Monday, June 20, 2011

Top 10 Baidu Searches in China Last Week | Penn Olson

Here’s what people were searching for on Baidu (China’s biggest search engine) last week:

“I Bribed”- An Indian website that allows people to report instances of corruption has gotten a lot of attention in China and spawned a number of copycat websites. Many of these sites are now closed but at least one remains open and has attracted nearly 3.5 million visitors since its launch.

“Naruto” 436- People are searching for episode 436 of the popular Japanese anime program Naruto. (Image source)

“The Age of Naked Marriage”- People are searching for episodes of “The Age of Naked Marriage,” a new drama on Chinese television. (“Naked marriage” refers to the post-80s generation phenomenon of getting married without a car, a house, a large savings, a fancy ceremony, or other traditional trappings of weddings.) (Image source)

“Super Lotto” prize results- People are searching for the prize numbers for the most recent round of Super Lotto, one of China’s lottery games. The prizes for this round range from over five million RMB for 13 first prize winners to only 5 RMB for the nearly 500,000 players who win the “level 8″ prize. (Image source)

“Kaew Lorm Petch” Chinese Version Collected Episodes- People are searching for the Chinese dubbed version of 2008 Thai TV series “Kaew Lorm Petch” (roughly, “The Diamond Wars”). (Image source)

“Gong 2″- People are searching for the Chinese historical drama TV soap “宫锁心玉2″, which is known as “Gong 2″ for short. If was first broadcast on TV in the winter of 2011. (Image source)

“DNF” official site- People are looking for the official website of online fighting game DNF, which is celebrating its third anniversary. (Image source)

A Mei- Taiwanese singer A Mei appeared in the news when a famous pop songwriter revealed that A Mei had once sent songs back to him for corrections multiple times. (Image source)

“Happy Camp” 6/11/2011- People are searching for the latest episode of “Happy Camp,” a popular entertainment program. (Image source)

Total lunar eclipse- People are searching for photos and video of lunar eclipses, most notably the total lunar eclipse that occurred in Qingdao on June 17. (Image source)

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