Chronicle TIMELINE
A chronological, causal record of the resistance, major political crises, and contemporary truth.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, netizens posted a group chat screenshot on a social platform. In the screenshot, an account self‑identified as “counselor” said the school’s backend could query the circumvention tools students use, the websites they visit, the posts they browse, and the videos they watch, and claimed all records could be retained for traceability. The account demanded that all students immediately uninstall circumvention tools, warned that verified violations would result in disciplinary action, and that serious cases would be transferred to the police (Public Security) for handling, also stating that circumvention would lead to personal information leakage and device infection.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Ningbo
On September 11, 2026, at night, Ningbo University's new students' opening ceremony was suddenly hit by heavy rain, and the principal, Cai Ronggen, put down the original 3300+ words of the speech, only quoted the lyrics of “Water” and said “Welcome everyone,” and then blessed the new students to study hard and live well, the whole speech ended in 40 seconds. The school's public account later published the complete speech, and netizens praised the principal's decision to shorten the speech due to the rain.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Shenzhen
On September 11, at the Huawei Hongmeng Smart Mobility User Center store on Chuangye 2nd Road in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, several workers climbed onto the roof to conduct rights defense. After the incident, the involved store issued a statement in response, and the related on-site video was subsequently taken down from the entire network.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Nanjing
On September 11, 2026, two elderly residents in Yuhua District, Nanjing, who had suffered oppression from the District Commerce Bureau for 23 years without resolution, hung banners with black backgrounds and white text, along with "Injustice" slogans, at their residence, accusing central government directives of becoming empty words and reporting nighttime harassment.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Beihai
On September 11, netizens exposed the extremely primitive accommodation and bathing environments at the junior high department of Hepu No. 4 Middle School in Beihai, Guangxi. Dozens of students are crowded into a single large dormitory, relying only on a few ceiling fans during the sultry summer. The washing and bathing facilities are old and damp. The so-called improvement in conditions consisted only of installing a door in the bathhouse, sparking public concern.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, The New York Times reported that a US California security company used AI to simulate attacks on WeChat, exposing the vulnerability of digital infrastructure. Zhao Minghao, deputy director of Fudan University's Center for American Studies, said that the ability to attack core Chinese apps like WeChat is comparable to new nuclear weapons.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, netizens shared a photo of a donation monument. In the "Married-out Daughters' Donations" column, names such as "Xuedi" and "Jindi," which carry strong gender connotations, appeared frequently, sparking criticism and heated discussion among netizens regarding patriarchal oppression and the preference for boys over girls.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 12, a blogger was live-streaming a test of Li Auto's latest smart driving system when the vehicle, despite a large vehicle passing quickly, accelerated out of a side road onto the main road at 37 km/h. The blogger narrowly avoided a collision by slamming on the brakes. The blogger later revealed that this dangerous situation had occurred multiple times, and the live stream was subsequently banned.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Dalian
From September 8th to 10th, the Central United Front Work Department held a training class for senior management talents of key private enterprises in Dalian, with over 50 entrepreneurs participating. Shen Ying, the deputy minister in charge of daily affairs, requested in her opening speech that private entrepreneurs thoroughly study Xi Jinping Thought, uphold the "Two Establishes," achieve the "Two Maintains," and always be "politically astute individuals."
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Recently, a netizen posted a video showing a red Japanese passport cover, only revealing at the end that it was not a real passport. The video triggered numerous comments from netizens expressing congratulations on "landing ashore," "successful jailbreak," and other sentiments of relief and celebration.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·China
At 9:00 PM on September 13, 2026, after arriving back in China from India, Xi Jinping was suspected of suffering a sudden stroke or other serious complications and was carried off the plane, sparking widespread speculation and concern regarding his actual health status.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·India
While attending the BRICS summit in India, Xi Jinping suddenly felt unwell, and Indian Prime Minister Modi asked him on-site if he was feeling uncomfortable. After the meeting, Xi Jinping returned to rest and subsequently missed the dinner hosted by Modi. Related reports stated that Xi Jinping suddenly paused during his speech at the summit, and two people on-site asked "Are you okay?"; the program did not provide a hospital diagnosis or an official statement regarding his health condition.
09.13
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
From last year to mid-September 2026, 13 provincial party committee secretaries-general have taken office, including several officials with backgrounds in energy or finance, sparking external attention regarding personnel changes in local power centers and high-level strategic layouts.
09.13
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·United States
Trump said on September 13 that Chinese cars will continue to be barred.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·United States
On September 13, when asked about the progress of the Boeing aircraft deal, Trump stated that he would finalize the transaction.
09.13
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing, China
The 26th meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal People's Congress voted to pass the Beijing Unmanned Aircraft Management Regulations, which stipulate that from November 15 flying is strictly prohibited throughout all urban districts of Beijing, and the possession and transport of drones and their core components is also banned.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Kunming
On September 10, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Transport announced the application status for public institution recruitment. Among them, the "Admissions and Employment Management Post" at the Yunnan Transport Technician College recruited only 1 person, but attracted 5,172 applicants, with 4,953 passing the review and 2,106 completing the payment. This position has no major restrictions and is included in the public institution establishment.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, a netizen posted on social media a "Xi Jinping electronic prayer beads" created using a certain app's custom photo function, replacing each bead with Xi Jinping's portrait, which has attracted online attention and political satire.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 12, a netizen from a state-owned enterprise posted screenshots of a work group chat showing that a certain state-owned enterprise issued a notice requiring all management and professional technical personnel to work normally on two-day weekends and legal holidays, explicitly stating that further notice would be given when this is canceled, which has drawn attention from netizens.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, a video circulated online showing a girl searching for and eating leftover food from a trash can, which garnered widespread attention and shares. The comment section for the related video was strictly limited, displaying only 3 comments, while a large number of netizens used bullet comments to express sarcasm and commentary.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
US officials have revealed evidence indicating that Iran obtained high-resolution satellite imagery of the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan from Chinese entities before launching an attack on the base in July, which resulted in the deaths of three US soldiers and injuries to four. The US has raised the issue with China, but has been rebuffed. This incident further complicates the backdrop for the US-China summit on September 24th.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, a netizen revealed that a Uniqlo employee who requested to use the restroom due to diarrhea was denied by the store manager, who cited insufficient staff. The netizen claimed that leaving the post without approval faces a warning or dismissal, and using the restroom for more than 5 minutes is criticized. Related comments were deleted and controlled.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Shaoshan
On the evening of September 8th, at a public gathering in Shaoshan, Hunan, attendees held up portraits of Mao Zedong and red flags, chanting slogans such as 'Implement the Labor Law,' 'Fully Implement Two-Day Weekends,' and 'Improve Labor Treatment.'
09.13
·Reported
·Importance V
·Sources 1
·India
When Xi Jinping finished his trip to India and boarded his plane to leave, he was observed to be unable to swing his left arm, with his shoulder twisted and his pace noticeably slow, clearly different from the movements of those accompanying him, sparking outside speculation about his health condition.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·South Korea
On September 13, 2026, South Korea passed an amendment to its criminal law, expanding the scope of the espionage offense from "enemy states" to "foreign or equivalent entities", and it came into force on the same day. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning responded that China consistently requires enterprises to comply with laws and regulations, and also calls on all countries to provide a fair, impartial, non-discriminatory business environment. Statistics from the Korean police show that of the 33 overseas technology leakage cases seized in 2025, 54.5% flowed to China. Previously, a South Korean court sentenced a former Samsung researcher to seven years in prison in April for leaking semiconductor technology to China.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
On September 13, State Security Minister Chen Yixin published a signed article in a magazine, listing political security as the primary risk of artificial intelligence and demanding adherence to the Party's comprehensive leadership, warning of overseas AI leakage risks and proposing the establishment of a regulatory platform. On the same day, Anthropic released a report stating that local public security and state security in China had used Claude to monitor residents, rights defenders, and overseas dissenters.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·India
According to a circulating video, while Xi Jinping was attending a meeting in India, Modi asked “Are you okay?” from three or four meters away, after which two staff members walked toward Xi Jinping; Xi waved them off and the staff left. The incident was widely circulated, and another version of the video appeared claiming that Modi asked the question because of an earphone problem.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
Footage of Xi Jinping returning to Beijing from India shows him descending the aircraft stairs with his body leaning to the left, his left arm hanging naturally without swinging, only his right arm swinging and waving, and walking slowly and with difficulty. The footage has circulated online and is being cited as one of the grounds for discussion about his health.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·爱尔兰
Trump said in Ireland on September 13 that he was not worried about Xi Jinping canceling the White House meeting scheduled for September 24 over the issue of arms sales to Taiwan; earlier Kyodo News reported that the Chinese side warned that it would cancel the meeting if the US approved new arms sales to Taiwan before the summit, and Trump said he would hold off on approving an arms sale package to Taiwan totaling $14 billion. Taiwan's foreign minister Lin Chia-lung rebutted the claims, saying they were Beijing's cognitive warfare.
09.13
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·China
From September 13, rumors spread on the X platform that Ren Zhengfei and Meng Wanzhou's family had fled China, accompanied by screenshots showing that Huawei could not reach Ren Zhengfei internally, surveillance footage of a minivan driving away from the residence, and videos of armed police surrounding Huawei's headquarters; these were later republished by Taiwanese and Malaysian media and spread to Douyin.
09.13
·Official claim
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
Chen Yixin, China's Minister of State Security, published a signed article on China Cyberspace on September 13, incorporating six major risks arising from artificial intelligence into the national security system, placing political security first, and naming the large models of Anthropic and OpenAI for raising the level of weaponization of cyberattacks. This is the first time China's top intelligence agency has systematically expounded on AI risks.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·New Delhi
The two-day BRICS summit concluded in New Delhi on September 13, 2026, issuing the New Delhi Declaration, which calls on the Middle East region to exercise maximum restraint, avoid actions that could worsen the situation, and condemns, in neutral wording, attacks on civilian infrastructure and nuclear facilities.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·United States
On the eve of the U.S.-China leaders' summit, Trump repeatedly stressed that the United States must maintain its lead over China in artificial intelligence, saying that whoever wins AI wins, and posted on Truth Social that there had been a conspiracy around artificial intelligence and data centers, and that the only one happy about it is China.
09.13
·Hearsay
·Importance IV
·Sources 2
·United States
According to Hu Liren's program True China, before Xi Jinping returned to Beijing from India on September 13, the US White House had already begun rehearsals for Xi Jinping's originally scheduled visit to the US on September 24.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·India
According to multiple media reports, an important agreement that India and China had originally planned to sign during Xi Jinping's visit to India in September was ultimately not signed.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·China
On September 13, Anthropic released its September threat intelligence report, stating that operators linked to local Chinese police and state security agencies had used Claude to assist in monitoring petitioners, rights defenders, and overseas dissidents, with the "Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher" account being one of the monitoring targets.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 3
·India
On the evening of September 13, 2026, Xi Jinping left New Delhi after the BRICS Summit. When boarding the plane, he had no jet bridge assistance and walked up the airstairs on foot; the process was very strenuous, inconsistent with the physical condition of someone in his seventies.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance IV
·Sources 1
·United States
Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the United States on September 24, 2026, and overseas democracy movement activists plan to travel to Washington to protest at that time; pro-CCP overseas community leaders are also organizing people to go to Washington to wave the five-star red flag, and some democracy activists say they will photograph and submit to the FBI for verification the identities of the relevant people.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Hengshui
On September 13, a blogger who claimed to have attended Hengshui No.2 Middle School in Hebei posted a video exposing high‑pressure control and serious human‑rights violations within the school. She said teachers often beat and verbally abuse students, causing sternum or clavicle fractures; a sophomore girl, after being insulted, cut her wrist in the dormitory; and a female student, seeking protection, developed a relationship with a male teacher, whose homeroom teacher was later taken away on suspicion of rape.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Xuwen County
On September 13, multiple villagers from Pengliao Village, Longtang Town, Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, gathered at the site to protest after the Longtang town government designated their farmland as forest land and planned to plant trees on it.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·United States
Trump stated on September 13 that Chinese cars will continue to be blocked from the U.S. market, adding that tariffs have prevented the import of Chinese vehicles.
09.13
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
On September 13, 2026, the Chinese Democracy Progress Alliance held a rally at Sydney Town Hall in Australia. The event was organized by the organization's publicity department head Ji Yichen and organization department head Ni Yongjiu. Rally participants called for an end to the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule and demanded that Xi Jinping step down, while also expressing concern over the human rights situation in Xinjiang, voicing support for members of the Hong Kong Alliance and imprisoned democrats such as Joshua Wong, and reiterating their demands for freedom, democracy, and human rights.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Washington
Trump said on September 13 that the deal announced during his visit to China in May — in which China agreed to purchase 200 Boeing aircraft, with the total number of future orders potentially rising to 750 — will be finalized.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Shandong, China
From September 13 to 16, Hu Chunhua, vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), led a CPPCC inspection delegation on a tour of the Shandong Peninsula, as part of his increased public activities in mid-September.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·United States
Anthropic co-founder Amodei published a long article arguing that China's lead in artificial intelligence poses a serious threat to the United States and the world, and backing Washington's restrictions on selling powerful AI chips to China; Chinese state media Global Times said his claims of containing China are an unrealizable delusion, and China's Foreign Ministry said it has noted the relevant remarks.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Hengshui
On September 13, a blogger who claimed to be a graduate of Hengshui No. 2 High School posted a video saying that a second-year high school girl suffered a psychological breakdown after being verbally abused by her homeroom teacher and slit her wrists in the dormitory, committing suicide.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Hengshui
On September 13, a blogger who claimed to be a graduate of Hengshui No. 2 High School posted a video saying that under high-pressure controls, some female students, in order to seek so-called protection, developed intimate relationships with male teachers who hold managerial power.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Hengshui
On September 13, a blogger claiming to be a graduate of Hengshui No. 2 High School posted a video stating that her homeroom teacher during her second year of high school was later taken away on suspicion of rape.
09.13
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 5
·Beijing
After Beijing announced new drone management regulations on September 13, 2026, some netizens who had previously filed registrations and real-name registered their drones as required were pressured by police to hand them over. The police station did not contact the owners directly, but instead asked their parents to have the drones shipped out of Beijing or handed over to a recycling station, with buyback prices on second-hand platforms falling to 30% of the original price.
09.13
·Official claim
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·Heze
On September 13, 2026, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (Shandong Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau) issued a report saying it had received public tip-offs indicating that cultural relics might have gone missing during the archaeological excavation of a Yuan Dynasty ancient shipwreck in Heze City. Heze City promptly formed a joint investigation team to examine the archaeological site and the management of cultural relics. The report did not disclose the specific types or quantities of the missing relics.