On September 30, several homeowners at the Jinsha Qingyun Academy community in Zhecheng County, Henan, staged a protest with banners and a sit-in in front of the sales office, opposing the developer's plan to build a large waste transfer station near the main entrance of the community, saying the stench was seriously affecting their living environment.
On September 30, primary school students of all grades at Nanle County Fourth Experimental Primary School in Henan marched in formation wearing matching uniforms, hands pressed tightly to their trouser seams, arms motionless, shouting slogans such as "prosperity, democracy, civility, harmony" in unison. The scene was filmed by netizens and drew questions and mockery.
Following the release of a Tibet observation report, Lord David Alton, a member of the UK House of Lords, told Voice of America that Tibet has become an Orwellian police state and called on the British government to review and restrict police procurement of Chinese-made drones.
On September 30, Sichuan Mobile Newspaper posted a video on Douyin about the Chengdu–Dazhou–Wanzhou high-speed railway "working non-stop through National Day" with the hashtag "salute to the laborers," saying that 1,050 builders on Section 5 were working round-the-clock in shifts. Several netizens in the comments asked about triple wages, and one such comment received 4,393 likes.
On September 30, a Yunnan blogger uploaded a video captioned "Longquan Kindergarten celebrates National Day early for the children." Several young children, carrying cardboard box props labeled "explosive pack" on their backs and holding national flags, took part in activities on the street and inside the kindergarten, with text reading "Determined at the age of three to defend the home and the country."
On September 30, the Guilin City Chinese Culture Promotion Society issued an announcement claiming that, after verification, it accused former CCTV host A Qiu of improperly using the names of CCTV and the Promotion Society to promote a paid event held in Guilin.
Researchers released a preprint paper testing major language models for gender bias, finding huge differences among models: when asked whether it is acceptable to abuse women to prevent a nuclear apocalypse, DeepSeek strongly agreed, while Claude, GPT, and Llama all strongly disagreed.
On September 30, Valerio Capraro, a researcher at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy, released test results: when presented with the scenario of "whether one person can be abused or tortured to prevent a nuclear apocalypse," DeepSeek V4-Flash answered "strongly agree" in each of 50 repeated queries, while under the same conditions both Llama 4 Scout and Microsoft Copilot chose "strongly disagree."
On September 30, on the occasion of the 13th Martyrs' Day, the Ministry of State Security held a memorial ceremony for heroes of the clandestine front at the Unknown Heroes Memorial Plaza in Xishan, Beijing. Minister of State Security Chen Yixin attended and delivered a speech.
Tech blogger "CC the Phone Buyer" was targeted by rumor-mongers who used AI to synthesize explicit content and spread it in the comments section and private messages for as long as two months. On September 30, he released a video announcing that the police had accepted the case, saying he would pursue the rumor-mongers' legal liability through civil litigation. The topic trended on Weibo's hot search.
From late September to October, several community grid workers in Henan posted on Xiaohongshu to report that their wages had not arrived, social security and housing provident fund contributions had not been implemented, and they were still required to take duty during the National Day holiday. Some said they planned to resign. Relevant notices stated that wages could not be issued before the holiday and promised full payment after the holiday.
On September 30, a Douyin blogger posted a video criticizing schools for oppressing students with fake two-day weekends and a score-first mentality, saying that children study with the posture of slaves. The video received more than 470,000 likes and over 20,000 comments, and many people in the comments section wished to fall sick in order to ask for leave.
On September 30, a netizen in Jiangxi posted a video showing a boy being placed by his parents in a fully enclosed iron cage at the back of a tricycle on his way to and from school. The setup resembled an "ancient prison cart," sparking heated discussion and sympathy among netizens.
On September 30, a blogger posted a video: a man sits in a room with peeling walls and sparse furnishings, watching news about U.S. jet fuel price hikes driving up airfares on a projector connected to a set-top box. The video received 113,000 likes, and the comment "living in a humble room, with the world in mind" received 19,000 likes.
Before the top-level meeting between China and the United States in Beijing, the two sides had already completed substantive negotiations on trade and economic terms including the agriculture working group, financial services market access, and the artificial intelligence dialogue, and released a timeline.
Xiaomi's employee count decreased from 56,531 at the end of 2025 to 52,876, a reduction of 3,655 people in half a year; R&D personnel decreased by 500.
On September 29, U.S. Senator Tom Cotton and Representative Krishnamoorthi separately wrote to the Secretary of War, expressing concern over F-35 fighter jet parts that went missing in transit and fell into China's hands.
On September 29, the self-media account “Ordinary People Inside the Wall” reported in a rumor-based post that Hu Jintao demanded Hu Chunhua take the stage and Wen Jiabao demanded launching political system reform; the program “Old Beijing Teahouse” relayed this.
Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo said on the 29th that the 66 F-16V fighter jets Taiwan ordered from the United States have entered production and can be delivered at any time, and that arms sales to Taiwan worth approximately US$14 billion are also continuing to be discussed with the U.S. side.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said the explosion last week in the Demilitarized Zone that injured two South Korean personnel was caused by landmines laid by North Korea, a move Seoul called a violation of the armistice agreement, and vowed to take response measures.
The US Department of War announced that Boeing has won a $20 billion contract to develop the next-generation stealth fighter for the US Navy, marking the second consecutive year that Boeing has secured a US military sixth-generation fighter program.
Starbucks opened two branches in Xinjiang on September 29, located at Tianshan International Airport and the International Grand Bazaar flagship store respectively, and was subsequently publicly criticized by members of the US Congress.
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker met with Taiwan's representative to the United States, Yu Ta-lei, on September 29, discussing U.S. security commitments to Taiwan and the situation in the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. President Trump delivered a public address at the White House, making clear that he has no intention of making joint investments or cooperating with China in the field of AI, and emphasizing that the United States holds an absolute leading position in that industry.
At a construction site in Guangdong, migrant workers were locked inside the dormitory area so that fast food could be sold to them. Large numbers of workers gathered at the gate and argued with management.
New York Fed President Williams publicly stated that there is no need to rush to raise interest rates. Affected by these remarks, the probability of a rate hike in October fell from a high level to 50 percent.
Pentagon officials held approximately a one-hour meeting with staff of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Armed Services Committee, discussing specific details about F-35 stealth fighter parts being transshipped via UPS and flowing to Hong Kong.
The fiscal interest subsidy policy was officially announced on September 29 and went into effect at the start of the National Day holiday; combined with developer discounts, it drove up new home transaction volumes in some key cities.
The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that Zhang Yuebin, former Party group member and deputy director of Xiamen Customs, is currently under review and investigation.
Officials formally announced that Zhao Shitong has taken office as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee and head of the United Front Work Department, taking charge of Fujian's key united front networks concerning Taiwan affairs, overseas Chinese affairs, and the non-public economy.
US President Trump announced the launch of the america.gov website, aimed at using artificial intelligence to help Americans more easily find federal government information and access services.
A netizen working in the garment industry posted a video saying that at the Nanxin Street day-labor market in Guangzhou, people have been waiting for daily-paid jobs for several days in a row but still have no work to take, and their savings are gradually running out.
An X account named “所谓伊人在水一方” uploaded a video of a female teacher talking about student safety, in which she reminds high school students to guard against strangers, vehicles, and the risk of losing contact.
The female researcher infected at the Irkutsk anti-plague research institute is being hospitalized in Shelekhov with symptoms of severe pneumonia.
According to data cited in the video, in the second quarter of 2026, the circulation of USDT on the TRON network exceeded $90 billion, with quarterly transfer volume of about $2 trillion.
On September 29, US Ambassador to China David Perdue reposted a graphic and text from the embassy dated the 27th, saying that China has imposed export licensing on rare earths and magnets since April last year, extended it worldwide in October last year, and now makes it illegal for companies to relocate out of China, allowing for arrest and prosecution, seizure of assets, and exit restrictions.
On September 29, the Ministry of Finance, the central bank, and the National Financial Regulatory Administration jointly announced that starting October 1, eligible first-home mortgages will receive fiscal interest subsidies, with an implementation period provisionally set at one year — the first time the central fiscal budget has subsidized individual housing mortgages. The subsidy applies to newly purchased first-home loans for properties with an area of no more than 120 square meters and a total price of no more than 1.5 million yuan, providing an annualized interest subsidy of 1 percentage point on loans of up to 1 million yuan, for a maximum of five years.
On September 29, Human Rights in China (HRIC) released a report stating that, as confirmed by lawyers, all five people arrested at the protest scene in Washington, D.C. on September 24 were anti-Xi Jinping activists. Pi Qiaohai was subsequently transferred to ICE custody, and the reason for the transfer was not disclosed.
A Chinese human rights report reviews incidents of attacks at multiple protest sites in Washington from September 23 to 25, saying protesters had their signs snatched, were pepper-sprayed, surrounded and beaten, and demanding that U.S. law enforcement identify the attackers and their organizational ties.
A Chinese human rights report quoted Students for a Free Tibet and others as saying that police told them at least one person involved in the assault was not detained because he had diplomatic immunity; lawyer Samuel Bickett said police indicated that this person was part of the diplomatic delegation for Xi Jinping's visit.
On September 29, days after the Trump-Xi meeting ended, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on 10 individuals and entities, including Tabatabai, the Iranian defense sector's procurement representative in Beijing, Hong Kong company EC Mojo Technology, and its China-based representative Li Fen, accusing them of supporting the procurement of weapons systems, dual-use components, and electronic components for Iran within China. The assets of the sanctioned targets in the United States will be frozen.
On September 29, after Xi Jinping's visit to the United States ended, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Republican Senator Roger Wicker met with Taiwan's representative to the United States Robert Yu and issued a statement, calling for continued fulfillment of security commitments to Taiwan, stressing that the United States should not consult Beijing on arms sales to Taiwan, and demanding that the training, security assistance, and arms sale resources for Taiwan already authorized and appropriated by Congress be used in accordance with Congress's original intent.
On September 29, China and Laos announced the establishment of a "joint support center" in Ban Khone, Vientiane Province, Laos. The Lao military said it is used to train air force pilots and denied speculation about a military base, but it raised concerns in the United States and its Asian allies about China's expanding military influence in Southeast Asia.
Netizen Cyberxinfang said that last year he received petition materials from Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi. The petitioner alleged that local gangsters colluded with government officials in the long-term gang rape of her granddaughter, and that she was threatened with lifetime imprisonment if she petitioned again. She has since gone missing, and he is now publicly soliciting information about the case.
Jie Lijian, a prominent overseas democracy activist and vice chairman of the China Democracy Party National Committee, lost contact with the outside world for dozens of hours starting on the afternoon of September 27, 2026. On September 29, overseas democracy activist Yang Maosen and a friend, with the help of an emergency contact and the New York landlord, opened the door and found Jie Lijian unconscious and in serious condition in bed at his New York residence. He was then urgently taken to hospital for emergency treatment by FDNY EMTs. Jie Lijian had long been active at the forefront of the anti-CCP democracy movement and had repeatedly suffered violent attacks and bizarre car accidents. The specific cause of illness and the progress of treatment still await a formal medical report from the hospital.
On September 29, the South Korean human rights organization Transitional Justice Working Group released a report stating that the consular section of the North Korean embassy in China (Chaoyang District, Beijing) has a secret prison underground, where North Korean nationals who attempted to defect or seek asylum are detained and interrogated before being forcibly repatriated; the operations are coordinated by North Korean security personnel acting under consular cover.
According to reports, a North Korean hacker in China was captured by Chinese authorities while traveling from Inner Mongolia to Mongolia. After being interrogated for about six months, he was handed over to the North Korean Consulate General in Shenyang and then transferred to the embassy in Beijing, where he was held underground for about a year. In 2023, he was wrapped in a full-body plaster cast disguised as a patient and put on a flight to Pyongyang, and he is reportedly dead in North Korea.
On September 29, Beijing Institute of Technology issued a notice stating that Pei Yi, an assistant professor at the School of Law, had seriously violated professional ethics standards for teachers, and that his qualification as a graduate supervisor was revoked, his teaching post qualification was rescinded, and his employment relationship was terminated.
Investigative reporter Liu Hu wrote on September 29 that Wang Yufeng, the whistleblower in the case of Huawel Microelectronics' illegal and non-compliant information disclosure, was taken away by Jilin police from Shanghai in November 2022 and has been detained for nearly four years. The case has entered the CSRC's proposed whistleblower reward list; as of September 23, the trial had lasted a cumulative 107 days, and several of Wang Yufeng's sealed companies have become substantively bankrupt.
According to a report by Liu Hu, Wang Yufeng continuously reported Hao Jun, the former head of the economic crime investigation unit who handled his case, while in detention. Materials from another case presented at trial showed that Hao Jun had accepted a 20 million yuan bribe from Xia Zengwen, chairman of Huawai Electronics. Hao Jun has already been sentenced to 13 years and 8 months for accepting bribes.