China Internet Users Hit 111 Million in 2005 |
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Reuters News Wire (reuters@telecom-digest.org) Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:23:47 -0600
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The number of Web users in China, the world's second largest Internet market, grew by 18 percent in 2005 to 111 million, the Economic Daily reported on Wednesday.
Some 8.5 percent of the country's 1.3 billion people now had access to
State media previously predicted 120 Chinese million would be surfing
The 2005 gains represented an acceleration from 2004, when the number
More than half of China's Web population -- or about 64 million people
The Internet's explosive growth in China has come despite the
China is the world's No. 2 PC market, with nearly 16 million units
PC makers, such as industry leaders Lenovo Group Ltd., Founder Group
The growth of the Internet has also spawned a growing number of local
Major mutlinationals attracted by the market's big growth potential
Copyright 2006 Reuters Limited.
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