September 21
Monday · 10 items
08:52
UPDATE #2 [zh] 中国官方宣布，习近平应川普邀请将于9月23日至25日对美国进行国事访问，双方将举行元首会晤并出席国宴。
08:22
Hu Qiming, former chairman of a subsidiary of China Tungsten High-Tech, is under investigation for suspected severe violations of discipline and law; online rumors suggest he is suspected of smuggling tungsten ore to Western military enterprises.
08:01
Morgan Stanley Chief Economist Xing Ziqiang points out that China's social security spending accounts for only about 8% of GDP, far below the 25% of OECD countries and the level of comparable developing countries.
07:21
The National Day makeup workday on September 20 sparked a collective outcry among netizens, with multiple users posting on social media to boycott the makeup workday and stating they will retaliate by slacking off or reducing consumption.
07:00
On September 20, a thousand student representatives from Hong Kong and Macau watched the flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square and sang "Ode to the Motherland" while leaving, sparking netizen mockery over cross-strait political propaganda.
06:20
On September 21, multiple workers at the Shenzhen JD.com headquarters project gathered at the project department entrance to defend their rights due to unpaid wages and forced clearance.
06:01
Population expert Huang Wenzheng published an article refuting the National Health Commission's statement on population stability, warning that without increased fertility support, the country will face an epic demographic collapse in twenty years, and the article was subsequently deleted.
05:40
Employees of Shanghai Gree Auto expose severe illegal overtime, workplace verbal abuse, sexual harassment, and other violations by the company.
05:20
An intern at Luoping County People's Hospital in Yunnan received death threats from a leader after complaining about not getting the Mid-Autumn Festival off; the teacher involved later claimed the screenshots were fabricated and filed a copyright infringement complaint.
05:01
Sichuan University and other universities list bad habits such as smoking and drinking as grounds for disqualifying tuition fee waivers, sparking public debate on the boundaries of public assistance and personal consumption.