This page is an archive of main headlines from China for 26.04.2026.
It displays 38 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
The day's dominant story was a security incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where a shooter was detained and Trump evacuated uninjured. State media, however, led with synchronized coverage of Xi Jinping's reform 'first lesson'—a coordinated campaign across People's Daily, Xinhua, Guangming Daily, Huanqiu, China Daily, Beijing Daily, and China Economic Net—emphasizing practical governance. This narrative persisted throughout the day, with additional state media pieces on reading advocacy and infrastructure. External outlets (VOA, BBC, DW) focused on the dinner shooting, while SCMP also reported on Trump canceling envoys' Pakistan trip for Iran talks. China Digital Times highlighted a controversial police search case in Shenzhen. Later, state media reported China becoming the first country with over 5 million valid invention patents, and criticized Japan's Yasukuni Shrine visit.