{"id":5688,"date":"2022-04-29T11:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T03:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/?p=5688"},"modified":"2026-05-03T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:56:28","slug":"top-10-read-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/04\/29\/top-10-read-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"The First Anniversary Review: Top 10 read articles in Andy Lin&#8217;s blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today is the first anniversary of my blog. After writing for a year, I have received many unexpected gains and the support of many friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/04\/29\/top-10-read-articles\/#Top_10_Chinese_read_articles\" >Top 10 Chinese read articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/04\/29\/top-10-read-articles\/#Why_I_compile_this_list\" >Why I compile this list?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/04\/29\/top-10-read-articles\/#The_difference_between_English_and_Chinese_readers\" >The difference between English and Chinese readers?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/04\/29\/top-10-read-articles\/#Related_article\" >Related article<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Top_10_English_read_articles\"><\/span><strong>Top 10 English read articles<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the ranking of the top ten read articles on my English blog in the past year.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Ranking<\/td><td>Post title<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/12\/28\/comparison-of-tsmc-intel-and-samsungs-new-process-roadmaps-for-future-chips\/\">Comparison of SMIC, Rapidus, TSMC, Intel, and Samsung\u2019s new process roadmaps for future chips<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/10\/25\/tencent-vs-alibaba\/\">Tencent vs. Alibaba<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/01\/15\/asml-who-really-caught-tsmcs-neck\/\">ASML, who really caught TSMC\u2019s neck<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/10\/14\/no-fear-to-miss-out-a-good-company\/\">No fear of miss out a good company<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/08\/28\/the-biggest-risk-to-hold-chinese-stocks-taking-alibaba-and-tencent-as-examples\/\">The biggest risk to hold Chinese stocks, taking Alibaba and Tencent as examples<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/01\/18\/institutional-imperative\/\">Institutional imperative<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/10\/12\/introducing-india-and-the-emerging-indian-tech-giants\/\">India stock market and the emerging Indian tech giants<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/08\/24\/non-quantitative-factors-determine-success-or-failure-of-an-investment\/\">Non-quantitative factors determine success or failure of an investment<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/02\/05\/a-hard-day-for-the-modern-evil-empire-meta\/\">A hard day for the modern evil empire Meta<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2022\/01\/25\/global-semiconductor-chip-market-in-detail\/\">Global semiconductor chip market in detail<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Top_10_Chinese_read_articles\"><\/span><strong>Top 10 Chinese read articles<\/strong> <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is the ranking of the top ten posts on my Chinese blog in the past year. You can read the coresponding English post by simply clicking on the article title:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Ranking<\/td><td> Post title<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/05\/12\/what-kind-of-company-is-accenture-the-mckinsey-of-technology-industry\/\">What kind of company is Accenture, the McKinsey of technology industry?<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/09\/12\/you-should-know-the-company-square\/\">You should know the company Square (rebraned to Block)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/06\/19\/failed-taiwan-software-industry-policy\/\">The failed Taiwan software industry policy<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/02\/coca-cola-has-been-inferior-to-pepsi-in-and-even-return-rate-is-negative-in-past-10-years\/\">Coca-Cola has been inferior to Pepsi in and even return rate is negative in past 10 years!<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/08\/18\/why-concentrated-investment\/\">Why concentrated investment?<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/07\/30\/two-long-term-threats-to-tsmc\/\">Two long-term threats to TSMC<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/06\/17\/why-i-prefer-growth-stocks-instead-of-value-stocks\/\">Why I prefer growth stocks instead of value stocks?<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/08\/06\/most-investors-problem-is-concepts-and-psychology-not-stock-selection\/\">Most investors\u2019 problem is concepts and psychology, not stock selection<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/12\/04\/most-investors-should-invest-etfs\/\">Most investors should invest ETFs tracking broader market<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/2021\/06\/24\/nvidia-changes-gaming-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How does nVidia make money, Nvidia is changing the gaming rules<\/a>&#8220;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Half of it (exactly five) are posts related to individual stocks or individual companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"80\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.granitefirm.com\/blog\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/pixabay-1600x1200-2.jpg\" alt=\"Top 10\" class=\"wp-image-13809\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">credit: pixabay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_I_compile_this_list\"><\/span><strong>Why I compile this list?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason why this is announced is to let everyone know what topics investors are actually interested in, or at least what topics everyone is more concerned about. It certainly helped me a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_difference_between_English_and_Chinese_readers\"><\/span><strong>The difference between English and Chinese readers?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since my English version of the blog has only been launched for half a year, the number of samples in the English version is relatively small. 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