China expels two top generals from the Party.
Today's events
Two top generals expelled.
The Party's discipline body expelled Central Military Commission vice-chairman Zhang Youxia and joint staff chief Liu Zhenli from the Party and military over bribery.1Sep 21 · Discipline CommissionFifth plenum scheduled.
A Politburo meeting chaired by Xi, carried by Qiushi Sept 21, set the Central Committee's fifth plenum for October 26–29 and advanced a Party-discipline decision.2Sep 21 · QiushiState visit to Washington.
China confirmed Xi will make a state visit to the United States September 23–25, his first in three years, for talks with Trump.3Sep 22 · State CouncilJapan chip-gas duties.
China's commerce ministry set anti-dumping duties of 80.8 to 99.2 percent on dichlorosilane imported from Japan, a feedstock gas for chipmaking.4Sep 21 · Commerce MinistryDual-use export ban.
The foreign ministry said China bars exports of all dual-use goods to Japanese military users, citing Tokyo's remilitarization and what it called nuclear ambitions.5Sep 21 · Foreign MinistryForeign banks courted.
Central bank governor Pan Gongsheng told fifteen foreign institutions, including JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, that monetary policy stays moderately loose and markets will open further.6Sep 21 · Central BankLive-streaming crackdown.
The internet regulator gathered platforms and talent agencies in Guangzhou, ordering targeted cleanup of live-streaming misconduct and new training programs for hosts.7Sep 22 · Cyberspace AdminGhost kitchens prosecuted.
The top court and prosecutors published five model cases on online food crime, including a fifteen-year sentence for selling 2.06 million yuan of fake honey.8Sep 22 · Supreme CourtLetter to American students.
Xi replied to nearly a hundred students from Harvard and nine other American universities who wrote after touring China, urging them to sustain friendly ties.9Sep 21 · State Council
Voices
“Chinese and American youth share one planet and a common mission of the times. I hope you become inheritors, defenders and developers of China-US friendship.”
Xi Jinping, reply letter to students at ten American universities · Sept 219
“Punishing corruption knows no forbidden zones, covers everything and tolerates nothing; there must be no place in the military for corrupt elements to hide.”
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, expulsion announcement · Sept 211
“For all dual-use items, China bans exports to Japanese military users and military uses, in order to stop Japan's remilitarization and its nuclear ambitions.”
Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun · Sept 215
“The People's Bank will implement an appropriately loose monetary policy, creating a sound monetary and financial environment for stable growth and orderly financial markets.”
Pan Gongsheng, Governor of the People's Bank of China · Sept 216
“Regulating live-streaming is an inevitable requirement for safeguarding online ideological security, a real need for economic development, and part of building a shared spiritual home.”
Cyberspace Administration work conference, Guangzhou · Sept 227
“Forging business licences to register ‘ghost shops’ for resale is a new online food-safety crime pattern, and the source crime behind ‘ghost delivery’ operations.”
Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate, joint case release · Sept 228
Sources
- Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, “Zhang Youxia and Liu Zhenli Expelled from the Party and the Military for Serious Violations of Discipline and Law,” Sept 21, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/t20260921_513746
- Qiushi (Party Theoretical Journal), “Politburo Meeting Discusses Documents To Be Submitted to the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee; Xi Jinping Presides,” Sept 21, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260921/…/politburo-fifth-plenum
- State Council (gov.cn), “Anchoring the New Positioning, Advancing a Constructive and Strategically Stable China-US Relationship — Written on the Eve of President Xi's State Visit to the United States,” Sept 22, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7081739
- Ministry of Commerce, “Spokesperson Answers Questions on the Preliminary Ruling in the Anti-Dumping Investigation into Dichlorosilane Imported from Japan,” Sept 21, 2026. mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/…/dichlorosilane-preliminary-ruling
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Regular Press Conference Held by Spokesperson Guo Jiakun on September 21, 2026,” Sept 21, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/fyrbt/…/t20260921_12027748
- People's Bank of China, “The People's Bank of China Holds a Symposium with Foreign-Funded Financial Institutions,” Sept 21, 2026. pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/…/foreign-institutions-symposium
- Cyberspace Administration of China, “Cyberspace Administration Convenes Work Conference on the Regulated Development of Online Live-Streaming,” Sept 22, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-09/22/…/c_1791740786782496
- Supreme People's Court, “Supreme People's Court and Supreme People's Procuratorate Jointly Release Model Cases on Punishing Online Food-Safety Crime,” Sept 22, 2026. court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/512551
- State Council (gov.cn), “Xi Jinping Replies to Young Students at Ten American Universities,” Sept 21, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/liebiao/…/content_7081657