"Martian" Language

Apparently in China, people use the term "Martian Language" to refer to the internet language used to express ideas through pictures or phonetic abbreviation ( ::>_<:: would be someone crying, for example). In Taiwan, they had questions about Martian Language on a college entrance exam. On the exam, students were given terms in Martian Language to translate, such as the one above, and other phrases like "3Q Orz". ("3Q" is thank you, and "Orz" represents a person bowing down in thanks). The language is called "Martian" because it uses characters from an English keyboard, which seem completely alien compared to their Chinese characters. Anyway, many students were able to answer correctly on the test, but it made a lot of people mad that it was on the test in the first place. So now, Martian Language is banned from the test.