2009 top ten news

Top 10 moments with our 'best friends'

(CFP)
Updated: 2010-01-11 06:47

A puppy is seen playing with a woman wearing high-heel shoes on the street in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, March 24, 2009.[Photo/CFP] 

A Tibetan mastiff and its owner are seen during a Tibetan Mastiff Exhibition in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province on April 25, 2009. This red mastiff was the most expensive kind, with a list price of 30 million yuan.[Photo/CFP]

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Top 10 moments with our 'best friends'

It's well known that a dog is man's best friend. Touching stories of animal companionship happen everyday and are not limited to dogs or in China.

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Top 10 celebrity break-ups in 2009

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Top 10 Internet buzzwords of 2009

Every year has its crop of buzzwords. You would be an outsider in China if you don't know them.

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Top 10 heroes in 2009

Heroes don't have to be rich or world-famous to inspire and touch us. The seemingly ordinary people who did extraordinary things helped make 2009 a special year.

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Top 10 'building big' projects

China has indeed developed a can-do attitude when it comes to massive infrastructure projects. Here we take a look at the top ten "building big" projects completed or under construction all across China.

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Top 10 'tribes' in 2009

Chinese netizens resort to the notion of "tribes" ("zu" in Chinese) to classify emerging trends - online or offline - that characterize today's young. New words are coined to describe these "tribes", often with homonyms and puns.

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Top 10 angry moments 2009

A year is a long time and it includes moments of joy, sorrow and, yes, indignation.

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Top 10 Hottest Celebrities of 2009

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Top 10 puzzlements

Not every news story came to a neat ending with the end of 2009. Some are still unraveling as we counted down to the new year, and others may never a clear-cut solution.

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Top 10 surprises 2009

The Mayan prophecy may have foretold doomsday for 2012, but for 2009 our surprises have been much milder and more manageable.