2010 in China

none April 2023 2010 Events in the year 2010 in China. Incumbents Party General Secretary - Hu Jintao President – Hu Jintao Premier – Wen Jiabao Vice President: Xi Jinping Vice Premier: Li Keqiang Congress Chairman - Wu Bangguo Conference Chairman - Jia Qinglin Governors Governor of Anhui Province – Wang Sanyun Governor of Fujian Province – Huang Xiaojing Governor of Gansu Province: Xu Shousheng (until July), Xu Shousheng (starting July) Governor of Guangdong Province – Huang Huahua Governor of Guizhou Province – Lin Shusen (until August), Zhao Kezhi (starting August) Governor of Hainan Province – Luo Baoming Governor of Hebei Province – Chen Quanguo Governor of Heilongjiang Province – Li Zhanshu (until 27 August), Wang Xiankui (starting 27 August) Governor of Henan Province – Guo Gengmao Governor of Hubei Province – Luo Qingquan Governor of Hunan Province – Zhou Qiang (until December), Xu Shousheng (starting December) Governor of Jiangsu Province – Luo Zhijun (until December), Li Xueyong (starting December) Governor of Jiangxi Province – Wu Xinxiong Governor of Jilin Province – Wang Rulin Governor of Liaoning Province – Chen Zhenggao Governor of Qinghai Province – Song Xiuyan (until unknown), Luo Huining (starting unknown) Governor of Shaanxi Province – Yuan Chunqing (until June), Zhao Zhengyong (starting June) Governor of Shandong Province – Jiang Daming Governor of Shanxi Province – Wang Jun Governor of Sichuan Province – Jiang Jufeng Governor of Yunnan Province – Qin Guangrong Governor of Zhejiang Province – Lü Zushan Events January 1 January – ASEAN–China Free Trade Area: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) launch the world's largest Free Trade Area in terms of population.Gooch Liz 1 January 2010 Asia Free-Trade Zone Raises Hopes, and Some Fears About China The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/business/global/01trade.htmlhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/01/content_12739017.htm China-ASEAN free trade area starts operation_English_Xinhua 17 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100117033403/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/01/content_12739017.htm 2010-01-17 CCTV expand to online channel CNTV (中国网络电视台) with C-box software. 4 January – Yellow River oil spill: A diesel fuel leak in Shaanxi, China reaches the Yellow River, a water source for millions of people.http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2010-01/04/content_19174047.htm Yellow River contaminated after oil leak - China.org.cn www.china.org.cn 6 January – China becomes the largest exporting country, pushing Germany from first place.Miller John W. Walker Marcus China Dethrones Germany as Top Goods Exporter https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB126272143898416853 The Wall Street Journal 8 January – China becomes the number one automobile market in the world.8 January 2010 Factbox: China becomes the world's No.1 auto market Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-auto-china-idUSTRE60722O20100108 11 January – 2010 Chinese anti-ballistic missile test 12 January – Google in an unusual move revealed that its servers have been hacked in an attempt to access information about Chinese dissidents, and that Google is no longer willing to censor searches in China and may pull out of the country.A new approach to China https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html 2023-04-09 Official Google Blog enWorthen Ben Researchers Say Google Attack Was More Widespread https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704625004575090111817090670 The Wall Street Journal China's top search engine Baidu is allegedly attacked by Iranian hackers, sparking a retaliatory attack by Chinese hackers on Iranian sites.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/12/iranian-hackers-chinese-search-engine 'Iranian' hackers paralyse Chinese search engine Baidu Tania Branigan 12 January 2010 The Guardian 15 January – 2010 Suzhou workers riot 19 January – Chinese senior judge Huang Songyou is sentenced to life in prison over corruption charges.19 January 2010 China jails senior judge for life over corruption BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8467064.stm 24 January – The Chinese government denies state involvement in the cyber attacks on Google.Wen Guang 2010-01-23 Google incident and US Internet strategy - Chinadaily.com.cn http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2010-01/23/content_9365524.htm 2023-04-09 China Daily 25 January – 2008 Melamine milk re-enter supply 26 January – Andatee China Marine Fuel begins an initial public offering on NASDAQ http://www.thestreet.com/story/10667583/1/ipo-watch-andatee-china-hydroelectric.html IPO Watch: Andatee, China Hydroelectric - TheStreet; Company Operations thestreet.com 2010-01-26 2014-02-17 31 January – A Mw 5.2 earthquake in Sichuan province, China, kills one person and injures 11 others, destroying at least 100 homes.31 January 2010 Houses collapse in Chinese quake BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8489759.stm February 100px|thumb|Wang Meng becomes China's first winter Olympian to win three gold medals 1 February – Nine people are killed in a bus rampage in Tianjin, northern China.1 February 2010 Man 'kills nine in bus rampage' BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8491530.stm 2023-04-09 9 – 11 February – Yunnan wildfireForest fire put out in SW China after 3 days https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/10/content_9459283.htm 2023-04-09 China Daily 18 February – Low profile meeting between 14th Dalai Lama and president Barack Obama in White House Map Room amid opposition from China.Cooper Helene 2010-02-18 Obama Meets Dalai Lama, and China Is Quick to Protest en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/world/asia/19prexy.html 2023-04-09 0362-4331 Hebei Zhengding old city gate burns downYingqi Cheng 2010-02-20 Fireworks destroy ancient tower in Hebei http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-02/20/content_9475645.htm 2023-04-09 China Daily Asia's biggest railway station, the Guangzhou South Railway Station, came into use on the first day of Chinese spring festival transport rush of 2010.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/18/c_13178476.htm China's high-speed railways hit 3,300 km 21 February 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100221082716/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-02/18/c_13178476.htm 2010-02-21 23 February – Oxfam Hong Kong boycott Chinese authorities increases controls on the internet, requiring anyone who wishes to set up a website to produce identification and meet regulators.23 February 2010 China tightens internet controls BBC News https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8530378.stm Chinese Communist Party 52 code of ethics 26 February – National Defense Mobilization Law is legislated in the National People's Congress (NPC).http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90785/6903965.html China's top legislature closes session, adopts national defense mobilization law People's Daily 27 Feb 2010 4 Aug 2010 Wang Meng wins her third gold medal in the 1,000 meters short track at Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics to become China's first winter Olympian to win three gold medals at one Games and give China all the women's titles.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sports/winter/2010-02/27/content_9513614.htm China sweeps women's short track titles in Vancouver www.chinadaily.com.cn March thumb|right|180px|2010 Wangjialing coal mine flood 1 March – 2010 Luotuoshan coal mine flood 3 March – 2010 Guangxi wildfire 5 March – 2010 National People's Congress 11 March – Hong Kong 's TVB GM Stephen Chan and four others are arrested on charges of corruption.The Standard HK. "The Standard.com https://web.archive.org/web/20100315110615/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=95719&sid=27379376&con_type=3 March 15, 2010 ." Show graft. Retrieved on 2010-03-12. TVB suspends Chan and two TVB staff were suspended from their duties.http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/20100311/LTN20100311087.pdf Announcement MAK Adrian Yau Kee 11 March 2010 Television Broadcasts Limited 12 March 2010 13 March – Shenyang zoo scandal 14 March – 314 Taipei protest 15 March – 2010 Dongxing Coal Mining Co fire 19 March – Northern China sandstorm2010-03-22 Sandstorms blast Beijing with dust, sand https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35980798 2023-04-09 NBC News 20 March – 2010 China drought 23 March – At 3 am Hong Kong Time (UTC+8), Google started to redirect all search queries from Google.cn to Google.com.hk. (Google Hong Kong), thereby bypassing Chinese regulators and allowing uncensored Simplified Chinese search results.China condemns decision by Google to lift censorship news.bbc.co.ukhttps://www.voanews.com/a/google-to-redirect-chinese-services-through-hong-kong-88852572/114498.html Google Moves Its Service From China To Hong Kong VOA Nanping school massacre: A man in Nanping, China, stabs and kills eight children, and wounds another five at an elementary school.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8582203.stm Pupils stabbed to death in China 24 March 2010 news.bbc.co.uk 27 March – Tao Hui-xi (陶惠西) self-immolation incident in Lianyungang, JiangsuEnorth.com.cn. "Enorth.com.cn." 江苏东海县通报父子自焚情况 起因拆迁费用争执. Retrieved 28 March 2010. 28 March – 2010 Wangjialing coal mine flood: At least 152 coal miners are trapped after a pit floods in Shanxi, while 109 others escape.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8591547.stm Hundreds join China mine rescue 30 March 2010 news.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/28/content_9653097.htm 123 trapped in coal mine flooding in north China www.chinadaily.com.cn April 1 April – First ever organ trafficking trial in the PRC (est.)http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/17/content_9599832.htm Organ trafficking ring to go on trial 4 April – 114 miners trapped in a flooded mine for more than a week in Shanxi, China, are rescued.https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/05/world/AP-AS-China-Mine-Flood.html www.nytimes.com The New York Times http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/05/c_13237300.htm 9 survivors lifted out of flooded coal mine, sent to hospital 8 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100408220056/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/05/c_13237300.htm 2010-04-08 6 April – One of leading smartphone brand, Xiaomi was founded.October 2022 10–14 April – 2010 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia 13 April – Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China, meets with President Barack Obama to discuss Iran's nuclear program.http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/04/13/obama.hu.nuclear.meeting/index.html Obama: 'Real progress' at nuclear summit - CNN.com www.cnn.com Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower firemop.com Oriental Pearl tower fire https://web.archive.org/web/20100416210121/http://news.mop.com/domestic/2051895.shtml 2010-04-16 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/13/c_13248081.htm Shanghai's Oriental Pearl Tower catches fire, no casualties reported 16 April 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100416153404/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-04/13/c_13248081.htm 2010-04-16 14 April – 2010 Yushu earthquake: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes in Qinghai, China, killing at least 2,000 and injuring more than 10,000.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8631354.stm China remembers earthquake dead 21 April 2010 news.bbc.co.uk 16 April – Yan Xiaoling - Fan Yanqiong Case 22 April – Emeishan City self-immolation incidentBig5.chinanews.com.cn. "Big5.chinanews.com.cn https://web.archive.org/web/20100616090726/http://big5.chinanews.com.cn:89/sh/news/2010/04-24/2245228.shtml 2010-06-16 ." 峨眉山4村民因徵地自焚 附近村民帶花圈堵路抗議. Retrieved on 2010-04-29. Huang Guangyu, founder of GOME Electrical Appliances and formerly China's richest man, goes on trial for bribery in Beijing. 24 April – Ben ren Yu (郁伯仁) PRC diplomat assaulted in HoustonKansascity.com. "Kansascity.com." China: Diplomat beaten, injured by Houston police. Retrieved on 2010-04-29.Chinareviewnews.com. "Chinareviewnews.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172606/http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/0/7/1/101307150.html?coluid=7&kindid=0&docid=101307150&mdate=0430135335 2011-07-21 ." 三銬人美警察暫被停職　自稱不知闖入中國領館. Retrieved on 2010-04-29. 25 April – 13 June – 2010 earthquake prediction caseXinmin.cn. "Xinmin.cn." 南京否认6月13日将发生强震 散布谣言者被拘. Retrieved on 2010-04-29. 29 April - Xu Yuyuan mass stabbing incident: Twenty-eight children and three adults are stabbed at a nursery school in China.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8650626.stm Children injured in China attack 29 April 2010 news.bbc.co.uk 30 April - 2010 Shanghai Expo opening ceremony May 1 May – Expo 2010 officially opens. 5 May Landslides killed 15 Chinese workers in the Tengchong County, Yunnan Province.http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2010-05/05/content_19975277.htm news.china.com.cn 2010-09-04 2010-05-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100514020050/http://news.china.com.cn/txt/2010-05/05/content_19975277.htm dead http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/6974566.html english.peopledaily.com.cn 9 April 2023 Charm Communications domestic television advertising company begins trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market.http://ir.nasdaqomx.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=470630 NASDAQ OMX Welcomes Charm Communications Inc. (CHRM), the Largest Domestic Television Advertising Agency in China, to The NASDAQ Stock Market Ir.nasdaqomx.com 2010-05-17 2014-03-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20140319062038/http://ir.nasdaqomx.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=470630 2014-03-19 dead 6 May – A powerful tornado hits Chongqing municipality in south-western China, killing at least 25 and injuring more than 160 people in Dianjiang and Liangping counties.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/06/c_13280824.htm Death toll from storm rises to 29 in Chongqing 9 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100509033738/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/06/c_13280824.htm 2010-05-09 7 May – Ren Zhiqiang (任志强) real estate tycoon shoe throwing incidentRen Zhiqiang incident news.163.com 9 May – At least 115 dead as fierce rainstorms begin ravaging Southern ChinaJanuary 2025 11 – 9 May trapped miners found dead in coal gas leak in northwest China's Gansu Province Tuesday.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-05/11/content_9836843.htm 9 trapped miners found dead in coal gas leak www.chinadaily.com.cn 12 May – Hanzhong mass stabbing incident: an attacker killed seven children and two adults and injured 11 other persons with a cleaver at a kindergarten in Hanzhong, Shaanxi.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/12/c_13289975.htm Nine killed, 11 injured in China kindergarten attack 13 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513031222/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/12/c_13289975.htm 2010-05-13 https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbb3SvwJW0F1Te35LxNwJDk2UBnQD9FL5ROG0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100515151617/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbb3SvwJW0F1Te35LxNwJDk2UBnQD9FL5ROG0 dead 15 May 2010 www.google.com/hostednews 9 April 2023 The Chengdu-Dujiangyan High-Speed Railway begins operation in Sichuan, China.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/regional/2010-05/12/content_9842320.htm High-speed rail to bring in new era for Chengdu after quake www.chinadaily.com.cn 13 May – 2010 Yuanyang colliery outburst 17 May – Six people are attacked with a meat cleaver before the assailant commits suicide at a market in Foshan, China.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9somIGFbMKtJf51_HeC8LWSBofwD9FOH9UG0 (AP) 9 April 2023June 2024 medicmedichttp://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=437242&type=National www.shanghaidaily.com 9 April 2023http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/17/china.cleaver.attack/index.html Man attacks girls with cleaver in China - CNN.com www.cnn.com 23 May – 2010 Jiangxi train derailment: A train traveling from Shanghai to Guilin derails in a mountainous area near Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China, and is destroyed, killing at least 19 and injuring 71 others.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/23/c_13310970.htm Death toll from China train derailment hits 19 26 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100526023021/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-05/23/c_13310970.htm 2010-05-26 24 May – HK democrat and Beijing delegate meetingHK democrat and Beijing delegate meeting https://web.archive.org/web/20110629185022/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=98602&sid=28359010&con_type=3&d_str=20100525&fc=1 2011-06-29 www.thestandard.com.hk 25 May – 2nd round U.S.–China Strategic and Economic Dialogue June 1 June – 2010 Chinese labour unrest 2010 Foxconn suicides (est. date) Yongzhou courthouse shooting 4 June – Dandong shooting incident 11 June – 2010 Ma'anshan riot 12 June – Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists revealed what they believe to be a part of the skull of Siddartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, in east China's Jiangsu Province.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-06/12/c_13346882.htm "Buddha remains" unveiled in east China temple 15 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100615061235/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-06/12/c_13346882.htm 2010-06-15 12 – 20 June – 2010 Shanghai International Film Festival 13 June – 2010 South China floods 15 June – Heavy rain triggers landslides that leave at least 24 people dead in Sichuan province's Kangding county. In one incident, part of a mountain fell on a construction site in Sichuan province, crushing workers who were sleeping in tents.https://www.thenews.com.pk/ The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News www.thenews.com.pkhttp://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/15/content_9978919.htm Mountain collapse kills 23, injures 7 in SW China www.chinadaily.com.cn 19 June – 2010 South China floods: Flooding in South China kills at least 88 people, and forces nearly 750,000 people to leave their homes.https://www.bbc.com/news/10356645 Scores die in China flash floods BBC News 19 June 2010 19 – 25 June - 2nd Straits Forum 21 June – At least 46 people are killed and dozens more trapped after a mine blast in Henan, central China.https://www.bbc.com/news/10151705 Dozens die in central China mine blast BBC News 21 June 2010 27 June – A coal mine explosion kills 5 in China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-06/27/content_10024868.htm NW China coal mine explosion kills 5 www.chinadaily.com.cn 28 June – Heilongjiang wildfirehttp://english.sina.com/china/2010/0627/326751.html Sina.com Heilongjiang wildfire 9 April 2023 Guizhou landslideAFP Dozens of children among China landslide victims https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNlcqZafKpaL7k3eY_qQsHS5uqHA 1 July 2010 Agence France-Presse 30 June 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703072431/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNlcqZafKpaL7k3eY_qQsHS5uqHA 3 July 2010 dead Fifth Chen-Chiang summit 29 June – Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) signed 30 June – Xinjiang UFO intercontinental ballistic missile debatehttp://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90782/7054799.html english.peopledaily.com.cn 9 April 2023 July thumb|right|250px|2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion 1 July – China's Xinhua launches a global 24-hour English TV news channel.https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_en_tv/as_china_global_media_3 news.yahoo.com 9 April 2023 The Shanghai–Nanjing High-Speed Railway goes into operation.http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2010/201007/20100701/article_441695.htm www.shanghaidaily.com 9 April 2023 3 July - Zijin acid waste mining disaster 5 July - 2010 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship 6 July – Giant painting (浩氣長流) revealed, featuring Chinese Communist Party and KMT figures togetherhttp://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/7/4/2/101374257.html?coluid=93&kindid=2778&docid=101374257&mdate=0707003639 chinareviewnews 2010-07-07 2011-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172619/http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1013/7/4/2/101374257.html?coluid=93&kindid=2778&docid=101374257&mdate=0707003639 dead 7 July – Taiwan to allow solo-mainland touristsChung Lawrence 2010-07-08 Taiwan to admit solo mainlanders https://www.scmp.com/article/719132/taiwan-admit-solo-mainlanders 2023-04-09 South China Morning Post en with some flag controversy自由時報電子報 2010-07-06 中國客遊墾丁 狂搖五星旗 - 焦點 https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/408931 2023-04-09 自由時報電子報 zh-Hant-TW Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport shutdown due to UFOhttp://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-08/chinese-city-of-hangzhou-shuts-airport-after-detection-of-ufo.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100711124503/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-08/chinese-city-of-hangzhou-shuts-airport-after-detection-of-ufo.html Chinese City of Hangzhou Shuts Airport After Detection of UFO dead 8 July 2010 2010-07-11 BusinessWeek Wen Qiang, the former director of the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Justice, is executed following the Chongqing gang trialsChina executes top Chongqing official for corruption https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10535226 7 July 2010 British Broadcasting Corporation 7 July 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100707185638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10535226.stm 7 July 2010 live 11 July – 2010 Xinfa aluminum plant protest 13 – 17 July people die and a further 44 are missing in Chinese landslides.13 July 2010 China landslides kill 17 people https://www.irishtimes.com/news/china-landslides-kill-17-people-1.860903 2023-04-09 The Irish Times en 14 July – Typhoon Conson 17 July – China National Petroleum Corporation Xingang Port oil spillFires rage for 15 hours after oil pipeline in China explodes https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna38288749 2023-04-09 NBC News en Twenty-eight coal miners die after a fire in their mine near Hancheng City in China's Shaanxi Province.2010-07-18 Coalmine Accident Kills 28 in Northwest China China Radio International http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/07/18/45s583548.htm 2023-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20121018195058/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/07/18/45s583548.htm 18 October 2012 18 July – A bus falls off a cliff in the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern China resulting in the death of 23 people.https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jP_Xer2aiSWQj4teMfeHGd_FdaHwD9H19FBO0 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721040900/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jP_Xer2aiSWQj4teMfeHGd_FdaHwD9H19FBO0 dead 21 July 2010 google.com/hostednews 9 April 20232010-07-18 Bus falls off cliff in southwest China, killing 23 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-bus-falls-off-cliff-in-southwest-china-killing-23-2010jul17-story.html 2023-04-09 San Diego Union-Tribune en-US 25 July – 2010 Pro-Cantonese rally 27 July – South China floods: A bridge collapse in Luanchuan County in Henan Province of China results in at least 37 deaths.2010-07-27 Flooding causes China bridge to collapse, killing 37 en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE66Q03I 2023-04-09 28 July – 2010 Nanjing chemical plant explosion – An explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China, kills at least 12 people and injures hundreds.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-gas-explosion-idUSTRE66R0YO20100728 At least 12 dead in blast at China factory Reuters 28 July 2010 www.reuters.com 30 July – Changsha IRD Building Bombings 31 July – An explosion in a coal mine in Shanxi Province, China leaves 17 people dead while 24 miners are trapped by flooding in a nearby mine.https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/08/01/17-dead-24-trapped-at-2-China-coal-mines/60011280643284/ 17 dead, 24 trapped at 2 China coal mines - UPI.com UPI August 1 August – Floods in northeastern China kill more than 100 people and sweep 3,000 chemical-filled barrels into the Songhua River.2002-06-11 Eight killed, over 100 missing in floods in China The Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/eight-killed-over-100-missing-in-floods-in-china/articleshow/12590202.cms?from=mdr 2023-04-09 0971-8257 Hebei tractor rampage: A drunk man on a tractor kills 17 people and injures many others in a rampage in northern China.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10837287 Tractor rampage attack in China kills 11 BBC News 2 August 2010 3 August - 2010 Weiyuan riot 6 August – China suspends traffic on the Yalu River and evacuates more than 40,000 people from Dandong over fears of flooding amid unprecedented levels of rainfall.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-10892865 China flood fears along North Korea border BBC News 6 August 2010http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-06/floods-from-pakistan-to-korea-may-strain-aid-as-food-costs-soar.html Floods From Pakistan to Korea May Strain Aid as Food Costs Soar - BusinessWeek 7 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100807171634/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-06/floods-from-pakistan-to-korea-may-strain-aid-as-food-costs-soar.html 2010-08-07 7 August – At least 16 miners are killed during a fire at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, in China. 23 others are still trapped inside.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/07/c_13433884.htm 14 die, 23 trapped in east China gold mine fire 6 November 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121106191306/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-08/07/c_13433884.htm 2012-11-06 8 August – 2010 Gansu mudslide: At least 1,471 people have died and 294 missing following landslides caused by heavy rains in China's northwestern Gansu province.2010-08-08 Landslides Kill 127 in Northwest China; 2,000 Missing en Bloomberg.com https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-08-08/landslides-kill-80-in-northwestern-china-more-rain-forecast-after-floods 2023-04-09 14 August - China National Highway 110 traffic jam 17 August - North Korean MiG-21 fighter jet crashed in Fushun County, Liaoninghttps://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/04/113_71700.html Plane crash could be sign of military unrest 19 August 2010 koreatimeshttp://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/19/2010081900687.html N.Korean Fighter Jet Crashes in China english.chosun.com 19 August – 2010 Aksu bombing: Seven people are killed and fourteen injured in a bomb attack in China's Xinjiang province. 21 August – PRC North Korea border flood 24 August – Henan Airlines Flight 8387 overruns the runway on landing at Lindu Airport, China. 42 of the 96 people on board were killed. September 1 September – 2010 China floods: Eight people are killed and 40 missing in landslides that hit Wama village in Yunnan province, near Baoshan. Typhoon Kompasu 3 September – Landslides in the village of Wama near Baoshan in China kill at least 12 people with 36 missing.2021-04-22 Landslides in southwest China kill 16; 30 missing https://apnews.com/article/asia-pacific-china-311683ae46d946bf9dd58f50743fcc4d 2023-04-09 AP NEWS en 7 September - 2010 Senkaku boat collision incident part of Diaoyu Islands dispute 10 September - Yihuang self-immolation incident 19–6 September dolphins from Japan arrive at Beijing ocean parkhttp://www.china.org.cn/video/2010-09/19/content_20965528.htm 6 dolphins arrive in Beijing by air from Japan - China.org.cn www.china.org.cn 21 September - Overseas Chinese World Conference for Promoting Peaceful Reunification of Chinahttp://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/5/3/7/101453764.html?coluid=0&kindid=0&docid=101453764 Chinareviewnews.com reunification conference 2010 2010-09-26 2011-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172626/http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/5/3/7/101453764.html?coluid=0&kindid=0&docid=101453764 dead 26 September - "Designed in Hong Kong, made by Cantonese" label discussionhttp://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/5/7/2/101457272.html?coluid=2&kindid=0&docid=101457272&mdate=0926100247 Chinareviewnews.com design label discussion 2010-09-26 2011-07-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172634/http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1014/5/7/2/101457272.html?coluid=2&kindid=0&docid=101457272&mdate=0926100247 dead October 1 October - The Chang'e 2 lunar probe launches from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. 6 October – 150th anniversary of Burning of Old Summer Palacehttp://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/BeijingInformation/BeijingNewsUpdate/t1100722.htm www.ebeijing.gov.cn 2010-03-23 2011-07-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022433/http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/BeijingInformation/BeijingNewsUpdate/t1100722.htm dead 7 October - Hainan flood 8 October - The imprisoned human rights activist Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China"http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/ The Nobel Peace Prize 2010 Nobelprize.org 8 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101008043234/http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2010/ 8 October 2010 live 9 October - Chinese basketball team withdrew from 2010 Asian university basketball championship due to ROC flag used instead of Chinese Taipei flag.2010-10-09 Flag sparks controversy at Taoyuan basketball match - Taipei Times https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2010/10/09/2003484915 2023-04-09 Taipei Times2010-10-17 China basketball team pulls out upon seeing R.O.C. flags http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20101009-241458.html 2023-04-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20101017192238/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20101009-241458.html 17 October 2010 16 October - Li Gang incident 19 October - 2010 Tibetan language protest 22 October - Terracotta Army archaeology team wins Spain's Prince of Asturias AwardsXinhuanet.com. 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Retrieved on 2010-23-10. 28 October - China's Tianhe-1 becomes the world's fastest supercomputer, replacing Jaguar in this position, performing at peak computing rate of 2,507 petaflops.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-10/28/content_11472540.htm China's supercomputer faster than US' No 1 www.chinadaily.com.cnhttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-11644252 China claims supercomputer crown BBC News 28 October 2010 November 1 November - Sixth National Population Census of the People's Republic of China 6 November - Jiangmen star park opening 12 November – 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony 12 – 27 November – 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou 15 November - 2010 Shanghai fire 27 November - Qingdao Metropolis Convenience Daily newspaper assault on journalistsJiao Priscilla 2010-11-27 5 hurt in attack on newspaper https://www.scmp.com/article/731736/5-hurt-attack-newspaper 2023-04-09 South China Morning Post en December 5 December - 2010 Dawu fire 2010 Zhangjiagang hospital incident 10 December - HK journalists attacked at activist Zhao Lianhai's apartment Liu Xiaobo absent at 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony 18 December - 2010 Eocheong boat collision incident Date unknown Bashan 125R motorcycle begins production by the Bashan Motorcycle Manufacturing Co.Ltd in Chongqing.Lammie David January 2009 Pillar of the West http://www.chinabusinessreview.com/pillar-of-the-west/ 15 May 2015 China Business Review Handheld Culture online bookstore is founded. https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/07/26/book-fair-talk-turns-to-e-books-and-apps/ Book Fair Talk Turns to E-Books and Apps Wall Street Journal 26 July 2011 The Wall Street Journal Asia 2011-07-26 Wexler Alexandra Deaths thumb|Te Wei 2 February – Ng Teng Fong, 82, Chinese-born Singaporean businessman, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage.http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_485355.html Tycoon Ng Teng Fong dies 2010-09-04 2010-02-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20100206095732/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_485355.html dead Raymond Wang Chong Lin, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhaoxian, cerebral hemorrhage.https://www.ucanews.com/2010/02/02/zhaoxian-bishop-wang-dies-aged-88 https://web.archive.org/web/20211128224835/https://www.ucanews.com/2010/02/02/zhaoxian-bishop-wang-dies-aged-88 2021-11-28 UCA News 3 February – Qian Chunqi, Chinese doctor and translator (born 1921) 4 February – Te Wei, 95, Chinese animator, respiratory failure.https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118014796.html Variety Chinese animator Te Wei dies Clifford Coonan 5 February 2010 14 February – Zhang Yalin, 28, Chinese football player, lymphoma.http://sports.sina.com.cn/j/2010-02-15/01014839896.shtml 前国奥主力张亚林英年早逝 实德铁腰曾获科萨盛赞_国内足坛-甲A_Nike新浪竞技风暴_新浪网 10 March – Leeann Chin, 77, Chinese-born American restaurateur, founder of Leeann Chin restaurants, after long illness.http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/03/12/leeann-chin/ Chinese restaurant founder Leeann Chin dies 13 March – He Pingping, 21, Chinese dwarf, shortest man who was able to walk, heart complications.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7450343/Worlds-shortest-man-dies-aged-21.html London The Daily Telegraph World's shortest man dies aged 21 15 March 2010 26 April – D.C. Lau, 89, Chinese sinologist.https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/may/31/dc-lau-obituary DC Lau obituary 31 May 2010 Ames Roger T. Ames Roger T. The Guardian 1 October 2017 17 May – Walasse Ting, 80, Chinese-born American visual artist.http://www.prnasia.com/pr/10/05/100451811-1.html Walasse Ting (Xiongquan Ding) Dies at the age of 80 - PR Newswire Asia 2010-09-04 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100622002205/http://www.prnasia.com/pr/10/05/100451811-1.html 2010-06-22 7 June – Chai Zemin, 93, Chinese diplomat.http://www.afinance.cn/new/gncj/201006/276208.html 中国驻美首任大使柴泽民在京逝世 享年93岁-中国驻美首任大使,柴泽民August 2026 InternetArchiveBot 25 June – Wu Guanzhong, 90, Chinese painter.http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/06/26/189s579378.htm https://archive.today/20120708005903/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/06/26/189s579378.htm dead 8 July 2012 China Plus 5 July – Jia Hongsheng, 43, Chinese actor, suicide by jumping.http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/07/05/53s581095.htm https://archive.today/20120530205133/http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/07/05/53s581095.htm dead 30 May 2012 China Plus 15 July – Luo Pinchao, 98, Chinese opera singer.http://articles.philly.com/2010-07-18/news/24968474_1_art-form-guangzhou-scripts https://web.archive.org/web/20150908015238/http://articles.philly.com/2010-07-18/news/24968474_1_art-form-guangzhou-scripts dead 8 September 2015 Luo Pinchao: Oldest opera singer, 98 The Philadelphia Inquirer 18 July 2010 Associated Press 29 July – Zheng Ji, 110, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist, world's oldest professor.http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2010-07/30/c_12389597.htm 南京:世界上最长寿的教授去世 100岁后还坚持工作_教育频道_新华网 2010-09-04 2010-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100801233712/http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2010-07/30/c_12389597.htm dead 30 July – Chien Wei-zang, 96, Chinese physicist and applied mathematician.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/30/c_13422533.htm Renowned Chinese scientist Qian Weichang passes away 2010-09-04 2010-08-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100801034227/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-07/30/c_13422533.htm dead 18 October – Peng Chong, 95, Chinese politician, former Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.http://www.bestjerseys.tk/former-vice-chairman-of-npc-standing-committee-died-at-the-age-of-96-year-old-peng-chong/ Bestjerseys.tk 2010-12-01 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120727084048/http://bestjerseys.tk/former-vice-chairman-of-npc-standing-committee-died-at-the-age-of-96-year-old-peng-chong/ 2012-07-27 28 October – Liang Congjie, 78, Chinese environmentalist (Friends of Nature), lung infection.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/30/world/asia/30liang.html The New York Times Michael Wines Liang Congjie, Chinese Environmentalist, Dies at 78 29 October 2010 References 2 See also 2010 in Chinese film 2010 in Chinese football Chinese Football Association Yi League 2010 Chinese Football Association Jia League 2010 Chinese Super League 2010 2010 in Category:Years of the 21st century in China