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[photopress:It_crochet_1.jpg,full,alignright]What are the top ten ‘What is’ questions searched by Chinese Internet users — according to Baidu?

1. What is a mutual fund? 2. What are warrants? . What are stock-index futures?4. What are stocks? 5. What is e-commerce? 6. What is love? 7. What is 3G? (Third generation wireless technology) 8. What is corporate culture? 9. What is ‘scientific view of development?’10. What is OEM? (Original Equipment Manufacture)

The Google top ten “What is” questions by English users around the world:

1. What is love? 2. What is autism? 3. What is RSS? 4. What is lupus? 5. What is SAP? 6. What is Bluetooth? 7. What is Emo? (For those of us who do not keep up with modern trends it is a style of rock music) 8. What is Java? 9. What is HPV (human papillomavirus)? 10. What is gout?

Now the top ten ‘How to’ questions searched by Chinese Internet users — according to Baidu:

1. How to reduce weight? 2. How to speculate in stocks? 3. How to open up the registration form? 4. How to lighten your skin [a beauty treatment popular in China]? 5. How to apply make up? 6. How to buy mutual funds? 7. How to make money? 8. How to start a business? 9. How to kiss? 10. How to manage wealth?

Compare it to Google’s top ten:

1. How to kiss? 2. How to draw? 3. How to knit? 4. How to hack? 5. How to dance? 6. How to crochet? 7. How to meditate? 8. How to flirt? 9. How to levitate? 10. How to skateboard?

Source: China Digital Times

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