On October 26, a blogger on Xiaohongshu (RedNote) posted a video showing sanitation workers in Shenzhen using steel wool to scrub stainless steel road bollards. Netizens questioned the formalism and called for extra compensation for the sanitation workers.
On October 26, a netizen in Heilongjiang filmed a video showing farm machinery and vehicles queuing up at a gas station, stating that diesel fuel is currently extremely hard to come by.
From October 26 to 29, people queued for four consecutive days at the blood donation site in Chaoyang Landi Fashion Garden, Beijing. On-site photos and queue numbers showed that over 500 people were already in line by 9:00 AM.
From October 22 to 23, the Foreign Languages Department of Jinzhong University of Technology held a themed group day activity against circumventing the Great Firewall. Students of the English 2503 branch studied the legal risks of VPNs, accelerators, and proxy plugins, and pledged not to install, use, or spread circumvention software. The school classified accessing overseas websites as a risk of exposure to harmful information, and published an article about it on its official website on October 26.
On October 26, Zhangxue Motorcycle held a campus recruitment presentation at Chongqing University. The PPT showed an annual salary of 120,000 to 150,000 RMB for R&D positions and 100,000 to 120,000 RMB for non-R&D positions. After the salary plan was posted online, netizens mocked it, asking, 'Who would go for that amount of money?'
Recently, three “personal recreation” flight applications submitted by a drone hobbyist in Xiamen were all denied approval. He said that in the past, applications to fly at Guanyinshan Beach were basically approved, but now they are not approved at all, leaving five drones forced to sit idle.
A netizen's submission claims that Jiangxi Dongfang Chemical and Glass Equipment Co., Ltd. requires early starts and late finishes, employees must stay at the company during the midday break, alternating one- and two-day weekends are in place with no annual leave, and on single-rest weeks, makeup workdays for public holidays mean working more than ten days in a row.
On October 26, the official Cangdun Kaoyan account responded to netizens in the comments section, saying that due to relevant platform rules, "ZZ Notes" cannot be displayed for the time being and will be restored in a few days.
On October 26, some netizens reported that the Cangdun postgraduate exam mini program required real-name verification after its update that day.
On October 26, a taxi driver posted a video on Douyin stating that he only earns a few dozen yuan after driving all day, which is not enough to support his family. He lamented, "At this moment, I hate this world," sparking heated discussion among netizens.
The Chinese Communist Party held a commemoration in Beijing marking the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, with Xi Jinping leading the seven members of the Standing Committee in attendance. Hu Chunhua, viewed as a potential successor, and Ying Yong, procurator-general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, both failed to appear as expected, sparking speculation about political changes at the top.
China's Ministry of State Security published an article titled "Defend the CCP Central Committee to the Death," emphasizing the role of the red imperial guards of the Long March era in protecting central leaders, sparking outside associations with concerns about a coup at the top.
The Beijing Municipal Tax Service publicly disclosed on its official website that tax notices had been served on 21 natural persons, reflecting the continuing increase in pressure on local finances and tax recovery.
Numerous officials in Changchun have begun facing investigations over suspected corruption, including an official named Zuguo.
As votes are counted in the Serbian general election, Vucic, who has been in power for 12 years, publicly admits defeat, and the grassroots political newcomer 'Student List' wins a landslide victory.
Hunan officially announced that Jin Wei, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and vice mayor of Beijing, was parachuted into Hunan to serve as deputy secretary of the provincial Party committee.
The Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress accepted Wang Zhengpu's resignation and decided that Zhao Chenxin will serve as acting governor, while Chen Shaobo will serve as vice governor and concurrently as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hebei Provincial Committee and deputy secretary of the Party leadership group.
Taiwanese influencer Holger Chen and others traveled to Xiamen in mainland China, filming a promotional video in front of Chinese Communist Party propaganda slogans and expressing their views on "one country, two systems" and Taiwan's return to China.
On the eve of the Fifth Plenary Session, Wang Zhijun was parachuted into Hunan to take over as Party Secretary, and Mo Gaoyi was parachuted into Yunnan to take over as Party Secretary, marking the early start of local personnel adjustments.
Chinese influencer "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" released a 25-minute video documenting his experience as a day laborer in Majuqiao, Beijing. The video sparked widespread discussion online before being taken down.
Yu Guoji, Chairman of Amis Moji, died after his vehicle crashed through a guardrail and fell off the Guangrong Bridge on Hualien Route 193, sparking various conspiracy theories online regarding his cause of death and its connection to local politics.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th CCP Central Committee opened at the Jingxi Hotel in Beijing. The meeting was jointly guarded by the Central Guard Bureau, the Beijing Garrison Command, and police forces, and has drawn close outside attention amid political maneuvering and high-pressure Party rectification.
Many netizens tentatively "rushed the tower" (probed the censorship line) using homophonic phrases such as "pingping dandan de rizi" (peaceful, plain days), and were harshly cracked down on by the authorities; the scope of the bans has expanded to Weibo and QQ, durations have generally escalated to permanent bans, and the trigger words keep expanding.
On October 25, the PLA Daily published an article demanding that the entire military prepare for major "Taiwan independence" contingencies, improve its "strategic capability for reunification by force," and ensure it is "ready to fight at any time and capable of winning at any time." It also discussed preparations for amphibious landing operations against Taiwan by citing Zheng Chenggong's cross-sea campaign and Su Yu's study of the Normandy battlefield.
On the evening of October 25, Serbian President Vučić acknowledged that the Progressive Party coalition he leads lost the snap parliamentary election to the "Student List" backed by the student movement, saying he accepts the results and will now become the opposition.
On October 25, Russian presidential aide Ushakov stated that preparations for a trilateral meeting between Xi Jinping, Trump, and Putin have begun, that all three countries are in principle ready to meet, that the Chinese side's attitude is "very serious," and that the meeting is planned to be held during the Shenzhen APEC summit on November 18-19.
According to the China Statistical Yearbook 2026, China's population aged 65 and above reached 224 million in 2025, accounting for 15.9%, exceeding for the first time the share of the 0-to-14 age group at 15.1%; the old-age dependency ratio of 23.1% surpassed the child dependency ratio of 22% for the first time.
The Haibowan Branch and Wuda Branch of the Wuhai Public Security Bureau in Inner Mongolia carried out “distant-water fishing” against a Beijing entrepreneur — recovering assets before filing a case — involving 9.9 million yuan. The person involved has奔波 six years and won lawsuits repeatedly, yet the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau has kept the money and still has not returned it.
Recently, the official government account of the Inner Mongolia Department of Education, the Low-Altitude College of Chongqing Hailian Vocational and Technical College, and the Student Affairs Department of Changzhi Medical College successively published articles with the same title, claiming that circumventing the Great Firewall is illegal regardless of motivation or duration, and may bring consequences such as a criminal record and elimination during political vetting, while requiring students to obtain information through official media such as CCTV.
On October 25, Kevin Tsai responded on Weibo to the recent controversy sparked by his attendance at a Shen Boyang event, saying that he has always hoped for friendly relations across the Taiwan Strait and has never supported Taiwan independence, and that he merely went to the event venue to experience and observe it. He said he understands the criticism and apologized to the collaborating parties.
On October 25, Yicai reported that as the number of children declines, kindergartens in many places are being converted into nursing homes, and preschool teachers are changing careers to care for the elderly. In 2025, China's old-age dependency ratio exceeded the child dependency ratio for the first time, with the population aged 65 and above exceeding the 0–14 age group by 10.89 million.
On October 25, Bilibili uploader "Feng Ge Wangming Tianya" posted a video of more than 20 minutes documenting his day-labor experience in Majuqiao. During his livestream that afternoon, officers from the local police station came to his door, interrupting the broadcast. He had previously said he would be detained after posting the video, and was preparing to cut a "green version."
Bloomberg reported on October 25 that China's stock market has shrunk by about $3.5 trillion from its high earlier this year in May, with the CSI 300 index falling into a bear market the previous week, as weak consumption and price wars squeeze corporate profits.
On October 25, Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wan-an responded to Kevin Tsai's Weibo post by saying he does not accept anti-democratic threats; another candidate, Puma Shen, said that the freedom of the Taiwanese people should not be interfered with by China, viewing this as a sign of Chinese intervention in the Taiwanese people's self-determination.
On October 25, a rally was held in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan, in support of Wangwang, a stray dog in Jieyang, Guangdong, and her puppies. Participants held up signs in the rain, with slogans in Chinese, English, and Japanese calling on China to enact an anti-animal-cruelty law and severely punish animal abusers.
On the eve of the 81st anniversary of Taiwan's Retrocession Day on October 25, CCTV released a video of multiple landmarks in Taiwan captured by the Jilin-1 satellite, with facilities such as the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and Taipei Port clearly visible.
On October 25, the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command released a poster superimposing a map of Taiwan over images of fighter jets and warships, claiming to defend the unification of the nation's mountains and rivers.
On October 25, Kevin Tsai stated on Weibo that he had never supported Taiwan independence, thanked his mainland supporters, and bid them farewell, subsequently losing contact with his mainland fans.
Recent chat records from the Qian Xuesen class of the Automation Department at Harbin Engineering University show that a counselor, dissatisfied with the class's grades, told students they are not qualified to be refined and should not shower every day, demanding that they study at all times except for one cultural and sports activity per month, and said he would check the daily routines of students with low grades.
Around October 25, security checks at the Beijing subway were suddenly tightened, with passengers waiting up to 20 minutes to enter stations and queues stretching to the street outside the stations, sparking netizen concern and heated discussion about the return of epidemic prevention measures.
A blogger posted a video saying an elderly woman scanned the QR code to charge her electric scooter and paid, but the charge wouldn't start, so she asked him for help. The blogger demonstrated on site: scanning the charging pile's QR code first pops up an ad, and clicking it redirects to a Mango TV membership promotion page; the woman mistook the ad's payment entry for the charging payment entry.
In October 2026, many Xiaohongshu users posted screenshots showing Apple Maps labeled “Taiwan Province,” claiming that Apple had officially renamed “Chinese Taipei.” An RFA fact-check found that similar claims had already circulated in 2024, and that only users in mainland China see “Taiwan Province,” while users in Taiwan, the United States, Thailand and elsewhere still see “Taiwan.”
On October 25, a student at Zhengzhou No. 16 Senior High School posted a video reporting that a hair dryer caught fire in the dormitory while the school was enforcing a mandatory stay on campus. The students tried to use a fire extinguisher to save themselves, only to find it damaged and unusable, and the fire alarm's volume was too low to serve as a warning.
On October 25, at a Shangri-La hotel in Zhejiang, rapper "MulaSakee" got into a heated argument after being refused when he tried to check his girlfriend's phone. Passersby called the police. When officers attempted to intervene, he pushed them and was subsequently struck on the head three times with a police baton, requiring thirteen stitches. He later live-streamed himself showing his blood-stained clothing, claiming he would hold the police accountable for violent law enforcement. The police have not yet issued a statement.
On October 25, a netizen in Gansu posted a video titled "Who Isn't a Good Taxpaying Citizen," listing one by one the various tax rates embedded in everyday consumption such as food, utilities, transportation, home purchases and car buying, sparking heated discussion in the comments over hidden tax burdens.
On October 25, a netizen in Jiangsu went to Xuzhou Second Hospital for treatment and found that the doctor directly used the AI app "Doubao" to prescribe medication for patients, sparking heated discussion among netizens in the comments section about AI misdiagnosis and reliability issues.
On October 25, multiple netizens left messages in the Q&A section of the film White-Clothed逆行者 on the Maoyan App, asking one after another "Who plays Dr. Li" and "Are there shots of Urumqi, Xinjiang and Shanghai," commemorating Li Wenlang in an oblique way and mentioning the lockdown.
On October 25, in Hengyang, Hunan, a Xiaomi SU7 was suspected of hitting a road protrusion, damaging its battery pack and bursting into fierce flames. Firefighters were dispatched to put out the fire, and no official accident report has been released yet.
On October 25, netizens posted photos of a strike by French Uber Eats couriers, who used multiple phones to collectively reject the lowest-priced orders, forcing the platform to raise the delivery fee per order to over 15 euros; in the comments section, Chinese couriers posted orders showing a 1-yuan delivery fee and 293 items of McDonald's food delivered for just 4.5 yuan.
On October 25, outside Building A of the office complex of Sinohydro Bureau 5 Co., Ltd. of China Power Construction, several workers held banners to defend their rights, accusing PowerChina Fifth Bureau of breaking its promised audit unit prices and skimming high management fees on the Zhengzhou airport district greening project, causing huge losses for the contractor, and pleading with the relevant authorities to investigate and punish the violations according to law.