In this episode, "In-depth Perspective" conducts an exclusive interview with Xin Haonian to discuss the legitimacy of the People's Republic of China. Xin Haonian believes that the Republic of China was a modern nation-state established by the Chinese nation itself, inheriting Chinese historical and cultural traditions while promoting republicanism and democracy, and therefore possesses legitimacy; whereas the People's Republic of China is not a continuation of the Chinese nation's own traditions, but rather a transplant of the international communist movement and the Soviet Russian political system into China, representing an autocratic restoration of the Republic of China. He discusses this from the perspectives of the nation-state, historical inheritance, the constitution, the War of Resistance, the origin of the political system, the Soviet model, U.S. policy toward China...
On the morning of September 16, a landslide occurred at Dingziba in Shidaguan Village, Diexi Town, Mao County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, blocking traffic on the K2029+200 segment of National Highway 213. The Mao County Emergency Management Bureau said that because of early warning and control, no casualties occurred.
On September 15, military media "Navy News" disclosed satellite images showing that Shanghai Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard is building a vessel suspected to be the world's first unmanned submarine mother ship, which features a dock, lift cradle and hangar, and is estimated to be able to carry about four large unmanned submarines.
On September 15, netizens discovered an anti‑abuse poster commemorating the stray dog “Wangwang” from Jieyang, Guangdong on the wall of a hotpot restaurant in Dalian, sparking attention.
On September 15, Hongmeng Smart Mobility announced that the definition, marketing and service of the Wenjie product would be taken over by Seres, with Huawei only providing empowerment. The news sparked concerns of car dealers selling off, and Seres' stock closed down 5.09% that day, after having turned from profit to loss in the first half of the year.
On September 16, netizens reported that Xiaohongshu updated its Dandelion platform rules, classifying doctors, pharmacists, nurses, and other medical workers as a sector-wide prohibited collaboration group, banning them from undertaking commercial posts for any industry, which sparked public skepticism.
Affected by low-price competition and high commission fees on e‑commerce platforms, merchants in the Hebei industrial belt have independently built a B2B platform “Hebei Involution Net”, featuring factory direct supply with no commissions, aiming to bypass intermediate platforms and connect directly with purchasers, scheduled to launch on October 1.
An employee of the milk tea shop “Yidian Dian” discovered a foreign object in the black tea, reported it to quality control and was instructed to remove it and continue using it. The employee later applied for arbitration due to an irregular labor contract, and the company sent someone to his grandparents’ home to threaten them in order to force him to give up defending his rights.
On September 15, Apple released the official version of iOS 17, which includes a new alarm feature that supports compensatory leave (tiaoxiu). Wenzhou state media "Temperature News" called this an "epic update," sparking widespread ridicule from netizens who accused Apple of compromising with China's compensatory leave system and keeping pace with the regression of the times.