Chinese President Xi Jinping offered stronger ties to Spain's King Felipe VI during a meeting on November 12, 2025, in Beijing, as Spain actively courts Chinese investment. The visit marks the first official trip by a Spanish monarch to China in 18 years and is part of Spain's broader strategy to deepen commercial relations with Beijing despite broader EU-China trade tensions.

Videos circulating on U.S and Chinese social medias show the collapse of a major section of the Hong bridge in Sichuan, China, just months after completion.

The collapse was triggered by landslides and worsening geological conditions on the nearby mountainside.

China officially commissioned its most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, into the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on November 5, 2025, at a ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping at a naval port in Hainan province.