A student jumped from a building at Beijing 101 Middle School. Afterward, school leaders ordered students to close the windows and delete any videos recorded on their phones.
During a recent police open day in Xi'an, SWAT officers demonstrated anti-riot procedures: first displaying yellow warning signs, then deploying tear gas, and advancing in formation with riot shields while shouting "Back off!" The video triggered a flood of netizen comments asking, "Who are they facing?"
Recently, vegetable farmers in many places have reported that they cannot sell their vegetables at a good price, or even face sluggish sales. According to Shaanxi News, some farmers said that a truckload of cauliflower could sell for over 1,000 yuan last year, but this year it can only sell for a little over 100 yuan.
In mid-November 2026, a netizen posted a photo on social media of a campus poetry board where multiple students engaged in a chain poem using memes related to Xi Jinping, including 'carrying 200 jin of wheat without switching shoulders,' 'unbuttoning clothes for trade,' and 'must get the large aircraft off the ground.'
Photos of a BYD maintenance team group chat submitted by a netizen recently show someone notifying night shift employees that the workshop director and manager will conduct a 1 AM inspection, warning that 'if anyone is caught playing on their phone or sleeping, they are dead.'
On November 14, the White House stated that Trump, Xi Jinping, and Putin plan to hold trilateral talks on November 19 during the APEC summit in Shenzhen, with topics including the Iran war and nuclear negotiations, but they will avoid the issue of Ukraine.
The winning bid amount is 10.88698 million yuan, and the list includes 1,952 student facial recognition cameras; online screenshots of group chats claim the system can identify students playing with mobile phones or resting their heads on desks during class, calculate individual focus levels, and flag high-risk students.
On November 14, Shenzhen Mayor Li Yun stated that over 1.5 million car owners have declared green travel, voluntarily suspending their driving for one or more days between November 16 and 20 to make way for the APEC meeting.
On November 14, in Zhuhai, Guangdong, a large number of workers gathered at the Huafa Group company and its project site to demand rights due to unpaid wages from the "Zhuhai Bay" project.
A man in Taiyuan, Shanxi, attacked his wife with a kitchen knife, causing multiple head wounds, and stabbed his mother-in-law four or five times, requiring over ten stitches. The Jiancaoping District Procuratorate did not approve his arrest. Shortly after being released from the detention center, the man strangled his wife to death at home and then committed suicide.
On November 14, several migrant workers in Dalian, Liaoning, who were owed wages, climbed onto the roof of Fojia Xintiandi Plaza and unfurled banners to demand payment. Netizens stated that the dispute involves unpaid construction fees and migrant worker wages between Fojia Xintiandi and Shanghai Construction Group.
Recently, in Huiji District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, three people held up banners in front of a store with the sign 'Lao Tan Communications,' reading 'Tan Jiang, return my hard-earned money,' to demand payment from Tan Jiang.
Due to the APEC Leaders' Meeting scheduled in Shenzhen from November 18 to 19, DHL has notified customers that its Shenzhen air cargo warehouse will be closed from the 16th to the 20th. Shipments delivered after 18:00 on the 12th will be rerouted via Guangzhou or Hong Kong airports. This coincides with the Black Friday stocking period for cross-border e-commerce, and air freight prices are expected to rise significantly.
Recently, a middle school sports meet in Huadu District, Guangzhou, originally scheduled for that day, was urgently canceled. A notice in the group stated that it was a unified arrangement made by higher authorities due to the upcoming APEC summit, requiring all schools to implement it simultaneously.
A netizen reported that the AI feature on the mainland China version of iPhone iOS 27.3 beta refuses to process images on the grounds of "politically sensitive content," and even images of a steamed bun shop cannot be processed.
A netizen submitted a report to Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher, claiming that their school principal directed teachers to vote for designated candidates, gave each participating teacher a 5-yuan red envelope, and emphasized that this was a "political task."
A netizen submitted a report stating that they have been living in Thailand on a language visa for two years, and every time they enter the country, Thai customs officials stop them and demand money, threatening deportation otherwise. Most recently, they had to pay 1,700 RMB to be allowed entry, and noted that a large number of Chinese tourists on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) have had similar experiences.
According to a netizen submission, a teacher required students to vote for a designated candidate in an election. A student posted a complaint on the school forum, and the post was immediately deleted.
Recently, netizens exposed that merchants on e-commerce platforms are specifically taking orders to edit construction site photos. One product priced at 8.5 yuan has sold over 6,000 units, with demonstration images showing gray gravel at the bottom of a trench being Photoshopped into yellow sand.
On November 14, two 'zero-yuan' noodle shops in Nanjing officially implemented adjusted free meal rules. The previous policy of free meals for everyone was cancelled, and now only senior citizens over 60, people with disabilities, sanitation workers, and veterans are eligible for free vegetarian noodles. Previously, the free noodle shops attracted a large number of diners, affecting the business of surrounding merchants. On November 13, the Jiangning District sub-district office stepped in to organize coordination.
On November 14, a Meituan delivery merchant posted a complaint about the platform's excessive commission: for a 15-yuan drink that the customer paid 11 yuan for, the merchant ultimately received 1.28 yuan, which did not even cover the packaging costs, and they were still required to pay taxes based on the 15-yuan price.
Liantang Subdistrict in Luohu District, Shenzhen, organized property management staff, grid workers, and volunteers to go door-to-door over the weekend to mobilize residents, and also stationed personnel at residential entrances and commercial parking lots to persuade car owners to stop driving.
After the incident fermented, the student deleted the original video and issued an apology statement, claiming the recording was a "private communication dispute posted on impulse" and imploring netizens to stop sharing it. Many netizens questioned whether the student was pressured by the school to delete the post.
University of Tokyo Professor Tomoko Ako established a shared living space called Asian Commons in Tokyo to live with Chinese youth, and shared her observations at the third Bumingbai Festival.
On November 14, an explosion occurred near the factory of Rongbao Oil Co., Ltd. in Changrong Town, Xinghua City, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province. Surveillance footage shows that the lights were still on inside the factory before the explosion, and many netizens reported feeling tremors in the surrounding area.
On November 14, the incident trended on Weibo. The victim's family questioned the dereliction of duty by the Jiancaoping District Procuratorate, and netizens demanded accountability for the prosecutorial authorities. The comment sections of related reports were subjected to censorship.
On November 14, netizens discovered that Heytea's order numbers skip the sensitive combination of "8964," suspected to be a measure by the platform to avoid censorship.
On November 14, at the Dimension Town event at Grand China Plaza in Shenzhen, Guangdong, a coser dressed as a character from 'My Hero Academia' was cornered and bullied in a changing room and restroom. The suspected perpetrators posted videos online to show off their 'patriotic achievements,' and after being criticized by netizens, they claimed they did not participate in the bullying.
Recently, a video of a special wedding went viral on Douyin, featuring a woman in a wedding dress appearing with her parents and children, but without a groom. Many netizens in the comments section expressed their support.
Taiwan's Secretary-General of the National Security Council, Joseph Wu, publicly confirmed that the PLA has deployed over 100 naval warships and coast guard vessels to operate in the waters from south of Japan to the Philippine Sea.
A formation of four China Coast Guard vessels entered the restricted waters of Kinmen six times during this period.
Reuters and the Taiwan National Security Council pointed out that after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conducted large-scale unannounced military exercises in early November, 70 PLA vessels and aircraft remained active within the first island chain.
Xinhua News Agency reports that Xi Jinping will head to Shenzhen to preside over APEC; at 6 PM, the CCDI officially announced that Wang Zhonglin has been placed under investigation.
The Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial Party Committee held a meeting to resolutely support the decision of the CCP Central Committee to conduct disciplinary review and supervisory investigation into Wang Zhonglin.
On November 13, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wang Zhonglin, former Party Secretary of Hubei Province, is under investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. Wang Zhonglin took over as Party Secretary of Wuhan in February 2020, succeeding Ma Guoqiang, and was jokingly referred to by netizens as the "firefighter captain." Jiang Chaoliang, Wang Xiaodong, and Zhou Xianwang, who were known as the "Hubei F4" during the early stages of the pandemic, have previously been investigated.
On November 13, a symposium on Party building in state-owned enterprises was held in Beijing. Xi Jinping's instructions were conveyed: strengthen the comprehensive leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) over SOEs, integrate Party leadership into all aspects of corporate governance, and promote the deep integration of Party building with production and operations. Cai Qi demanded further institutionalization and standardization of the Party's leadership over SOEs.
According to a New York Times report on November 13, three Taiwanese officials believe that Xi Jinping's ongoing loyalty reviews and anti-corruption investigations within the military may hinder the People's Liberation Army's war preparations against Taiwan. Other officials noted a recent decline in the complexity of PLA military exercises, speculating that it is related to the impact on the command structure.
On November 13, in an interview with Salem News Channel, Trump stated that Xi Jinping had discussed with him in detail the role of Jimmy Lai in the Hong Kong democracy movement, claiming he caused great trouble for the Chinese side. Trump said Xi promised to release others but has yet to agree to release Jimmy Lai. Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison this February.
On November 13, researcher Will DePue released a report stating that the weights of 6 AI models publicly released by DeepSeek, Moonshot AI (Kimi), MiniMax, and Ant Group contain traces consistent with Nvidia's Blackwell chips. He extracted 469 lines of parameters from DeepSeek-V4-Flash and replicated 445 of them using a single B300 chip. Exports of this model to China require a U.S. license.
In March 2025, a child with a rare disease died of thrombotic microangiopathy within a week of receiving customized gene editing treatment at Shanghai Xinhua Hospital. On November 13, Shanghai authorities reported: the research team failed to timely disclose safety warnings from animal trials, the published paper did not report the child's death, ethical reviews were lax, and some personnel accepted approximately 1.06 million yuan in bribes from the family. Two responsible individuals have been dismissed and disqualified from research awards for five years.
LatePost reports that in order to meet launch dates, some car companies leave incomplete validation and rectification until after delivery. When hardware issues arise, they replace parts under the guise of 'free upgrades' while continuing to sell the vehicles, having already set aside after-sales budgets when cutting testing costs.
Large-scale demolition has been carried out in Xi'an Fengdong New City, Shaanxi, for the OCT project (including the Maya Beach Water Park), affecting multiple villages such as Niujiao Village and Fengsan Village in Doumen Subdistrict. Following the demolition, the local economy has declined and fiscal resources have been exhausted.
The contributor claims that the Fengdong New City government owes a massive amount in compensation to farmers, with their own family being owed approximately 150,000 yuan and over 300 square meters of housing not yet provided. Official statistics indicate that the total debt in the district exceeds 10 billion yuan, and state-owned enterprise employees have generally had their wages unpaid for about two years.
A netizen submitted a report stating that when explaining the internet meme "Winnie the Pooh," Baidu's Ernie Bot replied that the meme is used by netizens to mock former Chinese national leader Xi Jinping.
On November 13, a blogger who commutes daily between Langfang, Hebei and Beijing stated that the roads entering Beijing are equipped with electric retractable gates, roadblocks, large police (Public Security) checkpoints, and barbed wire fences. Passing through depends on luck, and netizens jokingly remark that Hebei and Beijing are like two separate countries.
The virtual character 'Little Fireman' from Douyin's friend interaction feature said 'Xi Dada' (which sounds similar to 'Xi' when read as 'xī'), and the user's Douyin account was subsequently permanently banned. Netizens commented that this is the 'most unexpected way to get an account banned'.
On November 13, hardware and machinery merchants in multiple areas of Kunming, Yunnan, closed their shops en masse to avoid inspections following joint undercover enforcement actions by the Market Supervision Administration, the Tax Bureau, the Social Security Bureau, and the local police. Merchants who remained open were subjected to on-site inspections.
Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that Chinese AI companies have contacted overseas data centers in an attempt to lock in high-end Nvidia computing power in advance; an investigation by IT Times on November 13 stated that some computing power leasing channels claim high-end computing power is becoming increasingly difficult to secure, and they cannot guarantee renewals for 2027.
On November 13, the M+ Museum in Hong Kong announced that the screenings of Hou Hsiao-hsien's film 'The Time to Live and the Time to Die,' originally scheduled for November 22 and December 12, have been cancelled due to "technical issues." Netizens speculate that the cancellation may be due to the film's politically sensitive content involving Kuomintang historical propaganda.
On November 13, the official Douyin account of China Youth Daily posted a video titled 'So beautiful~ A romantic "airplane cloud" appeared over Nanning.' In the comment section, a large number of netizens flooded the screen with the word 'two-day weekend.' One highly-liked comment stated, 'Putting down your phone, putting down your work, and taking to the streets is the only thing that works.'