Texas, US, showcasing astonishing acceleration performance and a hovering flight concept, causing a sensation in the global tech community.
Seres has sued a user who published an AI-fabricated video, claiming one million yuan in damages.
Zhang Wanying appeared in court for the third time for a bail review. During the hearing, prosecutors publicly disclosed state security background and the flight-support chain involving Miao Fatai and others. Federal District Judge Murillo refused to overturn the detention order.
On October 13, Hu Xijin posted that many people today are increasingly careful about speaking out on social media, or simply do not post at all. This is a loss for the sphere of public information in the internet age, it makes the face of public opinion no longer complete, and it is not the kind of collective "silencing" that an open society should have.
Ahead of the bail review, the FBI filed a supplemental statement explicitly stating that Zhang Wanying and her companion Miao Fatai had previously been in a romantic relationship.
In October 2025, police intervened during the Sunday worship service of the Xuncheng Reformed Church in Taiyuan, and 11 people, including An Yankui, were placed under 15 days of administrative detention.
Police in Beihai, Guangxi, took away Pastor Kim Myeong-il on suspicion of the crime of illegally using the information network. Kim Myeong-il said that a total of 18 people were taken away, some of whom were released on bail pending trial, while 8 remain detained.
Zhang Wanying, suspected of spying on overseas dissidents on behalf of the Chinese government, was formally indicted by federal prosecutors on October 9, with a new charge of conspiracy to act as an agent added, facing a maximum sentence of 15 years.
On October 9, 2025, the Ministry of Commerce of China announced the strictest rare earth export control measures to date, and Trump immediately announced an additional 100% tariff on China; after a ceasefire was reached in early November, China suspended the measure.
Led by Florida Senator Scott, a resolution targeting multiple crimes by the Chinese Communist Party was officially introduced on October 19, 2025, and after several months, it recently passed the Senate unanimously.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced that the operating days of the large-value payment system Fedwire Funds Service and the National Settlement Service (NSS) will be extended to Sundays and weekday holidays, changing to operations from Sunday through Friday, with unchanged daily hours; implementation as early as 2028. Whether to extend to seven days a week will be subject to a separate request for comment based on demand.
The brake rotors of three Zunjie V800 units were repeatedly shattered during testing.
According to an interview with Miles Yu, the American Institute in Taiwan recently stated that Taiwan's status remains undetermined, saying that the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Declaration, and the Treaty of San Francisco did not transfer Taiwan's sovereignty to the Chinese Communist Party or the Republic of China.
A federal magistrate judge denied the bail request of Zhang Wanying, who is accused of taking instructions from Chinese officials to surveil Lai Ching-te's family, following a hearing.
Zhang Manying, who was instructed to fly to the western United States to stake out President Lai Ching-te's family members and report back their license plate numbers, was caught at Los Angeles airport.
CCTV reported on October 3, 2025 that as of October 2, 2025, the cumulative annual box office had exceeded 42.5022 billion yuan and admissions had exceeded 1 billion, in contrast to the 760 million admissions reported in 2026.
According to reports from outside the Great Firewall, after the Fourth Plenary Session in October 2025, Xi Jinping withdrew from relevant decision-making and coordination bodies.
According to accounts coming out of Beijing, Ma Xingrui was taken into custody around October 2025, after which he was dealt with and stripped of his Party membership and administrative posts.
An AITO M9 caught fire rapidly after striking a traffic pole in Shenmu, Yulin, Shaanxi, and the driver in the car died at the scene.
Before departing for South Korea, Trump received an intelligence briefing from U.S. intelligence agencies regarding the electronic surveillance of Huang Le and the discovery of Jensen Huang's name.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has issued a dual expulsion order against Zhang Yaoxue, who served at Tsinghua University for a long time. The Chinese Academy of Engineering subsequently revoked his academician title.
McKinsey released an employment report pointing out that, theoretically, current AI technology can automate nearly 57% of working hours, with rule-standardized jobs such as accounting, data entry, and basic coding bearing the brunt.
Pastor Jin Mingri (formerly a U.S. citizen) was arrested by the CCP in China last October (calculated as October 2025 based on the video release date), along with dozens of members of the Xi'an church. Pastor Jin had lived in the U.S. and later became a U.S. citizen, but chose to return to China to shepherd the church.
In October 2025, Guo Xudong, the retired former deputy director of the China Securities Regulatory Commission's (CSRC) Department of Issuance Supervision, turned himself in.
According to overseas self-media accounts, Wang Huning reinterpreted his past statements about Xi Jinping Thought at the Fourth Plenary Session in October 2025; the relevant content has not been officially confirmed.
According to information from outside the Great Firewall, some forces that entered Beijing after the September 3 military parade did not withdraw immediately; they only pulled back gradually after the Fourth Plenary Session concluded and the political arrangements were largely settled.
AITO User Service issued a notice stating that the vehicle speed at the time of the incident was 139.1 kilometers per hour, that the vehicle was in manual driving mode, and that it characterized the battery explosion and fire as false information.
In the magazine 'Monthly Mu', Teruko Matsubara predicts that around 2027, China will face a major turning point in its economy and political system, with an atmosphere of high-level political coups forming, and mentions that people with the character 'Chun' (Spring) in their names may pose a threat.
Lü Dengdi, a former official of Fanjiazhuang Township, Quyang County, Baoding, Hebei, escaped while under residential surveillance for a 2010 case involving the assault of a villager. During his 15 years on the run, he continued to receive his salary in violation of regulations and even received promotions. He was recaptured in 2025.
Zhang Shengmin was promoted to Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission in October 2025, subsequently entered the Politburo in 2026, and attended the all-army lecture report meeting.
Zhang Liqi attended the National Taiwan Union's 80th anniversary event of Taiwan's Restoration.
Scholar Minsin visited Shanghai, China in October 2025. Prior to this, he had not visited China for some time due to reasons such as the COVID-19 pandemic.