The number of internet users in China has surged past half a billion and online citizenship continues to grow fast, according to latest figures.
The China internet Network Information Center report also shows the use of social media sites – Twitter equivalents called weibo – has greatly expanded among the country's 513 million netizens.
The number of microbloggers expressing themselves in the relative privacy of cyberspace has exploded – quadrupling from 63 million in 2010 to just over 250 million in 2011, or half the entire internet population, the figures show.
Such self-expression on such sites run by Sina Corp and Tencent Holdings, greatly worries the government, however. Full story...
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The China internet Network Information Center report also shows the use of social media sites – Twitter equivalents called weibo – has greatly expanded among the country's 513 million netizens.
The number of microbloggers expressing themselves in the relative privacy of cyberspace has exploded – quadrupling from 63 million in 2010 to just over 250 million in 2011, or half the entire internet population, the figures show.
Such self-expression on such sites run by Sina Corp and Tencent Holdings, greatly worries the government, however. Full story...
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