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Internet Users In China
By Adam Davis
ON AN AVERAGE DAY IN CHINA, an internet user surfs the net for approximately 2.2 hours.
The number of Internet users in
Not only do Chinese Internet users outnumber their American counterparts, but they tend to be logged on for longer periods of time. According to Forbes magazine, Chinese users spend nearly two billion hours online each week, whereas Americans only log on for 129 million hours.
Net users in
Internet Users In
Location |
Number Of Users (mil) |
% Of Population |
|
14.8 |
17.9% |
|
9.9 |
10.8 |
|
4.6 |
26.6 |
|
4.3 |
28.7 |
|
4.0 |
4.1 |
|
3.5 |
5.2 |
Source:
Sources:
CBS News, Dec. 3, 2002: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/12/03/tech/main531567.shtml
"The Development and the State Control of the Chinese Internet," Hearing on China's State Control Mechanisms and Methods, April 14, 2005: http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2005hearings/written_testimonies/05_04_14wrts/qiang_xiao_wrts.htm
Forbes.com, April 3, 2006: http://www.forbes.com/2006/03/31/china-internet-usage-cx_nwp_0403china.html
Adam Davis graduated from
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