tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33360944459087635102024-08-29T19:58:30.895-07:00Not the regular, serious news from China. Here you will find what the Chinese people are really interested in. Research and discuss the hottest internet search keywords in China on a daily basis.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-2489247731263309222008-05-15T02:32:00.001-07:002008-05-15T02:32:12.607-07:00

It's got lycopene. 它有茄紅素。 So? 那又怎樣？ It's a powerful antioxidant. 那是很有效的抗氧化物耶。 What does that do? 有什麼用？ I don't know..it's against oxidant. 我不曉得...它就抗氧化嘛. Maybe I'll try some. 那我也來試試. No! 不要! Heinz Ketchup. Go get your own. Heinz蕃茄醬. 去自己買一瓶啦. v=8jT_0VM1cDc&feature=related

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From award winning Hong Kong directors Alan Mak and Andrew Lau. 出自於得過獎的香港導演麥兆輝與劉偉強. The final chapter in one of Asia's most important film trilogies. 亞洲最重要的電影三部曲之一的最後章節. And the inspiration behind Martin Scorseses' "The Departed". 以及馬丁斯科西斯的"無間道風雲"的靈感來源. Tony Leung and Andy Lau. 梁朝偉和劉德華. Infernal Affairs 3, now screening only on the World Movies Channel. 無間道3, 現在上映, 只在

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This is the 6th most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,436,025 in one day. http://chineselady2007.spaces.live.com/ A Shenzhen girl who is currently working in Beijing wrote about how she was sexually harassed by a foreigner in her Sina and Spaces blogs, and the whole thing got so big that this Australian "laowai" has left China now. According to her blogs, this is how it goes: she met this

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This is the second most searched keyword Yahoo China today, 2,450,337 searches in one day. CEO Shi Yuzhu knocks the bell at NYSE (http://tech.163.com/special/000915RB/ipoga.html) Giant Interactive (NYSE: GA) is yet another huge IPO. The offering was priced at $15.50 and raised $886.6 million. This IPO immediately made CEO Shi Yuzhu a rich man with 41 billion RMB in net worth. His daughter gets

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This is the 3rd most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,419,282 searches in one day.   A mysterious 22-year-old rich girl bought an ad space in Guangzhou Daily on Oct. 31. The ad was framed in red and attracted huge attention immediately. This is what the ad says: Female, 22-year-old, gentle and quiet, understanding and sweet, 150cm tall, born in Guangzhou and lives in a high-class

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-83731283267744799832007-10-31T08:33:00.001-07:002007-10-31T08:33:13.134-07:00

This is the No. 5 most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,374,530 searches in one day. (http://www.hinews.cn/news/system/2007/10/31/010162923.shtml) Recently some "OLs" (office ladies) in Beijing have got themselves into a habit of eating worms. Worms are a legitimate dish in many of the less mainstream cuisines such as Yunnan food. Dishes such as deep fried locus and sweet and sour

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-10530935064837360442007-10-30T07:02:00.001-07:002007-10-30T07:02:17.940-07:00

This is the 10th most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,321,390 searches in one day. Recently a survey that polled graduates of 89 colleges in China to rank their starting salaries after graduation. This survey result initiated waves of heated discussion (especially among the students) on the internet. The salary is in RMB per month. Here are the top 10: No.1 大连外国语学院  5050 RMB (Dalian

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-48260637548527481482007-10-29T06:54:00.001-07:002007-10-29T06:56:05.540-07:00

This is the hottest search keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,319,791 searches in one day. In essence, this is another real-or-fake news that frequently happens in China. (see Beijing's Fake Pork Buns). This time the culprit is a tiger in the photo below. Can you tell whether it's real or not? (http://club.china.alibaba.com/forum/thread/view/29_23337945_.html) Zhou Zhenglong, a farmer and former

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-86896816197868682102007-10-25T23:46:00.001-07:002007-10-25T23:46:53.588-07:00

This is the 5th hottest search keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,251,573 searches in one day. "Nail House" (钉子户) is a relatively new term in China. It refers to a standalone house in the middle of a demolition ground due to disagreement with compensation terms. The house sticks out like a nail. People started to realize that you don't have to move if you are not happy with the compensation after

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-37110052844698191392007-10-25T07:39:00.001-07:002007-10-25T07:39:28.407-07:00

This is definitely the hottest news in China right now. I have seen the footage a million times on various TV channels by now. (http://ww.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoEGIDZ0M-0) Chang'e-1, China's first lunar satellite, was launched at 18:05, Octorber 24th, 2007, in Xichang, Sichuan. A computer-generated image of the lunar orbiter (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-09/26/content_6797186.htm)

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This is the second hottest search keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,198,833 searches in one day. In essence, this is YET another get-rich-quick scheme. The people who are eager to get married are young girls in their early 20s. Reason: solid financial support. As many female students approach graduation and are starting to look for a job, they realize that even crappy and low-paid jobs are hard to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-90953792242858326212007-10-23T01:25:00.001-07:002007-10-23T01:25:06.864-07:00

This name is definitely the hottest search keyword in China right now, followed closely by another name, Xi Jinping (习近平). They top several categories on Baidu.com today. "China's future leaders" by Reuters (http://www.youtube.com/watch/v=trwta0Yubjc) These two guys are said to be the future leaders of China's Communist Party. Both being relatively young (Xi at 54 and Li at 52), these two

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This is the 10th hottest keyword on Yahoo China today, 2,141,050 searches in one day. A website recently launched an online voting to determine the hardest, most difficult, least known Chinese characters ever. Here is the current leader:    meaning: exorcism Even professors at the Chinese University in Hong Kong could understand only one of the 21 characters running for this title, they

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-22766246073491649672007-10-19T00:51:00.001-07:002007-10-19T00:51:01.512-07:00

One of the hottest news talked about online in the past few days in Hong Kong and Taiwan was that YouTube has just launched it's localized sites for Taiwan and Hong Kong. http://tw.youtube.com/ http://hk.youtube.com/ I checked them out. It's pretty much just a translated version of the original interface, but I guess it's less intimidating for people who don't read English that well to use it.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-4751218971468390162007-10-18T01:29:00.001-07:002007-10-18T01:29:17.594-07:00

大闸蟹 (Dazha crab), or more widely known as Shanghai Hairy Crab, is in season right now. This typical Shanghai delicacy is particularly sought after for its rich and creamy roe, in fact, I never eat its meat, the meat is scarce and just too ordinary compared to its roe. Hairy crabs ready for serving: so yummy and yet so bad for your health....... (www.17u.com/destination/s_detail_5995.html)

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-20570244696899333482007-10-16T06:33:00.001-07:002007-10-16T06:33:40.888-07:00

This is one of the most viewed news on eastday.com. It is in fact referring to the "Shanghai Island" of the cluster of man-made islands in Dubai, known as The World (archipelago), being sold to a Chinese business man from Shanghai. (http://xwcb.eastday.com/c/20071016/u1a363816.html) On October 9th, Bin Hu, director and owner of Zhongzhou International Holdings Group, signed a deal with

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-68672219468798486472007-10-14T22:55:00.001-07:002007-10-14T22:55:41.605-07:00

This is the No. 5 hottest news on Yahoo China today, 1,947,757 searches in a day. Seriously, if you don't know what it means, don't wear it. I have seen it a million times now, but now it finally makes headline in China, maybe it'll stop people from doing it. (http://news.xmnext.com/domestic/shehui/2007/10/12/923938.html) One Chinese woman went on a tour with her family to Europe in mid August

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I know David Beckham is really popular in China. And yes, I know he has many million-dollar endorsement contracts, but seriously, I cannot imagine Beckham endorsing a sexual performance enhancement drug in China like in the picture below:   For those of you who don't read Chinese but would like to know what the poster says, here it is: " Beckham using his 11th body part to endorse ....(cut

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-36345921319671531432007-10-11T00:19:00.001-07:002007-10-11T00:19:22.898-07:00

"40 shops in 10 square meters" is the second hottest search keyword on Yahoo China today, 1,917,822 searches in one day. A Du, a young man in Xian has been nicknamed by his friends "the smallest real estate agent in China". A Du and his shop (http://news.qq.com/a/20071010/001403.htm) What A Du really has is a consignment shop. Generally known as "Cubicle Shop", or "gezaipu" (格仔铺), it is a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-54520505715079156082007-10-09T23:42:00.001-07:002007-10-09T23:42:18.662-07:00

The name "Yang Huiyan" tops the People's category on Baidu today, beating the runner-up "Mao Zedong" by a huge margin. Yang Huiyan's wedding photo (www.chinadaily.com.cn/.../09/content_6160144.htm) Yang Huiyan is a 26-year-old girl who has just become China's richest woman according to Forbes. Unlike the other top people, she did not work her way up from the grass root level. She simply has a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-4033095422883986712007-10-09T06:23:00.001-07:002007-10-09T06:23:49.065-07:00

This is the 8th most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 1,862,184 searches in one day. (http://news.netandtv.com/music/huandeng/2007-10/9/10_1_47_115.html) Li Yuchun (pictured above) was the winner of the huge reality TV success, Super Girl, two years ago. She (yes, she) has since become one of the most loved pop idols of modern day China. Following the success with the program, Hunan TV

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-72802308508452249672007-10-08T06:34:00.001-07:002007-10-08T06:34:57.336-07:00

Ang Lee's newest movie, Lust, Caution, is currently the talk of the town all over the place. Once again it has made into the Top 10 keywords for today and I have already talked about it twice, there is really no more explanation needed. (Se Jie, Ang Lee Wins Again) However, not everyone is pleased with Ang Lee. Traditional Family Coalition, a Chinese Christian organization that is based in

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This is the No. 2 most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 1,784,303 searches in one day. (http://hm.people.com.cn/GB/83174/6335978.html) Sir Stanley Ho (guy in the middle), is 85 years old and is the richest man in Macau, No. 104 on the Forbes list in 2007 and sits on a net worth of 7 billion USD. He is called the "King of Gambling" because he made most of his fortune running the

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-58915513746016929712007-09-29T22:21:00.001-07:002007-09-29T22:21:46.098-07:00

This is the No.1 most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 1,755,931 searches in one day. (http://www.china.com.cn/news/txt/2007-09/29/content_8980466.htm) The newly renovated Zhengzhou-Luoyang Highway in Henan Province debuts on 29th September. What's so special about it is that parts of the highway have been coated with a colorful layer of high tech materials as seen in the photos above.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3336094445908763510.post-16457373496560980842007-09-29T01:46:00.001-07:002007-09-29T01:46:18.351-07:00

This is the No. 1 most searched keyword on Yahoo China today, 1,729,768 searches in one day. The American President's grammatical mistakes are being laughed at even in China these days. Bad words travel fast. (news.bn.gs/article.php?story=20070926153426893) During the filming of a promotional video for his "No Child Left Behind Act" at a school in New York a couple of days ago, Bush gave new

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