307 million Chinese now connected to the internet
CHINA’S ONLINE population has leapt to 338 million internet users, a significant 13.4 per cent rise this year despite the global economic slowdown, with much of the increase coming from people accessing the internet in rural areas using their mobile phones.
While “the Great Firewall of China” does much to control what the average webizen can access in China, strict monitoring of online activity has done little to dampen the ardour of the Chinese for the internet’s benefits.
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