A mobile app called “Dead Yet?” (Chinese: 死了么), which recently went viral across China for addressing the safety concerns of people living alone, was abruptly removed from China’s Apple App Store on Thursday, January 15.

China's top anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervisory Commission, released 2025 statistics showing a record-breaking number of high-level officials under investigation, fueling criticism that corruption within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is worsening rather than improving despite more than a decade of Xi Jinping's high-profile anti-graft drive.

Amid escalating tensions in Iran and mounting risks of regional conflict, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership has conducted internal assessments on the security situation, according to exclusive sources. While diplomatic and security departments are actively evaluating changes in the Middle East and maintaining vigilance against potential spillover risks in Iran and surrounding areas, these judgments have not been publicly disclosed.

Explosive revelations from unredacted planning documents obtained by The Telegraph have intensified concerns over China's proposed "super embassy" in central London, exposing a vast underground network of 208 secret rooms, including one positioned alarmingly close to the UK's most sensitive fiber-optic cables carrying financial and communications data.

A former U.S. Navy sailor of Chinese descent has been sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for espionage activities involving the transmission of sensitive defense information to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials.

A new report from the Hurun Research Institute reveals that the number of high-net-worth families in China has dropped for the third time in 16 years, signaling a shift from wealth creation to wealth preservation amid intensified tax audits, a slumping real estate market, and growing economic risks.

China's services sector expanded at its slowest pace in six months in December, according to a private survey released on Monday, highlighting weakening new business growth due to a decline in tourist numbers.

In late 2025, numerous private hospitals and clinics across mainland China have voluntarily applied to exit the national medical insurance system, downgrade their hospital classifications, or reduce their bed capacities. Analysts attribute this trend primarily to increasing operational difficulties and systemic pressures on private medical institutions.

China's National Radio and Television Administration (SARFT) has launched a month-long crackdown on AI-generated content in short videos, starting January 1, 2026, under the banner of addressing "AI magic modifications." Industry insiders suggest the move stems from the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) concerns that such content could introduce independent thinking and undermine the regime's stability.

Insiders from Chinese media and social platforms have revealed that the country's internet censorship keyword blacklist has ballooned to over 300,000 terms, blocking expressions like "lying flat" (tangping) and "rotting away" (bairan), which symbolize youth disillusionment and passive resistance to societal pressures.