Unglaubliche 298 Millionen Chinesen im Internet

The Chinese government may be keeping a close eye on which websites, blogs and search engines their people can visit, but that’s not stopping internet usage from growing fast throughout the country. The government-related information center CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) claims the nation’s online population has grown 41.9% in 2008 to an astounding 298 million users, reports the BBC.

The study said 234 million people surfed the internet to read or watch news by the end of 2008, a much higher estimate than recently made by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. In 2007, 155 million Chinese internet users relied on the web to read news, accounting for 73.6% of the total internet population, according to Cinic.

It also said the number of Chinese bloggers hit 162 million by the end of 2008. China’s booming internet use comes despite the government’s tight grip on the web. Certain websites deemed politically sensitive are blocked; these include the BBC’s Chinese language news site, Reporters Without Borders and some Hong Kong and Taiwan sites.

Access to sites offering diverse political opinions remains highly restricted, even as Chinese intellectuals and activists regularly brave the constraints to post new statements.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7827765.stm

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/14/meanwhile-internet-usage-in-china-still-booming/

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