The video claims that Xi Jinping walked slowly during his visit to India, that Modi asked about his condition twice, that he did not attend the banquet and returned to Beijing early, and that upon his return there was no welcome ceremony or press release, sparking outside speculation about his health.
Affected by the decline in the birth population and the concentration of population in urban areas, the number of primary schools in China has rapidly decreased. Data from the Ministry of Education shows that the number of regular primary schools nationwide has decreased by about 29,700 in five years. Many places have begun to revitalize and utilize idle rural primary and secondary school buildings, converting them into facilities such as elderly care service centers, highlighting the background of accelerating low birth rates and aging population.
On September 12, 2026, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei posted on social media, calling for a slowdown in frontier AI development, stronger international cooperation, and the introduction of third‑party assessment bodies to track safety practices. Subsequently, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman expressed agreement with the call and revealed that the originally planned listing has been postponed to 2027 due to safety concerns. The statements from the two CEOs stem from former Anthropic and OpenAI employee Jacob Coxon warning on X and in an NPR interview that the two companies are "gambling with our lives" and expressing worry that rapid AI progress could pose a lethal threat to humanity within a decade. Amodei emphasized that AI remains beneficial to humanity, but must be built in the right way.
The video claims that news came out of Beijing that Xi Jinping was carried off the plane on a stretcher after returning to Beijing from India and could no longer walk normally; this claim has not been officially confirmed.
At the BRICS summit in New Delhi in September 2026, the concept of a unified BRICS currency pushed by China was not included in the New Delhi Declaration; the declaration only mentioned expanding the use of local currencies for settlement and interconnecting payment systems. India stated clearly that there is currently no proposal to establish a unified BRICS currency.
According to Bloomberg, at the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Xi Jinping proposed establishing a BRICS open-source AI community to promote large language model development, application cooperation, and talent training, and suggested setting up a BRICS open-source AI zone, but the proposal was not fully accepted.
On the morning of September 12, Lin received a 'Notice of Case Filing' issued by the Junlian County Public Security Bureau, and the case was officially filed.
On September 12, 2026, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he agreed with Anthropic's call to slow down frontier AI research and development and would follow up with similar measures, while telling Fortune that the original listing plan has been postponed to 2027 due to safety concerns.
Chinese authorities blocked Meta's acquisition of AI company Manus for about $2 billion and imposed exit bans on two of Manus's founders, seen as a case of China's extraterritorial regulations being enforced in practice.
On September 12, Li Qing was arrested by Washington police while protesting outside the residence of Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng, and was accused of assaulting police; as relayed by Wei Libin (@baron_weili), Li Qing said he did not touch any police officer and that the police and the embassy colluded to frame him — this claim has not been verified.
On September 12, 2026, Xiong Maoping, Secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee, was dismissed from his post. The announcement made no mention of him being assigned to another position, and the meeting announcing the dismissal was chaired by himself.
On September 12, a teacher at Wenshan Experimental Primary School in Yunnan asked first-grade students to demonstrate classroom routines and recite "I Love the Motherland," after which the students took part in collective drills with movements in perfect unison. Netizens called it "North Korea-style" primary school education, sparking discussion.
Around September 12, 2026, North Korea launched an unidentified projectile toward the Sea of Japan in the early morning. South Korea said it had detected the launch but provided no details; the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement saying it was aware of the situation and that it posed no immediate threat to U.S. personnel, territory, or allies.
An official announcement on September 12 stated that Hu Lijie, formerly a member of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and head of its Organization Department, has been transferred across provinces to become a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and head of its Organization Department.
After Hu Lijie was transferred out of Shanxi, Zhao Hongyan, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, succeeded him as head of the Organization Department of the CPC Shanxi Provincial Committee.
On September 12, a netizen purchased a flight ticket from Guangzhou to Vietnam. With all procedures complete and no clear violation of laws or regulations, they were turned back by customs and denied exit.
According to a video blogger, while Xi Jinping attended the BRICS summit in New Delhi from September 12 to 13, Modi asked him twice during their meeting whether he was well, which was interpreted as a sign that his condition was abnormal; no corroborating evidence has been found in public reports.
During Xi Jinping's visit to India from September 12 to 13, local Tibetans intercepted his motorcade in protest. Indian authorities detained dozens of Tibetans, then released them all, without taking harsh measures.
On September 12, 2026, Hu Lijie was appointed to the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee and as head of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department, succeeding the former organization department head who had been taken away by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection just 12 days earlier.
On September 12, 2026, Li Qiang, a local official in Liaoning (a different person from the State Council premier of the same name), was appointed to the Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee and as secretary of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee; the former secretary relieved of his post was Xiong Maoping.
On September 12, 2026, the CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee decided to appoint Ma Shanshan as deputy secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the leading Party members group of the Shenyang Municipal Government; she will become the next mayor of Shenyang. She is 47 years old and was only appointed secretary of the Fuxin Municipal Party Committee less than a year ago.
Around September 12, 2026, a livestream sales influencer with a large following publicly shouted “Xi Jinping step down” during a broadcast, and spoke about nonviolent civil disobedience and the Czech revolution that overthrew the Communist Party. When sensitive words were mentioned, the comment section of the livestream was immediately closed.
Around September 12, 2026, Tietou and his team members shouted "We are innocent" in court. Supporters believe their actions challenged the authorities rather than constituting extortion, while some self-media outlets accused them of extortion.
Affected by the decline in births and the concentration of the population in towns and cities, many places have begun to make use of idle rural primary and secondary school buildings, converting some idle primary schools into nursing homes, elderly care service centers and other facilities.
The Shanghai Maritime Court's ruling in the "Dortmund Express" case was listed by the Financial Times as one of the cases showing that China's foreign-related rule-of-law tools are actually being used for real.
On September 12, the Weibo account of Mr. Zhang, the party involved in Honor's "Magic Pictorial" incident, showed as deleted, and all content on Xiaohongshu was cleared, leaving only a report by Jiemian News.
Netizens used Huawei tablets to test the difficulty of closing startup ads and found that whether clicking close or pressing the X, it forcefully redirects to the next ad in an endless loop.
On September 12, Liu Anjun went to the Beijing Guangnei Police Station and other departments to demand clarification on Sun Meihua's suspected abandonment, trafficking, and purchase of persons, and was told that the case was still ongoing and that information was kept confidential from non-direct family members.
On September 12, the man with an intellectual disability died in Fengshun, Meizhou, after rescue efforts failed, at the age of only 39. His family said he had been doing heavy work without pay at a scrap yard for nearly 20 years, while the boss claimed he had kindly taken him in seven or eight years ago.
On September 12, a netizen discovered that a store set the upper age limit for hiring employees at only 25. Netizens believe the age restriction reflects the excessive labor intensity of the job, which requires young people to stand for long hours and work night shifts.
At the China-India talks in New Delhi on September 12, 2026, Zhou Hongxu, director of the Central Guard Bureau, appeared beside Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu, attending in plain clothes. Eight months after Zhang Youxia was dismissed in January 2026, Zhou Hongxu remains in his post.
On September 12, 2026, a netizen purchased a flight ticket from Guangzhou to Vietnam. With the ticket, passport and all other documents in order, they were still turned back at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport and denied permission to leave the country.
On September 12, a teacher at Wenshan Experimental Primary School in Yunnan required students to read “I Love Our Motherland” in unison as part of a classroom routine demonstration. The video sparked discussion among netizens about the school’s militarized management.
A Shenyang entrepreneur in his sixties, who formerly worked in commercial real estate in Shenzhen before his property was confiscated, publicly declared his withdrawal from the CCP (the three withdrawals), arrived in Italy on September 12, 2026, released a video calling on the Chinese people to rise up against tyranny, and plans to head to Germany to seek political asylum.
On September 10, news spread on social media platforms that BYD had suspended profit-sharing bonuses for the 2025 fiscal year. After an internal employee posted to confirm this, they were called in for a talk and forced to delete the post. Meanwhile, multiple employees leaked that they had not received pay raises for a long time, housing subsidies had decreased, and performance bonuses had dropped, leaving concentrated satirical satirical own comments under the company's official account.
On September 10, 2026, a conflict between urban management officers and vendors occurred near Hairui Cultural Park in Haikou City, Hainan Province, attracting a large crowd of onlookers.
On September 11, Enflame Technology, referred to by the media as the Chinese version of Nvidia, was listed on the STAR Market, closing 179.22% higher than the issuance price with a market value exceeding 170 billion. Prospectus materials show its 2025 revenue was 990 million yuan, with a net loss of 1.16 billion yuan, and the largest shareholder Tencent contributed 83.79% of the total revenue. Analysis suggests the surge was primarily driven by short-term IPO subscription funds.
Taiwan's Taoyuan District Prosecutors Office reported on September 9th that they had dismantled an organ trafficking ring composed of seven adult defendants. The group recruited victims online, planning to control them and smuggle them to mainland China for organ harvesting. Those involved have been investigated and dealt with according to law.
Apple's official website in mainland China has downplayed the release date of a new product scheduled for September 18th, referring to it as 'next Friday the 18th,' while the Hong Kong and Taiwan websites correctly state 'September 18th,' sparking speculation about avoiding the September 18th Incident.
On September 11, 2026, a user on the Zhihu platform posted a message mocking public figure Hu Xijin, sparking online attention.
On September 10, netizens revealed that Time Fengjun was listed as a key regulatory target, with offline performances and cultural tourism approvals blocked, related documentaries, daily materials, and merchandise facing cold treatment, and the October 6 session of the Luzhou Music Festival also canceled.
On September 9, Hefei, Anhui, introduced new safety supervision regulations for food delivery, requiring riders to go offline for 20 minutes after delivering for more than four consecutive hours, and implementing joint punishment for traffic violations. Riders generally disagree with this, pointing out that low delivery fees are the primary cause of overtime work and violations.
Wu Zhongmin, a reporter from Jiangxi Radio and Television Station, was slapped in the face by the father of the person in charge of a company involved in a dispute while interviewing at a Xiaer Baba homestay in Shenzhen. The All-China Journalists Association has spoken out in support of the reporter's right to perform their duties according to law and demanded severe punishment for the assailant.
On September 10, 2026, a scene of an elderly scavenger in Henan carrying a national flag while rummaging through a trash can attracted attention. The video's comment section was subsequently cleared, but a large number of sarcastic bullet comments remained.
The Chinese Embassy in Japan announced on September 11 that, based on the principle of reciprocal visa fees, visa fees for Japanese citizens traveling to China will be significantly increased starting from September 14. The fees for single-entry, six-month multiple-entry, and one-year multiple-entry visas will all see substantial increases, ranging from 6 to 7 times the original amount. However, the policy of visa exemption for short-term stays in China for holders of ordinary passports will not be affected for the time being.
A teacher in Wuhan posted a video exposing their August salary of only 120 yuan, received on Teacher's Day. They were deducted 1800 yuan due to being on sick leave since June after an injury and the student enrollment not meeting the required standard. Although the Wuhan Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau accepted their work-related injury claim application on August 3rd, the result is pending and they have to cover their own surgical expenses. Their appeals to superiors have been fruitless.
Anhui University plans to build a campus network system for analyzing and controlling politically sensitive network behavior, with China Mobile winning the bid for construction at a cost of 868,000 yuan. The system aims to detect, alert, asynchronously audit, and trace politically sensitive information and activities like "wall-climbing." It is scheduled for acceptance and use by the end of 2026.
On September 11, 2026, a popular Weibo influencer posted that discussions related to the Sun Meihua abduction case were being massively deleted and suppressed. Videos posted by bloggers who participated in the rescue have also disappeared. Sun Meihua originally lived in Beijing's Second Ring Road, spoke English, and was involved in foreign trade. She was abducted to a rural area at the age of 32 and suffered for 26 years. The methods of abduction and the progress of the case investigation, which have garnered public attention, have not yet been disclosed, and the official response has raised questions.
Recently, multiple Douyin netizens exposed a malicious pop-up ad issue on certain Android phones. After accidental clicks, the ads disguise themselves as property management, delivery, or daughter's calls to lure users into answering. Whether the user clicks 'hang up' or 'answer', it redirects to an unfamiliar call interface and plays a voice, trapping them in an unclosable ad loop.
On September 9, the criminal lawsuit filed by the US Department of Justice against Huawei and its subsidiaries officially opened in federal court. The presiding judge is Ann Donnelly, and the trial is expected to last several months. Prosecutors accuse Huawei of operating a criminal enterprise for over 20 years through theft, lies, and cover-ups, facing approximately 12 charges including racketeering, conspiracy to steal trade secrets, bank fraud, money laundering, and obstruction of justice.