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The Economist Daily Chart
July 31st, 2008
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China now has more internet users than America
CHINA now has more people getting online than any other country. As of June this year, 253m Chinese were using the internet according to the latest report by the China Internet Network Information Centre, a government organisation. America must make do with second place, with around 223m users according to Nielsen, an internet-ratings company. The growth in China's internet users has been rapid—91m people have come online in the past year alone. And with a population of some 1.3 billion, there will be plenty more to come.