A factory arranged a holiday of more than ten days. Ten workers, worried something might go wrong, stood guard by the factory 24 hours a day. On the second day of the holiday they caught the boss bringing people in to move things out. They subsequently received their wages, while the other workers on leave did not.
On October 1, the app "Two-Day Weekend Go," which advocates prioritizing purchases from companies that implement two-day weekends and treat employees well, went on the Apple App Store. Users can view companies' rest systems and submit tips, and the platform states that it does not build a blacklist of companies and only positively includes information that has been reviewed.
Shanghai SPDB Times Square mall hung illustration No. 89 from the series "365 Diary of Stray Animals." In the drawing, a small dog has a halo above its head and white wings on its back, resembling Wangwang. The mall opened on September 30, and the illustration exhibition was one of the opening events.
Recently, petitioners who traveled to Beijing queued overnight at the gate of the petition reception office of the Supreme People’s Court at No. 40, Hongsicun, Xiaohongmen Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing, waiting to be received; documentary footage recorded the scene.
Media including China News Service (chinanews.com.cn), China.org.cn, and "Guoshi Zhitongche" under China News Service concentrated on reporting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's visit to the United States and her interaction with Trump, using expressions such as "stepping forward to embrace her proactively" and "coming forward with quick small steps to throw herself into his arms," while Elephant News said she "actively went after reporters."
During the National Day holiday, a blogger filmed scenes of elderly people waiting for work at 5:30 a.m. at a labor market in Handan, Hebei: a 75-year-old man lifted his bicycle to prove his strength after being rejected for his age, a 64-year-old man said he had been looking for work for 10 years but was still passed over because bosses wanted younger people, and three people shared one extra-wide bed, paying 100 yuan a month in rent with no heating.
In October, a tweet by a Turkish netizen about the Uyghurs sparked a massive flame war between Chinese and Turkish netizens on X. The Chinese side counterattacked with the Patrick Star national flag meme, while the Turkish side demanded that Chinese netizens criticize Xi Jinping and mocked them for spending money on VPNs to jump the Great Firewall and join the fight.
Kazakhstan has critical minerals and cheap electricity, and this year signed a data center deal with Nvidia worth up to $10 billion; in 2025, China's direct investment in Kazakhstan also hit a new high of $2.8 billion.
A netizen posted a video sharing a car mini-game that satirizes Huawei's AITO (Wenjie), featuring satirical plots such as the intelligent driving system being forcibly exited and the user being held fully liable for collisions and explosions. The video was taken down shortly after it was posted.
Peking University News subsequently published a report on Steinmeier's visit, detailing his activities such as playing table tennis with students and faculty and receiving a signed racket, but made no mention of his speech quoting Cai Yuanpei's principle of 'freedom of thought and inclusiveness.'
On October 1, media reports said that the veteran general manager of Zhejiang Flag King Crafts & Garments Co., Ltd. stated that he has high standards for employees and would scold anyone who steps on the national flag. In the comments section, netizens focused their questions on practical benefits such as wages, two-day weekends, and social insurance.
At a recent wedding in Hebei, a local ban on drone flights forced the filming crew to strap the drone to a long pole, which was then held aloft by a staff member to capture the wedding.
In August 2026, a merchant successfully registered through Kuaishou's "0-yuan store opening" program after review, but received no orders. In October, the merchant received a penalty notice, fined 2,400 yuan and docked 24 points on the grounds of "evading business qualifications (personal safety)," prompting netizens to complain about the short-video e-commerce platform.
In October 2026, the banned blogger “Chigua Mengzhu” was invited to attend the Zhuhai Hanfu Carnival to interact with Hanfu enthusiasts offline; previously, Luo Xu had invited her to Guangzhou for a Hanfu event and covered her expenses.
A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was attacked by the co-pilot during the flight, who maneuvered the plane into a dangerous dive; the crew and passengers worked together to subdue him and landed safely in Saudi Arabia.
US President Trump met with tech executives including Elon Musk and Jensen Huang at the White House, signed an executive order establishing the America.gov superintelligence platform, and made clear that the United States will not cooperate with China in the field of superintelligence.
U.S. Central Command announced that U.S. troops and equipment have withdrawn from the Erbil base in northern Iraq, marking the official end of the military mission against ISIS that began 12 years ago.
Russian forces used nearly 190 drones and ballistic missiles to strike Kyiv and surrounding energy facilities, killing 5 people, including a child, and injuring 14.
At the National Day reception on September 30, the supreme leader did not, as is customary, announce the upcoming Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, and in his remarks on Taiwan he once again mentioned the "peaceful development of cross-Strait relations."
US Secretary of War Hegseth announced the creation of a new four-star autonomous warfare command and the launch of the Meridian Program, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, to study the future of war.
On a Dubai flight, the first officer stabbed the captain with a knife, sending the plane into a steep dive. Through a combination of coincidences and the joint efforts of the crew and passengers, the crisis was ultimately resolved.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced the formal end of its military mission in Iraq to counter ISIS and an orderly withdrawal, as Iraq welcomes its Day of Sovereignty.
Four bipartisan senators introduced a new bill requiring a ban on Chinese-made optical transceivers in U.S. federal government national security systems. The bill names Innolight and Eoptolink and sets a five-year transition period.
Xi Jinping led officials from the State Council, the National People's Congress, the CPPCC and other bodies to the Monument to the People's Heroes in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to hold a flower-basket laying ceremony.
The CCP held a large-scale October 1 reception, with black-clad guards densely deployed inside the venue monitoring the attending officials, creating a tense and tightly controlled atmosphere.
A Xinhua News Agency communiqué announced that Qiushi magazine will publish an article by Xi Jinping on strengthening universal, basic, and safety-net livelihood development, reiterating that there must be no excessive guarantees and that a slide into welfareism must be prevented.
Wang Xiaohong, in full police uniform and looking tense, appeared at the main table of the National Day reception, sparking speculation that he may be facing an investigation.
Xi Jinping appeared at Tiananmen Square on the morning of September 30, taking part in the flower-laying ceremony at the Monument to the People's Heroes together with Politburo Standing Committee members Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning and others.
Four U.S. Republican senators sent a letter to the U.S. Attorney General on September 30, calling on the Department of Justice to conduct a comprehensive investigation of Chinese criminal networks operating illegal marijuana businesses within the United States.
Trump officially announced that South Korea will participate in an energy investment plan totaling hundreds of billions of dollars, including the Alaska liquefied natural gas pipeline project.
At a press conference, a spokesperson for the Chinese Communist Party's Foreign Ministry, while discussing Japan's nuclear weapons and Taiwan-related remarks, unilaterally erased Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's title and called her by name.
He Xinyuan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Director and General Manager of Genertec Machine Tool Co., Ltd., is undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.
Four Republican senators have written to the Attorney General, calling for a full investigation into Chinese criminal organizations allegedly operating illegal marijuana and drug businesses in the United States.
The U.S. PCE price index recorded 3.4% year-on-year in August, coming in below expectations, pushing the probability of an October rate hike even lower, while the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield saw intense tug-of-war intraday.
Yi Huiman, former chairman of the Chinese Communist Party's Securities Regulatory Commission, was officially transferred to prosecutors and indicted on September 30 on suspicion of accepting bribes and sex-for-power transactions.
Michun Lei has officially stepped down as Chairman of Shanghai Life Insurance, a company that has previously been taken over by Shanghai state-owned capital.
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio personally unveiled the new 2028 U.S. passport, which features the bald eagle as its core design element and incorporates multiple moments in American history as well as dynamic anti-counterfeiting effects.
A China Energy Engineering infrastructure worker in Xinjiang said he had no time off during the National Day holiday, and received neither overtime pay nor compensatory leave.
Zhengzhou has proposed cleaning and repairing national flags used in previous years for reuse, and preparing them before National Day for use in the following year.
The Party branch of Zhejiang Rainbow Wanli Technology Co., Ltd. displayed activities resembling military training of employees.
A netizen said that when their friend was about to ship a drone, the free shipping stage in Beijing told them the drone was too large to be sent; photos posted by the netizen show that the drone was not of a particularly large size.
A netizen filmed a boy in Jiangxi being placed in the back of a closed cage-style tricycle on his way to school; the cage's appearance was described as resembling an ancient prisoner transport cart.
A blogger said that at 20:33 on September 30, traffic was flowing smoothly at the Shenzhen passage exit and the on- and off-ramp bridges, adding that this spot often saw long-lasting congestion in previous years.
According to the video, Zhu Jun participated in Fujian Province's event of laying flower baskets to honor martyrs in Fuzhou on September 30.
Xi Jinping took his cabinet members to the Monument to the People's Heroes to pay respects.
According to the material, Li Zuocheng attended the National Day reception on September 30, a rare public appearance for him since stepping down after the 20th National Congress.
A Chinese citizen in Argentina made a normal transfer on September 30, and then received a call from the local police station on October 8 saying that the anti-fraud center considered the transfer risky and imposed a protective payment freeze.
The Senate rejected a ratepayer protection bill that would have required data centers to pay for new substations and transmission lines connecting to the grid, a measure that had previously sparked controversy among Democratic lawmakers over the stringency of its restrictions.
On September 30, 2026, "Shou Shouji de CC" officially released a rights defense recap video titled "I've been a victim of AI-generated pornographic rumors for 2 months, and I've called the police!" on platforms including Bilibili and Douyin. Holding the case acceptance receipt issued by the police, the vlogger, teary-eyed but firm, fully exposed the entire journey and truth behind the events—from the graphics card recycling dispute in July and the satirical comics in August, to being targeted by black-market AI face-swapping for pornographic rumors and malicious doxxing in September. The vlogger stated firmly in the video: "All pornographic images, private photo sets, and videos circulating online are 100% fake. I have completed the notarization of all evidence and will never settle!" Within 24 hours of its release, the video surpassed 3.21 million views, quickly topping the trending lists on Weibo and Bilibili, and triggering a strong public condemnation of AI face-swapping rumors and cyberbullying.
On September 30, according to official media reports, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made an arrest decision against Yi Huiman, former chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), on suspicion of accepting bribes, and designated the Qingdao Municipal People's Procuratorate to review and prosecute the case. Recently, an indictment was filed with the Qingdao Intermediate People's Court, accusing him of illegally accepting huge amounts of property by exploiting the privileges of his positions at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and the CSRC.