{"id":125974,"date":"2011-08-31T12:39:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T19:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=123676"},"modified":"2011-08-31T12:39:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T19:39:05","slug":"poll-what-is-chinas-most-notorious-phenomenon-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2011\/08\/poll-what-is-chinas-most-notorious-phenomenon-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: What is China's Most Notorious Phenomenon?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\ufeffThis is a sarcastic poll\u00a0created by a Chinese netizen on one of the China\u2019s largest social networking sites\u2014Renren.com, which asks participants to vote for China\u2019s most notorious phenomenon. The screenshot was taken 2 days after the poll started, and there were 11,196\u00a0participants by then. (Translated by Sandra for CDT):<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s got the porn [industry], Cambodia\u2019s got the Khmer Rouge, but what does the Celestial Empire <\/a>have? Choose three of what you think are the most symbolic terms to represent China from the following:<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Urban Management<\/a> Cops \u00a0*7363 (24%)*
\n2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ditch Oil<\/a> *1028 (3%)*
\n3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tofu-dreg project <\/a> *886 (2%)*
\n4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Income being in line with (African) standards \u00a0*704 (2%)*
\n5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Housing prices <\/a>being in line with (celestial) standards \u00a0*3229 (10%)*
\n6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Three bottles of oil (China National Petroleum Corporation, China Petrochemical Corporation, and China National Offshore Oil Corporation) \u00a0*424 (1%)*
\n7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Celestial Empire Red Cross<\/a> *357 (1%)*
\n8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fifty cents<\/a> *309 (1%)*
\n9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Stumbled women [a new term lately suggested by the Ministry of Public Security to be used in place of \u201cprostitutes.\u201d] *178 (<1%)*
\n10.\u00a0\u00a0 National People\u2019s Congress Representatives \u00a0*1181 (3%)*
\n11.\u00a0\u00a0 The Emperor Taizu [refers as Mao Zedong] \u00a0*409 (1%)*
\n12.\u00a0\u00a0 Brickspert<\/a> *733 (2%)*
\n13.\u00a0\u00a0 The shouting beasts<\/a> [refers to professors] \u00a0*345 (1%)*
\n14.\u00a0\u00a0 Relevant department<\/a> *6387 (21%)*
\n15.\u00a0\u00a0 The masses who don\u2019t understand the actual situation<\/a> *1528 (5%)*
\n16.\u00a0\u00a0 Peasant migrant workers<\/a> *235 (<1%)*
\n17.\u00a0\u00a0 Standing train tickets during the Spring Festival travel season \u00a0*485 (1%)*
\n18.\u00a0\u00a0 Forced demolition<\/a> for administrative purposes <\/a> *341 (1%)*
\n19.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t use law as your shield<\/a>.\u201d \u00a0*250 (<1%)*
\n20.\u00a0\u00a0 Sensitive words<\/a> *4010 (21%)*<\/p>\n