Mar 10, 2010
Statistics of the Day
According to a recent article from the McKinsey Quarterly, internet use in China is up … way up. In 2009, 384 million people in China had access to the Internet. That’s 50% growth over 2008.
And they’re not just passive users:
The Chinese are obsessed with the Internet. People in the 60 largest cities in China spend around 70 percent of their leisure time on the Internet, according to a survey we conducted in 2009. In smaller towns, the corresponding number is 50 percent. The PC is fast replacing the TV set as an entertainment hub, and emotions run high over who gets to log on and for how long.
Read the whole thing.