Ukraine launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia over the weekend. The mayor of Moscow said this was the largest attack on the Russian capital to date; 450 drones were shot down during their approach, and a Moscow oil refinery and a residential building were damaged.
According to job recruitment information circulating in Beijing in September 2026, the cashier position required more than ten years of experience, and among the applicants about seven or eight people reported a pre-tax monthly salary of only 4,000 yuan, leaving very little after deductions for social insurance and rent and other expenses, reflecting the sluggish conditions of Beijing's job market.
On September 19, 2026, the WeChat public account “Law and Emotion” published a report by Wu Yingjiao and Liu Hu about Zheng Shuai being demanded 100 million yuan to “buy his freedom.” After verification, the article has now been deleted.
On September 21, at the breakfast canteen of the passenger car plant of CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd. in Changchun, Jilin Province, an incident of refusing cash occurred. Netizens reported that using cash to pay at the canteen was refused. After the on-site manager called the store manager for instructions, they still explicitly refused to accept cash.
On September 21, multiple workers of Jining Land Development Group in Jining City, Shandong Province, went to the group's lobby to defend their rights against unpaid wages, demanding the person in charge to come forward and resolve the payment issue.
On September 21, in Tianjin, an elderly person fell on the roadside. Passersby, worried about being scammed or falsely accused, did not step forward to help. The elderly person attempted to get up by themselves multiple times without success.
When an adult netizen in Zhejiang was applying for a Hong Kong and Macau pass, staff members required them to call their parents for confirmation and fill out an "explanatory statement" containing terms such as bearing all consequences of traveling abroad.
A primary school student in Shandong Province was caught running on campus by a student cadre "Red Scarf Little Steward" and was subsequently forced to write a self-criticism letter promising never to run again.
Netizens left sarcastic comments under People’s Daily's Bilibili account regarding Zhao Lijian's past remarks on drones. Currently, the comment section for the video has been restricted.
Cyberspace Administration of Qinghai released a statement stating that the recently circulated claim online that the "former Qinghai Culture and Tourism Department director is driving a rideshare" is untrue, and the driver in the video is a local Xining rideshare driver named Mr. Bai.
Hunan University of Science and Technology has set up on-campus stations to compulsorily require incoming freshmen to get crew cuts, sparking strong public criticism and sarcasm regarding campus management practices.
On September 21, in a certain place of Zhejiang, an elderly person with double-arm disability survived by scavenging, only able to open and rummage through trash cans with his feet; the related comment section was subsequently restricted from commenting.
On September 21, multiple netizens in Guangdong reported that, without contacting any strangers, their mobile phones continuously received dozens of early warning text messages from the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau anti-fraud center in a short period. Officials subsequently responded that it was caused by a system malfunction.
On September 21, after multiple netizens posted comments such as "call for legislation" and "respect life" in the live stream of the "Greater Bay Area Mid-Autumn Concert" gala, they were collectively restricted from commenting by WeChat Channels, with one person banned from commenting until October 21.
On September 21, a tenant in Shenzhen failed to register a visiting friend, resulting in the landlord being taken to a police station, detained for 12 hours, and facing a fine of 1,000 yuan. The landlord demanded the tenant share the fine.
After Douyin influencer "Yulie Qige" exposed the issue of sulfur-fumed bamboo shoots, he received private messages from bamboo farmers questioning him for causing price drops. The blogger responded that illegal processing and the destruction of market trust are the root causes.
On September 21, in front of a fresh food market in Hunan, a uniformed officer got into a verbal dispute with an elderly person. The officer replied 'Chinese people will go and take Taiwan' before leaving.
On the evening of September 21, rumors circulated online that Tietou (Xu Zhihui) had been attacked with a knife and admitted to the ICU; subsequently, there were rumors that the woman involved had fallen from a building afterward, neither of which has been verified.
According to the program, a poor student was watched by a classmate for 37 consecutive days and reported over his eligibility for a financial aid grant, all because he bought a cup of coffee costing less than 10 yuan a day.
On September 20, a grade group notice at Liaoning Normal University stated that students who participate in blood donation can apply for a total of 13 days off combining the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays, while those who do not donate blood must attend classes according to the schedule, stating that no special requests will be entertained without special circumstances. This sparked public criticism for using holidays as a bargaining chip for blood donation.
On September 18, a chemistry PhD published a video regarding the "sulfur-fumigated bamboo shoots" incident in Qingyuan, Guangdong, questioning how illegal vendors obtained regulated sulfur. He pointed out that industrial sulfur may contain impurities such as arsenic, and suggested that regulatory authorities test for arsenic levels in bamboo shoots in addition to sulfur dioxide residues to prevent contamination risks.
On September 19, volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi reported that a mentally disabled woman, approximately 40 years old, in Yexian, Pingdingshan, Henan, was allegedly brought back from Hainan to cohabitate with a local man when she was 17 years old. The man claimed the woman was born in 1988, but her household registration states 1977. Currently, the woman's identity, the process by which she was taken away, and the authenticity of her household registration remain to be verified, and volunteers are calling on local authorities to intervene and investigate.
On September 20, a parent posted a video complaining about their child's weekly resistance to going to school, sparking widespread discussions among netizens regarding the child's mental health issues. Multiple netizens pointed out that the child may have developed psychosomatic symptoms and questioned the necessity of forced schooling.
On September 19, it was exposed that after rectification, the student protection post at Eryumatou Primary School in Wutongqiao District, Leshan, Sichuan, was still manned by elderly people. Previously, parents reported that the protection post increased the burden on dual-income families, and the education bureau had requested the cancellation of mandatory scheduling. The school's system requires protection personnel to hold equipment while on duty and explicitly demands that they promptly stop criminal acts when discovered.
On September 19, Huang Yiping, a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China, stated at the Beijing Economic Forum that artificial intelligence may exacerbate the contradiction between China's overcapacity and insufficient household purchasing power. He pointed out that distribution leaning toward capital leads to weak demand, and suggested increasing the proportion of household income through market-oriented reforms, while the central government borrows to repair the balance sheets of local governments and enterprises.
On September 19, the Beijing Municipal Market Regulation Bureau announced that it has launched investigations into four online hotel and travel platforms—Fliggy, Tongcheng, Tujia, and Meituan—for suspected illegal activities. On the same day, the China Hotel Association pointed out that these platforms are involved in issues such as high commissions, forced bundling, and data opacity, and called on them to make their search ranking and commission rate rules public.
On September 20, Hebei Software Institute of Technology conducted high-intensity obedience training during military training, requiring students to crawl on their knees through obstacles on a large scale, with colored smoke released at the scene, triggering criticism from netizens over enslavement-style education.
On September 19, inside the E3 factory area of Foxconn in Longhua, Shenzhen, an employee wore a homemade cardboard wooden yoke and knelt in public, drawing crowds of onlookers who filmed the scene. Currently, the employee's specific demands and subsequent developments remain unclear.
On September 19, Chinese writer Lian Yue, currently residing in Japan, published an article on his WeChat official account attacking Lianhe Zaobao's report on the attack against a Japanese boy in Shenzhen. He hurled insults at Singapore, calling it a base country, criticizing its stance on China-U.S. and Taiwan Strait issues, and claiming Singapore should tightly embrace China.
On Sep 18, Liu Anjun, a family member of Sun Meihua, disclosed that the Xicheng police in Beijing demanded that the family disband online chat groups and prohibited any public mention of the matter, while also banning audio and video recording during meetings. Previously, Sun Meihua was brought back to Beijing on Sep 8, but family visits were obstructed, leading to demands for confirmation of her health status and a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her disappearance.
On September 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on social media that the Security Service of Ukraine, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Special Operations Forces, among other departments, jointly launched a large-scale long-range drone strike against the Moscow region the previous night, successfully hitting critical Russian petroleum industrial facilities and logistical bases.
On September 19, discussions about the compensated off-days system topped Weibo's trending list. Netizens and bloggers criticized the system for shuffling weekend days to piece together long holidays, aiming to boost consumption rather than guarantee rest. They noted that the two-day weekend and paid leave systems have long failed to be implemented, leading to increased fatigue among the public. Weibo's official account also interpreted the system's design as being born out of domestic demand-driven motives, triggering strong dissatisfaction among netizens over policies ignoring public opinion.
On September 19, CCTV CNR's 'Kandan Observation' column released a video criticizing regulatory authorities for their slow response in handling food safety issues such as cabbages dipped in formaldehyde and bamboo shoots smoked with sulfur, questioning why regulatory authorities struggle to detect problems that media and bloggers can easily uncover.
On September 20, a physical altercation broke out between two passengers on a train in Hebei over a minor dispute. Video footage shows that when the train police officer arrived to handle the situation, he was holding a cigarette and appeared indifferent to the ongoing argument, triggering netizen criticism regarding his work attitude and professionalism.
On September 20, the Weibo topic "Holiday Adjustment and Consumer Boycott" ranked fourth on the social trends list. Shortly after, the topic was censored by the platform, showing that it could not be displayed due to relevant laws, regulations, and policies.
September 18 marked the fourth anniversary of the Guizhou quarantine bus accident. Netizens posted photos of community bulletin boards from that year, which featured handwritten slogans such as 'If none of them were me, then next time it will be me' and 'Better to suffer than be numb.' These were posted to mourn the victims of the accident and the Urumqi fire, and to protest society's numbness.
On September 18, the Cyberspace Administration of China issued a notice requiring platforms to clean up negative information inconsistent with official corporate statements, and categorized behaviors such as parodying corporate logos, products, and entrepreneurs' portraits as false and misleading handling scopes, demanding platforms to implement whole-process audits and strict handling of enterprise-related information.
On September 20, netizens reported that while taking a taxi in Xining, Qinghai, they found that a driver had an extremely professional knowledge of local administrative, ethnic, and geographical features, suspected to be Wang Xuewen, the former director of the Qinghai Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism who was previously dismissed for illegal drinking.
On September 18, the District Court of Zurich convicted a Chinese international student of multiple counts of attempted murder, sentencing him to 15 years in prison. The court ruled that he had full criminal responsibility, and investigations showed he had systematically planned the attack prior to the incident, carrying it out on the day after watching nationalist videos and posting extreme content.
On September 16, a netizen published a long post using speech-to-text and similarity calculation, accusing Zhong Shu, the host of the podcast 'Du Shu Bu Cheng Lin', of plagiarizing content across at least 14 episodes. Among them, about half of the content in episode 310 was highly similar to the English podcast 'Breaking History'.
On September 19, netizens in multiple regions posted pictures of car decals on social media platforms. By displaying patterns and slogans such as "Remember Wangwang" and "Be kind to every life," they expressed their concern and solidarity regarding the recent dog incident.
On September 19, The Wall Street Journal reported that Xi Jinping temporarily cancelled his attendance at the BRICS summit banquet held in New Delhi, India on September 12 due to physical discomfort, with Foreign Minister Wang Yi attending on his behalf. Official Beijing has not provided an explanation for the absence, prompting outside concerns regarding his health status and power succession, though currently there is no evidence indicating he is seriously ill.
The White House announced that Xi Jinping will visit the United States from September 23 to 25. During his visit, he will hold talks with Trump, attend a state banquet, and, accompanied by Trump on the 25th, tour the U.S. National Archives to view the original copies of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
On September 17, a ride-hailing driver from Hubei who claimed to be a veteran of Unit 38263 of the PLA Naval Aviation posted a video lamenting that despite working hard, he still could not pay off his credit card debt and was struggling to make ends meet. After the video was posted, the comments section was quickly censored, and netizens questioned the disappearance of comments and expressed concern over the treatment of veterans on other channels.
On September 20, anti-trafficking volunteer Shangguan Zhengyi stated that a video he previously exposed—showing disabled individuals in Huguan County, Changzhi, Shanxi, being forced to do hard labor and suffering from unpaid wages—was restricted by the platform to "private viewing only" on the grounds of "incontaining inappropriate display content." Shangguan Zhengyi questioned the lack of local regulation, stated that similar situations still exist within Changzhi's jurisdiction, and called for an investigation.
On September 18, during a special governance campaign for e-bikes in Changsha, Hunan, traffic police intercepted e-bikes on the road at 4 a.m. A citizen was intercepted on the spot for failing to wear a safety helmet as required and was fined 20 yuan. The incident sparked heated discussions online, with netizens mocking the excessive law enforcement efforts.
On September 16, a space under a bridge near Xingfucheng in Longhua District, Shenzhen, was sealed off with iron bars and water-filled plastic barriers. The filmer pointed out that the area was originally a shelter for the homeless from the rain, and this blockade aims to drive away the homeless population, sparking criticism from netizens over urban management methods.
On September 18, in the semi-finals of the men's basketball tournament at the Nagoya Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team lost 77 to 97 to the Japanese team, setting a record for the largest margin of defeat against Japan. Because the match coincided with the September 18 incident anniversary, Chinese media heavily hyped nationalist sentiment before the game. The crushing defeat and videos of Chinese fans crying at the scene were widely circulated afterward, triggering strong discontent and emotional venting among domestic netizens.
On September 17, Japan's Asahi Kasei Corporation reported that former employee Shoichi Furukawa was arrested for allegedly violating the Unfair Competition Prevention Act by leaking semiconductor packaging material manufacturing secrets to Shandong Shengquan New Materials Co., Ltd. Asahi Kasei plans to sue both parties and demand the destruction of the relevant materials. The compromised secrets involve manufacturing data for epoxy resin curing agents.
On September 18, a 28-year-old netizen posted that when applying for a Hong Kong and Macau travel pass in another city, the police station of their household registration called their parents and relatives to inquire about their travel intentions and verify if they knew about it. Police explained this was for safety reasons, but the individual believed their privacy and itinerary as an adult were improperly disclosed.