Taiwan's Shilin District Court issued a ruling in the case in which Wang Zhian sued Hu Zhongxin, accusing him of being CCP overseas propaganda and a double agent. The judge dismissed all of Wang Zhian's claims, finding that the statements in question constituted opinion expression and political commentary based on facts, and were protected by freedom of speech.
NPC Vice Chairperson Li Hongzhong's high-profile inspection of the transition work has been interpreted as an announcement to the entire party that the succession process has begun and power is no longer in Xi Jinping's hands.
The global commercial organization World Data Organization (WDO) held its inaugural conference in Beijing, drawing high-profile state media promotion, though it has been pointed out as essentially a shady shell company lacking international legal basis.
The State Council will further expand the public disclosure of requirements for social media and internet information screening to include more visa applicants, such as K-class unmarried couples and their family members.
On March 30, 2026, a court in Xiangcheng, Henan, found in first instance that Cao's family members had discussed having the elderly person drink pesticide and die on the neighbor's homestead, using the death to force the neighbor to stop work and secure the release of her son Li, who had been criminally detained; six relatives, including her husband and daughter, were convicted of intentional homicide, with the husband sentenced to 6 years.
At 12:00 on March 29, at the Dahanji market in Fangshan District, Beijing, someone suspected of lashing out at society allegedly drove a loader into a crowd. On-site videos show multiple vendors and passers-by knocked to the ground, their conditions unknown.
On March 28, a Starbucks employee in Shaanxi revealed that the company was docking 13th- and 14th-month salaries under the guise of performance to force employees to resign; if they refused to leave, the company would review surveillance footage to find faults, and district managers would come to the store to negotiate dismissals. The employee subsequently deleted the exposé post.
Wen Jiabao appeared at the Institute of Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and waved and interacted with the crowd.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Guo Yonghang is under review investigation.
The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has passed a bipartisan chip security bill aimed at curbing the smuggling of American semiconductors to foreign adversaries like China.
Around March 25, in Zhangjiajie, Hubei, netizens filmed a group of retired tourists on a trip singing "The East Is Red" in unison while riding an elevator. After the video was posted, comments angrily shouted "Stop paying social insurance" and "Give my social security back."
Xu Yanbin, director of the Poyang Lake Water Control Hub Construction Office in Jiangxi Province, was placed under review and investigation on March 24. Officials said he voluntarily reported his issues to the organization.
In 2025, Xiaomi released its highest-ever annual report since going public, with total annual revenue reaching 457.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25%; adjusted net profit was 39.2 billion yuan, up 43.8% year-on-year. Revenue from the automotive business exceeded 100 billion yuan, with a profit of 900 million yuan.
In July 2026, online reports indicated that a violent explosion occurred at a tunnel construction site in Longchi Town, Sichuan, on March 23, causing casualties and damage to houses, while the relevant authorities were suspected of concealing the information and failing to issue a public announcement.
On March 23, 2026, TikTok user @life_of_marvel_shocker posted an edit turning Mbappé into a dictator, which drew more than 13.2 million views within about two weeks. Know Your Meme said the video drove the “Dictator Mbappé” meme into wide circulation around April.
Shenzhen Municipal Party Secretary Meng Fanli has been replaced by Jin Lei, as the big boss's stronghold in Shenzhen undergoes a personnel reshuffle.
On March 20, an incident occurred in Shanghai where an elderly woman fell off her bicycle and no one dared to help. The on‑site photographer and netizens commented that fear of being falsely accused, extorted, having to give statements or bear medical costs led to no one stepping forward to rescue, reflecting a lack of social trust.
On the fourth anniversary of the China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 crash on March 21, former pilot Liu Wei published a statement saying that the cause of death of the 132 souls remains unknown to this day, and that the authorities block the public from seeking the truth on the grounds of "for everyone's own good."
Hu Henghua, Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Chongqing, has been officially announced to be under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. Yuan Jiajun, Party Secretary of Chongqing, presided over a Standing Committee meeting to express support for the central authorities' decision.
The US Department of Justice has indicted three individuals linked to Super Micro Computer, accusing them of assisting in smuggling at least $2.5 billion worth of US artificial intelligence technology to China.
Since March 19, 2026, Jeyens Reskhan, a Kazakh children's literature writer from Xinjiang and former chairman of the Hami Prefecture Writers Association, was taken away by police on suspicion of extremist thought and has since gone missing. His family has received no official notice and does not know his whereabouts.
On March 19, 2026, CCTV.com released a special video by the Ministry of State Security titled "Tearing Off the Dark Web's 'Invisibility Cloak'," promoting the state security authorities' relevant operations against dark web crime.
On March 19, a 72-year-old sanitation worker in Miaoba Town, Dazhu County, Dazhou, Sichuan Province was interviewed by netizens, saying he works from 5 a.m. until dark, about 13 hours a day, for a monthly wage of only 800 yuan, equivalent to about 20 yuan a day.
The Douyin influencer "Chigua Mengzhu," who gained popularity by interpreting "Dream of the Red Chamber" from the perspective of "mourning the Ming and opposing the Qing," saw their follower count briefly soar to 5 million before being banned across all platforms on March 19.
The raw data of a 2025 Nature paper published by a Distinguished Young Scholar and Vice Dean at Beihang University has been exposed for serious fabrication. Multiple sets of parallel experimental data show identical values down to the first decimal place and the ones digit. Beihang University has replied via email confirming an investigation.
On the afternoon of March 17, 2026, an AITO M9 lost control due to slippery road conditions in rainy weather in Anhui, resulting in a serious traffic accident. The vehicle collided three consecutive times, leaving two people with minor injuries and one person critically injured. The critically injured patient suffered a fractured fifth cervical vertebra, leading to high paraplegia.
Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong was taken away by the CCDI to assist in an investigation after returning from Vietnam.
On March 17, 2026, Wang Sanyuan, a 73-year-old pastor of Changchunli Christian Church in Jinan, Shandong, was taken away by the police. The authorities issued no notice of any kind, and his family has nowhere to turn to file a complaint. Observers outside China point out that this may be a settling of scores over his earlier involvement in the struggle to protect church property.
On March 17, the resume information of Academician Yang Wei, chief designer of the J-20, could no longer be retrieved from the official website of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Australian rare earths company Lynas has reached a preliminary agreement with the US Pentagon to supply heavy rare earths, which have long been controlled by China.
In March 2026, 21-year-old female college student Suling in Beijing was deceived by her family because of her relationship and escorted to a correction facility in Sanmenxia, Henan, where her personal freedom was restricted for 11 days. She was later freed after her boyfriend searched for her across provinces, and the police declined to file a case on the grounds that no crime had occurred.
On March 15, 2026, at the Guangzhou 315 Problem Car Show, several AITO (Wenjie) staff members used a huge rain tarp in front of the exhibition booth of car owners seeking redress to forcibly cover up the faulty vehicle logo and protest slogans, drawing onlookers' mockery.
On March 14, a county-seat hospital in Jiangsu Province was photographed setting up a study area in the children's infusion zone, requiring young patients to complete their homework while receiving IV drips.
On March 13, China Sports Lottery's Pailie 5 draw produced a winner from Sichuan who hit over 2,900 bets at once, each worth 100,000 yuan, for a total prize of hundreds of millions of yuan, emptying a prize pool of over 300 million yuan and drawing netizens' attention.
Western aura master Judith observed Xi Jinping's aura on March 12, describing his health as collapsing and shrouded in dark energy, and predicted that he might be overthrown by political forces within the next ten months.
The NPC of China passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which comprises a preface and 7 chapters with 65 articles; Beijing said it establishes norms and legal responsibilities for the cause of ethnic unity and progress.
On March 12, 2026, the National People's Congress passed the Law on Promoting National Unity and Progress, stipulating that schools and government agencies must use Mandarin as their primary language. From preschool to high school, Mandarin will be used for instruction, while Tibetan, Uyghur, and Mongolian are phased out of core curricula.
China has passed the Law on Promoting Democratic Unity and Progress, pushing the Chinese nation's community from a propaganda slogan into a legal obligation, requiring citizens to promote a specific identity community, making political neutrality even more difficult.
On March 12, 2026, the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress passed the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress. Article 63 stipulates that overseas organizations and individuals who undermine ethnic unity and progress and incite ethnic division shall be held legally liable in accordance with the law, effective July 1.
People’s Daily reported on the funeral of Song Ping, former Chinese State Councillor, mentioning that Hu Jintao and other comrades went to the hospital to visit him or expressed their condolences.
A US Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft transited the international airspace of the Taiwan Strait. The US stated that this action demonstrates the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
According to the interview, the United Nations passed the relevant resolution in March 2026, with over 140 member states together with the United States condemning Iran's attack on neighboring countries and restricting navigation of the Strait of Hormuz.
A farewell ceremony for Song Ping's remains was held at Babaoshan in Beijing. Xinhua News Agency reported that several senior officials, including the seven members of the Standing Committee, were in attendance; Hu Jintao did not attend.
A U.S. federal judge approved the search of an iCloud account associated with Zhang's traveling companion, allowing investigators to cross-reference communications and photos with flight, rental car, and neighbor surveillance records.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate work report disclosed that within one year, nationwide procuratorial organs handled as many as 19,900 cases of illegal out-of-area enforcement and profit-driven enforcement, supervised the withdrawal of 2,760 cases, decided not to prosecute 3,539 people, and returned illegal seized, detained, and frozen assets totaling 2.63 billion yuan.
On March 9, 2026, Tianyancha showed that a 9 million yuan stake in Wuhu Dongrunfa Investment Co., Ltd. under Zhao Wei's name was judicially frozen once again by the Dongcheng District Court in Beijing, with the freeze period extended to March 8, 2029; the freeze has been renewed multiple times since 2021.
According to data from the 2026 Two Sessions, the national statutory debt balance will exceed 108 trillion, and combined with hidden liabilities, it will exceed 2 trillion, highlighting the local government financing vehicle (LGFV) debt crisis.
Affected by the situation in the Middle East and the energy supply chain crisis, the CCP central government issued a document on March 5, requiring all companies exporting gasoline and fuel to temporarily suspend signing refined oil export contracts with other countries.
On March 5, Ms. Zhou from Zhangjiakou, Hebei, stated that a Meituan agent demanded her Hunan restaurant offer large discount coupons at the merchant's own expense. After she refused because each order resulted in a loss, the agent replied, "We have plenty of ways to deal with you."
Three British men are under investigation for allegedly violating the 2023 National Security Act by assisting Chinese intelligence agencies, including David Taylor, the husband of a Labour MP.