Usually, the China Daily's top stories involve China's economy, activity of major party leaders, and recently, earthquake relief efforts. Today, however, there was one with a little different tone which caught my eye titled "Wen 10th top politician on Facebook." This sort of article which uses statistics based on Facebook popularity is common in US college newspapers and not so rare for mainstream US media, but I would have not expected one of China's premier news sources to feature such a story.
The story argues that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's popularity is based on his interaction with common Chinese citizens, especially in times of crisis. According to the article, the majority of his 20,136 supporters showed their support through Facebook after his timely appearance at the Sichuan earthquake site.
The article was based off of Tuesday's information. He currently has 29,408 supporters and is ranked number 8 among political leaders, passing up Dennis Kucinich and Arnold Schwarzenegger and about to pass up John Edwards, in case you're dying to know the updates.
I was curious where Hu Jintao ranked, but he has not yet made it onto Facebook; although, Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan's newly elected president, is listed.
This all has no real meaning, but I found it interesting. Maybe it's just another part of Westernization.
The story argues that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's popularity is based on his interaction with common Chinese citizens, especially in times of crisis. According to the article, the majority of his 20,136 supporters showed their support through Facebook after his timely appearance at the Sichuan earthquake site.
The article was based off of Tuesday's information. He currently has 29,408 supporters and is ranked number 8 among political leaders, passing up Dennis Kucinich and Arnold Schwarzenegger and about to pass up John Edwards, in case you're dying to know the updates.
I was curious where Hu Jintao ranked, but he has not yet made it onto Facebook; although, Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan's newly elected president, is listed.
This all has no real meaning, but I found it interesting. Maybe it's just another part of Westernization.
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