2009 was certainly one of the more interesting years in recent memory – the Swine Flu hit, the world economy collapsed (and then showed signs of life), Michael Jackson died and Obama sputtered through his first year of presidency. And over on this side the PRC celebrated its 60th anniversary, the web got a whole lot less accessible and real estate prices continued to skyrocket.

Things were subsequently pretty interesting on this blog as well. With the Olympics now a memory, Beijing continued surging forward with a host of new openings, construction, regulations, restrictions and subway lines, even as things closed down, fizzled out or burst into flames.

So as we move forward into a new year and new decade, we thought we’d jump in the list making fray with our own look back at the Top Ten posts of the year on this site, according to page views: