Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday, on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, reviewed New York's rebuilding process, saying that New York's rise from the ruins was the result of long-term cooperation among the federal, state, and city governments and the private sector, as well as a sustained effort to secure funding.
During the congressional recess, lawmakers from both parties gathered in the House reception hall before leaving Washington to pay tribute to the American lives lost in the 9/11 attacks and to express gratitude to the first responders on the front lines.
Beijing time, September 11, 2026 — According to China Digital Times (CDT), Wuhan authorities punished the relevant theater and the event organizer because crosstalk comedian Guo Degang sang “red songs” during a performance without prior approval. It remains undecided whether Guo Degang will be allowed to continue performing crosstalk or Peking opera. Outside observers believe that the authorities’ prolonged silence over whether to permit his performances is itself a statement.
Ken McCallum, Director General of MI5, wrote in The Independent on the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, warning that Britain faces strategic security threats posed by powerful states in addition to the risk of large-scale terrorist attacks. Although the article did not name any country, it comes amid attention on his previous definitions of the Chinese threat and the trial of Britain's first espionage case involving China.
On September 11, a netizen posted screenshots of a group chat in which a counselor said the school's backend can check students' circumvention software, visited websites and browsing content, demanded that all students immediately uninstall circumvention tools, and warned that verified cases would result in disciplinary action, with serious cases referred to the police.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, along with the Ministry of Finance, reported on September 11 that Jieshou, Anhui, only repaid 42 million yuan in debt but reported 182 million yuan, falsifying its debt reduction achievements.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance, announced on September 11 that Jiujiang in Jiangxi repaid old debts by taking on new ones and counted 1 billion yuan as a debt resolution result.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, together with the Ministry of Finance, announced on September 11 that of the 2.958 billion yuan in debt-resolution funds in Yinchuan, Ningxia, only 1.158 billion yuan was actually used to repay debt, while the remaining 1.8 billion yuan was used for corporate operations, yet all of it was recorded in the debt-resolution system.
A September 11 notice from the National Commission of Supervision and the Ministry of Finance mentioned that during the tenure of Wu Shenghua, former Party Secretary of Bijie, Guizhou, the outstanding debt balance rose instead of falling, with the 2024 debt resolution task completion rate at only 20%, ranking last in the entire province. He once said, "The debts were all incurred by my predecessors — why should I be the one to pay them back?"
On September 11, 2026, the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party decided to appoint Wang Song as Party Secretary of Zhengzhou; he holds a doctorate from Tsinghua University and came from a background as deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China, moving from head of the Henan Provincial Committee's publicity department to the top post in the provincial capital.
On September 11, 2026, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Lei Siwei, former standing committee member of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee and vice governor of Gansu, was expelled from the Party and removed from public office. He is the first provincial- and ministerial-level official to be placed under investigation since this year's Two Sessions.
On September 11, suspect Jie denied raping Lin in an interview, calling it a "very small misunderstanding," and stated that the Discipline Inspection Commission has intervened in the investigation.
September 11, 2026 marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. All former U.S. presidents attended the memorial at the 9/11 site in New York.
On September 11, 2026, responding to South Korean police statistics showing that 54.5% of the 33 overseas technology leak cases uncovered in 2025 flowed to China, and that South Korea is about to expand the scope of espionage charges, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning stated that China demands that enterprises comply with laws and regulations, and at the same time calls on all countries to provide a fair, just, and non-discriminatory business environment.
According to a video by Qiqi Baba dated September 11, 2026, Guangzhou has begun conducting PCR testing using mosquito-borne viruses following its ongoing mosquito eradication campaign.
On September 10, 2026, Shanghai Observer published a commentary titled "Don't Treat Goodwill as an ATM," and Dazhong News also published a commentary discussing private student financial aid; on September 11, the original pages of the two articles respectively displayed "This article does not exist or has been taken offline" and "The manuscript has been deleted."
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, with Congress in recess, lawmakers from both parties stood together on the House floor before leaving Washington to mourn the Americans and frontline rescue workers who died in the 9/11 attacks, and called on the public to remember the unity and resilience shown across society after the attacks.
On September 11, 2026, Voice of America's Chinese website released a video showing a giant flag hanging from the Pentagon to mark the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
On September 11, the whistleblower in the Guangdong Jinmai Group "lymph meat" incident posted a video asking for help, saying he was pressured by company executives and asked to take the video down while the outsourced canteen was favored, accusing the company of violating his rights, saying he is seeking a lawyer's help, and receiving messages of support from many netizens.
The dispute over rebuilding the World Trade Center site continued for years after 911, and the mayor of New York once asked Silverstein to withdraw from the project. Later, all parties reached an agreement: Silverstein gave up his rights to rebuild One World Trade Center, which would be handled by the Port Authority, and in return was allowed to continue constructing the remaining buildings such as Three and Four World Trade Center.
On September 11, 2026, a 25th anniversary ceremony for the 9/11 attacks was held at Ground Zero in New York, where families of the victims, first responders, and officials read aloud the names of the dead. For the first time, this year's ceremony added a seventh moment of silence and bell toll to honor the rescue workers who inhaled toxic dust during the rescue efforts and subsequently fell ill or even died.
A blogger visited multiple bubble tea and dessert shops to investigate labor conditions. Employees reported working shifts of about 9 to 10.5 hours a day, with only 3 to 4 days off per month, and only one shop had relatively better labor conditions.
On September 11, a Douyin influencer released an AI scenario short film titled "High School Daily Life in the Four Provinces of Rivers and Mountains," featuring details such as waking up at 5 a.m., washing hair in freezing water that turns to ice, noise level meters checking morning reading volume, and point deductions for failing to fold quilts properly. Many netizens in the comment section shared similar personal experiences.
A Rosa roxburghii juice brand drew attention after posting a notice of 13 consecutive days off for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, receiving more than 200 orders, more than twice the usual level. The employment notice explicitly states that overtime is not encouraged and team-building events will not be held on rest days.
Li Yu was diagnosed with late-stage stomach cancer on May 20. During the medical treatment period, on June 16, he was dismissed by the Guangzhou branch of Guanyuan Data on the grounds of failing to meet performance targets. On September 11, the labor arbitration ruled that the company had unlawfully terminated the contract, ordering it to pay compensation of 15,700 yuan and a medical subsidy of 94,500 yuan.
On September 11, Wang Huning, Chairman of the CPPCC, met in Beijing with the Speaker of Angola's National Assembly, de Almeida; the official communique stated that Hu Chunhua and others attended the meeting.
After the dormitory conditions at the junior high school division of Hepu No. 4 Middle School were exposed on September 11, some netizens said in the comments that local middle schools in Hepu have dorm rooms with 20 to 30 people squeezed into one room, and students can only take cold showers.
In September 2026, New York Chinatown held a photo exhibition marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, reviewing the impact on the Chinese community and the contributions it made in the disaster; former police officer Chen Xueli and local resident Yao Peter shared their personal experiences from that year.
After personally experiencing the September 11, 2001 attacks, painter Yang Yi created a 12-meter xuan paper ink wash painting, in which the firefighters on the front line of the rescue were modeled on footage from online videos. On the eve of 911 in 2026, the work was exhibited in the United States for the first time at a 25th anniversary photo exhibition in New York's Chinatown, and it was also taken near the World Trade Center for display.
In September 2026, Mbappé addressed the “Dictator Mbappé” meme for the first time in an interview with France Football, saying that such images can sometimes be funny, but that comparing him to rulers responsible for millions of deaths goes too far, and that this sometimes reflects people’s “lack of political and humanitarian awareness.” The figures involved in the memes include Kim Jong-un, Mao Zedong, Stalin, and Mobutu.
On September 11, a student shared a photo of the teaching building at their high school, with the staircases covered in railings; netizens joked that it looked like a prison.
On September 9, AI designer Mihrolla released a surrealist video, using metaphor to showcase the academic burden and ideological constraints in Chinese education.
Researchers from the US security company Calif studied how to use AI to build a zero-click worm for WeChat, WeWorm, which can automatically spread and control accounts.
On September 9, the financial account Gelonghui Tuji Tianxia released data stating that the number of primary schools in China has decreased by approximately 86% over 45 years.
On September 9, when the word 'nikah' was entered into the iTerjiman translation software, a warning page popped up and an alarm played, stating that translation was prohibited and noting legal liabilities.
The Yuelu District Health Bureau reported the sealing of an illegal surgery room in a residential community, with 6 people under control; whistleblower Shangguan Zhengyi revealed that 2 key figures have been brought to justice.
On September 9, Haidilao shareholders reduced their holdings to cash out 2.75 billion HKD, coinciding with the implementation of new tax regulations for Chinese offshore trusts, leading to a sharp drop in stock price.
Kunming police stated that Du某 fabricated false internship information to gain traffic and was administratively detained, while netizens questioned the discrepancies between the report and the merchant's account.
On September 9, a netizen shared a photo of a takeout ticket box from Xiaogu Sister's Malatang, calling for the formulation of anti-animal cruelty laws and rational pet ownership.
In the first 8 months of 2026, only 10 C919s were delivered. China Eastern Airlines has lowered its introduction plan for the next three years, exposing supply chain dependency issues.
On September 9, some netizens posted photos showing that the words "Xi Jin-gui's Flat Head" were written on a freshman Q&A wall at a certain school, suspected to be satire against the top leader.
On September 9, a meat stall owner in Songjiang, Shanghai, stated that a notice required business knives to be secured with iron chains and locks, prompting netizens to draw parallels to controls in Xinjiang.
On the 50th anniversary of Mao Zedong's death, a freshman in Hubei laid flowers and wept before a statue, expressing gratitude, which triggered a large number of netizens netizens in the comments section to engage in irony.
On September 10, a fire broke out during the maintenance of a foreign cargo ship at the Qingdao Beihai Shipyard, causing significant casualties. Xi Jinping instructed the search and rescue operation, and official sources are strictly controlling information from the scene.
Netizens on a mini-program review platform commented on Hangzhou Jinxin Enterprise Management Company, stating that it requires female employees to wear yoga clothes, fires married employees, and only hires those who are unmarried and have not given birth.
On September 9, the SSE issued a regulatory letter to Xingyu Shares and its actual controller, without disclosing specific details.
Apple's press conference on September 10 announced that Intelligence supports multiple languages, but noted it is unavailable in mainland China, stating its release depends on regulatory approval.
Some communities in Huizhou, Guangdong, have set up nucleic acid monitoring points due to confirmed cases of Chikungunya fever, requiring full nucleic acid testing, which has caused panic among netizens.
Guangdong netizens netizens discovered that the categories in the 'Double-Day Off Shopping' mini program all show no products available, and only companies with a 'Double-Day Off Index' greater than 2 are allowed to add links, sparking discussions on the widespread lack of double-day offs for domestic companies.
The Shanghai Sports Bureau announced that Liu Xiang chose to seek employment independently, after which the official Weibo account enabled the comment selection feature, triggering mockery from netizens over the official's inconsistent words and actions.