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C. Custer · · 4 min read

Top 10 Baidu Searches in China Last Week

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

  1. “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.

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

Naruto

  1. “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)

The Age of Naked Marriage

  1. “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)

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C. Custer

Former editor and motion graphics artist for Tech in Asia. Currently content marketer at Dataquest.io