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.
On September 10, 2026, Tibet Cyber Police announced multiple cases of penalties for online comments regarding the Gyirong mudslide disaster. The netizens involved were given administrative penalties by police in Tibet, Heilongjiang, Anhui, and Guangdong, for fabricating that the mudslide was man-made or induced by an earthquake, maliciously comparing it to rescue efforts in other countries to distort the effectiveness of China's disaster relief, fabricating that all public officials had died in the line of duty, and spreading false rumors.
On September 10, 2026, netizens exposed screenshots of some university group chats showing that voluntary blood donation and bone marrow donation can be counted as bonus points for comprehensive evaluation, with bone marrow donation reaching as high as 10 points per time. Upon investigation, the scholarship or comprehensive evaluation review details of universities such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine indeed contain regulations that treat blood donation and hematopoietic stem cell donation as bonus items, sparking public controversy.
On September 10, the Beijing Qianqian Law Firm issued a document introducing the women's safety and rights platform 'Feimo'. The project originates from the German Chinese date rape case, integrating SOS one-click help, encrypted evidence preservation, scripted practice for reporting crimes, as well as legal and psychological resources. It does not collect user data and is currently in the internal testing phase.
On September 10, a netizen in Beijing filmed a challenge to find 100 jobs without weekends. In the video, a low-level security guard revealed that he did not have a single day off last month, working 12 hours a day, approximately 84 hours per week, and had no social security contributions such as the five insurances and one fund.
On September 10, 2026, at the entrance of Feixiang District No. 2 Middle School in Handan City, Hebei Province, several students were seen holding small red flags and lining the road to welcome faculty and staff entering the school. The video sparked heated discussions online, with netizens joking that the style is similar to North Korea.
Recently, protesters holding banners appeared at the entrance of the Shenzhen International Exchange Academy, accusing the school of withholding various subsidies for a teacher who died of illness, totaling more than 400,000 yuan.
On September 10, a netizen posted that they had not subscribed to the campus network but were included in the school's list of people circumventing the Great Firewall. The counselor announced and reprimanded this in the class group, warning that having a record of circumventing the Great Firewall would affect one's entire life, and required the named person to explain the situation and fill out a form.
On September 11, 2026, the Weibo and Xiaohongshu platforms carried out a concentrated cleanup of discussions related to Sun Meihua's 26-year disappearance and her suspected trafficking to Cao County, Shandong. Searching for "Sun Meihua" on Weibo now yields no relevant results; the summary page only shows unrelated old news from 2025, and all main discussion posts have been set to private. Search results on Xiaohongshu also show unrelated content.
As discussions about implementing two-day weekends increase on the internet, the comment sections of many videos on the Douyin platform themed around second-generation factory owners inheriting family businesses have been targeted by a large number of netizens asking about basic labor rights such as social security, the eight-hour workday, and two-day weekends.
The Security Department of Nanjing Engineering Institute, during a freshman safety education course, categorized circumventing the Great Firewall as a matter of political security and stated that it is illegal in itself, requiring students not to use circumvention tools and to use official library channels for researching information.
On September 10, a netizen specifically asked an online store's customer service whether they implemented a two-day weekend. After learning it was a single-day off system, they explicitly stated they would no longer purchase products from stores that do not have two-day weekends. This statement sparked heated discussion and support among netizens, reflecting public dissatisfaction with long-term overtime and single-day off systems.
On September 10, five netizens pooled money to commission a local woman to go to the site where Wangwang was murdered in Jieyang, Guangdong, to place food, clear water, and Eustomma for worship, with the offerings placed at the corner of a weedy wall with a Wangwang pattern sticker.
In early September 2026, a netizen in Shandong reported that their mother suffered a sudden, critical acute myocardial infarction. While panicking, the father, who suffers from cerebral infarction, used an Honor phone to call the 120 emergency hotline. Due to accidentally triggering the system's default full-screen commercial ad 'Magic Pictorial' by swiping up on the lock screen, and because the close button was hidden and he could not quickly return to the dial pad, the golden window for medical rescue was delayed, and the mother unfortunately passed away. After the incident was exposed, it sparked strong condemnation across the internet regarding mobile phone advertisements blocking life-saving channels and flaws in age-friendly designs. [Follow-up · September 11, 2026] On the evening of September 11, the party involved in the Honor 'Magic Pictorial' incident posted a clarification and apology, stating that the father's failure to connect the emergency call during his cerebral infarction episode was a misunderstanding and had nothing to do with the Honor phone. Honor expressed condolences for the death of the party's mother, but accused the false post of causing brand damage, stating that "out of humanitarian care, no further action will be pursued," which triggered netizens' doubts about the embedding of 'Magic Pictorial' and the official attitude. [Follow-up · September 12, 2026] On September 12, the Weibo account of the involved party, Mr. Zhang, showed that it had been deactivated, all content on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) was cleared, and only the report by Jiemian News was retained.
On September 10, the WeChat official account 'Shuangxiugou' released an announcement confirming that its mini-program was removed from the platform due to 'relevant laws, regulations, and policies,' sparking concern over the protection of rights and interests regarding two-day weekends.
On September 11, 2026, the US AI giant Anthropic released a long-form investigative report detailing how Chinese AI companies such as Moonshot AI and DeepSeek, while distilling own models from US models like Claude, allegedly sent real internal prompts and sensitive data of users from the People's Liberation Army, police, and state-owned enterprises to US AI platforms, sparking strong concern over model distillation security and data leakage.
On September 10, it was revealed that the Cybersecurity and Informatization Office of a university in Gansu monitored students' VPN use via the campus network, not only listing the names of students who bypassed the firewall, but also precisely recording the duration of their access to foreign social media.
Cameras were installed in the men's restroom of an office building in the Sany Heavy Truck Park in Changsha, Hunan, and the matter was exposed by netizens' submissions.
On September 9th, multiple students at Xinhua Primary School in Hechuan District, Chongqing, experienced nosebleeds. Parents suspect formaldehyde exceeding standards, while the school claims compliance and some parents were asked to delete posts.
After a netizen posted content supporting two-day weekends on Xiaohongshu, it received a large number of likes before being taken down by the platform for violating rules.
At the 25th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the 9/11 attacks held in New York, victims' families took turns reading the names of nearly 3,000 victims and observed moments of silence at key times. This year's ceremony marked the first time a seventh moment of silence was added to commemorate those who have died from 9/11-related illnesses over the years. Many American political leaders and people from all walks of life attended the memorial event.
The video mentions that September 15th is the date when China's national gate truly began to close, and many people found themselves encountering various problems when trying to leave China, with some even being prevented from exiting. The author's friend, who originally planned to leave China in October, is worried as this date approaches. The video speculates that non-US citizens might face the risk of being intercepted when leaving China after September 15th, with various absurd reasons, but due to it being a powerful nation, individuals are powerless to resist.
In the US, various events were held to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The Pentagon held its 25th-anniversary commemoration of the 9/11 attacks on Friday. U.S. President Trump, the First Lady, Secretary of Defense Hagel, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dunkey attended with families of the victims. The names of the deceased were read one by one during the ceremony, and the American flag was unfurled on the exterior wall of the Pentagon. In his speech, Trump emphasized remembering history, paid tribute to anti-terrorism soldiers and rescue personnel, and mentioned preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
The U.S. headline CPI rose 3.4% year-on-year in August, meeting market expectations, while core CPI rose 0.3% month-on-month, exceeding expectations by 0.1 percentage points. In the same period, PPI rose 5.4% year-on-year, with diesel prices alone surging by 24.1%, as energy prices continue to provide support for inflation.
On September 11, Wang Huning, Chairman of the CPPCC National Committee of the CCP, met with the Speaker of the National Assembly of Angola in Beijing. Wang Dongfeng, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC, who usually accompanies Wang Huning in meetings with foreign guests, was not present, while Hu Chunhua sat on Wang Huning's right and made a public appearance. Related reports also stated that after months of internal maneuvering, the CCP reached a consensus no later than June to adhere to the collective leadership system, and that Xi Jinping may have made compromises due to health reasons or an inability to suppress opposition forces.
A video claims that many Huawei Shenzhen employees fell from great heights collectively after prolonged unpaid wage demands failed, but CCTV did not report it, and the related news spread overseas.
The first skills enhancement class for college students at Hefei Technician College officially began on September 11, 2026, with 15 students in the first cohort for a two-year training period. The curriculum mainly covers skills such as CNC machining and intelligent manufacturing. The students include both bachelor's and associate degree graduates, primarily from liberal arts backgrounds. The program provides skills training for college graduates, some of whom have chosen to re-enter the vocational education system due to employment difficulties.
On September 9, the canteen of Guangdong Jinmai Group was reported by netizens for allegedly providing suspected inferior lymph meat for a long time. Employees stated that after multiple unsuccessful reports, they decided to expose it.
18-year-old freshman Fang Yuxiang lost both legs in a car accident; on September 7, he entered Hubei University with a score of 586, and completed movements sitting on a small stool during military training.
A Wuxi netizen posted that their mortgage exceeds the house price, and they still owe the bank after selling the house; many people in the comments section shared similar loss experiences.
In September 2026, multiple authoritative financial and diplomatic media outlets revealed that major strategic negotiations between China and Russia regarding the cross-border natural gas trunk pipeline 'Power of Siberia 2' have fallen into a severe stalemate due to disagreements over key commercial pricing and procurement volumes. Despite Moscow's eagerness to expand its eastern energy exports after facing obstacles in the European market, Beijing, leveraging its advantage of diversified energy security, insists on purchasing at a price close to Russia's extremely low domestic subsidy price. The expected divergence in pricing is several times, causing the substantive agreement to be indefinitely delayed.
After inquiring about vacation policies, netizens are refusing to consume from or are returning goods from companies that do not provide two-day weekends, focusing on labor rights.
The U.S. recently conducted operations in Madagascar to assist in destroying 13 cyber scam centers operated by Chinese nationals.
On September 9, multiple workers from the Longhu Shangcheng project in Xianyang, Shaanxi, went to the sales office to demand payment of overdue wages, but were blocked outside the door by security guards.
On September 9, signal jammers were used during activities in Shaoshan, Hunan, and college students shouted slogans to overthrow the capitalist roaders.
On September 10, a video revealed that brands like Starbucks have 8 to 9 days off per month, while others like Bawang Chaji have only 4 days. Netizens left comments confirming this and calling for the implementation of two-day weekends.
On September 9, a vendor in Wuhan reported a stolen pot to the police; the police stated that surveillance footage cannot be used to view the road, refused twice to provide updates on the progress, and told them to go home and wait for news.
On September 11, the Guangdong Provincial CDC issued a marked confidential urgent notice (Guangdong CDC Transmission Prevention Letter [2026] No. 73), requiring strengthened prevention of chikungunya and dengue fever before and after the Mid‑Autumn and National Day holidays, including mandatory testing during heat, household inspections, meeting disinfection standards, and urging avoidance of excessive epidemic control that could spark public opinion.
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 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.