RecordingBeijing.com » china http://www.recordingbeijing.com Capturing Life in Beijing Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:09:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Beijing, the Happiest City in China? http://www.recordingbeijing.com/beijing-the-happiest-city-in-china/ http://www.recordingbeijing.com/beijing-the-happiest-city-in-china/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:13:57 +0000 huibo http://www.recordingbeijing.com/?p=939 1246922740462_40266On July 18th, Beijing was awarded the happiest city in China after a 2-week testing campaign across 6 major cities.

Two LED boards with “happy” and “sad” smileys were fixed on 10 bus stations in Beijing. Over 460 thousand Beijingers voted “happy” among the 820 thousand participants, a 56.06% ratio. Dengshi Xikou Station is the happiest spot among the 10 because of its closeness to Dongdan shopping malls and tourist attractions. Children’s Hospital Station is the saddest spot for obvious reasons.

Shanghai is awarded the second happiest city, the rest are Kunming, Xi’an, Guangzhou, and Chengdu.

“It is not a scientific and detailed statistic evaluation, but the result reflects certain facts”, according to “experts”.

Are you currently living in Beijing? Or have you been to Beijing? If yes, please share your experience by posting comments.

Be happy! :)

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