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Chinese Music Top Ten: The Olympics, The Earthquake and Jay

Netease has released a "Top Ten Musical Singles" list, compiled from the data generated from its 200 million or so Chinese users. So what have the Chinese been listening to a lot this year? Unsurprisingly, Beijing Olympics songs, Sichuan Earthquake songs and... Jay Chou. In fact, he was so popular that his album, Capricorn, mysteriously took 7th place on a list of "singles."

What better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than to read "U.S. President-elect Barack Obama’s election day victory speech translated into '半白化文,' a version of written Chinese considered somewhere between the classical and modern-day scripts, maybe closer to the former"? OK, there are likely much better ways to celebrate Turkey Day. But aren't you curious? Click here. [56minus1.com]

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