China and the Internet Age
The "2007 China Internet Conference" was held recently.
As of the first half of this year, Chinese websites numbered 1.31 million. up 60% over last year.
Chinese Internet users readed 162 million, up 39 million over the previous year.
Internet penetration reached 12.3%.
International exit broadband amounted to 312G.
A Central Party School professor says "the public is actually exercising their
democratic rights by participating in political discussion."
In August of last year a fine of 5,000 yuan was imposed on a company in Shenzhen which sent out junk mail.
In August of this year, the number of spam reports reached 330,000!
In the first quarter of last year, junk spam email accounted for 64% of the total.
This year, it is down to 58%.
Last year, 21.9% of the world's spam originated in China.
This year, the number is down to 7.5%.
China's penetration rate is 12.3%, up 3% over last year but far behind the 60% of the United States, Japan, South Korea…
The Internet age has come to China and China will never be the same….much like it has changed the world elsewhere.
What do you think?
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