Local TV station WJLA reported, citing police sources, that the five people arrested in Washington, D.C., on September 24 are suspected of assaulting police officers, taking others' property without authorization, and simple assault.
On September 29, China's central bank cut the one-year pledged supplementary lending (PSL) rate by 25 basis points to 1.5%, expanded the scope of support to include telecommunications, logistics networks and other fields, and increased the quota for equipment renewal and technology re-lending by 200 billion yuan to 1.4 trillion yuan.
Ahead of the National Day holiday, a topic on Weibo opposing make-up workdays during the holiday garnered 360 million views and 120,000 discussions, and workers' dissatisfaction with holiday shifting, low wages, and excessive overtime has spawned consumer boycotts and rights defense through legal channels.
On September 29, China's Ministry of Commerce commented on the EU's plan to develop a tool similar to the US Section 301, criticizing it as protectionism and unilateralism, stating that if the EU insists on introducing discriminatory restrictive measures, China will certainly respond resolutely, and urging the EU to manage differences through dialogue.
In his program on September 29, 2026, Hu Liren predicted that Xi Jinping might quickly roll out Xi Mingze as his successor, based on her recent public appearances alongside him, facial recognition matches, and heightened security at Zhongnanhai.
Around September 29, Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Meeting the Requirement of Living a Tight Life," making clear that meetings must not be held at 21 scenic and tourist areas, and restricting spending on meetings, training, and travel. The related topic trended on Weibo's hot search, prompting netizens to speculate that Peking University had run out of money.
On September 29, according to reports from Langchao News and others, the procuratorate declined to approve the arrest of the homeroom teacher surnamed Tan involved in the case on the grounds that the facts were unclear and the evidence was insufficient. The lawyer representing the family raised an objection, stating that they would report the matter to the higher-level procuratorial organ.
On September 29, French President Macron, while meeting with students in Madrid, Spain, said that subsidies received by Chinese companies reach 8 times the OECD average and are undermining Europe's industrial base, that Europe had been too naive in the past, and advocated using trade safeguard measures to maintain fair competition, while also affirming China's post-pandemic innovation achievements.
On September 29, the Beijing Institute of Technology announced that faculty member Pei Yi had seriously violated professional conduct standards for teachers, revoking his qualification as a graduate supervisor and terminating his employment. Pei Yi had previously sparked controversy over remarks made in class discussing feminism and noting that all members of the Politburo Standing Committee are male.
On September 29, two Starbucks stores opened at the Urumqi International Grand Bazaar and Tianshan International Airport, and were listed by local official media as key investment-attraction projects for 2026; the company said it will step up its store openings in Xinjiang.
On the morning of September 29, the Taiyuan Municipal Public Security Bureau took Xuncheng Reformed Church preacher An Yankui from his home. His wife Yao Congya received a phone call from the police and was told that he had been placed under administrative detention for 15 days for "illegally organizing religious activities."
On September 29, China Blue News reported that the case of a female teacher in Shaanxi who died after being dragged has undergone a major reclassification: all 5 defendants, including Xiao, have been indicted on charges of intentional homicide. Previously, 2 were charged with causing a traffic accident, 1 with shielding a criminal, and the other 2 had not been held criminally responsible.
On September 29, according to Chinese official media reports, Starbucks simultaneously opened two specialty stores in Urumqi, drawing criticism from U.S. lawmakers.
John Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, criticized Starbucks' opening of a store in Ürümqi as a morally bankrupt decision, calling for its immediate closure and saying that every cup of coffee ties American brands to the CCP's oppression of the Uyghurs.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun responded by saying that claims of genocide in Xinjiang are an outright lie, that U.S. institutions habitually fabricate things out of thin air for political purposes, and that Xinjiang enjoys social stability and ethnic unity.
On September 29, 2026, The Beijing News learned from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University that Wang Gang, a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Plant Protection, has officially left his post. The Human Resources Office confirmed that his departure is directly related to the retraction of a Nature paper, and the university is negotiating with him over the return of talent subsidies and other payments.
On September 29, 2026, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce said that such tools are protectionist and unilateralist measures, and that if the EU insists on introducing discriminatory restrictive measures against Chinese enterprises or products, the Chinese side will resolutely respond.
Under the name “Cyber Letters and Calls Bureau,” netizens released recent documentary footage of petitioners visiting a certain petition reception site, recording the scene of petitioners gathering to air their demands.
A netizen submission claims that the machining workshop of Weifang Ruicheng Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has long-standing dust and noise problems, that some machine tools lack safety guards, that the supply of masks and earplugs is insufficient, and that equipment lacks regular maintenance.
According to a Reuters report on September 29, against the backdrop of weak consumer demand, deflationary pressure and a sluggish property market, average travel spending per trip during the 2025 Golden Week was 911.04 yuan, dropping to its lowest level in three years; the survey said only 5% of surveyed travelers planned to stay in luxury hotels, with tourists paying more attention to value for money.
On September 29, Xiangtan Radio and Television in Hunan released a video showing that the first class of the new term at Xiangtan University of Technology required students to write the national anthem from memory, with not a single wrong character allowed and all punctuation marks required to be correct. The video sparked heated discussion among netizens.
On September 29, a first-year PhD student at Xi’an Jiaotong University posted that after applying to leave campus and go home from the evening of September 30 to the evening of October 7, the student’s advisor demanded that they find another cooperating advisor as soon as possible and removed them from the group chat, citing “incompatible research philosophies.” The leave request was not approved; anyone who leaves will bear the consequences, and the student was also required to clock in at the shared workspace on time.
On September 29, a garment industry worker posted a video titled "Unemployment Scene in Guangzhou," saying that many people at the day-labor market on Qiaonan Xinjie Street in Guangzhou had been waiting early in the morning for daily-paid work. Some had gone several days without landing a job, and their savings were gradually running out. The poster said a daily wage of 150 yuan was already considered decent, and that earning 300 yuan would mean staying up late into the night.
On September 27, the WeChat public account “Wang Jiu’s Notebook” published news that Yantai Sino-English School in Shandong issued 94 exam papers for a 10-day Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday; on September 29, it received a letter demanding post deletion from the school bearing an official seal.
According to a September 29 report by the Chinese edition of The New York Times, China will include Jane Eyre in the ninth-grade Chinese "whole-book reading" list this autumn, and ninth-graders across the country are required to read it in full. State media said it helps foster a positive outlook on life and understand equality and an independent personality in love.
On September 29, on the eve of National Day, a kindergarten in Guizhou organized young children in a "Retracing the Long March" themed activity, having the children carry cardboard boxes labeled "explosive pack" along with grenade props, and march through the streets and the campus holding national flags, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
On September 29, a Bilibili uploader posted a video claiming that a friend job-hunting in Guangxi found positions paying around 3,000 yuan a month, with no social insurance, 9 hours of work per day, and only 3 to 4 days off per month; another friend in Guangxi earns 3,000 yuan a month, taking home about 2,500 yuan after social insurance deductions, and has to support two children.
On the evening of September 28, on a flight from Hefei to Dalian, a China Eastern Airlines flight attendant was forced to kneel two or three times after accidentally brushing against a male passenger's elbow, yet she was still not forgiven. After the video was released, it trended on Weibo on the 29th. Multiple media outlets contacted China Eastern Airlines but did not receive a definitive response.
The "Two-Day Weekend Shopping" mini-program, which called on consumers to support companies with two-day weekends, has suspended service, and searching related keywords on Weibo also returns no results.
On September 29, a netizen posted a video saying that their family's China Mobile account was charged overage data fees of 480.89 yuan, 540 yuan and 150 yuan in July, August and September respectively, totaling over 1,200 yuan. Customer service only agreed to refund half; the blogger has filed a formal appeal demanding a full refund, and the video has drawn widespread support from netizens.
On September 29, a netizen posted a video claiming that a construction site in Guangdong locked migrant workers inside the dormitory area to force them to buy the site's fast food. A large number of workers gathered at the gate and argued with management personnel. The netizen said a similar door-locking incident had previously occurred at a construction site in Nansha, Guangzhou.
On September 29, Beijing Yezhi Feng Nuohua Home Decoration Group Co., Ltd. was in arrears on wages, and multiple workers traveled from other regions to the company's headquarters to defend their rights and demand their unpaid pay.
Shanghai recently introduced new property market policies again; Hu Liren believes they are essentially stability maintenance measures and are unlikely to change the downward trend in real estate.
On September 28, Lin Shidong defeated Wang Chuqin 4:0 in the Asian Games table tennis men's singles final to take the gold. On September 29, in an image accompanying a CCTV News report, Lin Shidong's gold medal appeared silver while Wang Chuqin's silver medal looked gold, and the composition was also accused of favoring the runner-up, sparking controversy among netizens.
On September 29, a netizen shared a video of freshmen's military training at Dalian Maritime University, claiming it was the result of 21 days of training. In the footage, students in uniform form neat formations. A highly upvoted comment in the comments section said they could only see the hardship of students starting military training at six o'clock every day for 21 days.
On the evening of September 29, a netizen posted a video showing a staff member at the Qingquange bun shop in Changsha, Hunan, clipping their toenails on the food preparation counter, with slippers placed on the countertop and steamers piled up nearby.
On September 29, police in Sihanoukville, Cambodia's Sihanoukville Province, raided a villa in Village 2, Division 3 of Sihanoukville City, arresting 34 people suspected of online fraud, including 26 Chinese nationals, as well as 5 South Koreans, 1 Malaysian, and 2 Cambodians. The suspects and physical evidence were handed over to the provincial police department for handling.
On September 29, a farmer in Tangshan posted a video saying that the plant-protection drone he bought for tens of thousands of yuan, purchased less than half a year ago, cannot take off because his area has been designated as "No-Fly Zone Around Beijing - 8" (in effect from September 22, 2026 to September 21, 2029). The machine sits idle, while the cost of manual spraying still has to be paid.
On September 29, the Weibo account “Xin Zhi Song Gu” was banned, showing the message “for being reported for violating laws and regulations and the relevant provisions of the Weibo Community Convention.” The ban prompted netizens to question the basis and legitimacy of the suspension.
On September 29, a BYD owner posted a video on Douyin claiming that the hood shook while driving at high speed; an inspection found that all the screws on the hood latch assembly were missing, and several commenters who identified themselves as employees attributed the problem to two-shift rotations and the production pressure of low wages.
Foreign video blogger Lu Ke, who has collaborated with Chinese propaganda departments multiple times, released a video in the UK about the opening of a Starbucks in Xinjiang, praising the store's ethnic characteristics and conducting positive propaganda.
On September 29, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism issued a notice regarding Na Ying paying tribute to Liu Huan at her concert and adding the song "The Curved Moon" on the fly, stating that it was a fragmented performance during an audience interaction segment, that the song was not performed in full, and that it did not constitute a case of changing the program and re-submitting it for approval.
After a Chinese restaurant in Seongnam, South Korea, formerly named "Xi Jinping" was vandalized, the owner changed the restaurant's name and resumed business on September 29, worried about being targeted again. Prior to this, he had been asked multiple times to change the name.
On September 29, a Douyin blogger posted a video saying that products that don’t allow reviews shouldn’t be bought and brands that don’t allow questioning shouldn’t be touched. No brand was named, but Huawei, HarmonyOS, and “far ahead” kept appearing in the bullet comments, while netizens in the comments section criticized equating not buying a certain brand with being unpatriotic as moral coercion.
On September 29, Zhejiang University of Technology announced its government procurement intentions, planning to spend 240,000 yuan to procure abnormal network traffic monitoring, analysis, and handling services, requiring the use of trusted DNS for precise monitoring and continuous reduction of abnormal traffic, as well as auditing and handling of violations of cross-border internet access rules.
On September 29, a netizen posted a video of a snowy night street scene on Douyin, sarcastically claiming that the Communist Party is fair and just, clean and transparent, and serves the people wholeheartedly; commenters pointed out the satirical meaning of the post.
A kindergarten in Guizhou held a “Retracing the Long March” activity that sparked imitations; some parents at home used cardboard boxes to make “explosive packs” for young children to carry on their backs while waving the national flag and filming videos.
On the second day of the conflict, the Foshan MixC World mall deployed multiple security guards in full bomb-disposal equipment around Hema and the surrounding areas to maintain order. Shoppers at the scene took photos and complained that the mall looked as if it were bracing for a major threat.
From January to May 2026, Beijing's total retail sales of consumer goods fell by 2.5% year-on-year.
China's Ministry of Commerce released a number of trade and economic implementation documents, including a tariff reduction list for the United States covering multiple agricultural products and high-end medical equipment, and extending the Kuala Lumpur tariff truce to January 2027.