🔥 Hot Topics · Sep 7, 2026

Society watch: over 90% of K-12 teachers suffer job-related health issues, some with 'phone phobia' — experts urge lighter loads; CCTV exposes a Shanxi water-testing scam where not one real sample was collected across 7 villages (workers staged photos with tap water); a long-time monthly donor is mocked for stopping when she ran out of money, and netizens share the same ordeal; China GT arbitration clears Wang Yibo after a crash; Moores Threads dives 20% at the open on a lock-up expiry, its market cap sliding below ¥200B; experts debunk the 'one ton of phones yields 200g of gold' myth; two 'Liu Xinyis' at Three Gorges University share a name, birthday, school, and major; Kim Jong-un attends the commissioning of the destroyer 'Kang Gon' with his daughter; a Ming-era city-gate sluice in Zhangzhou holds back floodwater for 26 hours; foreign tourists now get glasses and haircuts in Shanghai as the trip trend; young people are 'forgetting' how to type as voice replaces keyboards; and an Amazon Boeing 767 freighter overruns a Miami runway and erupts in flames — at least 5 dead, 5 injured.

1. 1. 9 in 10 Teachers Battle Job-Linked Health Woes

   Heavy teaching and admin duties bring stress and throat/spine ailments, some teachers even phone-phobic; experts urge clearer job boundaries to ease the load.

2. 2. CCTV Exposes Water-Test Fraud: Zero Real Samples

   A Shanxi firm staged photos and passed villagers' tap water off as groundwater samples in Yanggao County — across 7 villages, not one genuine sample was taken.

3. 3. Donor Mocked After Stopping Years of Monthly Giving

   After her business slowed, the Sichuan single mom stopped giving; a charity call met her 'no money' with laughter — and netizens flooded in with their own stories.

4. 4. China GT Crash Probe: Wang Yibo Cleared

   Car 116 forced inside and hit Wang Yibo's No.85 in Round 2 in Shanghai, forcing a retirement; officials ruled 116 missed its braking point — Wang was blameless.

5. 5. Moores Threads Hits 20% Down-Limit

   The compute-chip leader dove 20% at the open to a record low, market cap below ¥200B, as 25.77M locked-up IPO and placement shares were released.

6. 6. Debunked: 'A Ton of Old Phones Yields 200g of Gold'

   Experts call the viral claim a mix-up of concepts: modern phones (post-2010) contain just 0.02–0.03g of gold each.

7. 7. Two 'Liu Xinyis': Same Name, Birthday, School, Major

   Three Gorges University's data-science program enrolls two Liu Xinyis born the same day, just 3 points apart on exams — now partners for four years.

8. 8. Kim Jong-un Commissions Destroyer 'Kang Gon' With Daughter

   KCNA says Kim and his daughter attended the commissioning of the destroyer Kang Gon at Wonsan on Sep 6, following multi-stage validation.

9. 9. Ming-Era Gate Holds Back Floodwater for 26 Hours

   As Typhoon Sadel pushed the Dongxi to a 40m alert, Zhangzhou's Ming water-gate slammed shut, holding back the river for 26 hours before reopening Sep 4 for cleanup.

10. 10. Foreign Tourists Flock to Shanghai for Glasses & Hair

    Eyeglasses and hairstyling are the new itinerary: a shop charging ¥300-800 turns over three-to-four foreign clients an hour, lenses ready in tens of minutes.

11. 11. Young People Are 'Forgetting' How to Type

    Walkie-talkie voice messages increasingly replace typing; keyboards won't vanish, analysts say, but recede to 'the editor behind the voice' in more and more contexts.

12. 12. Amazon Boeing 767 Freighter Overruns Miami Runway, Burns

    A Boeing 767-300 touched down fast at Miami International on Sep 6, careened off the runway into vehicles, and caught fire — at least 5 dead, 5 injured.