On September 14, 2026, over 100 miners at the Xinglong Coal Mine of the Xi'an Group in Hancheng, Shaanxi, went to the government service center to demand unpaid wages after being owed several months of pay, during which physical clashes broke out with police and security guards at the scene.
In the first 8 months, direct financing totaled 12.03 trillion yuan, accounting for 50.31% of aggregate social financing; of this, government bonds were 8.77 trillion yuan, accounting for 72.9%, corporate bonds were 2.79 trillion yuan, accounting for 23%, and equity financing was only 470 billion yuan, just 3.9%.
On September 14, Xi Jinping replied to all the comrades of Zhangzhou 110 in Zhangzhou, Fujian. On September 15, Xinhua News Agency and the Qiushi website published it in the top position, emphasizing that during his work in Fujian he had inspected Zhangzhou 110 three times and inscribed it with the words "Guardian of the People."
According to an ICIJ investigation, while Zhang Hongli, a former executive director of ICBC, was in office, his former employer Deutsche Bank accused him of transferring $3.9 million to a company owned by relatives; ICBC did not pursue the matter and instead promoted him to become the main driving force behind Belt and Road financing. Zhang Hongli was later sentenced by a Chinese court to a suspended death penalty for accepting bribes.
On September 14, 2026, Trump called Jensen Huang's mobile phone while Huang was attending a public event. Huang stated on the spot that the threat of AI is not that significant; Trump claimed that if AI is not developed, China will catch up in one year.
On September 14, a user posted on Xiaohongshu saying that as a dispatched worker they had gone six months without receiving wages, and that confronting their supervisor had led nowhere. A large number of commenters said they were owed wages for periods ranging from 5 to 20 months.
On September 14, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a body under the U.S. Congress, released a timeline update titled "Boosting Iran," tracking China's actions supporting Iran's nuclear research and missile development, with entries through August 30, stating that China remains Iran's most important economic lifeline.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on September 14 that it was re-adding Russia's VTB Bank to the sanctions list, accusing it of establishing correspondent banking relationships with sanctioned Iranian banks, transferring Iran's frozen assets, and building a local currency settlement system to help Iran evade sanctions.
At the direction of Lai Ching-te, Hsiao Bi-khim traveled to Italy's Ventotene Island to attend the second European Forum for Freedom and Democracy. The trip was not announced in advance, and the European Commission withdrew from the event after learning of it, while China expressed opposition. After returning to Taiwan on September 14, Hsiao told reporters at the airport that Taiwan will continue to bravely walk a path that moves forward alongside the world.
On September 14, 2026, Trump said on Truth Social that troubled Iran is eager to reach an agreement with the United States, that the US is open to this idea, and that whether to get involved is up to him.
Trump stated on Truth Social that oil is flowing through the Strait of Hormuz and that countries dependent on Gulf oil should pay the United States to compensate for the U.S. military's efforts in guiding and assisting merchant ships through the waterway.
Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels on September 14, 2026, Rutte said that the drone attack carried out by Russia on the Ukraine-Poland border near NATO territory showed Putin's desperation and would prompt NATO to increase its support for Kyiv.
On September 14, the G20 energy meeting opened in Houston, Texas, United States, and will run through Wednesday, focusing on expanding energy supply, stabilizing markets, and reducing the impact of the Middle East crisis on global energy. U.S. Energy Secretary Wright and Interior Secretary Burgum are expected to attend, along with representatives from major economies including China, India, Japan, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.
In mid-September 2026, Anthropic CEO Amodei called on frontier companies to jointly slow the pace of AI development in order to buy time for establishing safety standards, winning support from OpenAI CEO Altman, Musk, and others.
On September 14, 2026, the CCP Central Committee approved Xu Qingsen's appointment as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, and, with the approval of the CCP Central Committee Organization Department, the Fujian Provincial Committee decided that he would serve as head of the provincial committee's Organization Department. Born in 1971, Xu Qingsen previously served as vice minister of the Ministry of Education and director of the Department of Personnel Affairs, and was parachuted in from a central ministry to Fujian.
According to a Lude Society program dated September 14, 2026, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has declassified the "Yan Report" concerning the origins of the novel coronavirus, and it has received recognition at the national laboratory level.
Official data show that primary school enrollment in Guangzhou fell from 272,500 in 2023 to 218,300 in 2025, a decrease of 54,200 over two years, or about 19.9%.
On September 14, a netizen working through a labor dispatch posted that they had not received wages for half a year and their social security had been suspended, and could not resign due to family opposition; subsequently, many netizens left comments in the reply section, revealing wage arrears ranging from several months to even twenty months, and that complaints for rights protection were met with criticism.
Multiple migrant workers gathered at the entrance of China Resources New Energy Tongchuan Co., Ltd. on September 14 to protest the company's failure to settle engineering payments owed since last year.
On September 14, the Xicheng police in Beijing notified Liu Anjun that Sun Meihua had undergone multiple rounds of physical examinations and that the injury assessment was still being processed. As of September 26, whether a case would be filed for investigation had still not been clearly stated.
From September 13 to 14, a 25-year-old illustrator in Foshan, "No Grapefruit," was approached by scammers under the pretext of commissioning a work. Posing as Xianyu customer service, they falsely claimed her account was frozen and that she needed to generate transaction volume to unfreeze it, inducing her to scan a QR code and use lending apps. She lost more than 40,000 yuan, including borrowed funds. She attached the police report receipt.
On September 14, 2026, Hu Bugang, Secretary-General of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, was promoted to Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.
On September 14, a community in Dongying, Shandong announced that starting this year it will roll out an "elderly caring for the elderly" community governance project, in which seniors aged 60 to 70 provide volunteer services for those aged 70 to 90, drawing questions from netizens.
From September 8 to 11, 2026, Vice Chairperson of the National People's Congress Tie Ning led a team to Gansu, conducting research on legislation for the protection of historical and cultural heritage from Tianshui to Jiayuguan. The NPC website released the news on September 14. During the research trip, two vice chairpersons of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress appeared, while Provincial Party Secretary Hu Changsheng and Acting Governor Kong Shaoxun both did not appear.
On September 14, 2026, a blogger in Chongqing launched a challenge: in one day, only buy from businesses that state their employees have two-day weekends. After an afternoon of visits and repeated rejections, the blogger ended up buying just one cup of coffee.
In a tweet, Trump said that Google recently claimed it wanted to build a large factory in Finland entirely because U.S. permitting and approval procedures are too cumbersome, adding that he was very unhappy and hoped Google would change its mind.
On September 14, Student Geng stated in a questioning video that there are 4 duplicated images across different plates in two first-author papers by Zhang Yaohua.
On September 14, Student Geng stated in a questioning video that among Zhang Yaohua's two first-author papers, another two sets of data differ by 10000 item by item.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 14 that two Chinese citizens living in New York, Chen Tianzhu and Chen Yong, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to engage in organized unlawful profit-making and money laundering. They were accused of stealing waste cooking oil from restaurant grease containers in multiple states, selling it across state lines, and laundering the money. Sentencing is scheduled for January 29 next year.
A BBC report on September 14 said analysts believe it is almost impossible for China and the United States to reach coordination on AI, but both sides intend to include AI issues on the agenda of next week's summit.
On September 14, in the comments section of the aforementioned netizen's post, a netizen wrote that they had not been paid for 20 months, and social insurance and medical insurance contributions had not been made.
On September 14, in the comments section of the aforementioned netizen's post, a netizen left a message saying they had been owed 11 months of wages, and their employer also asked employees to pay social insurance out of their own pockets.
On September 14, in the comments section of the aforementioned netizen's post, a netizen wrote that their workplace had not paid wages for 4 months, and that their boss said they could make an advance if they were in difficulty.
On September 14, in the comments section of the aforementioned netizen's post, a netizen left a message saying that they had not been paid for 5 months, and that complaining and defending their rights instead led to being denounced.
China Construction Bank disclosed on September 14 that its digital RMB “smart campus” program has covered 17 provinces and cities, 316 schools, involving 630,000 students. Digital RMB is gradually entering campus consumption scenarios, and some universities have recently added digital RMB payment devices.
On September 14, Wang Haizhou, Chairman of Huanle Aijia, appeared on-site and wrote a letter of guarantee, stating that the company's assets far exceed its debts and promising to release a repayment plan by November 6.
On September 14, netizens filmed baggage handlers at Urumqi Airport in Xinjiang violently throwing checked luggage into the aircraft cargo hold. After the video was exposed, it sparked heated discussions among netizens regarding the treatment and professional quality of outsourced labor.
After the stabbing incident in Guangzhou University City on September 14, netizens posted that during the emergency state at the University City campus of Guangdong University of Technology, multiple food deliveries in the centralized pickup area were stolen or even cleared out amidst the chaos, sparking heated discussion online.
On September 12, 2026, Jianlu Clothing Co., Ltd. in Suqian, Jiangsu Province was exposed by a current employee who claimed that in August 2026 the company arranged employees to work more than 350 hours, and also deducted overtime pay, failed to fully pay social insurance, and covertly forced employees to resign. The employee said that long-term excessive overtime had caused serious bodily damage. Subsequently, the employee submitted a report to the local labor inspection department and formally delivered a "Notice of Forced Termination of Labor Relationship" to the company.
On September 10, 2026, the official media People’s Daily posted an entry announcement on the social platform Xiaohongshu. Subsequently, a netizen posted “We want two-day weekend” in the platform’s comment section as a test, and the system returned a prompt “This comment is under review, sharing not supported at this time”. The incident shows that People’s Daily’s comment function on the new media platform is limited by the platform’s censorship mechanism, sparking netizens’ attention to platform speech censorship.
On September 13, 2026, a large wage-demand slogan was painted on the exterior wall of the Beijing City Construction project site in Guangzhou. The wall displayed texts such as “Return my hard‑earned money”, “Beijing City Construction Company No.5 repeatedly subcontracted and colluded”, “People act, heaven watches”, accusing the project of serious violations and demanding the disciplinary inspection department to conduct a thorough investigation. The graffiti was carried out by unknown individuals, and no construction personnel responded on site.
On September 12, 2026, a Bilibili netizen posted a video showing them shopping at a mid-to-high-end supermarket in Germany using the hourly wage of an outsourced security guard (approximately €22-24). The video documented purchases including pizza, bread, marinated pork ribs, salmon, steak, buttered toast, 1 liter of whole milk, and two kiwis, totaling €24.85. The video sparked a flurry of comments discussing Germany's purchasing power and recent discussions about the implementation of the two-day weekend.
On September 11, 2026, a Douyin user uploaded a mashup video themed around campus safety nets. The video shows students lying horizontally on safety nets outside classroom windows, large areas of safety net installed inside teaching buildings, and a banner hanging beside the safety line that reads "Challenge yourself, break limits." The video quickly garnered a flood of bullet‑screen comments on the platform, with netizens teasing, "Campus?", "Birth rate is still too high", "No wonder so many people voluntarily go to the campus", "Thinking about it is terrifying." This video and its comments reflect public attention and satire toward campus safety facilities.
On September 13, 2026, the Beijing municipal government announced at a press conference that personal possession of drones will be completely prohibited within the urban area, with the ban slated to take effect in mid‑November 2026. Previously, the city had implemented a ban on drone sales in May 2026; this further tightening of regulation is said by officials to aim at safeguarding public safety and preventing illegal filming. The Associated Press reported the news.
On September 11, 2026, a senior student disclosed on an online forum that a class group at his university posted a “Student Information Collection” document, requiring students to fill in their ID numbers, detailed home addresses, and parents' workplaces and submit them to the new class advisor. The student and his classmates expressed concerns about the public form, saying the information would be visible to the entire class, and ultimately none of the classmates filled in that section. The incident has sparked controversy over personal data protection in higher education.
On September 12, a recruitment notice for Harbin Marathon security staff appeared online, requiring work from 5 p.m. that afternoon until 2 p.m. the next day, about 21 hours in total. The employer offered only 160 yuan salary plus a 20 yuan meal allowance, and demanded applicants provide their own food, lodging, tents and other equipment, and spend the night on the street. Some members in the recruitment group questioned the mismatch between workload and pay, and netizens in the comments criticized it as low‑human‑rights exploitation, saying “less than nine yuan per hour.” This notice has sparked attention and controversy over the labor system for security at large events.
On September 12, 2026, a corner of He Ping Park in Fuyang, Anhui Province was photographed by netizens, showing a large amount of political slogan graffiti on the wall, including "Long live China, world peace", "Capitalist roaders are still walking", "The working class must lead everything", "Never forget class struggle", etc. Netizens reposted it on social platforms and pointed out the phenomenon, with no official response seen.
On September 11, 2026, a senior student at Dongguan Experimental Middle School had his night snack taken by first- and second-year students after a late class dismissal. After reporting to the school, the administration posted a notice on the bulletin board, including the statements “The teacher wants you to rank in the top 100 of the grade, can you do it?”, “Your parents want you to get into a 985 university, can you meet the requirement?”, and “Don’t always expect others to satisfy you, learn to empathize.” The incident sparked heated discussion online, with netizens questioning the school’s pressure tactics. The next day, September 12, the original poster’s account was deleted.
On September 11, 2026, a netizen posted on a social platform stating that when using the university learning software “Zhidao”, even after closing the app and clearing the background, after turning on VPN a prompt “VPN environment detected, please adjust network” still appears. The netizen worries this prompt could be monitored by the school and affect credits or graduation. Zhidao belongs to Zhihui Tree Net, and its privacy policy effective from July 1, 2025 states that the platform will collect device identifiers and IP in the background, and may provide abnormal learning behavior data to the school after school authorization.
On September 12, 2026, a teacher at Wenshan Experimental Primary School in Wenshan, Yunnan Province, required first‑grade students in a classroom to give a routine presentation and recite “I Love Our Motherland,” then organized a fully coordinated drill with identical movements. Netizens described the on‑site performance as “North Korean‑style.” The activity was completed within the school and later sparked a large number of comments on social media, with netizens questioning the coercive nature of the teaching method and its suppression of children’s natural instincts.