
“Tuesday’s figures showed that the number of people accessing the Internet via mobile devices in 2012 increased 18.1 percent to 420 million. The use of micro-blogging services — similar to Twitter — also surged, the report said, with the total number of users increasing by 58.73 million to 309 million. Internet use has steadily increased despite strict censorship via what is known as The Great Firewall — the country’s system of online limits and restrictions. Online shoppers in the world’s second largest economy, meanwhile, rose 24.8 percent to 242 million.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/15/chinese-internet-users-hit-564-million-in-2012/
Related posts:
Greeks commemorate 1970s student uprising crushed by US-backed military junta
Obama set to sign bill to lower student loan interest rates
Australian Mining Companies Are Desperate For Workers And Want To Hire US Veterans
Twice-fired TSA manager gets his job back AGAIN after judge rules he was unfairly sacked
Texas votes to abolish taxation of gold
Russian meteor blast had force of 300-kiloton nuclear warhead
Why Mortgages Will Soon Be More Expensive
Bern's backing of FATCA 'hits financial sector'
ICE formalizes plans for courthouse abductions of foreigners
Obama orders more troops to Iraq to guide fight against Islamic State
CFR Admits Drones May Be Creating Sworn Enemies of the United States
Irish Bitcoin Association calls for Central Bank to regulate BitCoin
State Department condemns Zimbabwe raids on LGBT rights group
Occupy Oakland protesters awarded $1 million over police brutality
Cleveland police chase ends with 13 officers firing 137 shots, 2 people dead