Sayings SAYINGS

On October 25, Russian presidential aide Ushakov said preparations for a trilateral meeting between Xi Jinping, Trump, and Putin have begun, planned to be held during the Shenzhen APEC summit on November 18 to 19.

On October 23, a netizen posted a "roster of people over 22 not enrolled in residential pension insurance," claiming that those who hadn't paid social security had already been tracked down; netizens complained that collection calls were made to the whole family, and even the unemployed with no money were still pressured to pay.

On October 26, a subway station in Beijing saw a long queue of passengers caused by strict security checks stretching all the way to the stairway entrance; a netizen posted a video satirizing it with the song "The Communist Party Is Good," after which the video was deleted and the homepage was cleared.

55-year-old rights defender Xing Wangli from Xixian, Henan, is serving time in Sanmenxia Prison. After visiting him on October 20, his wife Xu Jincui reported that he has grown thin and his hands are chapped and bleeding. His family worries about the disability in his right hand and an old head injury, and calls for attention and a reduction in his workload.

On October 24, residents of Manila, Philippines marched with dogs, holding high signs to seek justice for "Wangwang," a stray mother dog tortured to death in Jieyang, Guangdong, and called for stronger animal protection.

Netizen says phone service was cut off by the anti-fraud center after a call with a friend; staff said sensitive words may have been discussed, and the user was also flagged as impersonating a police officer; service still not restored after applying to lift the restriction.

On October 25, a netizen posted a video claiming they sought help at an aid station in Kunming, Yunnan, and after showing their ID card were questioned by staff about their intentions, had their request for winter clothes and food rejected, and received no supplies at all; the netizen mocked the aid station as being nothing but a showpiece.

On October 24, netizens posted a video visiting Majuqiao in Beijing, in which a young man who once worked in software development recounted running out of savings after losing his job, sleeping on the streets and scavenging leftovers for food, while his security guard license application was not approved; netizens sighed that they were getting closer and closer to Majuqiao.

Bloomberg reports that China's broad fiscal spending fell 3.7% year-on-year in September, contracting for the seventh straight month, with spending exceeding revenue by more than 7.57 trillion yuan in the first nine months, as fiscal austerity continues to drag on domestic demand.

On October 25, a netizen in Guangdong was berated by a driver over a wrong location pin while taking a taxi; a casual "blame America" instantly turned the driver's rage into laughter, and he started cursing America in earnest.