Number Of Chinese Internet Users Hit Almost 600 Million

The China Internet Network Information Center released information on the end of June internet usage in the country and the number of people in China who are using the internet has grown to 591 million. That's a 10% rise over last year and about 44% of the population.

The increase was driven by a 20% rise in the number of people who are surfing the web using smartphones and other wireless devices. The number of users using wireless devices has jumped to 464 million.

While the Chinese government encourages the use of the internet, it still tries to block content that it considers subversive or obscene, as was event last year when the authorities clamped down on social network sites, and other website, that were playing a role in protests in other world governments. They also tightened controls on the content of video and require providers to pre-screen material before putting it up live.

There was no break down on what the usage patterns of the 591 million people were, but it would be interesting to know how many are playing online games, shopping, chatting, are gold farmers or just spammers. We're not singling out China concerning the spammers, as many countries have their own fair share of miscreants, but with those types of usage numbers the breakdown would be interesting.

Source: http://www.nextpowerup.com/news/1835/number-of-chinese-internet-users-hit-almost-600-million.html

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