On May 31, 2025, Yu Chengdong stated at the Shenzhen Future Automobile Pioneers Conference that Huawei has strict quality standards, and not a single vehicle that fails to meet the standards can leave the factory; the cars of some automakers, by Huawei's standards, cannot be shipped at all.
In 2025, the military newspaper continuously published eight commentary articles, involving expressions such as "enfeoffing wives and promoting sons," "loyalty to an individual," and "running a family dynasty."
Rubio announced the full revocation of visas for certain Chinese students, expanding the audit scope from military ties to affiliations with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and banning study in sensitive fields.
On May 23, 2025, Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on EU goods starting June 1, and the stock market fell; after a call with European Commission President von der Leyen on May 25, he agreed to postpone it to July 9.
On the evening of May 22, Jensen Huang hosted a dinner at San Liu Shi Fu in Taipei. After the meal, Huang Le kissed Jensen Huang on the cheek and they left in the same car.
On May 15, a female student at Beijing University of Technology Gengdan Institute went to the infirmary for a medical note due to menstrual cramps, but was asked by the on-duty staff to pull down her pants to prove her physical condition. Afterward, the school administration released a statement on Douyin, insisting that the on-duty staff's workflow complied with regulations and accusing the related videos circulating online of being distorted.
In early August 2026, Fudan University scholar Zhang Weiwei claimed in a public lecture that Taiwan would have no next election, using this to hint at a timetable for a forced reunification. The remarks spread on social media platforms on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and sparked widespread controversy and resentment.
Around May 15, 2025, overseas media published a signed article by Zhang Yingjie, an associate professor at Peking University, titled "No Way Out of the Predicament, No Rescue for the System," criticizing the system; afterwards, the editorial office received a letter in her name claiming she had been impersonated and demanding the article be retracted.
Miles Yu points out that since its founding in 1921, the CCP has launched a century-long civil war and oppression against the Chinese people through a series of policies and campaigns, defining this as the true century of humiliation for the Chinese people.
The Saudi Central Bank withdrew from the mBridge project in May 2025 after completing a proof of concept. The project had previously been seen as a potential pathway for Saudi Arabia to promote oil trade with reduced reliance on the U.S. dollar. Despite its withdrawal, some media outlets continued to list Saudi Arabia as a participant as late as August 2026.
The State Council Information Office released the first national security white paper in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
A notice released in May 2025 recruits students to sign up for the 2026 summer J-1 internship program in the US, with positions including amusement parks, kitchens, hotels and more, requiring participants to be willing to "tell China's story well", and charging an application service fee of 4850 yuan.
On Wednesday (May 7), the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill under which American universities with ties to certain Chinese universities would be barred from receiving Department of Homeland Security funding. Lead sponsor, Republican Representative Ploug, said there is already evidence that the Chinese Communist Party has maliciously expanded its influence in the United States through programs such as Confucius Institutes.
In May 2025, Shi Taifeng replaced Chen Xi as head of the CCP Central Committee Organization Department, while also serving as deputy head of the Central Inspection Leading Group and deputy head of the Central Leading Group for Party Building, a move widely seen by outside observers as a major shift in the balance of power at the top.
During the China-US negotiations, the US side submitted a list of approximately $20 trillion in assets held by the families of CCP officials in the West. The list did not include the names of Hu Jintao, Li Keqiang, Hu Chunhua, or Zhang Youxia, while the families of Zeng Qinghong, Jia Qinglin, and Zhang Dejiang accounted for the bulk of the assets.
The Light of Xi'an Church in Xi'an, Shaanxi, has been subjected to government suppression, with three people, including Pastor Gao Quanfu, arrested and held in custody.
In an interview on the eve of Computex Taipei, Jensen Huang stated that there is no evidence that chips have been diverted to China, and that servers are too heavy to fit into a pocket.
In May 2025, Huang Le entered Taiwan again on a business visa, sparking discussions across various sectors in Taiwan regarding prior vetting and loopholes in high-tech products.
China and Kazakhstan signed a memorandum on waterway cooperation, involving the advancement of related water transport corridor construction.
Jensen Huang and Ms. Huang were spotted together again attending a business banquet in Taipei in May 2025.
In the May TVBS poll, when Shen Bo-yang was first proposed as a candidate for Taipei mayor, his support rate was 30% compared to Chiang Wan-an's 58%, a gap of 28 percentage points.
Since May 2025, audits have uncovered over 260 major disciplinary and legal violations, involving more than 1,100 people and approximately 91 billion RMB in funds.
As poverty-alleviation propaganda was being published, several elderly people at the bottom of society said they could not afford meat, saw no hope in life, and suffered too much just living; even past the age of 70, they still had to survive by scavenging and selling vegetables.
Zhao Huanyu cited information from the Ganzhou Finance Bureau in May 2025, stating that the local government had arranged a budget of 8 million yuan for the annual assessment and funding rewards of the Jiangxi Ganxing Women's Basketball Club.