On Halloween 2026, medical students across the country used costumes to express the ills of the medical industry. Many doctors participated in plain clothes after work, while other medical students poked fun at the variety show 'The Exciting Offer'.
On October 31, at a Halloween event in Qingdao, Shandong, a netizen attracted attention by wearing a cape made of exam papers, labeling it 'Flower of the Motherland'.
At the Hong Kong Halloween event on October 31, someone dressed as a 'Big White' (pandemic prevention worker) and held a long-handled 'Grim Reaper' scythe, sparking attention.
On October 31, Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho responded at a pre-match press conference to the controversy surrounding Mbappe's use of a Mao Zedong emoji. He acknowledged the swift apology from both Mbappe and the club, stating that the club has done what it needed to do and the matter is now closed.
On Halloween, October 31, a netizen at a certain location displayed a slogan: 'I want a two-day weekend, basic dignity, and true peace.'
According to Shanghai News Workshop, the Minhang District Representative Office of the Shanghai Charity Foundation received a property worth 6.5 million yuan bequeathed by an elderly person for educational aid. The person in charge stated that selling the property would require an estimated 4.5 to 4.6 million yuan in taxes, so they have decided not to sell it for now and will instead use rental income to support charity. On October 31, the topic topped the Weibo trending list.
On the night of October 31, a netizen dressed up as Xi Jinping during the Halloween event in Shibuya, Tokyo. He said it was a spur-of-the-moment idea and he didn't expect it to be so popular, with people from many countries asking for photos and cameras and flashes constantly going off.
On October 31, at a tourist attraction in South America adorned with flags from various countries, a Chinese blogger walked up to the Japanese and Korean flags, spat on them, and recorded a video to upload to Douyin, with netizens echoing in the comments section.
Yu Yang, a host at Hangzhou Traffic 91.8 who has been helping ride-hailing drivers with rights defense (weiwen) for over a decade, personally took the test of renting a car to drive. On his second day, he drove for 12 hours, completed 9 orders, and generated 139 yuan in revenue. After deducting expenses for car rental, charging, and meals, he lost 15.73 yuan. On the first day, after deducting new driver bonuses and tips, he also lost 14.8 yuan. The related topic trended on Weibo on October 31.
During the Halloween event in Chengdu on October 31, a cosplayer dressed as a "high school senior," holding a "Must-Do High School Exercises" book and wearing a sign that read, "No pain, no gain; high school is tasteless without suffering."
On the night of October 31, in the Jianghan Road business district of Wuhan, a ride-hailing driver was trapped by dense crowds for nearly 4 hours after entering an alley. During this time, the car body was vandalized with abusive graffiti, trash was piled on the roof and trunk, and a man deflated the tires. [Follow-up · October 31, 2026] On the night of October 31, a ride-hailing car was trapped by dense crowds in the Jianghan Road business district of Wuhan, Hubei. During the incident, someone smashed the windshield, and when the driver got out to demand an explanation, he was shoved and verbally abused. Afterward, a netizen posted from the driver's perspective, stating that he refrained from retaliating and cried alone inside the car.
On October 30, the "Hundred Ghosts Night Reading" booth at a bookstore in Beijing still displayed orange pumpkin lanterns and an introduction sign for "Jack-o'-lantern". On October 31, Halloween day, the pumpkin lanterns, patterns, and introduction sign had all disappeared.
On October 31, in Wuhan, Hubei, a reporter from Changjiang Yun News interviewed citizens on the street to promote 'World Thrift Day.' In the comment section, netizens left messages saying 'Today is Chiang Kai-shek's birthday' and replied 'Happy Birthday.' Others complained that the poor are thrifty their whole lives and asked about the two-day weekend.
On October 31, 'Xiaoxiao Xu,' a young man from Zhaotong, Yunnan, invited netizens to his wedding under the theme of an 'orphan's wedding.' Netizens from across the country attended and promoted the event, which was praised by Xinhua News Agency, Shenzhen TV, and others. After the wedding, netizens compared his content to that of influencer Daidai, questioning whether the wedding was team-planned and casting doubt on his claim of being an orphan.
On October 31, as the national anthem played at Wenshan Primary School in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, students, parents, security guards, and volunteers outside the school gate stood still in the street. Some students faced the school and saluted, a scene captured and uploaded by netizens.
On October 31, when asked by a reporter in Atlanta whether the Quad statement was directed at China, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated that the Quad mechanism is not an anti-China alliance, but noted that these activities or behaviors repeatedly come from the same country, which everyone can see.
According to a report by Xiaoxiang Morning Herald on October 31, Wenyi Road Street in Furong District, Changsha, piloted the “Shared Children” in-home elderly care service. For a minimum of 199 yuan per month, seniors can enjoy 5 home-care visits, each lasting no more than 40 minutes. The subdistrict stated that 145 seniors have already signed up, 5 have moved back from nursing homes, and 2 have sold their houses to move here.
A student posted on the Baidu Tieba forum for Xidian University complaining about two international students sitting side-by-side on the stairs and blocking the way. The student was subsequently identified by the university's student affairs office, which contacted them to demand the post be deleted. The student questioned whether the university violated the privacy provisions of the Civil Code.
On October 31, the incident where a student at Xidian University was allegedly doxxed and summoned by the school to delete posts sparked widespread dissatisfaction among students and netizens, with related topics topping the Baidu Tieba trending list.
On October 31, a netizen posted a video complaining about rising gasoline prices. The comment section was wiped, and viewers noted in the bullet comments that stock prices had also plummeted. The video sparked a trend of copycat videos, all of which also had their comment sections wiped. Currently, both the original video and the copycat videos are no longer visible.
In a clip from the October 31st episode of the program 'La Roca' on the Spanish TV channel laSexta, writer Juan del Val discussed the boycott against Kylian Mbappé sparked by a Mao Zedong meme. He stated bluntly that Mao Zedong was not only a dictator but also a murderer, and added that it would not matter if his contracts in China were cancelled.
On October 31, a netizen shared a work reminder issued by the Donghai County Education Bureau in Jiangsu Province, requiring schools to strictly adjust their schedules, control evening self-study hours, and regulate holiday arrangements. Except for the third year of high school, schools must strictly implement two-day weekends. Practices such as 'dismissal on Saturday noon and returning on Sunday noon'—a fake two-day weekend—are prohibited, and no disguised supplementary classes are allowed. The news sparked discussions among students and parents, with some Jiangsu netizens claiming that similar measures are often abandoned as soon as the inspection teams leave.
According to Beautiful Zhejiang on October 31, 21-year-old Yao Jiahui from Anhui, after graduating with a degree in preschool education, took up work as a street cleaner in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, alongside her parents due to low wages in her field. She works two shifts a day, starting at 4:30 AM and finishing at 6:30 PM. The Guangzhou Daily praised her for having a 'clear-headed' perspective, while netizens left sarcastic comments.
On October 31, the WeChat official account "Hard Tech Soft Talk" published an article titled "Meng Wanzhou: From Switchboard Operator to Rotating Chairwoman, 32 Years, Relying on Systems, Not Bloodline." In the comments section, netizens used the plot from the movie "Hi, Mom"—where the factory director's son works as a broadcaster—to mock the claim.
On October 31, officials at Henan Medical University stated that they will use a student comprehensive profiling analysis platform to conduct graded early warnings and closed-loop management for abnormal situations in academics, psychology, and attendance, shifting student management from passive response to proactive prediction.
On October 31, in Sangmu Village, Taixing City, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, the Yaowang Subdistrict demolition team and the village committee forcibly demolished a prefab house and shipping container on the private land of the former Xiaotang Group 1 old residence without posting notices or providing official documents. Staff refused to show legal paperwork and engaged in a physical altercation with the parties involved, resulting in two injuries.
Recently, a netizen shared a video: on a street at night, an elderly woman wearing a plastic raincoat and holding an umbrella takes a short break while selling lotus flowers spread on the ground. No passersby stop, and the video has resonated with netizens.
On October 31, during Halloween, people dressed as police marched in formation at the entrance of Fuxing Park in Shanghai.
On the evening of October 31, during the Halloween event in Shibuya, Tokyo, a person dressed as Xi Jinping shook hands and interacted with the public. The relevant footage was posted by Teacher Li Is Not Your Teacher.
On October 31, a netizen reported that the Migu platform had no live broadcast schedule for Real Madrid matches that day, and even previous match replays could not be watched.
On October 31, a netizen in Zhejiang filmed crowded streets and subway stations during Halloween, captioning the video with a call to commemorate the heroes of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and to not bring in "foreign ways." The comment section was flooded with netizens refuting and mocking the post.
On October 31, at a Halloween event, a participant dressed up as a graduate student, wearing signs such as 'Academic trash, non-recyclable,' 'Advisor, I really don't know how,' and 'Third-year grad student, no results, no prospects, no hope,' self-deprecatingly mocking the pressure of graduate studies and the employment crisis.
On October 31, Xinhua News Agency reported that egg prices in Japan have reached a new record high, with an average price of 312 yen for a carton of 10, equivalent to approximately 13.2 yuan, an increase of 3 yen from September.
On October 31, a Douyin influencer from Guizhou posted a video of boating and picking up garbage. The surface of the canyon water was densely covered with plastic bottles and plastic bags, with the caption 'Can't pick them all up, simply can't pick them all up.' In the comment section, netizens used sarcasm and satire such as 'Guizhou Province, USA' and 'It's all Mbappe's fault.'
On October 31, Nanfengchuang reported that 36-year-old Chen Cheng (pseudonym), a Fujian native who obtained U.S. citizenship, works as a container truck driver in the New York-New Jersey port area while simultaneously partnering in a company in Guangdong and paying social security, stating it is a backup plan for himself, which has sparked ridicule among netizens.
Polish police and a group of newly appointed judges appeared at the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw. The new judges announced the suspension of the original president and vice-president, sparking accusations from conservatives that the Tusk government is seizing power and staging a coup.
Huafa Shares released its Q3 report, showing a net loss attributable to the parent company of 6.437 billion in the first three quarters. As of September 30, the owner's equity attributable to shareholders of the listed company was only 3.093 billion, a sharp decline from 19 billion within one year.
A middle school in Shenyang committed a serious medical violation during a tuberculosis skin test screening for students, using the same needle on 78 students without changing it, which led parents to gather at the school to demand an explanation.
In response to foreign media reports alleging that Chinese businesswoman Huang Le contacted Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to assist in bypassing chip sanctions, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun stated that the claims are purely slanderous and smear tactics.
Alphabet released its Q3 earnings report, with free cash flow turning negative to $9 billion; Amazon released its Q3 earnings report, with free cash flow at negative $42.4 billion.
On October 30, spot gold prices plummeted, while both the 10-year TIPS real yield and the US Dollar Index recorded declines. The divergence between macro factors and gold price trends reflects a sell-off triggered by a drying up of underlying liquidity in the money market.
A report released by the US network analysis firm Graphika indicates that the China-linked 'Spamouflage' network is impersonating US voters to spread divisive content ahead of the midterm elections.
The owner of a restaurant in Longhua District, Shenzhen, revealed that local police came to the premises and used metal chains to lock up all the kitchen knives in the community restaurant.
The day after the market conference concluded, A-shares fell sharply again, with the Shanghai Composite Index losing the 3600-point mark and hitting a new closing low for the year.
Against the backdrop of tight liquidity at the end of the month and the Huafa default, bond funds held by bank wealth management subsidiaries faced preventive redemptions, triggering a market-wide stampede. Many investors saw two days of losses wipe out half a month's gains in their wealth management products.
A netizen shared that two young women wearing maid costumes were questioned and turned away by police on Shiquan Street in Suzhou, indicating restrictions on Halloween costumes.
A restaurant owner in Longhua District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, claimed that kitchen knives were chained and fixed by the police. It is rumored that this control measure is being widely implemented in local communities.
On October 30, the CCP Central Committee held a press conference for the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee. Zhang Fuhai, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, disclosed that since the 18th National Congress in 2012, discipline inspection and supervision agencies nationwide have disciplined a total of 7.922 million people, including 963 centrally-managed officials, and stated that the anti-corruption situation remains severe and complex.
On October 30, The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, reported that US intelligence agencies determined that Alice Huang, an executive at data center company Megaspeed, passed intelligence to Beijing and discovered she had close contact with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Trump was informed of the intelligence about a year ago but took no action. Nvidia stated it was normal customer contact, and the Chinese Embassy in the US denounced the accusations as a smear.
At the press conference of the CCP Central Committee on October 30, Hu Heping, Deputy Head of the Publicity Department, stated that the "Decision" adopted by the Fifth Plenary Session proposes that strengthening party spirit is the fundamental task of comprehensive strict party governance, requiring all party members to regard strengthening party spirit as a lifelong project.