Meng Wanzhou landed at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on a Chinese government chartered flight; on the same day, two Canadian citizens, Michael, who had been detained by China, were released and boarded a flight back to Toronto.
Meng Wanzhou returned to China on a government chartered flight, with CCTV broadcasting the event live. At the airport, she stated that the motherland is the strongest backing.
Meng Wanzhou signed a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and signed a four-page statement of facts, admitting to making false statements to HSBC in Hong Kong in 2013.
The Taiwan Affairs Office responded to the related online controversy, saying it would conduct an in-depth investigation and handle it, while pointing suspicion at certain political forces in Taiwan.
Evergrande, China's largest real estate developer, is in trouble with $31 billion in debt, and a rare protest has broken out at its headquarters, marking the opening of the continuing downturn in China's property sector.
Blackstone made an offer to acquire all of SOHO China's shares, but the deal lapsed that September after the State Administration for Market Regulation launched an antitrust investigation.
A wild black Swan rarely landed on the central axis of Tiananmen Square in Beijing and strolled about leisurely for two hours before being taken away by a professional agency, sparking outside associations with the economic and political situation.
On September 2, 2021, the National Radio and Television Administration issued a notice requiring television and online audiovisual platforms to take political literacy as a criterion for personnel selection, specifying that "personnel with incorrect political stances who are alienated from the Party and the country must be resolutely rejected."
Desmond Shum received the first phone call from Duan Weihong four years after her disappearance, just on the eve of the book's publication, followed by the official release of 'Red Roulette'.
Sima Nan seized on issues such as Lenovo's restructuring, state-owned assets, and executive compensation, releasing multiple videos in a row to attack the company, thereby gaining enormous traffic, accompanied by the operations of a behind-the-scenes PR team.
Netizens dug up Zhang Junning's 2010 master's thesis, questioning his political stance over the wording "our country" and the Republic of China era dating in the title; his studio subsequently issued a statement denying any pro-Taiwan independence stance.
Dong Jun promoted to the rank of General.
On September 10, 2021, Blackstone terminated its acquisition of SOHO China; on December 17, Jianhua Land, a SOHO subsidiary, was ordered by Beijing tax authorities to pay back taxes and a fine for underpaid taxes, totaling 709 million yuan.
In September 2021, Meng Wanzhou flew from Vancouver back to China; on the same day, two Canadians detained by China were also released and left, with both sides seen as a prisoner swap.