On October 4, Taiwanese media live footage captured Kevin Tsai, wearing a hat and a face mask, in the front row at the launch event of a Taipei mayoral campaign headquarters, holding a light stick. His manager explained that he had intended to interview the candidate and learn about the situation, not to endorse him, but netizens generally did not buy it.
According to CBS, on October 4, the day Zhang Wanying was arrested, about 10 FBI agents with a search warrant broke down the door and entered Fatai Miao's residence in Irvine, California. The family denied that the trip to Seattle had political purposes, saying Miao went to China to care for his sick wife.
On October 4, 2026, Democratic Progressive Party Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang held the inauguration of his campaign headquarters, with DPP leader Lai Ching-te attending to show his support as the election race heats up.
On October 4, Taiwanese host Kevin Tsai attended a campaign rally wearing a mask and a cap, took a seat in the front row and waved a cheering stick while interacting with the crowd. He was questioned over his political stance, and responded that he was there to "broaden his horizons" and to "interview and do research."
On October 4, Taiwanese entertainer Kevin Tsai, wearing a mask and a hat, attended the inauguration of the campaign headquarters of Shen Boyang, who has been listed by the Taiwan Affairs Office as a diehard Taiwan independence figure and is under investigation by Chongqing police; he waved a baton in greeting at the scene, and after the photos were exposed, mainland netizens condemned it.
Affected by Beijing's drone control policy, the Taobao platform, because its system cannot distinguish between "masturbator cups" and "drones," has halted across-the-board shipments of adult products containing related keywords to customers in the Beijing area; a notice in a merchant group was exposed.
Recently, several veterans who had traveled to Beijing to petition appeared in the alley where the reception office of the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration (commonly known as Jia Yi) is located on Yongdingmen West Street, Xicheng District, Beijing.
A netizen posted an entry titled “Taoran Bridge Underpass” in the petitioning dictionary, referring to the underground pedestrian passage near Taoran Bridge in Beijing. Because it is close to the Letters and Calls Bureau reception office on Yongdingmen West Street, it has become a place of residence for many petitioners who travel to Beijing.
Graffiti near Chongqing Changjiang International that had previously voiced support for the Shidai Fengjun incident and bore inscriptions such as "Please Allow Girls to Be Themselves" was painted over with white paint, though the lettering is still faintly visible.
After footage of Kevin Tsai attending Shen Poyang's campaign event spread in China and sparked calls for him to be banned, Leapmotor issued a statement that night saying he was only an artist who had appeared in past collaborative content rather than a brand ambassador, that all related content had been taken down, and that it would strengthen reviews of partners' backgrounds and stances.
On October 4, at the entrance of the Chengtou Zhi Di · Wutong Qi Phase 2 residential compound in Chenghua District, Chengdu, Sichuan, a food delivery rider got into an argument with a security guard while dropping off an order. During the dispute, the guard grabbed a landing net and pinned the rider down on the spot.
On October 4, a netizen filmed and exposed multiple leaks in the ceiling and walls of a laboratory at Shanghai University, with rusted lab benches and equipment, water running through 380V high-voltage sockets, and large areas of standing water on the floor. Netizens said the metal parts might be energized, posing an electrocution risk.
On October 4, former Jiangsu women's football player and football blogger Chen Yun posted a video on Douyin, claiming that she had a dispute with staff over luggage during the Asian Games in Japan. Wearing a jersey with the Chinese flag, she insulted the Japanese as "little days" (a derogatory term) and "pure fucking idiots," claiming she was just "speaking a bit of national essence" (profanity). The event's official website had clearly stated in its guidelines that large luggage was restricted and there were no storage facilities on-site.
On October 4, a Weibo blogger posted a video claiming to show the interior of the vessel “Golden Shark” after it was driven off: objects scattered near the bridge, water flowing down the stairway, obvious pooling on the cabin floor, and several people standing inside the cabin.
On October 4, at a mall in Guangming, Shenzhen, Guangdong, a physically disabled man wearing a delivery uniform lay sideways on a specially modified electric wheelchair to pick up and deliver food. Warm-hearted passersby and mall staff on site helped him hang and collect the meals, and the video sparked heated discussion among netizens.
October 4, World Animal Day, a large animal march was held in Paris, France. Multiple participants marched from the Arc de Triomphe along Avenue Foch, holding trilingual Chinese-English-French banners printed with a photo of Wangwang, in support of the stray dog Wangwang and its puppies tortured to death in Jieyang, Guangdong.
On October 4, a fashion influencer on Douyin reported on Weibo that comments on their Winnie the Pooh-styled photo-and-text posts were abnormal — 45,000 likes but only 6 comments — and customer service said it would pass on the feedback. As of October 5, the related works and Weibo posts could no longer be viewed.
On October 1, the Mixue Bingcheng Luoyang flagship store's opening day revenue exceeded 1 million yuan. Recruitment information showed that part-time employees for morning, afternoon, and night shifts were paid 100 to 120 yuan, which equates to an hourly wage of about 12 yuan. This sparked heated discussion after being exposed by netizens on October 4.
On October 4, a netizen posted yearbook data pointing out that the average monthly wage in Shandong Province had already reached 3,570 yuan in 2012. Several local netizens reported that actual wages today still hover around 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, and complained about regressions in labor rights, such as inflated salary figures in job postings, the splitting of performance pay, and the widespread practice of 12-hour shifts in factories.
On October 4, an employee claiming to be from BYD's second factory in Huyi, Xi'an, posted a photo of the words "Run Away Fast" written on a yellow pillar. Netizens in the comments section sarcastically called BYD a "blood-sweating steed" and a "sweatshop," while complaining about poor treatment and heavy exploitation.
The help-seeking video soon became unavailable. On October 4, the user posted another video bowing to the camera to express gratitude to the leaders for their help. Videos previously posted on their homepage also became unavailable, prompting netizens to question whether they had been pressured.
On October 4, while the Yangshipin app was live-streaming the WTT China Smash, netizens found that comments containing “Fan Zhendong” could not be sent in the danmaku, while comments such as “Go Wang Chuqin” displayed normally, and the comment section questioned the platform’s censorship.
On October 4, a netizen posted a photo of a Chinese-language warning sign photographed on a street in South Korea. The sign reminds people not to smoke, not to litter, and not to spit, and states that violators will be fined and charged for cleaning costs. In red letters it reads: "Please have the high cultural awareness of Chinese people." After the photo was posted, it sparked discussion among netizens.
A student revealed that the school collected 100 yuan per person in August for a student accident insurance policy, but had not actually taken out the insurance; emergency insurance records were only made up the day after the incident.
On October 4, a drone user in Guoyang, Anhui flew to 149 meters without approval from the air traffic management authority. About half an hour after the flight, personnel from the Public Security Bureau came to the door, and the user was fined 200 yuan. The user said they had already completed real-name registration on UOM.
On October 4, Heyuan Radio and Television Station posted a video claiming that 12-year-old Chen Zixi found two dinosaur egg fossils in a flower bed near his home and handed them over to a museum, praising him for knowing the law and following regulations. The video received 50,000 likes, and sarcastic comments such as "the young master has been recommended as xiaolian" and "something handed down for 15 generations in the family has been handed over" appeared in the comments section, questioning the true origin of the fossils.
Yu Min, an insider in Tianjin's supervision system, told Epoch Times that multiple cases have occurred in Tianjin in which people were arrested before the basic facts of a report were verified. Those involved are mostly cadres at the district level or below; the amounts alleged cannot be traced to any source or destination, and are in fact political retaliation. Cases have occurred in both Hedong District and Nankai District.
Retired judicial system official Jiang Yuewen told The Epoch Times that retaliatory arrests within the provincial bureaucratic system have long existed and are growing more frequent, with bribes of just over 100,000 yuan often described as more than 5 million yuan, inflating the amount involved more than tenfold in order to drive political rivals out of office.
An article titled “A Criminal Investigator’s Disclosures About the Dirty Inside of the Public Security Apparatus” is circulating online. Its author claims to be a frontline criminal investigator, citing examples such as cases involving people with no money or power easily becoming wrongful convictions, superiors giving a heads-up that brings cases to an abrupt halt, and the extraction of confessions through torture for the sake of performance targets — exposing dark practices in internal police casework.
In the late night of October 4, 2026, Leapmotor's official Weibo account stated that Kevin Tsai was only a participating artist in past collaborative content rather than a brand ambassador, took down all related promotional materials, and reserved the right to pursue legal responsibility.
After the incident escalated, in the early hours of October 4 Leapmotor was the first to issue a statement setting out its position, followed by Weikang China and Bist Series China, which also released bilingual statements condemning Kevin Tsai and stating a One-China position; Harper's Bazaar removed the cover, and Mango TV took down related content.
On October 4, multiple villagers in Pengyuan Village, Chengtang Town, Yifeng County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province, gathered at the gate and inside the offices of the Chengtang Town Villagers' Committee to protest and defend their rights, after public welfare forest and natural forest compensation payments went unpaid for more than 20 years following restrictions on commercial logging of collectively owned forest rights.
On October 4, a netizen passing by the company stumbled upon the company moving out. The boss offered an extra month's wages to keep quiet and transferred 16,000 yuan on the spot.
After Kevin Tsai's appearance at Puma Shen's campaign event sparked controversy over calls from Chinese netizens to boycott him, the fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar simultaneously took down content related to him.
On October 4, in Jiangxi, a boy was "disciplined" by his parents, who used clear tape to stick his phone directly onto his face because he had been playing on his phone for a long time. The related video sparked discussion online, with netizens saying the act hurt the child's self-esteem.
The Group of Seven announced on Friday that it will substantially release diesel reserves, with European countries and member states of the International Energy Agency planning to release diesel and crude oil in the tens of millions of barrels, to address the fuel supply crisis caused by Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries and the situation in the Middle East.
UAE officials have announced the identity of the suspect in the attempted Dubai hijacking, confirming him to be 29-year-old Omani co-pilot Maham al-Mahami.
Beijing stipulates that no drones may be kept anywhere in the city starting November 15, and says eligible individuals may ship their drones free of charge to an address outside Beijing.
According to a Bloomberg report cited by the program, Beijing has further tightened restrictions on AI talent leaving the country, extending the scope of controls to the spouses and children of core research and development personnel.
On October 3, a reconnaissance aircraft of the Philippine military circled over Huangyan Island, openly asserting sovereignty and once again heightening tensions in the South China Sea.
Hiker Mr. Sun posted a video angrily denouncing the 24-Bend scenic area for fencing off a wartime resistance relic to charge admission, sparking strong backlash from netizens. The local Qinglong County government held a meeting on October 3 and decided to waive the 60 yuan ticket for the viewing platform and exhibition hall area.
During a program on Iranian state media, political analyst Khalatian claimed that China had provided Iran with satellite images behind the scenes to assist in strikes against the U.S. military, but cut off the support after the matter was exposed in the media.
During the National Day holiday, someone waved the national flag and shouted "Long live the great Communist Party, justice will prevail" at an event in Hong Kong, and five-star red flags were hung on some residential buildings.
Around October 3, multiple state media outlets said some related videos were filmed by merchants for traffic; the videos were ordered taken down and the people involved received criticism and education.
Taiwanese singer Cyndi Wang held a commercial concert at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center Stadium, and told the audience during an interaction that both going on stage and going down into the audience seats require prior approval.
After a Hong Kong media outlet interviewed the painter who sprayed the national emblem at Tiananmen, some netizens questioned the related “Great Nation Craftsmen” propaganda, and controversy broke out in the comments section.
On October 3, The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that during Xi Jinping's visit to the US in September, the Chinese side requested a private resting room in the West Wing of the White House, with only Peng Liyuan permitted to accompany him, while delegation members such as Cai Qi were barred from using it. The working lunch on September 24 was also canceled, leaving a gap of about five hours on the agenda, and the visit to the National Archives lasted only about ten minutes.
On October 3, US Treasury Secretary Bessent said in an interview that Kimi sent some People's Liberation Army weapons development programs back to Anthropic, calling the matter a big help, and believing that this made China realize that AI is a very powerful technology.
On October 3, Taiwan's Liberty Times, citing reports by senior military officials, said that the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the Defense Analysis Center plan to each send one representative to be stationed long-term at the headquarters of Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, assisting with policy coordination and combat capability assessment. The relevant cooperation project is scheduled to run from 2026 to 2028, with a budget of approximately NT$470 million.
On October 3, during the Iranian state broadcaster's program "Iran Time," political analyst Mehdi Khalatian claimed that China had once provided Iran with satellite images behind the scenes to help strike U.S. forces, and that the cooperation was halted after The Wall Street Journal exposed it. The newspaper had previously cited U.S. officials as saying that the images were related to the attack on a Jordanian base on July 17 that killed 3 U.S. troops.