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.[6][7]
China's top search engine
Baidu is allegedly attacked by
Iranian hackers, sparking a retaliatory attack by Chinese hackers on Iranian sites.[8]
Chinese authorities
increases controls on the internet, requiring anyone who wishes to set up a website to produce identification and meet regulators.[18]
March 11 – Hong Kong 's
TVB GM
Stephen Chan and four others are
arrested on charges of corruption.[21] TVB suspends Chan and two TVB staff were suspended from their duties.[22]
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.[24][25]
June 15 – 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.[58][59]
June 19 –
2010 South China floods: Flooding in South China kills at least 88 people, and forces nearly 750,000 people to leave their homes.[60]
August 6 – 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.[83][84]
August 7 – At least 16 miners are killed during a fire at a gold mine in
Zhaoyuan,
Shandong, in
China. 23 others are still trapped inside.[85]
October 9 - Chinese basketball team withdrew from 2010 Asian university basketball championship due to
ROC flag used instead of
Chinese Taipei flag.[95][96]
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.[6][7]
China's top search engine
Baidu is allegedly attacked by
Iranian hackers, sparking a retaliatory attack by Chinese hackers on Iranian sites.[8]
Chinese authorities
increases controls on the internet, requiring anyone who wishes to set up a website to produce identification and meet regulators.[18]
March 11 – Hong Kong 's
TVB GM
Stephen Chan and four others are
arrested on charges of corruption.[21] TVB suspends Chan and two TVB staff were suspended from their duties.[22]
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.[24][25]
June 15 – 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.[58][59]
June 19 –
2010 South China floods: Flooding in South China kills at least 88 people, and forces nearly 750,000 people to leave their homes.[60]
August 6 – 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.[83][84]
August 7 – At least 16 miners are killed during a fire at a gold mine in
Zhaoyuan,
Shandong, in
China. 23 others are still trapped inside.[85]
October 9 - Chinese basketball team withdrew from 2010 Asian university basketball championship due to
ROC flag used instead of
Chinese Taipei flag.[95][96]