China on Track to Beat USA
Techtree News Staff, Jan 19, 2008 0828 hrs IST
The Chinese government announced that the country's Internet population has risen to nearly 210 million people.
This year, China's Internet population looks on track to surpass that of the US, making it the world's largest online community.
The Chinese government announced that the country's Internet population has risen to nearly 210 million people. China's online population grew 53 percent from the 137 million that was reported around the same time last year.
However, China needn't rest on its laurels as it lags behind the US in some respects.
For instance, China's penetration rate is 16 percent according to the official agency Xinhua. The US was at this point back in the mid 1990s. Currently, 75 percent of American adults are found to be online, as per the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Also, the term 'Internet penetration' means different things to the two countries.
In China, a majority of the people who can't afford a computer at home have access to Internet mainly through cyber cafes. One third of Chinese online users surf through cybercafes, Xinhua found. While 93 percent American online users have access to Internet from home, according to the Pew Project.
China promotes Internet use only for peaceful, business, and education purposes, blocking the public from viewing material deemed as pornographic or critical of the communist regime. Not so America which is a democracy in every sense of the term.
Commenting on the differences between the two countries, John Horrigan, director of Pew said the US and China are two countries at very different points along the Internet adoption curve. China is approximately 15 years behind, he said.
This is not to undermine China's online growth. Horrigan said that as more and more users go online in China, there's increasing demand for Internet content in Mandarin and other Chinese languages. Besides, it's learnt that the Chinese are accessing the Internet through mobile devices, offering China a distinct opportunity to shape the Internet through usage everywhere.
USER COMMENTS
"America is a democracy in every sense of the word"? This must definitely be a misprint. But firstly, let's consider whether it's democratic to allow it's citizens to view pornographic material liberally. Is this what democracy is? Secondly, how can America be a democracy when Bush is the President but had the least number of votes?
by Ian Bulloch, Vancouver, on Jan 20, 2008 03:07 AM, Report abuse Reply
Only One question-- Where is India ??? for a population of 1.1 Billion- how many Indians have net access ?? & more than Net access- what quality of net access ? With Babus of BSNL/MTNL running the net access in India- we can only lag behind!! Govt should stop patting its own back for some success achieved by the Indian Business ( despite the government) & get on with building infrastructure like access to Internet!!
by vijayshimla, Shimla 171001, on Jan 19, 2008 02:07 PM, Report abuse Reply
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In fact,CCP is a nice party in the world! It's making money for all the people of the world.But USA is killing the poor people!
by Mike Chen, Yangjiang,Guangdong of China, on Feb 03, 2008 09:30 AM, Report abuse Reply