How to find important news

Via Hot Retweets, here’s a Google search that returns the hottest topics no one is supposed to be talking about:

The search is for the string “Comments have been closed” on the Netease news portal, and the results returned are all controversial issues that are the subject of heated discussion in other venues.

The news stories in the above screen shot are:

• Sichuan calculates 5,335 students dead or missing from the Wenchuan Earthquake (front-page story)
• Corruption Prevention Bureau: Some officials are unclear about the problem of taking overseas holidays using public funds
• Foreign Ministry responds to US president’s China-related remarks concerning “World Press Freedom Day”
• Deng Yujiao’s mother suddenly dismisses her lawyer (story)