On the evening of August 29, 2025, the exterior wall of a high-rise building on Xijie in Chongqing University Town was used by activists to display, in a rotating projection, four sets of anti-communist protest slogans including "Down with Red Fascism" and "Overthrow the Communist Party's Tyranny."
Zhang Wanying and a male companion flew from John Wayne Airport in California to Las Vegas, and then flew to Seattle on September 1 to carry out a stakeout task.
At the investiture ceremony for his 76th birthday, the Governor of Malacca, Tun Mohd Ali Rustam, awarded Fan Bingbing a title and conferred upon her the rank of Datuk.
On August 22, 2025, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Wang Lixia, Deputy Secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and Chairperson of the regional government, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is undergoing review and investigation.
During her return to China, Zhang Wanying traveled to Hangzhou, stayed at the Courtyard Hotel, met again with her senior from Hangzhou, and discussed arrangements for follow-up tasks.
Shen Po-yang's team visited the Ningxia Night Market on Tuesday evening, August 18, to campaign. Hundreds of people lined up for photos, and the volume of related social media discussions increased 68-fold overnight.
The National Disease Control and Prevention Administration issued a Q&A clarifying that age-appropriate girls should fulfill their obligations for immunization program vaccines, but completion of the HPV vaccination does not affect a child's school enrollment.
An article published in China Social Security Magazine on August 15, 2025 introduced a “social insurance bank loan” product launched by Jingmen Rural Commercial Bank in Hubei, offering low-interest loans to flexible workers who have difficulty paying contributions so that they can pay their social security contributions, claiming it achieves a three-way win of enhanced social security credit, customer acquisition for the bank, and benefits for the public. The article was dug up by netizens in October 2026 and sparked heated discussion.
On August 14, 2025, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, responding to media questions about the Kuomintang chairmanship election, stated clearly that he is not considering running at all, and that his only goal is to do a good job in Taipei city governance.
It is alleged that a collision between CCP vessels and Philippine vessels in the South China Sea caused the deaths of two military personnel, aged 21 and 25; related claims state that the incident was not disclosed until August 2026.
Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CCP Central Committee, has been taken away to assist in an investigation. He is considered the person within the Party who best understands the layout of the overseas assets of the power elite.
On August 10, a netizen in Guangdong filmed a female sanitation worker pausing during her break to watch retired people her own age singing and dancing in a square, her expression full of envy and helplessness at the vast income gap.
On August 3, 2025, China Automotive Research Institute stated that the test outline was drafted by Li Auto and was a simulated test for a specific scenario; on August 6, Li Auto, China Automotive Research Institute, and Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor issued a joint statement, in which China Automotive Research Institute apologized for not explaining the purpose of the Chenglong truck promptly and clearly.
A mainland doctor on a high-speed rail chose to stay silent when an emergency call for a doctor was broadcast, fearing liability for misdiagnosis, sparking discussion about the medical environment.
On August 4, China's Cyberspace Administration announced the investigation and handling of a batch of so-called accounts that maliciously bad-mouthed companies, and HarmonyOS Smart Life (Hongmeng Zhixing) subsequently issued a statement in response to the relevant complaints.
In August 2025, a subject in the high-dose group of Huida Gene's HG302 Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene editing clinical trial died from a severe immune reaction triggered by AAV, and the incident was not disclosed until about a year later.
A video blogger claimed that the 82nd Group Army, stationed in Baoding, is using the September 3 military parade to prepare to enter Beijing and the Beidaihe area and step up security; the claim comes from sources outside the Great Firewall, with no public reports confirming it.
In Chongqing, a party used a remote-controlled device to project anti-Communist slogans in a hotel for fifty minutes on a timer.
In August 2025, in the waters near Huangyan Island in the South China Sea, a Chinese coast guard vessel collided violently with another Chinese warship while chasing a Philippine patrol boat. Philippine officials released video of the incident, saying the accident was caused by the Chinese side obstructing a resupply operation for Philippine fishermen.
Sausages produced by Shuanghui Group were found in sampling tests to contain the antibiotic lincomycin at 38.5 times the national standard. The test result was suppressed for more than a year after being reported, and only recently came to light amid power struggles within officialdom.
During Russian President Putin's visit to Alaska in the United States, Trump arranged for a B-2 bomber to fly directly over him, and Putin looked up to watch.
Following the vessel collision incident, Beijing accused the Philippines of dangerous maneuvers, but did not directly mention the collision details.
After police launched an investigation into Wang Qunshan's involvement in the case, her husband Meng Wei was listed as an accomplice, and in August, four months after the incident, he too chose to take his own life.
Reuters cited insiders as saying that Liu Jianchao's residence was searched in early August 2025.
On September 5, a blogger posted a video claiming that the domestically produced C919 offered the worst flight experience they had ever had. The video was filmed in late August 2025 on China Eastern Airlines flight MU9199 from Shanghai Hongqiao to Guangzhou. The blogger stated that dizziness occurred shortly after takeoff and noted that for ordinary passengers, comfort is ultimately what matters most.
Fuyuan, Heilongjiang held a China-Russia cross-border infectious disease joint emergency drill in late August, including a response exercise for plague being introduced from abroad.
On August 1, a truck blogger posted a video questioning whether Li Auto's promotional video was faked, saying a truck's frame can bear over a hundred tons of cargo, and that a family sedan ramming a big truck is a huge joke, warning consumers not to be misled.