🔥 Hot Topics · Aug 3, 2026

Seven Sayram Lake staff detained for assault, self-drive fee switches to per-car; WeChat earthquake alert adds 'shaking report' feature; 2026 summer box office tops 7.1 billion yuan; nearly 1.2M Teslas under probe over suspension failures; Korean stocks fall again with Samsung down 7%+; A-shares open lower with lithography weakness; COVID positivity rises for weeks; GPU prices jump with daily changes; 85K bakeries close in a year; J-20, J-16, J-10C 'three dragons' gather.

1. 1. Seven Sayram Lake Staff Detained for Assault

   Seven Sayram Lake scenic-area staff who assaulted a tour-bus driver receive 10-15 days detention plus 1,000 yuan fines each; a joint task force has entered the site for rectification.

2. 2. WeChat Upgrade That Can Save Lives in a Crisis

   The China Earthquake Networks Center WeChat mini-program adds 'shaking report,' letting users report location and felt intensity to build shake maps. It has issued 700+ alerts to 60M+ subscribers.

3. 3. 2026 Summer Box Office Tops 7.1 Billion Yuan

   Summer 2026 box office (incl. presales) tops 7.1 billion yuan; annual total exceeds 22.8 billion. Regulators encourage cinemas to become comprehensive cultural spaces.

4. 4. Nearly 1.2M Teslas Under Investigation

   After 156 suspension-failure complaints, NHTSA opens a preliminary probe into nearly 1.2M Teslas, where front lower lateral links detach and can cause loss of control.

5. 5. Korean Stocks Fall Again, Samsung Down Over 7%

   Korean stocks keep falling as KOSDAQ triggers the sidecar, pausing program trading for 5 minutes. KOSPI drops 4.32%, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix both down over 7%.

6. 6. A-Shares Open Lower, Lithography Stocks Weaken

   A-shares open broadly lower on Aug 3, with memory, HBM, semicon materials, PCB, and lithography weak while fusion, humanoid robots, AI apps, and PEEK materials gain.

7. 7. COVID Positivity Rises for Weeks Running

   COVID test positivity at sentinel hospitals rose to 20.3%, up 4 points week-over-week and topping all monitored pathogens, with increases for several consecutive weeks.

8. 8. GPU Prices Jump, Changing Daily

   GPUs have been rising since July 25, basically changing daily, with high-VRAM models surging most — attributed by analysts to higher costs of upstream parts like memory.

9. 9. 85,000 Bakeries Shut in a Year

   Nationwide bakery stores shrank by 81,700 net in a year. Supermarkets' central-plant frozen-dough model undercuts traditional shops on cost and price.

10. 10. J-20, J-16, J-10C 'Three Dragons' Gather

    Footage shows J-20, J-16, and J-10C in large-formation system-of-systems exercises as the 'three dragons' gather.

11. 11. Sayram Lake Self-Drive Fee Switches to Per-Car

    Sayram Lake's 75 yuan-per-person self-drive fee changes to per-vehicle pricing, from 120 yuan for 5 seats or fewer up to 600 yuan for 20+ seats, effective Aug 20.

12. 12. 'The Nine Gates' Revives Zhao Liying's Yin Xinyue

    The new 'The Nine Gates' is criticized for replacing Zhao Liying's face while keeping her voice. Fans revisit her 2016 scenes as 'Yin Xinyue's value keeps rising' trends.