The comments section on Youku videos are a terrific place to get a glimpse into the psyche of China’s netizens — what they’re thinking about, what their values are, and what really pisses them off. Check out this list of Youku’s Top 10 Controversies for 2009. Some very amusing stuff here!
Isn’t There a Two-Bottle Limit?: [...]
We’re beginning a new weekly feature here where we’ll briefly describe the five most-viewed videos on Youku of the week, each Friday. We hope this provides some insight into what Chinese Internet video viewers are watching, and what they think of it!
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Kelly Cha (Zhazha) interviews [...]
Chinese netizens are variously shocked, outraged, or just amused by a birthday party thrown on November 28 for a 10-year-old girl in Nanjing. The parents of Little Aiai–her full name hasn’t been revealed–evidently threw this “rich second generation” (fuerdai, 富二代) princess one hell of a birthday bash, where her 37 classmates–the personal friends she invited [...]
A “Mr. Wu” of Lishui in Zhenjiang province hit the brakes when the light turned red at the intersection he was approaching. Next thing he knew, he says, some shadowy form fell onto the windshield of his car. Then he noticed that it was a person. A traffic camera captured what happened. Don’t worry, nothing [...]
We’ve introduced Chinese Students’ “Recess Exercises” before. Here’s the latest invention in this field.
In China, there’s an existing “national standard” for students’ recess exercises. However, some schools opt do develop their own standards. This video features the local version from Ningxiang No.4 High School in South China’s Hunan province. We’re pretty sure that these doubtlessly [...]
I just couldn’t believe my eyes. At Youku’s Got Talent Night (优酷牛人盛典), a Youku user solved a Rubik’s Cube on the stage with his eyes under the table. From 2:25 to 3:25 of the video, he finished it in only one minute after memorizing each of the six faces.
The editor from our tech channel [...]
Peng Cong, an ordinary Telecoms Bureau officer from Chongqing, has invested 150,000 RMB in the past 6 years for his extraordinary project - to make an airoplane! The most unbelievable part is, his monthly salary is only 2,000 RMB.
The airoplane you can see in the video is 5.5m long and 10m wide. The highest speed [...]
I still remember the collective singing contests called “Every Class Sings” (班班有歌声) in my high school days. Google “班班有歌声” and you will find almost every Chinese high school organizes this kind of events, where students stand on the stage like zombies singing ancient patriotic songs, over and over, year after year. Here’s a hilarious example [...]
This started making the rounds on the social networks like Kaixin001, where my wife first saw it and showed it to me just yesterday. Easily one of the most creative and side-splittingly funny videos I’ve seen. Hats off to the creative team behind this. If someone knows who they are, please let me know! Personally [...]
This is absolutely today’s hottest video on the Chinese Internet.
In the video, we see a chubby high school girl engaged in online audio chat on her laptop, with a erect textbook as her cover. Presumably all this is being shot by a classmate with a phone camera. After she sneaks out of the classroom, her [...]
