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China has crossed a tipping point in technology as China's mobile internet use has overtaken traditional PC internet access. With over 530m people connected by mobile, this is a reminder that the mobile web experience will be the first internet experience for many consumers in the world's largest internet market.

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China has overtaken the US to become the world's biggest online market, writes the BBC. New figures from the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) show that over 253m Chinese now go online, eclipsing for the first time the 223m people using the internet in the US. China's online population grew 56% in the last year although internet penetration currently remains low at only 19% (against 71% in the US). Analysts predict that growth will continue at about 18% p.a. to reach 490m in 2012.

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China's online population grew 53% to reach 210m at the end of 2007 from 137m the year before, reports PC World. The figures, from the China Internet Network Information Centre, put China only 5m users away from becoming the world's largest internet population. 40% of new users (or 29m people) came from rural areas.
86.6% of those surveyed use online music services making music the most popular web application ahead of instant messaging (81%). E-mail is the fifth most popular application with 56.5% using it.
From PC World: http://www.pcworld.com, 18/01/2008
CINIC: http://www.cnnic.cn/en/index/index.htm

18/01/2008