As Chinese Communist Party authorities prepare to implement revised Exit-Entry Administration Regulations on September 15, reports have emerged from ports of entry across China of travelers being stopped from leaving the country. Some Chinese citizens reportedly discovered only while applying for passports or passing through border control that they had already been placed on exit restriction blacklists.

Overseas Chinese communities report a sharp tightening of passport renewal services at Chinese diplomatic missions, with the San Francisco Consulate General refusing applications and directing applicants to return to China for processing.

China’s prolonged real estate collapse, underway since the second half of 2021, is devastating dozens of linked industries and putting the livelihoods of tens of millions of workers at risk. Official statements have focused more on the property sector itself while downplaying the depth of distress in upstream and downstream sectors, often framing problems as “overcapacity in some industries” that require upgrading. Data and on-the-ground reports show a far broader crisis.

New exit-entry regulations announced by China’s State Council have not yet taken effect, but travelers are already reporting additional screening at Hong Kong International Airport for some passengers arriving from mainland China and transferring to flights bound for the United States.

Beijing has launched a sweeping global tax campaign targeting China’s ultra-wealthy, seeking to recover hundreds of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes stretching back decades. The drive aims to plug a deepening fiscal shortfall driven by the collapse of land-sale revenues.

Former Peking University professor Yuan Hongbing has disclosed what he describes as a major military conspiracy by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aimed at drawing the United States into a costly ground war in Iran.

This is very shocking! China’s Three Gorges Group has long been analyzing what would happen if the Three Gorges Dam collapsed in an instant. The internal file runs hundreds of pages long. Today, an insider leaked four of those simulation maps.

in the CCP system, the head of the discipline inspection group acts as the CCDI’s eyes and ears — effectively a “monitor” or “political commissar” inside the Foreign Ministry. Li Qian’s national security background suggests the MSS is gaining influence. Authorities now appear to prioritize so-called “political security” cases involving diplomats over routine anti-corruption efforts.

The CCP has conducted a recent submarine-launched ballistic missile test from the sea while launching the China-Russia "Maritime Joint-2026" naval exercise off Qingdao in Shandong province. Insiders say the launch was intended to demonstrate the ability to strike beyond the second island chain and project military pressure across the Western Pacific.

China’s official data shows unemployment insurance fund expenditure reaching a new record high for the January-May period, underscoring a persistent wave of job losses that authorities have struggled to conceal.