Posted AT 5:59 AM EDT on 25/07/08
China says it has more people surfing Web than U.S.
BEIJING — China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.
The latest figure on Web use at the end of June is a 56 per cent increase over the same time last year, the China Internet Network Information Center said.
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