Days after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were taken away in Beijing and Dandong, respectively, by state security (MSS) on charges of endangering national security.
The U.S. Department of Justice received the foreign agent registration documents submitted by Wu Zheng, in which Wu Zheng declared that he has served as vice chairman and secretary-general of the Charhar Institute's China-U.S. Relations Committee since November 2018.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou was criminally arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police upon arriving at Vancouver on a flight from Hong Kong for a transfer, pursuant to a provisional U.S. extradition request.
Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested in Vancouver, Canada. On the same day, the CCP arrested two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, on charges of espionage.
During the China-U.S. trade war, China pledged to purchase more U.S. soybeans and other agricultural products and to stop stealing technology; the host said those pledges were ultimately not fulfilled.
According to a report by Caixin, in the very month that Li Hongyuan was detained, 5 employees were arrested for demanding severance pay from Huawei, one of whom was arrested by Thai police while traveling in Thailand and later handed over.
On November 26, 2018, people from different parts of the country made a special trip to Futian Cemetery in Beijing to pay tribute to Beijing youth Yang Jia, who was executed ten years earlier. A Radio Free Asia report reviewed the origins of the incident: in 2007, he was stopped while riding a rented bicycle in Shanghai, subjected to six hours of interrogation and violent abuse.
According to online reports, in the interrogation record of Han Jihua, the driver in the Huludao child-crashing case, dated November 24, 2018, he stated that his child died as a result of violent law enforcement by police and that his subsequent rights defense was obstructed; the official bulletin said his motive was trivial matters of daily life, and no public report can be found for this claim.
At 12:15 on November 22, 2018, a man drove a vehicle into a crowd of passersby in front of the Second Primary School of Jianchang County, Huludao City, Liaoning, killing 6 people and injuring 20.
At a symposium on private enterprises, Xi Jinping specifically refuted circulating societal narratives such as the "theory of the exit of the private economy" and the "new joint state-private ownership theory," emphasizing that the fundamental principles and policies of the Party and the state regarding the development of the private economy remain unchanged.
Sun Yuchen appeared in the United States in late November 2018, and Caixin reported that how he circumvented or temporarily lifted the exit ban remains a mystery.
Public records show that Justin Sun was already in the United States in late November 2018; how he bypassed exit controls to leave the country remains a mystery.
A Tianjin court delivered the first-instance verdict for the nine prosecutors involved in the Yanbian case. Xu Xuezhe, the head of the special investigation team, and others were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for intentional injury or extracting confessions by torture.
Xi Jinping traveled south to Guangdong for an inspection, with his motorcade entering the Gree headquarters in Zhuhai. His remarks during the visit regarding manufacturing innovation and self-reliance effectively provided a political endorsement for Gree's subsequent state-owned mixed-ownership reform and its 'chip-making' initiative.
On October 3, 2018, Xinhua News Agency reported that national tax authorities had confirmed that Fan Bingbing evaded taxes, recovering a total of 883 million yuan in taxes and fines, with criminal liability waived once the payment was made.
Unity Hong Kong Foundation released a short film supporting the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands reclamation project, with Andy Lau participating in the narration and expressing his support, triggering strong opposition and controversy among Hong Kong netizens.
Hu Liren claims that he arrived in the United States to immigrate and settle on September 12, 2018, and by September 2026 it will have been a full eight years.
Uyghur retired doctor Abbas was forcibly disappeared by the Chinese government in Xinjiang and subsequently sentenced to 20 years in prison after a secret trial.
Nine Yanbian prosecutors suspected of torturing Liu Xiyong to death were put on public trial at the Tianjin No. 1 Intermediate People's Court. Liu Fangfei attended the hearing holding a portrait of her late husband.
After celebrating his parents' 51st birthdays, streamer Fox Person flew out of China. Upon arriving in the United States, between September and October 2018, he submitted an immigration application to the U.S. government based on his extensive work experience and multiple patents in new energy and air conditioning technology, and successfully received his green card approval in less than three months.
Blogger Hu Liren left China for the United States in September 2018, anticipating a political upheaval and drawing on his own rights-defense experience.
After arriving in the US in 2018, the blogger submitted an immigration application in October based on their own special work experience and personal technical patents, and subsequently obtained approval within two months, then went to Washington to publicly participate in anti-communist activities.
The Justice Department of the Trump administration filed a sealed indictment against Huawei in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, charging the company with multiple offenses.
The Haikou Intermediate Court issued an enforcement ruling, transferring the ownership of the real estate and vehicles under Shanhaiguan Company to the buyer, Guanyang Sitong Company, in accordance with the Civil Procedure Law, and handled the transfer of registration.
After Xi Jinping issued his sixth directive, Xu Lingyi, Deputy Secretary of the CCDI, led a team into Shaanxi to demolish 1,194 illegally built villas in the Qinling Mountains and discipline multiple provincial and ministerial-level officials.
A former colleague alleged that Sun Yuchen hid in the trunk of a business vehicle in July 2018, entering Vietnam from Guangxi before traveling overseas.
Sun Yuchen was denied and blocked when attempting to leave an Asian country; afterwards, according to a former employee and his ex-girlfriend, he entered Vietnam via the Guangxi border.
The China Coast Guard fleet, previously managed by the State Oceanic Administration, has been transferred in its entirety to the People's Armed Police Force.
The Shanghai P2P platform Tangxiaoseng absconded, triggering a nationwide wave of bank runs and bankruptcies among online lending platforms, causing millions of investors to lose their funds.
Caixin reported that Sun Yuchen has been on the border control list restricting exit from China since June 2018.
On May 8, 2018, Trump announced that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), a move that drove up oil prices.
Cui Yongyuan publicly attacked the film 'Cell Phone' and Feng Xiaogang, prompting the State Taxation Administration to launch an investigation, causing Huayi Brothers' stock price to plummet and shelving the 'Cell Phone 2' project.
A photo of Tang Can visiting her teacher has surfaced online, and comparison has confirmed her identity, dispelling previous rumors of her execution or life imprisonment.
The Chinese Communist Party spent 255 million pounds to purchase the former site of the Royal Mint in central London, planning to build Europe's largest super embassy.
The first-instance trial of Sun Zhengcai's bribery case opened at the Tianjin No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on April 12, 2018; online posts claim that evidence footage played in court showed Zhang Jun as one of those who offered bribes, a claim not seen in any public reports.
In the early hours of April 11, 2018, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming published an open letter regarding the permanent shutdown of his Neihan Duanzi app, saying the product had gone down the wrong path, contained content inconsistent with the core socialist values, and had not properly implemented guidance of public opinion.
The high-traffic app Neihan Duanzi was ordered to shut down permanently due to improper content management, and founder Zhang Yiming subsequently issued a public apology letter.
The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) issued a warning to Zhao Wei and her husband, fined them 300,000 yuan each, and imposed a 5-year securities market ban.
On March 28, 2018, Zhang Jike posted photos of a beach stroll with Jing Tian on Weibo, and Jing Tian reposted in response; the two officially made their relationship public.
On March 22, 2018, Trump signed a memorandum accusing China of stealing intellectual property; on July 6, the U.S. imposed 25% tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, and China retaliated the same day.
After the merger of CCTV, China National Radio, and China Radio International to form the China Media Group, Shen Haixiong was appointed as its first president and Party secretary.
About two years before the outbreak of the pandemic, Xi Jinping reorganized the government and established the Ministry of Emergency Management, centralizing power and funds; this network was later used for control and profiteering in the anti-epidemic campaign.
On March 11, 2018, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress passed the amendment to the constitutional provisions regarding the terms of office of the President and Vice President, removing the limit that the President and Vice President 'shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.' This amendment was interpreted as potentially paving the way for the leader's long-term rule.
In response to Guo Wengui's allegations that Wu Zheng is a senior spy for the Chinese Communist Party, Wu Zheng and Yang Lan filed a lawsuit against Guo Wengui in a New York court as plaintiffs, accusing him of defamation and harassment.
Li Zhanshu was elected Chairman of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress.
According to the host's account, during the 2018 session of the National People's Congress, the military entered the venue, and a large number of troops were deployed around the Great Hall of the People; the troops in question were alleged to have been dispatched by Zhang Youxia.
China has merged the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council into the United Front Work Department of the CCP Central Committee, shifting overseas Chinese affairs from the administrative system to the party system.
Sun Wen is accused of drafting, without authorization, an invitation letter on behalf of a Henan provincial government delegation and forging the signature of Lieutenant Governor Hochul, thereby helping delegation members obtain visas and enter the United States.
Hu Liren mentioned Xi Jinping's constitutional amendment in 2018, and regarded this as the beginning of the deterioration of his relationship with the Chinese Communist Party family.
In March 2018, Jiang Wen's mother passed away. Before her death, she had saved all the money her son had given her over the years without ever spending it.