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The flood in Hengzhou, Guangxi, which has been ongoing for nearly two months, leaves some impoverished elderly without a bed to sleep on, forced to rest on damp floor mats, prompting netizens to question the efficiency of disaster relief supply distribution.

Xiaohongshu updates its platform rules, classifying medical workers such as doctors, pharmacists, and nurses as industry-wide prohibited cooperation targets and banning them from undertaking any commercial notes.

Apple iOS 17 system update supports shift‑off alarm function, Wenzhou official media calls it an epic update, sparking netizens' satire and mockery of the shift‑off system.

On September 15, netizens spotted signs on the street supporting the Wangwang incident and calling for anti-animal abuse legislation; photos posted to Xiaohongshu (RedNote) were subsequently throttled.

The National Health Commission plans to amend the blood donation law, extending the age limit to 65 and shortening the donation interval to 3 months, sparking netizen debate.

Beijing police recently intensify night checks on mobile population, requiring tenants to report new residents, violators will face penalties and reporting is encouraged.

Hangzhou fresh graduate subsidy applications blocked, netizens complain that cancellation of subsidies disrupts job search plans, sparking discussions on subsidy policies and corporate wage suppression.

On September 13, PKU Law School Professor Zhao Hong, when discussing being cyberbullied previously for advocating the sealing of drug use records, claimed that drug use is self-harm and blamed insufficient legal popularization, only to be refuted by netizens digging up old cases.

On September 5, a blogger posted a video claiming that the domestically-made C919 is the worst flight experience they have ever had, and reported experiencing obvious motion sickness twice out of more than ten flights on the C919 over the past year.

On September 14, several workers who were owed wages at the New World Four Seasons Mountain and Water project in Guangzhou, Guangdong, sat on the ground outside the construction site gate to demand their pay. Security personnel were present at the scene.