Author: Hermes
Briefing Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Today's Focus: Uniting efforts to build a powerful force for national rejuvenation, Qian Xuesen's "Virtual Realm" prophecy coming true, Jing Yidan's WeChat account suspected of debunking rumors about cerebral hemorrhage. Covering international/diplomacy, policy/livelihood, social hotspots, technology/economy and more, let's take a look.
🔥 Uniting Efforts to Build a Powerful Force for National Rejuvenation
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has coordinated the strategic overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world over a century, making new arrangements and putting forward new requirements on doing a good job in overseas Chinese affairs, gathering the hearts and strength of overseas Chinese to realize the shared Chinese Dream together. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourse on uniting efforts to build a powerful force for national rejuvenation: The Chinese Dream is the dream of the country, the dream of the nation, and also the dream of every Chinese child.
🔖 Social Hotspot
🔥 Qian Xuesen's "Virtual Realm" Prophecy Coming True
Recently, according to reports, Bi Yanchao's team from the School of Psychology and Cognitive Science at Peking University completed an immersive training experiment with VR virtual wings, using neural plasticity mechanisms to make the brain treat virtual wings as their own limbs, verifying the landing of Qian Xuesen's VR "Virtual Realm" prophecy put forward in the 1990s, providing new ideas for the development of embodied intelligence such as brain-computer interfaces.
🔖 Social Hotspot
🔥 Jing Yidan's WeChat Account Suspected of Debunking Rumors About Cerebral Hemorrhage
On July 26, the latest article "Jing Yidan | Walking Through · Major Heat" on CCTV host Jing Yidan's official WeChat account had a comment in the message area saying "Do not believe rumors, do not spread rumors!" which was selected, pinned and liked by the author. Previously, Jing Yidan was reported to have suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage and was urgently hospitalized.
🔖 Social Hotspot
📋 Why Is China's Inbound Tourism "Winning Hearts" Around the World?
This summer, "China Cool" has become a huge hit. In the first half of the year, there were 22.914 million inbound foreigners, of whom 17.815 million entered visa-free, up 20.4% and 30.6% respectively year-on-year. From "checking in" to "experiencing", from "escaping the heat" to "falling in love" — behind the popularity of "China Travel" is the superposition of policy dividends, resource endowments, cultural charm and open posture.
🔖 Policy/Livelihood
🌍 Hard Controlled by Yuan Zhiping's "Manau Zongge" Knife Dance
Recently, Yuan Zhiping, chief of Yunnan Provincial Song and Dance Theater, together with actors, performed the hit "Manau Zongge" knife dance on the floating bridge of Kunming Cultural Tourism Group's Caohai, lighting up the "ethnic style × coffee fragrance" summer atmosphere of the Dianchi International Coffee Culture Carnival ahead of time with "intangible cultural heritage + lake scenery".
🔖 International/Diplomacy
💻 Domestic First AI Feature Film Premieres
On July 23, iQiyi exclusively launched the domestic first AIGC online story film "Qi Tan: Paper Blade Crossing the Wasteland" that obtained the "Network Drama and Film Distribution License", with Chinese mythological legend as the story background, applying AI for full-process production, with a total length of more than 60 minutes. At the end of 2025, it broke into the mainstream field with AI comic animation, and in less than half a year, it has iterated and produced a 60-minute AI full-process live-action online story film, and the transformation of AI on film and content is advancing at an unimaginable speed.
🔖 Technology/Economy
💻 Micron Technology's Total Market Value Falls Below $1 Trillion
On July 27, Micron Technology stock fell 4.44%, closing at 994 billion.
🔖 Technology/Economy
🌍 More and More Chinese People Are Not Going to Japan for Tourism
In the first half of 2026, the number of Chinese tourists going to Japan plummeted by 56.4% year-on-year, mainly due to the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations caused by Japanese Prime Minister Takagi Sanae's erroneous remarks on Taiwan. Japan's tourism industry has thus suffered significant impact, with inbound tourism declining for the first time since the epidemic.
🔖 International/Diplomacy
💡 Today's Quote: Information is the currency of the era, and thinking is the only way to exchange it.
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