Chinese netizen vote on ten hotest search term in 2008 at the end of the year.
No.1 Wenchuan earthquake
On May 12, 2008, an earthquake happened in Si Chuan province. For the first time, national flag was lowered to half mast and we held a national day of mourning.
Official figures state that 69,227 are confirmed dead.The earthquake left about 4.8 million people homeless,though the number could be as high as 11 million.
On the morning of May 13, there were 2,710,000 searches for “earthquake,” 4,950,000 for “Wenchuan” and 3,820,000 for “Sichuan earthquake.”
No.2 Beijing Olympics
footprint of 2008 Olympics(photo by Yao)
At 8:08pm on the 8th of August the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics started.
A series of giant footprints outlined in fireworks processed gloriously from Tiananmen Square.It took one minute for the footsteps created by the fireworks to traverse Beijing. But Chinese waited for many years just for this moment.
No.3 Sexy photo gate
Photos about a male celebrity having sex with a lot of female celebrities have been exposed on the internet.
People could not help but snigger secretly,but what more important what our journalists should do, when the public interest conflicted with celebrities privacy.
No.4 Sanlu milk powder
Sanlu, China’s biggest milk powder manufacturer, sold contaminated milk which caused thousands of baby sick.
This raised the alarm, which hopefully made 2008 the year of food safety in China.
No.5 Global downturn.
In the economic crisis, China became the focus of the whole world. Other countries also count on China to rescue the world.
But China suffered more deeply from the crisis than the US or Europe. Because the leading economic growth supported by export has declined sharply.
