Chinese developers have suspended the construction of apartment buildings amid the real estate crisis, triggering a widespread mortgage boycott among homebuyers in several provinces and cities across China in recent weeks. These homeowners have organized protests at construction sites and local government offices, demanding the completion of homes they’ve already paid presale deposits for and started making mortgage payments on. These protests swept across multiple Chinese provinces and cities, including Shanghai, Sichuan, Henan, and Shandong, and reportedly encountered resistance and violence from local authorities. Protests On Oct. 10, authorities in Nandayuan township, Baoding city, Hebei Province, announced that a local surnamed Tao, who bought an apartment unit in the housing community called XiuLan Yufeng Garden, had been subjected to “criminal coercive measures” for allegedly “organizing and inciting homeowners” to participate in a rights protest in Beijing. The official release further stated that 15 other individuals had also been punished....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/chinese-homebuyers-stage-protests-nationwide-5511848
In recent years, Chinese probes of corrupt officials and many directors of provincial prison administrative bureaus have uncovered “serious violations of principles and laws,” according to announcements of various provincial anti-graft organizations under the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The provincial prison administrative bureau is the higher-level authority overseeing the jails within the province. Chinese law stipulates that offices of justice are responsible for managing prisons in their own jurisdiction through their prison administration arms. These individuals have also been on the investigation list of the World Organization to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (WOIPFG) in an effort to amass evidence against responsible parties and commence criminal prosecutions for their active role in the persecution of Falun Gong adherents.... 
Last month Xu Jiayin, the chairman of China’s real estate giant Evergrande Group, was arrested along with several of its top executives based on suspicion of financial illegalities. This has been seen as peculiar since Mr. Xu—also called Hui Ka Yan—was known to be a fervent supporter of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, analysts believe the Party’s upper echelon withdrew from Mr. Xu because of his affiliation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s rival political faction. This affiliation, combined with how Mr. Xi remains critical of Evergrande’s business practices, has contributed to Mr. Xu’s dwindling support and mounting difficulties that he may not recover from....
Beijing’s nuclear stockpile is outpacing Pentagon projections. A new report is shedding light on China’s latest warhead advances. Washington’s top diplomat to China is saying the two countries don’t align on the Middle East war, and is urging Beijing to take a hard line on Hamas. Four are charged with stealing a million dollars’ worth of dinosaur bones in Utah, and selling them to China. Chilling video shows a knife-wielding driver shot by police after he crashed into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, while shouting about the Chinese Communist Party. What prompted the incident? Topics in this episode:...