Entity

China

The world's most populous great power and second-largest economy; a central actor in trade, technology, and security.

As of 2 Nov 2026Last evidence 2 Nov 2026

What is happening now

  • Global criticism during COVID-19 hardened China’s attitude towards world: Foreign Secretary Misri

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • China calls for tougher crackdown on crypto bribes, corruption

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Quad not 'anti-China', says Rubio as first summit in two years set before Trump-Xi talks

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • BJP leaders rationalising Chinese actions, says Congress after Arunachal CM’s remarks

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • NK leader may have discussed potential talks with US during China visit: spy agency

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 13 events and claims involving China

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 593 mentions on 2 Nov 2026, against 442 on 12 Oct 2026 (+34%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 2 Nov 2026 (1 change recorded since 21 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 2 claims first reported since 1 Nov 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?” moved from 12% to 10% Yes since 18 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

17,683 documents · 744 publishers · 8% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 2 Nov 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.075: about 93% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside China

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

AIUnited StatesTrumpRussiaIndiaIranJapanSouth KoreaOilEuropean Union

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 593 mentions on 2 Nov 2026 with 442 on 12 Oct 2026 (+34%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +23% from 18 Sept 2026 to 2 Nov 2026, between 137 and 795 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions China, day by day.

Market price, cited

10% Yes

priced 2 Nov 2026 · relation: subject of the question

the market: 12% → 10% Yes (-2pts, from 18 Sept 2026 to 2 Nov 2026)

on “Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about China

“Will China invade Taiwan by December 31, 2027?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

On the desk: Geopolitics Desk

For developers

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Events involving China

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Global criticism during COVID-19 hardened China’s attitude towards world: Foreign Secretary Misri

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • China calls for tougher crackdown on crypto bribes, corruption

    Reported claim · first reported 1 Nov 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Quad not 'anti-China', says Rubio as first summit in two years set before Trump-Xi talks

    Reported claim · first reported 31 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • BJP leaders rationalising Chinese actions, says Congress after Arunachal CM’s remarks

    Reported claim · first reported 30 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • NK leader may have discussed potential talks with US during China visit: spy agency

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Toyota monthly sales fall as China slump enters eighth month

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang targeted in Chinese espionage plot, NY Times reports

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Chinese payments giant Alipay denies supporting crypto trading via Peer

    Reported claim · first reported 29 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 110 humanoid robots dance in perfect sync to set Guinness World Record in China

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • China’s Xi Jinping Congratulates Marxist Lula on Dubious Brazil Election Win

    Reported claim · first reported 28 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Mbappe apologises for Mao Zedong comment after Chinese sponsors drop him

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Memes, Mao and Mbappé: Chinese brands drop soccer star in fury over ‘dictator’ joke

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • The AI model race

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 24 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

Walk the record from China

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China

Entity.

Evidence
17,683 documents · 744 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 12 Mar 2026, last seen 2 Nov 2026
Measured
8% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
2 Nov 2026
23 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (1)

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names China, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about China

Markets whose question is about China or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to China and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

1 more open market joined to China but not about it
  • 12% Yes

    “Will Xiaomi be added to the Chinese Military Companies list by June 30, 2027?”

    Polymarket · priced 2 Nov 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 30 Jun 2027

1 market past its stated close date is not shown as open: “Will China’s CPI increase by between 0.9% and 1.0% over the 12 month period ending in October 2026?” (closed 31 Oct 2026).

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 2 Nov 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 13 Oct 2026

1 change recorded since 21 Oct 2026, newest first.

Ask about ChinaWatch China

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 2 Nov 2026.