SHANGHAI - The number of Internet users in
China have crossed the half billion mark, reaching 505 million users at the end
of November last year, the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC)
reported.
The Internet penetration rate stood at 37.7
per cent, up 3.4 per cent over the end of 2010, CNNIC said in a report released
late last month.
This compares with Internet penetration rates
of more than 70 per cent for China’s more technologically advanced East Asian
neighbours, Japan and South Korea.
At the end of November, the number of
microblog users exceeded 300 million, jumping from 195 million at the end of
June, a CNNIC report released on Wednesday said, according to the official
Xinhua News agency.
In December, the Beijing city government said
it would tighten control over popular microblogs that have vexed authorities
with their rapid dissemination of news, giving users three months to register
with their real names or face legal consequences.
Sina Corp, the dominant force in China’s
microblogging, or Weibo, scene, is said to be contemplating the ways it can
implement this rule in order to verify users’identities.
Reuters
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