South African Judge Navi Pillay Wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
South African judge Navi Pillay, 85, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, with the Nobel Committee praising her work as a judge.
South African judge Navi Pillay, 85, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, with the Nobel Committee praising her work as a judge.
After Navi Pillay received the award, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions against the International Criminal Court and criticized the institution for having become politicized.
The Cold War Museum at Mount Weather, Virginia, exhibited a plaster enlargement of Mao Zedong's left ear, donated by former intelligence officer Dino Brugioni, which was once used by the CIA to identify Mao Zedong's body doubles.
Taiwan held National Day celebrations on October 10, with army helicopters carrying a giant national flag flying over the Presidential Office, and President Lai Ching-te set to deliver a National Day address.
Zhou Xianwang, former mayor of Wuhan, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime of bribery in a first-instance trial in Shangqiu, Henan, sparking speculation outside China about his involvement in the early situation of the 2020 epidemic.
CCP official Li Zhong publicly stated on October 10 that those who still have not participated in social insurance and labor insurance will all be found through methods such as big data monitoring and forced to make contributions.
Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that as of the end of September, China's social security enrollment ranks first in the world, and next step is to use various data to find those who have not yet enrolled and mobilize them to enroll.
The Intermediate People's Court of Shangqiu City, Henan Province, sentenced Zhou Xianwang of Hubei to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes, finding that the total amount of bribes accepted amounted to more than 60.5 million yuan.
74-year-old Huang Qifan attended a real estate launch event in Zhongshan, Guangdong, and delivered a speech on high-quality development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, after which his itinerary was cut short.
Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), spoke at a State Council Information Office press conference, calling on more flexible workers and workers in new forms of employment to participate in the employee pension insurance program.
Cloud's parent company, Australian Big, submitted the second amendment to its prospectus to the US SEC on October 10, officially kicking off its roadshow and planning to raise a massive amount of capital.
Peng Jinhui and Hang Yuanxiang attended the 5th Symposium on the Theory and Practice of Inspection.
The [Niuma.ICU] team compiled a shame list of China's auto industry based on netizen submissions, with BYD ranking first with 54 complaints, accused of "one life for 200,000 yuan" and "two days off per month at most"; overtime work and pressure-based assessments accounted for more than half of the industry's problems.
On October 10, Gelonghui published an article estimating from population birth data that from 2026 to 2050 a cumulative total of about 570 million people in China will turn 60, with an average of about 63,000 people entering retirement age each day, and pressure on pension payouts continuing to grow.
On October 10, a netizen in Changchun, Jilin posted a video claiming that local medical care requires giving doctors red envelopes for everything from giving birth to surgery, and that those who don't will receive special treatment, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
On October 10, four departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a draft for public comment, proposing to ban cars from being equipped with fully flush door handles, prohibiting the use of zero-gravity seats, rotating seats, or seats folded flat into a bed while driving, and requiring models already announced to submit supplementary verification materials before July 1, 2027; those with safety hazards past the deadline must halt production and issue recalls, while new models must undergo environmental adaptability verification of no less than 1 year and reliability verification of no less than 30,000 kilometers. The document is still under public comment.
On October 10, a traveler flying from Shanghai Pudong to Fukuoka with a child was told by border inspection staff that Japan was a “red alert area” and was advised to give up the trip; after the traveler said they were determined to go, the staff stamped the passport and let them through. Another traveler said that even using the self-service channel for Japan requires manual verification and a reading of the risk warning, while no such dissuasion applies when traveling to the United States. In fact, China’s Consular Service website lists most of Japan as a low-risk area.
At a State Council Information Office press conference on October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, announced that as of the end of September, the number of participants in basic pension, unemployment, and work injury insurance had reached 1.079 billion, 251 million, and 327 million respectively, and said that through policy optimization and other means such as “using data to find people,” those not yet enrolled would be found and mobilized to enroll, with a focus on supporting flexible workers and migrant workers in participating in employee pension insurance.
On October 10, the Shangqiu City Intermediate People's Court in Henan Province publicly pronounced its first-instance verdict in the bribery case of Zhou Xianwang, former vice chairman of the CPPCC Hubei Provincial Committee, sentencing him to 14 years in prison for accepting bribes, along with a fine of 5 million yuan, with his illegal gains to be turned over to the state treasury. Zhou Xianwang once served as mayor of Wuhan and was heavily criticized in the early stage of the epidemic for concealing the outbreak and punishing whistleblowing doctors.
According to a Nikkei Asia report on October 10, as of the end of September Kweichow Moutai's market cap stood at 1.57 trillion yuan, with its share price down 43% from its peak. The report attributed this to the economic slowdown, falling housing prices making the wealthy cautious about investing, and the tightening of anti-corruption enforcement and regulation of extravagance and waste in May 2025 hitting demand.
According to a report by The Paper, candidates taking the IELTS exam in multiple regions of China on October 10 were suddenly halted mid-test. Customer service at the British Council said it had received a short-notice instruction that IELTS test sites nationwide would cancel exams on October 10 and 11 due to technical reasons. Starting from October 11, candidates have been receiving refunds of their exam fees one after another. Lawyers say the organizers may have constituted a breach of contract.
On October 10, the School of Intelligence at the Hangzhou Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) issued a statement warning that using foreign SIM cards for roaming or accessing restricted websites via VPN constitutes illegal internet connectivity that bypasses regulation.
North Korea held a performance in a Pyongyang gymnasium on October 10 to mark the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party. Kim Jong Un attended with his wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter Kim Ju Ae, while surrounding officials and spectators stood and applauded.
On October 10, 2026, a long statement by former US President Trump circulated on Chinese social media platforms. In the statement, Trump expressed strong dissatisfaction with the newly announced female Nobel Peace Prize laureate, claiming that he deserved the award for having ended eight wars, and criticized the laureate as someone known only for hating Israel, questioning her eligibility for the prize. The statement drew attention and was shared by some Chinese netizens.
On October 10, Li Zhong, Vice Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, said that some people are still not covered by insurance and that they must be found through various means and urged to enroll, sparking heated discussion online.
In the early hours of October 10, a fire broke out in a three-story residential house in Xintang Town, Guangzhou, caused by the homeowner parking and charging an electric bicycle indoors. The fire destroyed two electric vehicles and one gasoline car, but fortunately no one was injured.
An investigation by Red Star News on October 10 found that at the FAST (China Sky Eye) in Guizhou, ordinary visitors must check their phones and take a shuttle bus to tour the facility, while visitors who purchase the in-depth science popularization experience program are allowed to register to drive into the core zone themselves. Mr. Fu said that after paying 2,688 yuan to stay at the Hotel Beyond Light Years, he brought electronic devices inside to take photographs; the hotel's operator belongs to a wholly state-owned enterprise system under the National Astronomical Observatories.
US Congressman Michael Moolenaar posted on X to congratulate the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the 115th anniversary of its National Day. The tweet received widespread attention, garnering 431 likes and 92 retweets.
According to @ChinaSelect, the U.S. government is investigating nine universities on suspicion of J-1 visa fraud. Previously, a special committee of the U.S. House of Representatives released an investigative report titled "From Ph.D. to PLA," pointing out serious loopholes in U.S. academic institutions that could be exploited by the Chinese Communist Party to obtain sensitive research results. This investigation is seen as a further follow-up and response to the aforementioned security loopholes.
On October 10 local time, Musk said in a video interview at the X Takeover event that even if China cuts off supply, Tesla must be able to manufacture the Optimus robot in the United States, and all components must have U.S.-manufacturing capability. He revealed that China's export restrictions on motor magnets in 2025 had delayed the project by two to three months.
On October 10, the Silk Road College of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and Technical University released a meeting announcement stating that dorm heads serve as fourth-tier grid leaders, known as "frontline sentinels," and must keep an eye on roommates' ideological trends, track and record them, and report at the earliest opportunity.
A fresh graduate in Qingdao encountered the “recruitment-to-training” trap of Qingdao Maya Network Technology and Qingdao Zechen Innovation Technology while job hunting; after being persuaded to take out a training installment loan of nearly 30,000 yuan, the other party disappeared.
Employees of the 12345 government service hotline in Bazhong, Sichuan, have had their wages withheld. Netizens reported that their July and August salaries have been long overdue, with monthly pay of only just over 2,000 yuan, drawing attention.
During the National Day holiday, some schools in Shandong assigned physical education check-in tasks through apps such as "Tiantian Tiaosheng" (Jump Rope Every Day). Videos of students jumping rope at scenic spots in various places and uploading the footage flooded the internet, and similar situations occurred in Zhejiang as well. The Shandong Provincial Department of Education responded that the check-ins are not a unified mandatory task of the provincial department, but are implemented independently by each school.
Yahoo Kimo launched an online poll for the Taipei mayoral election on the 14th. As of 9:20 p.m. that evening, about 14,000 people had participated, with 54.7% favoring Chiang Wan-an's re-election and 23.2% favoring Puma Shen.
On October 10, the Double Tenth Day, Chinese netizens commemorated Sun Yat-sen in various ways, displaying his views such as "the world belongs to all" and "the country is not the domain of one person," expressing their respect and their longing for democracy and freedom.
Recently, a netizen-made parody video titled “The Wise One” has gone viral, using the melody of “Lonely Warrior” to satirize Huawei’s broken-axle controversy, account bans and gagging, the deployment of legal staff, and celebrity marketing tactics.
On October 10, a hospital in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia banned electric vehicles from entering its grounds. Delivery vehicles parked on the roadside risked being towed by traffic police, so a large number of delivery riders gathered on bikes at the hospital entrance and surrounding roads to defend their rights. Police and traffic officers arrived at the scene.
On October 10, a person claiming to be a senior mathematics student at a 985 university posted asking for help, saying that his college entrance exam preferences had been secretly altered by his parents, causing him to fail and repeat a year; 9 cameras had been installed at home to monitor him; he was diagnosed with severe depression; he received two academic warnings for failing courses and now faces the risk of being expelled, sparking heated discussion among netizens.
On October 10, the National Day of the Republic of China, Chinese official media reported that a small number of elderly people took to the streets in Taipei shouting for unification, prompting netizens to question the tiny turnout and the fact that it is always the same few people every time.
On October 10, 2026, a netizen submitted a report claiming that a student at Huabing Middle School in Urumqi was given a major demerit by the school for eating instant noodles, drawing attention.
On October 10, a Bilibili blogger said that a recording of a Snapdragon 8ee6 crash that he uploaded was taken down and locked after a complaint by Qualcomm Wireless Communication Technology (China) Co., Ltd., which determined that the video did not constitute an objective and authentic sharing of product experience; sarcastic comments appeared in the comment section.
On October 10, a blogger posted a video saying that the county system found he had not paid social insurance and handed the list to the community, which then called to persuade him to join the urban-rural resident pension insurance; at first he thought it was a scam.
On October 10, netizens discovered that a fur collar product page on the Taobao women's clothing store CHICYOU was labeled as using the fur from the back of a tabby cat. That evening, the store apologized, claiming that the materials supplied by the factory did not match and that the product had not yet officially gone on sale, but it avoided any mention of subsequent listing and delisting records.
On October 10, BLG Valorant player Nephh (nickname "Naifu"), a Singaporean national, was streaming when another player's ID "XiJinGuiDePingTou" appeared on the game screen, and the stream was immediately banned.
On October 10, a user posted a screen recording of the game Minecraft on Douyin, questioning why NetEase's chat system flags the number “64” as a violation when other players can send it normally.
On October 10, Lai Ching-te stated in a speech that measuring national progress should not rely solely on output value and exports, but also on whether labor conditions have improved, family burdens, and the future of young people.
On October 10, netizens revealed that when makeup artist Simeng's team recruited assistants, it required applicants to first pay a 10,000 yuan deposit, which would only be refunded after two full years of full-time work.
After completing probation in March 2026, David Xu applied to have his felony conviction vacated. The victim opposed the application and released surveillance footage he had filmed himself in 2019, which shows Xu pouring liquid into a water bottle and then putting it back in place. The victim demanded nearly $500,000 in compensation, but the court awarded only $7,058.
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an, in an exclusive interview with Tang Hsiang-lung, attributed the narrowing poll gap to a closely fought race, said Puma Shen's rebound in support was the result of the DPP mobilizing its loyal base, and responded to the controversy over his background by saying there is nothing wrong with bearing the surname Chiang.