'Tweet' should be character of the year

Once again, it is time to select a Chinese character that summarizes most of the happenings in the pop culture throughout the year.

The National Language Resources Monitoring and Research Center and the Commercial Press, which selected "inflation" and "harmonious" for two previous selections, have yet to release the candidates this year. However, bloggers have made their own choices.

On top of the list is "bei", the character for the passive voice in Chinese.