SCMP.com's top 10 most popular Hong Kong stories of 2013
Typhoons, whistleblowers, lunar missions and the Post's 110th anniversary: 2013 saw it all – and the SCMP was there to report it.
For Hong Kong, 2013 was the year that put universal suffrage on the table as a consultation on political reform began. For the Post's website, SCMP.com, the year saw readers visiting the site in record numbers from around the world as we covered stories on China's crackdown on internet use, and our exclusive interview with former NSA contractor and whistleblower, Edward Snowden.
Here, we look at 2013's 10 most popular Hong Kong stories based on page views.
Jackie Chan back in action, branding US more corrupt than China
The year got off to a high-kicking start when Hong Kong-born action star Jackie Chan gave an interview in which he accused America of being the most corrupt country in the world. SCMP.com readers took to their keyboards to post hundreds of comments in response. The article proved to be our most popular ever, attracting 475,321 page views. It also drew 3,700 Facebook likes and 814 tweets.
EXCLUSIVE: Whistle-blower Edward Snowden talks to South China Morning Post
Our first story announcing the Post's exclusive interview with man of the moment Edward Snowden was viewed 254,416 times, drew 950 Facebook likes and was tweeted 237 times.
Edward Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and China for years
Lana Lam's exclusive interview with whistleblower Edward Snowden, who was holed up in Hong Kong after leaking NSA documents revealing the extent to which America was snooping on its own citizens as well as those around the world, saw newspaper sales increase by 15 per cent. The series of articles published on SCMP.com brought so much traffic that the site temporarily went down. The second most popular story of the year was Snowden's revelation that the US government had been hacking Hong Kong and China for years. The article drew 230,973 page views. It also received 7,000 likes on Facebook, 1,257 tweets and 157 comments.
