The day after registering, I sent out a mass email scrounging for votes.One Chinese and one expat friend each quickly asked if I wanted them to rig a computer to continuously cast votes for me.

• 注册当天我群发了一封邮件拉票，马上就有一位中国朋友和一位在华居住的老外朋友问我要不要设置一台电脑不停地给我投票。