Chen Wenqing, secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, convened a meeting in Beijing, stressing the need to guard against political security risks, crack down severely on infiltration and sabotage activities, and hold the ideological front.
The United States and China have released lists of goods subject to reciprocal tariff cuts totaling as much as $60 billion, and extended the trade truce to January 2027.
Ukrainian officials said on September 28 that Russian drone attacks struck various parts of Ukraine, killing at least 7 people and injuring more than 50.
On his first working day after returning to China, Xi Jinping emphasized building a Safe China, and Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong delivered a concluding speech at the meeting.
Beijing has further extended exit controls on artificial intelligence experts and core chip R&D personnel to cover their spouses, minor children, and other immediate family members.
A PLA Daily article revealed that after safety problems occurred at a certain brigade of the 73rd Group Army, the grassroots level imposed layer upon layer of additional restrictions on normal weekend outings; afterwards the brigade party committee issued a document to correct the course, reflecting the unit's extreme sensitivity and taut nerves at present.
British police arrested five British citizens near RAF Fairford on suspicion of attempting to cause significant damage to the base.
UK counter-terrorism police have arrested five British men in their 20s suspected of plotting a potential attack on a US Air Force base in western England. All five have been released on bail pending investigation, and US Secretary of State Rubio pointed to foreign actors and mentioned Iran.
President Trump announced a plan to invest $15 billion in a new steel plant in Iowa, aiming to build a 100% American steel supply chain and expected to create thousands of jobs.
In response to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's call to delete the enemy clause of the UN Charter, the Chinese representative stated firm opposition at the UN General Assembly and accused the Japanese side of attempting to push for the revival of militarism.
SpaceX's new rocket entered Earth orbit for the first time on September 28, successfully placing 26 next-generation Starlink V3 broadband satellites into orbit.
The CCP Ministry of Commerce released a Mid-Autumn report stating that average daily sales of key retail and catering enterprises rose 0.1% year-on-year, but it made no mention of mooncake sales, and the calculation baseline is disputed.
China's Xinhua News Agency and CCTV reported that the US-China leaders' meeting reached an eight-point consensus, and listed cooperation in the AI field as a major achievement, promoting the idea of joint China-US governance of AI.
When members of China Action held a projection to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Umbrella Movement outside the Chinese Consulate in New York, consulate staff were accused of shining high-intensity flashlights into the members' faces, pushing them, and attempting to drag one member into the consulate building.
A 28-year-old female lab technician at a plague research institute in the Russian Far East died several days after the onset of symptoms from pneumonic plague, raising concerns about laboratory safety and the spread of the virus.
A private video of Pan Shiyi discussing Ren Zhiqiang spread inside the Great Firewall, after which it was banned across the entire internet; the names involved were also said to have become sensitive words.
On September 28, after Xi Jinping's visit to the US, the Ministry of Commerce released a 38-page list of products subject to reciprocal tariff reductions, covering corn, wheat, sorghum, meat, and seed soybeans, among others. However, non-seed US soybeans, a major trade item, were not included and still face an additional 10% tariff. The tariff reduction arrangements will be implemented after completing domestic legal procedures.
Bloomberg reported on September 28, citing people with knowledge of the matter, that China has expanded exit restrictions on top AI talent at private companies to include some family members: spouses and children of executives at AI and chip firms must obtain official approval in advance even for short trips abroad, in an effort to prevent key technologies and information from flowing to the United States. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology did not respond to a request for comment.
On September 28, 2026, the U.S. Senate passed the Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act (S.4009), a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Ted Cruz and Jeff Merkley, by unanimous consent. The bill requires the U.S. President to impose sanctions on foreign individuals who knowingly participate in, assist, or support China's forced organ harvesting, including freezing their U.S. assets, prohibiting transactions, and revoking or denying visas; it directs the Secretary of State to assess whether the Chinese government is systematically engaged in forced organ harvesting and to submit a special report to Congress; and it extends protections to Falun Gong practitioners, Uyghurs, and other prisoners of conscience. The bill was subsequently sent to the House of Representatives for consideration.
According to Sin Chew Daily, a Chinese restaurant named "Xi Jinping" in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, was broken into and vandalized. Local police stated that the perpetrators were four Chinese men who fled back to China by plane immediately after the incident. The restaurant owner reported having repeatedly received threatening phone calls and in-person protests regarding the restaurant's name.
Recently, Hong Kong singer Jackson Wang was accused on Threads of unearthing a netizen's comment from a month ago and using his public figure influence to direct cyberbullying against a female private citizen. Fans praised him for having a 'human touch,' which subsequently led a large number of netizens to flood his comment section, turning it into a platform to discuss public issues such as gender rights, labor, June Fourth, and the White Paper Movement.
On September 28, the Philippine Coast Guard accused the Chinese private research vessel 'Jia Hai Ke 7' of suspected location spoofing and concealing its movements. The vessel's tracking data showed it departing from Xiamen in the early hours of September 21 and appearing near Papua New Guinea, 2,000 nautical miles away, about 19 hours later. A Philippine patrol aircraft spotted the ship approximately 38 nautical miles northwest of the Batan Islands and, after receiving no response to multiple radio calls, suspected it of conducting unauthorized scientific research activities.
On September 28, a large number of villagers in Gushan Village, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan, gathered in front of the village Party-mass service center, raising their arms and protesting in unison. They accused the village committee of failing to distribute elderly pensions as required, illegally disposing of land, and unlawfully bundling votes on demolition and relocation together with social security resettlement. Police and local officials arrived at the scene to handle the situation.
According to Reuters, as the list of reciprocal tariff reductions between China and the US is announced, state-owned buyers such as Sinograin and COFCO have already purchased over 12 million tons of US soybeans, while private crushing enterprises are struggling to bear the tax burden due to an additional 10% tariff.
According to a Bloomberg report on September 28 citing sources familiar with the matter, Chinese tax authorities have formed task forces consisting of local officials, tax inspection experts, and regulators to track the taxation of wealthy individuals, with some task forces specifically targeting a single billionaire.
On September 28, Republic of China President Lai Ching-te presided over the groundbreaking and campus opening ceremony of the Academia Sinica UAV Industrial Park in Chiayi, calling on the Legislative Yuan to pass an additional defense budget of 60 billion New Taiwan Dollars as soon as possible, stating that Taiwan's UAV industry "only lacks the East Wind."
On September 28, multiple areas of Chongqing were hit by continuous heavy rainfall, causing floods in Chengkou County, Wuxi County and other places. Water levels in some rivers rose rapidly, low-lying areas were severely flooded, and in some areas the water level had reached close to the second floor.
On September 28, multiple areas in Dazhou, Sichuan, experienced heavy rainfall, causing rivers to swell rapidly and severe flooding. A netizen filmed a local police station submerged by the floodwaters.
The Peace China Construction Work Conference was held in Beijing on September 28 to convey Xi Jinping's instructions, stating that the construction of a Peace China has achieved significant results since the 18th National Congress, and calling for the implementation of the overall national security concept with both punishment and prevention; Chen Wenqing required joint efforts in management, and Wang Xiaohong emphasized implementation.
According to a Bloomberg report on September 28, China's banking sector is accelerating the bulk sale of non-performing personal loans such as credit card debt and consumer loans. In the first eight months of this year, over 1,000 asset packages were listed, with outstanding balances exceeding 275 billion yuan, and some deals were priced as low as 1% of face value.
Concerned that debt collection practices could affect social stability, police authorities have recently stepped up scrutiny of collection companies and cracked down on violent debt collection. Some collection firms have laid off staff or ceased operations, and the pace of banks' non-performing loan recovery has slowed.
On September 28, outside the gate of Li Central School in Suining County, several parents held up a banner reading "Give Us Back Our Child, Demand Justice," raised portraits of the deceased and wept in protest, saying the school failed to notify the family in time and sent the child directly to the funeral home.
In her program on September 28, 2026, Qiqi speculated that Zhang Quan, a new face accompanying Xi Jinping and his wife on their visit to the US, has a blank résumé and may in fact be Xi Mingze, meaning that the succession has already begun.
Japan's Teikoku Databank announced a survey on September 28, listing the revised Counter-Espionage Law, rare earth export restrictions, and price competition with Chinese government-backed companies as business risks in China, and pointing out that deteriorating China-Japan relations and economic stagnation affect corporate decision-making.
On September 28, at Leiyang No. 1 Middle School in Hunan Province, the first-year senior high grade lured students into classrooms, locked the doors, and collectively forced haircuts and imposed charges on the grounds that their hairstyles were non-compliant, triggering panic; some students climbed over the wall to escape.
On September 28, the State Taxation Administration issued the National Discretionary Standards for Tax Administrative Penalties (2026 Edition), bringing social insurance contributions within the scope of nationally unified tax penalty discretion. Where an employer fails to pay or underpays social insurance contributions and still fails to pay after being ordered to do so within a specified time limit, a fine of up to three times the amount in arrears may be imposed. The new rules take effect on November 1, 2026.
On September 28, 2026, the account @CDT published a translated article of a censored commentary about Beijing's ban on drone storage. The article points out that the logic behind the new rule is to shift the boundary of security prevention directly from the sky down to the level of device possession, sparking discussion about the relevant policies and the control of personal devices.
According to a Sound of Hope report, following the passage of the Falun Gong and Organ Harvesting Victims Protection Act (S.4009) by the 119th U.S. Congress on September 28, 2026, Canadian politicians, Taiwanese diplomats, and experts have voiced their support one after another.各方 believe that the U.S. legislative action carries important exemplary significance and will further push other countries and regions to strengthen related legislation and enforcement work.
Fujian Changle First Middle School arranged supplementary classes during the statutory Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, giving only 1 day off for the Mid-Autumn Festival and only 2 days off for National Day.
In September 2026, a vlogger posted a video questioning the narrative that "hardship leads to success," calling it the "carrot myth" and pointing out that it conceals disparities in starting points and structural inequality. The video received 94,000 likes, 28,000 saves, and 34,000 shares but had zero comments, after which it was deleted and the vlogger's account could no longer be searched.
Recently, netizen "Tony's Diary" published a short video revealing how some unscrupulous teachers treat students as "hostages" with differential treatment. Parents, fearing their children will be targeted, dare not complain, and must also shoulder extra tutoring tasks while teachers rely on putting pressure on students to achieve results and secure promotions. The video sparked widespread discussion among netizens, with a parent in Heilongjiang stating they had given a teacher a 1,000 yuan cash envelope, and a Guangdong parent saying their child was targeted but they dared not speak up.
Recently, a parent posted a video criticizing primary schools across the country for implementing slogan-based discipline for first-grade students, stating that pets and circus monkeys need commands, while children deserve to be treated with equality and respect.
Recently, netizens exposed that scalpers are selling blood donation certificates at Shanghai Hongkou No. 1 Hospital, with the scalpers themselves being family members of patients. Because the hospital is short of blood and cannot fulfill its promise of priority or free blood usage for donors and their relatives, the number of voluntary blood donors has declined, creating a vicious cycle.
Relevant documents show that villagers in Gushan Village whose rights were infringed have entrusted a law firm to conduct legal confirmation regarding the legitimacy of the voting and the ownership of rights for three plots of land.
A Chengdu woman says she spent over 100,000 yuan at Tiffany on diamond jewelry; the salesperson gave the promised mooncakes to someone else, offering only about 20 yuan of loose peach cookies as compensation, which she refused. After she posted about it, the brand demanded post deletion; after she refused, her Xiaohongshu account was restricted from logging in and the original post was deleted.
Bloomberg reported that after the controlling shareholder of a company in Guangzhou received a tax bill of 100 million RMB, they threatened to move the enterprise to Shanghai, eventually convincing local officials to reduce the tax amount to 5 million RMB; the report did not disclose the name of the enterprise or the basis for the adjustment.
According to a report by the South China Morning Post on September 28, the U.S. State Department clarified that U.S. law prohibits arms sales to China, and that there are currently no proposals or plans to sell weapons to China.
On September 28, the Fujian project of CCCC First Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. was in arrears on wages, and multiple workers collectively went to the project management office to defend their rights and demand unpaid wages.
The Institute of Aviation and Astronomy (IAC) drone industrial park has broken ground and commenced operations in Chiayi, with over 1.1 billion yuan already invested. An additional 6.9 billion yuan is expected to be invested, with completion projected for 2028. Last year, Taiwan's drone output value reached 12.9 billion yuan, a growth of over 2.5 times.
On September 28, a parent posted on Xiaohongshu claiming that after their child consumed Hema's MSC-certified Antarctic Silver Cod children's meals for about 8 months, tests revealed elevated blood mercury levels. After reporting this to the merchant, the supplier replied that the testing was qualified and claimed that 'children's meals' was merely a description of the product form. The parent also encountered other children with suspected elevated blood mercury levels at the hospital.