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Yuan Tengfei, once one of China's most outspoken history teachers turned television personality, is reported to have relocated to the United States. (From Facebook)

Beijing Watch | Exit Deadline: Why Famous Chinese Media Figures Are Quietly Fleeing Abroad

Xiaomi Auto launched an international website and overseas social media accounts in late August that explicitly flagged a 2027 entry into Europe, and began seeking European dealers and channel partners. On September 3, Xiaomi Auto signed cooperation agree

Beijing Watch | Why Xiaomi Is Betting On Europe While The US Shuts Out Chinese EVs

Human rights lawyer Wang Xiahong arrives at a Taiwanese airport on September 2, seeking temporary protection for herself and her family. (Associated Press)

Human Rights Lawyer Wang Xiahong Seeks Refuge in Taiwan After Fleeing Beijing's Crackdown

As a new school year begins in China, a parent's message boasting of official titles in a Hebei classroom chat group has drawn wide backlash online. (File photo for illustration only, not the parents in this story.)

Beijing Watch | Chinese Officials Caught Using Job Titles To Seek School Favors For Child

Members of several Taiwanese civil society groups rally outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on September 2, calling for the national security charge against Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong to be dropped.

Beijing Watch | As Joshua Wong Pleads Guilty Again And Faces Life In Prison, Is This The End Of Hong Kong's Democracy Movement?

Xi Jinping meets Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the SCO summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, August 30, 2026. (AP)

Beijing Watch | Xi's Steel Silk Road Vision Takes Shape at SCO Summit

China's draft Local Surtax Law sets a rate band of 11% to 13%, with provincial governments empowered to determine specific rates. Public comment closes September 27. (AP)

Beijing Watch | China's Draft Local Surtax Squeezes Taiwan Factories

With Xi Jinping expected to make a state visit to the United States in September, Republican Senator Steve Daines of Montana (right) has once again made a low-profile appearance in China. (File photo, Daines Facebook)

Beijing Watch | Trump Ally Daines Tours China Tech Before Xi Summit

China's central bank and financial regulators announced an extension of the maximum mortgage term from 30 to 40 years on August 28, 2026. (Illustration, Storm Media AI-generated)

Beijing Watch | China Tells Young Buyers: Just Pay for 40 Years

Former Anta brand CEO Xu Yang's farewell WeChat post went viral on Chinese social media after he announced his relocation to Los Angeles — posted mid-flight from Hong Kong.

Beijing Watch | Anta's Ex-CEO Waited Until Takeoff to Say Goodbye

Bilibili launched its international Android app on August 19, 2026, marking the Chinese video platform's third attempt to compete in markets long dominated by YouTube and TikTok.

Beijing Watch | Bilibili Goes Global With New App, Stirring Data Security Fears

Humanoid robots line up to compete at the second World Humanoid Robot Games held at Beijing's National Speed Skating Oval, August 22–26, 2026.

Beijing Watch | China's Humanoid Robots Beat Bolt, Then Crash at Finish

Protesters in Beijing march holding a portrait of Mao Zedong during the 2012 Diaoyu Islands dispute. Sculptor Gao Zhen's satirical depictions of the chairman have now earned him three years in prison. (AP)

Beijing Watch | US-Based Chinese Artist Sentenced to Three Years for Satirical Mao Sculptures

China's marriage registrations fell again in the first half of 2026, underscoring that the country's demographic challenge runs far deeper than streamlined paperwork can solve. (AP)

Beijing Watch | China Brings Marriage Registration to Subway Stations, but Young People Still Won't Commit

A formaldehyde cabbage scandal tied to South Korean kimchi has deepened concerns over food safety on the mainland, concerns that Hong Kong bound produce is designed to avoid.

Beijing Watch | China's Safest Vegetables Are Grown For Hong Kong, Not For Its Own Consumers

A Nanjing neighborhood lies in ruins after Japanese bombing in 1937. Three Chinese teenagers who say they collect wartime relics from that era have become the center of a very different kind of controversy. (File photo, AP)

Beijing Watch | China's Patriotic Teen Influencers Built A Business Selling Fake War Relics

Xu Jiayin, once China's richest man, saw the collapse of his real estate empire reach its legal conclusion when a Shenzhen court sentenced him to life in prison. (File photo, CCTV)

Beijing Watch | Evergrande's Fallen Founder And The Tycoon Who Escaped His Fate

Lee Cheuk-yan, former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, was convicted alongside the group and former vice chairwoman Chow Hang-tung of inciting subversion of state power. (Associated Press)

Beijing Watch | Hong Kong Convicts Alliance Leaders Over Their Call to End One Party Rule

Xi Jinping attends the state farewell ceremony for former Premier Zhu Rongji at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, August 18, 2026. (AP)

Beijing Watch | Xi Jinping Leads State Farewell For Reformist Premier Zhu Rongji

An interview with Christopher Nolan catapulted Zhong Shu — host of a podcast on China's Xiaoyuzhou platform — to overnight fame well beyond his usual audience. (File photo, AP)

Beijing Watch | Chinese Podcaster Who Charmed Nolan Faces Plagiarism Allegations

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