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 September 13, a netizen in Chongqing posted that they discovered a hard glass-encapsulated foreign object containing the IDs of 15 pet chips in takeout zhajiang noodles. After failing to contact the vendor, the netizen has lodged complaints through the food delivery platform and 12315, and the market regulatory authorities are now intervening to investigate.
Wuzhishan City, Hainan Province, suffered severe urban flooding due to continuous heavy rain, with rapid floodwaters spilling onto streets and washing away many private cars and electric bikes, while some areas experienced water, power and gas outages. The Hainan Provincial Meteorological Bureau issued a level‑2 rainstorm warning, and local authorities have upgraded flood‑and‑wind emergency response to Level I, implementing a “five stops and one closure” measure across the city.
On September 13, 2026, a ride-hailing driver in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, was found dead in his car. He had been deceased for two or three days before being discovered, and the police set up a cordon to handle the scene. Local peers reported that due to overcapacity, high platform commission rates, and low-priced orders such as 'fixed-price' fares, drivers are forced to drive for long hours under extreme fatigue.
On September 13, during the Harbin Marathon in Heilongjiang, a large number of university student volunteers were arranged to stand guard for free at race supply stations on a bridge in heavy rain, maintaining supply tables and squatting on the ground to seek shelter from the rain. Volunteers on-site revealed that it was entirely unpaid volunteer service, with no compensation, receiving only bread, sausages, and milk as brunch.
On September 13, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and several European officials encountered a drone threat and were briefly evacuated while traveling by train from Kyiv. Another passenger train on the same route was subsequently struck by a Russian drone at the Yahodyn station in Ukraine; no casualties were reported. Ukrainian railway authorities suggested that the attack may have originally been intended for the train carrying the European officials.
In the early hours of September 13, Jing Yidan, a former famous host of CCTV and senior editor of Focus Report, passed away in Beijing due to illness at the age of 71. Former CCTV host Cui Yongyuan posted a tribute, stating that her passing marks the end of a decent era in the history of Chinese journalism.
On September 12, a blogger posted a payslip from Nantong CIMC, showing 30 days of attendance and a total of 352 working hours last month, averaging over 11 hours per day. The actual take-home pay was 11,364 yuan, with an hourly wage of approximately 32 yuan. The video has sparked widespread discussion among netizens regarding long overtime hours, lack of social security, and low hourly wages.
On September 13, a blogger released a video visiting several fast food restaurants to investigate employee working hours and leave arrangements. Among them, a McDonald's employee claimed to work 8 hours a day, all as part-time, with an hourly wage of 14 yuan, while another employee avoided talking about the number of days off. The video sparked widespread concern and heated discussion among netizens regarding labor rights.