This video explores the long-standing superstition of backroom diplomacy in U.S. diplomacy toward China and its dangers. The speaker points out that the CCP has repeatedly violated both public and private promises, yet certain interest groups and China experts in Washington still blindly believe in closed-door negotiations. The video reviews the drawbacks of the backroom model since Nixon's visit to China, analyzes the tactics used by the CCP to hoodwink Western dignitaries through information control and cultural misinterpretation, and calls on Washington to abandon appeasement and illusions toward Beijing, adhere to diplomatic principles of transparency, record-keeping, and verification, and force the CCP to change using the truth in the sunlight.
Universities such as Sichuan University and Southwestern University of Finance and Economics have stipulated that consumer-related bad habits such as smoking, alcoholism, and internet addiction will be listed as grounds for canceling tuition waiver eligibility. This regulation has re-attracted online attention due to the recent controversy over relief eligibility triggered by a girl from a low-income family in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, who traveled to Hong Kong to attend a concert.
A domestic blogger posted a video criticizing the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday arrangement, pointing out that only one day is a newly added holiday while the other two days are already the weekend. The blogger also expressed dissatisfaction with the exclamation mark used in official propaganda stating 'Three-day holiday, no work schedule adjustment!', arguing that it attempts to create a fake sense of welfare.
On Sep 18, netizens exposed chat logs showing a physics teacher at Dafang No. 2 Middle School in Bijie, Guizhou, sexually harassing a female student. The victim continued to be harassed after explicitly refusing, and has now reported the incident to the police. On Sep 19, the local police station, education bureau, and discipline inspection commission confirmed they have intervened in the investigation. The school stated that the teacher involved has been removed from his post.
On September 19, residents in Warsaw, Poland held a rally outside the Chinese Embassy to show solidarity with "Wangwang", protesting animal abuse, displaying banners, photos, and commemorative items at the scene, and calling on China to strengthen animal protection.
Xinyi People's Hospital in Maoming, Guangdong Province, was exposed for tying interns' blood donation to a two-day holiday. After the complaint was posted online, the head of the hospital's education department demanded in a work chat group that school team leaders investigate the student who made the post, threatening that failure to step forward voluntarily would result in direct contact with their school.
In January 2024, Shanghai entrepreneur Zheng Shuai was taken away by Shaoyang County police because his company developed VPN software. Citing financial difficulties, the police demanded 100 million yuan to "buy freedom." Although Zheng paid the money, he was still arrested. Currently, at least 64.8 million yuan has been credited to the Shaoyang County treasury. The case involves prolonged detention beyond statutory limits without a verdict, and the implicated Public Security Bureau Director Yin Xiangfeng and others were removed from office in July 2025.
On September 20, a medical dispute occurred at the Wuhan Jiangxia District First People's Hospital, where family members of a patient blocked the hospital from transferring a body and clashed with security personnel. The hospital stated that the patient's body had remained in the ICU for over 10 hours and was handled in accordance with regulations. A hospital announcement showed that the patient, surnamed Wu, died on the 19th after resuscitation efforts failed.
The Saudi Central Bank withdrew from the mBridge project in May 2025 after completing a proof of concept. The project had previously been seen as a potential pathway for Saudi Arabia to promote oil trade with reduced reliance on the U.S. dollar. Despite its withdrawal, some media outlets continued to list Saudi Arabia as a participant as late as August 2026.