Nepal has deployed a total of more than 25,000 military and police personnel in mudslide disaster relief operations, including 9,287 army soldiers, 7,912 police officers, and 4,203 armed police, rescuing and relocating a total of 13,396 people, with the entire relief process conducted openly before the world's media.
During the critical first ten days of rescue work after the mudslide disaster at Gyirong Port, the Chinese Communist Party did not allow any international media to enter the disaster area to inspect and report; only afterward did a special office under the State Council organize and guide journalists and provide documents for their coverage.
In September 2026, independent media entered several office towers in Lujiazui, Shanghai, and filmed large numbers of vacant floors. International companies have moved out and office space has been drastically reduced, yet the buildings remain brightly lit at night, accused of creating an illusion of economic prosperity; property security guards have been withdrawn over unpaid fees, and management is lax.
Recently, a number of universities, including Beijing Forestry University, Anhui University of Architecture, and Shanxi Vocational College of Finance and Trade, successively introduced detailed rules for living within their means, stipulating measures such as banning flowers at meetings, prohibiting the distribution of souvenirs, and purchasing low-cost air tickets for travel, in order to cut administrative extravagance.
In September, the tender for the first development area of the Hung Shui Kiu project in Hong Kong was awarded to a consortium with a China Overseas background. The land price was HK$1.03 billion, while the consortium must also bear HK$16.8 billion in land formation and infrastructure investment; after deducting the infrastructure obligations, the net land price is close to zero.
According to survey data from the China Vocational and Technical Education Society, between 2023 and 2025, the number of institutions providing skills training for university graduates increased from 26 to 45, reflecting the growing prevalence of university graduates returning to vocational schools for further training.
The Global Times recently interviewed Zhang Weiwei, who publicly praised China as the world's truly rational country and said it is fortunate that China has its system; the remarks spread widely online and drew a large amount of mockery and criticism from netizens.
Xi Tingsong recently took office as a standing committee member and head of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Hongkou District Party Committee. Because his surname is Xi and his given name is Tingsong, netizens have speculated and joked about his relationship with Xi Jinping. Publicly available information shows that he was born in June 1971, is of the Naxi ethnic group, is a native of Lijiang, Yunnan, and holds a master's degree in law.
A blogger's sampling tests found that sulfur dioxide residues in problematic bamboo shoots from Qingyuan still seriously exceeded the limits after being stored for several days. Qingyuan accounts for more than 90% of the country's moso bamboo output, and netizens lamented that China's food safety problems are impossible to fully inspect.
At a public school in Guangzhou, teachers were banned from abstaining in the election of deputies to the People's Congress, and they were privately told explicitly to cast their votes for a designated candidate. Netizens joked that the election was nothing but a formality.
A number of businesses in Jiangxi that had ceased operations and completed deregistration have been ordered by local authorities to forcibly reinstate their tax registration and pay taxes again. One business deregistered in September 2025 had its registration forcibly reinstated on June 22, 2026, on the grounds that, at the time of deregistration, its financial statements showed over 300,000 yuan in undistributed profits, which must be taxed at 20%.
Netizens revealed that the rest function for JD Food Delivery riders requires an application and approval from the station manager; without approval, the system continues to assign orders, and one rider's rest application was shown as rejected after submission.
India approves its first dengue vaccine, bringing hope in the fight against a severe epidemic; over the past five years India has reported more than 1 million dengue cases, and the actual figure may be far higher.
In September 2026, overseas self-media widely circulated claims that Liang Hongda (Lao Liang) had arrived in Canada and Yuan Tengfei in the United States, with some self-media calling it "defection"; Zhai Shanying, however, said the two had never been anti-CCP in their remarks, but were only criticizing current problems.
In his September 2026 program, Zhai Shanying claimed that 100% of China's provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions in 2026 will be unable to achieve fiscal self-sufficiency, with fiscal expenditures exceeding fiscal revenues, and that local governments are therefore opening up new sources of revenue through methods such as land renewal fees.
According to Boeing, the MQ-25T-1 test aircraft has successfully conducted aerial refueling for three carrier-based aircraft: the F/A-18 Super Hornet, the E-2D Hawkeye, and the F-35C Lightning II.
An indiscriminate face-stabbing attack is reported to have occurred at Guangzhou University Town, with authorities blocking information, making the full details of what happened difficult to ascertain.
A report submitted to Congress this week by the Pentagon Office of the Inspector General estimates that Operation Fury, launched on February 28, cost $33.4 billion through June 29, with nearly 67% spent on munitions, and says munitions consumption has caused shortages in strategic stockpiles. Senior Pentagon officials and chief spokesperson Pannell disputed the conclusion, saying US military munitions have not been exhausted.
A report released this week by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the cost of the conflict with Iran reached $38 billion as of August 1, and warns that rebuilding part of the interceptor stockpile could take at least 5 years.
The Chinese military and the Egyptian military held the Eagle of Civilization 2026 joint exercise. Chinese domestic media reported that the J-16 fighter jet engaged in simulated air combat with the Egyptian Air Force's Rafale and won a sweeping victory.
CCTV reported that Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Bob Dadae, Governor-General of Papua New Guinea, and a letter congratulating Jilin University on its 80th anniversary. The related content consisted only of text reports; Xi Jinping himself did not appear, and it is believed that the items were ghostwritten by staff and published under Xi Jinping's name.
According to Chinese media reports, Huawei and Seres will adjust their cooperation model for intelligent selected vehicles. Huawei will adopt an asset-light model in the future, with responsibilities for products, marketing, sales and services shifting from being led by Huawei to being led by Seres, while Huawei provides support and technology.
Sources have revealed that immigration consultancy companies are being required to report client information to relevant authorities, and civil servants or employees of public institutions who apply for immigration without declaring it to their work unit may face disciplinary action; some clients have already been frightened, and calls to have their personal data returned or deleted have appeared online.
Sources in Beijing's financial circles revealed that some finance and state-owned enterprise executives, unable to resign normally, have asked acquaintances among doctors to issue critical illness certificates stating "late-stage cancer," while others deliberately drove drunk and asked traffic police to pull them over, preferring administrative detention, in order to force their employers to dismiss them and thereby recover the passports held in centralized custody.
The wing carried out its first live-ordnance drop test at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada from late August to early September, verifying air-to-ground strike effectiveness — the first time such a test has been completed by a frontline combat unit.
From late August to early September, the U.S. Air Force completed its first F-15EX live munitions drop test at Nellis Air Force Base, carried out by the 142nd Wing of the Oregon Air National Guard; the first F-15EX designated for permanent stationing at Kadena Air Base rolled off the production line at the end of August, and the U.S. Air Force plans to deploy the type to Kadena and expand the fleet to 267 aircraft in fiscal year 2027.
In September 2026, Kim Jong-un said in a letter to Putin that Russia's war against Ukraine is a sacred war to defend national security interests and international justice, and expressed firm belief that Russia will achieve victory.
In September 2026, the South Korean military said that North Korean soldiers crossed the border at least 20 times near the 38th parallel over the past month, exceeding the 17 times recorded for all of 2025. South Korea is considering strengthening its guard and requesting that the United Nations Command investigate whether the armistice agreement was violated.
During the Xiangshan Forum in September 2026, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun did not address the Taiwan issue in his speech, instead warning of high vigilance against hegemonism, militarism, and historical revisionism, pointing the spearhead at Japan, which was quoted and interpreted by multiple media outlets.
At the banquet of the Xiangshan Forum in September 2026, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said in his speech that China resolutely defends the gains of the victory in World War II and the post-war international order, and opposes all attempts and actions to revive militarism, which was interpreted as targeting Japan.
During the Xiangshan Forum in September 2026, former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama was invited to take part in a dialogue, saying that he had visited China nearly 100 times, that Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan remarks deviate from the position of previous Japanese governments and are regrettable, and that she should retract her statements. CCTV reported on this.
From September 8 to 13, 2026, governments in Kunming, Yunnan; Haikou, Hainan; Nanning, Guangxi and other places deployed chengguan and police to drive away street vendors making a living by setting up stalls, triggering clashes.
From January to September 2026, the central bank net bought government bonds each month in the secondary market, totaling about 400 billion yuan, with June's 10 billion yuan being the lowest since bond buying resumed in October 2025; it has not sold any government bonds this year, and the last sale through securities lending was in July 2024.
China's 10-year government bond yield peaked at 1.9% in January, fell to a low of 1.675% on August 14, and averaged around 1.7% in September. For the full year, it fluctuated by only about 25 basis points, holding in a sideways range under the central bank's guidance.
A total of 6 trillion yuan in local government replacement bonds from 2024 to 2026; as of the end of August 2026, 5.84 trillion yuan had been issued, accounting for 97.3%. The year 2026 is the final year.
In the first 8 months of 2026, securities transaction stamp duty grew nearly twofold year-on-year. Funds mainly changed hands among households, brokerages, the fiscal authorities and insurance companies, without generating any new investment.
Financial data for the first half of the year released by Seres shows that the company went from a profit of 2.941 billion yuan to a loss of 1.717 billion yuan, turning from profit to loss.
Bilibili user Chen Xiaohong posted a video arguing that government legitimacy should derive from the authorization of the people and free elections, opposing the one-party dictatorship under Xi Jinping's leadership, and calling for an end to one-party rule and the establishment of a constitutional democratic system; about one minute after the speech, the account was banned.
The "2026 China Pet Industry White Paper" reveals that the number of dog and cat pets in China's urban areas has reached about 126 million, with nearly 80 million pet owners, and people born in the 1990s and 2000s accounting for nearly 70%.
A random attack in which a victim's eyes were stabbed took place at Guangzhou University Town. Related videos are circulating online, and the incident has been described as an act of violence in which the bottom rungs of society prey on one another.
Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Fulfilling the Requirement of Living Tight Lives," drawing attention against the backdrop of an economic downturn.
Multiple private business owners reported that after deregistering their companies they still received notices to pay back individual income tax and to have their undistributed profits verified; some were required to restore their tax registration, and one company's application for deregistration was rejected by the system on the grounds that its declared revenue did not match. The related topic trended on the hot search.
In September, the founders — a married couple — of Qianye Jewelry, a gold and jewelry brand with more than 200 self-operated stores nationwide, went missing. The Beijing headquarters was left deserted, product listings in stores on multiple e-commerce platforms were emptied or taken down, employees were owed unpaid wages, and the rights-defense group already had more than 60 members.
At the recent Tsinghua PBC School Forum, economists within the system, including Lin Yifu, Yu Yongding, Yao Yang, and Li Xunlei, rarely criticized economic policy en masse. Yu Yongding said the central government's books are clean while local governments are a complete mess, and called on the central government to issue bonds to replace local debt.
After the ceasefire ended, Tehran refused to negotiate over its nuclear program and instead began consultations with Oman on the management of the Strait of Hormuz.
UK Prime Minister Burnham, who took office in July 2026, held his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to Downing Street, the two discussed practical cooperation to promote economic growth, and Burnham also raised issues of domestic security, Hong Kong and human rights.
During the BRICS New Delhi Summit in September 2026, Xi Jinping held a meeting of about 45 minutes with Indian Prime Minister Modi. The two sides failed to reach a consensus on the positioning of China-India relations, and after the meeting Modi paid his respects to Xi Jinping in person as a matter of diplomatic courtesy.
In September 2026, US AI company Anthropic released a report on AI abuse, in which five cases point to the Chinese Communist Party using AI for bioweapon development, prompting follow-up reporting and discussion by media such as The New York Times.
It is claimed that a woman previously flew a small aircraft from an airport east of Beijing, encountering no obstruction along the way, and crashed into a building in Beijing located about five to six minutes' flight time from Zhongnanhai.
In September 2026, some tobacco farmers in Yunnan held rallies to defend their rights after tobacco companies tightened their leaf purchasing standards, downgraded and cut the price of their tobacco leaves, or even refused to buy them. Some farmers said that over a thousand jin of tobacco leaves fetched only a few dozen yuan after grading deductions for weight.