On November 12, Chiu Tai-san, Minister of the Mainland Affairs Council of Taiwan, stated that the requirement to supplement documents is a case-by-case communication issue and that Taiwan's tourism policy has not changed.
On November 12, a netizen posted that they had not received a vehicle inspection code after applying for the 'Guangdong-Hong Kong' cross-border driving scheme. The Hong Kong Transport Department replied that because the Maextro V800 is currently under investigation by three mainland authorities, they will wait for the results before continuing to process applications for this model.
On November 12, a building materials merchant in Fengjie, Chongqing, posted a video showing their store doors tightly shut while they sat in their car waiting for customers, stating that in all their years of business, this was the first time they had to wait for customers from inside a car. Netizens in various regions also reported that they had not dared to open for business normally for several days to avoid 3C certification inspections.
During the detention of Chinese tourists at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport, intermediaries offered to secure their release for 18,000 RMB, even mentioning the need for a bureau chief's signature, while other paid 'guaranteed entry' channels also emerged.
On November 12, some Chinese tourists detained at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok attempted to call the Chinese embassy and consulates in Thailand for assistance, but were unable to get through.
The Putuo District Market Supervision Bureau in Shanghai determined that the Qixi Festival promotional video released by Shanghai Zongzheng Food Co., Ltd., the operator of the Dove official flagship store on Kuaishou, promoted incorrect views on marriage and love and violated good social customs. The company was fined 800,000 yuan in October; the Shanghai Market Supervision Bureau announced this typical case on November 12.
On November 12, a netizen posted that a work group for security personnel in Shenzhen issued a notice: during the APEC meeting, employees must wear plain clothes when commuting, are prohibited from wearing uniforms in public, must not accept interviews from reporters, and should feign ignorance if questioned.
On November 12, Reuters reported that Shenzhen showcased technological achievements such as autonomous taxis and drone coffee delivery to welcome the APEC summit. However, about 80% of the projects from over 120 startups in the Shenzhen College of Sci-Tech Innovation incubator are targeting overseas clients, with one scalp care equipment company stating they do not sell in China.
A primary school teacher in Guizhou beat a student with a ruler for forgetting to bring a Chinese textbook, resulting in a fracture. The teacher later intimidated the student, forbidding them from telling their family. The local Education and Sports Bureau stated that the police have intervened and are investigating.
On November 12, Litchi News exposed at least three suspected unlicensed sheep slaughterhouses in Dongkan Subdistrict and Batan Town, Binhai County, Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. Workers were seen attempting to bleed sheep that had died during transport, with blood and sewage flowing into ditches. Some workers admitted there were no quarantine certificates, and at one workshop, the dates on the quarantine cards did not match the quarantine certificates.
On November 12, the WeChat official account of the School of Water Resources at North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power in Zhengzhou, Henan, published an article titled "Refuse Illegal Circumvention of the Great Firewall, Uphold Online Bottom Lines." It stated that circumventing the Great Firewall is an illegal act, and records of such violations will be entered into personal files, affecting political vetting for civil service exams, military enlistment, and recruitment by public institutions, and demanded that students refuse all unauthorized circumvention.
On November 12, the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall held a launch ceremony for the large-scale red education film 'Jiangxi Grand Hotel'. It is reported that leaders from the Jiangxi Provincial Propaganda Department were in attendance. The Jiangxi Grand Hotel is the former site of the Nanchang Uprising command headquarters.
On November 12, singer Hayd posted on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) stating that his song was used as background music by the popular Mango TV variety show 'Houhui Youqi'. He replied to netizens that he had not received any royalties, and netizens suggested he sue the program producers to recover the fees.
On November 12, "Reports of Xiong Da being written to death" topped the Weibo trending list. The director responded that Xiong Da is "only temporarily away." Under a debunking video on the Chao News Douyin account, netizens started a chain of invented causes of death for Xiong Da, satirizing social issues such as the lack of medical insurance, the lack of two-day weekends, and 12-hour shifts.
On November 12, the Student Affairs Department of Beibu Gulf University in Qinzhou, Guangxi, published an initiative titled "Surf the Internet Civilly! Refuse Illegal 'Wall-Jumping'!" on its official WeChat account. It stated that records of illegal wall-jumping will affect awards, party or league membership, civil service background checks, and future employment or education, and called on students to regularly check their devices and report peers who circumvent the Great Firewall.
On November 12, two people at a construction site in Guizhou sat on the edge of a high-altitude tower crane facing outward, suspected of intending to take extreme actions. Police and relevant personnel rushed to the scene to handle the situation and persuade them to come down.
On November 12, a blogger revisited Chazhai Village, Heku Town, Fenghuang County. Aerial footage showed the cliffside slope covered with bare soil. Probing the surface soil with a wooden stick revealed plastic bags and packaging fragments, and garbage remained in the stream, suspected to be a cover-up cleanup using soil.
On November 12, North University of China in Taiyuan issued a notice requiring inspections of fire hazards in student dormitories, faculty residences, and on-campus shops, floor by floor and household by household. The inspection covers emergency exits, smoke alarms, and sprinkler systems, and is stated to be in implementation of the rectification deployment following the fire at Howard Johnson International Apartment.
On the morning of November 12, customer service staff from the Han Hong Foundation responded that charity is voluntary, and the foundation respects the donor's choice and appreciates their previous actions.
On November 11, the PLA Daily published several core articles by Jiao Shaobo and others, which completely omitted the 'Two Establishes' and the 'system of overall responsibility by the Chairman of the Central Military Commission,' instead emphasizing 'seeking truth from facts' and the experience of the Zunyi Conference.
According to a blogger, the CCDI raided Wang Zhonglin's home in Jinan on November 11, and his family members were subsequently taken away.
The Wall Street Journal revealed that the CCP demanded that US and Russian leaders only read from prepared scripts and not speak freely during their upcoming speeches at the IPAC summit, a request that was rejected by the US.
Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhang Han criticized the DPP authorities at a press conference for adhering to a stubborn pro-independence stance and setting obstacles for cross-strait tourism exchanges, stating that they will inevitably face a backlash from public opinion.
The New York Times exclusively reports that Jensen Huang and Kimberly Powell, Vice President of NVIDIA Healthcare, had an extramarital affair, potentially involving a conflict of interest.
The New York Times reports that Jensen Huang is having an extramarital affair with Kimberly Powell, the Vice President of Healthcare who reports directly to him.
A large number of early-retired employees gathered in front of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Hunan Branch to protest, expressing dissatisfaction with the significant reduction in their early retirement benefits and the failure to pay their social insurance and housing provident fund in full.
The CCDI dispatched over fifty personnel to raid Wang Zhonglin's four residences in Beijing, Wuhan, Jinan, and Zaozhuang on the same day.
Former President Tsai Ing-wen quoted Lo Ta-yu's song "Childhood" in a Facebook post to respond to criticisms, emphasizing her commitment to safeguarding Taiwan's future during her tenure, which drew widespread support and likes.
Former President Tsai Ing-wen responded to remarks made by Lo Ta-yu. Instead of demanding an apology, she mentioned the classic song 'Childhood' and emphasized the importance of leaving a better Taiwan for the next generation and the significance of pension reform.
After the murder of Melbourne delivery rider Feng Jianming, members of a WhatsApp group advocating for him reported that police visited their parents' homes in China. Another member received a call from 110 (Chinese police) questioning them about details regarding an offer to help create posters.
On November 11, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia's board of directors is preparing to remove company founder and CEO Jensen Huang, as he has been exposed for involvement in two extramarital affairs, with one of the individuals suspected of being a Chinese spy.
On November 11, the State Taxation Administration disclosed that the actual individual income tax collected from offshore trusts in October exceeded 120 billion yuan, driving a year-on-year increase of nearly 90% in national individual income tax revenue for that month. Currently, cumulative declarations have exceeded 160 billion yuan.
Megaspeed, a Singaporean company co-founded by Kang Wei and his wife, has become an Nvidia cloud partner and is suspected of shipping servers equipped with Nvidia chips to China. The US and Singapore are investigating its related business, while the company denies violating export controls.
On November 11, the Dutch investigative media Follow the Money reported, based on about 50 leaked documents from Jinan University in 2022, that the United Front Work Department commissioned the university to build an "Overseas Chinese Intelligence Big Data Platform." The platform uses AI and 50 web crawlers to collect data on scholars, business people, and influencers in 10 key countries to screen targets for propaganda and analyze the networks of key figures in Taiwan's chip industry, including the technical director of Tianzhao Technology.
After a student died, a large number of family members gathered at the gate of the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Experimental School to defend their rights, accusing the school of delaying notification to parents and shirking responsibility by claiming the 'child fell on their own'.
A PPT from the Southeast University Medical School circulating online shows that out of 236 freshmen enrolled, only 133 remain, a dropout rate of 43.6%. In Medical Imaging, 6 out of 21 remain, and in the 5+3 integrated clinical program, 39 out of 86 students transferred out. Some students claim that in their freshman year, the class size dropped from over 30 to 14.
On the afternoon of November 11, an unknown gas leak occurred at a chemical plant in Haibowan District, Wuhai City, Inner Mongolia. The gas spread, causing widespread coughing among nearby residents. Officials later explained it as a harmless gas.
On November 11, in the top-ranked lobby of the "Random Skyblock Survival" multiplayer map in NetEase's Minecraft, a large number of political criticism books appeared, documenting the June 4th crackdown, the White Paper Movement, and demands for Xi Jinping to step down.
On November 11, Reuters reported that Northwestern Polytechnical University purchased two Nvidia H200 chips, which are restricted by the U.S., through a supplier in October for 874,700 yuan and leased computing power, exposing loopholes in export controls.
An incident involving an excavator demolishing a building to demand unpaid wages occurred at the Fengdong Administrative Service Center in Xi'an, sparking widespread attention online.
On November 11, Jimu News reported that the Dongguan First Hospital affiliated with Guangdong Medical University deducted 10,304.50 yuan from an attending physician's performance pay because a patient had outstanding fees. Since June, the hospital has implemented a new regulation requiring medical staff to collect overdue payments and deducting department performance pay proportionally.
On November 11, it was reported that information regarding Guo Shize, a former director of a unit under the PLA Strategic Support Force and a cyber security expert, could no longer be found on the list of academicians on the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
On November 11, former UK parliamentary researcher Cash gave his first interview to the BBC after being acquitted, providing chat logs and denying espionage charges, claiming he was a scapegoat for intelligence agencies.
Guo Shuqing, Vice Chairman of the NPC Financial and Economic Affairs Committee, wrote an article in 'Social Security Review' stating that the average monthly pension for urban and rural residents of about 260 yuan is far from sufficient to maintain basic living standards. He suggested allocating funds from ultra-long-term special treasury bonds and local special bonds for subsidies, and urged the prompt initiation of inheritance and gift tax legislation to supplement pensions. In March 2025, he and 33 other representatives submitted a legislative proposal.
On November 11, The Wall Street Journal reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met Huang Le through the introduction of her husband, Kang Wei, who had claimed his wife was Jensen Huang's personal assistant.
U.S. officials suspect that Huang Le may have been recruited by Chinese intelligence agencies due to her proximity to Jensen Huang. Taiwan has revoked her entry permit and is investigating her multiple trips to Taiwan to meet with him.
On November 11, merchants at multiple hardware and building materials wholesale markets in Zhaotong, Yunnan, closed their businesses on a large scale. Hardware, pipe, kitchen and bathroom, and building material shops along the streets pulled down their rolling shutters, with merchants stating they feared 3C certification inspections. Similar inspections have previously been carried out in Sichuan, Anhui, Henan, Jiangxi, and other regions.
On November 11, a large number of retired employees from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) gathered in front of the ICBC Hunan headquarters to protest and defend their rights.
On November 11, Taiwan's National Immigration Agency confirmed that it had issued the notice for supplementary documents, stating that according to the Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area and the Regulations Governing Permits for Mainland Residents to Visit Taiwan for Tourism, applicants who engage in words or deeds that belittle Taiwan may have their permits denied or revoked, and that the request for supplementary documents in this case is in accordance with the regulations.
On November 11, Limin Road Primary School in Wuhu, Anhui Province, issued an inquiry notice to purchase an AI teaching research system for a maximum of 24,000 yuan. The system is intended to regularly generate a list of students requiring attention, displayed with their names and avatars categorized by emotional tags, and supports facial recognition binding and classroom recording. The bid opening is scheduled for November 18.