China may have world's largest online population in two years
Jan 23 9:48 PM US/Eastern
China could overtake the United States to have the world's largest number of Internet users in two years, according to state media.
Growth in Internet usage will pick up as computers get cheaper and people assume more mobile lifestyles, the China Daily reported, citing the China Internet Network Information Center, a state-controlled think-tank.
"We believe it will take two years at most for China to overtake the United States," Wang Enhai, an official with the center, told the newspaper.
"An increasing number of people are now getting hooked to the Web as PCs and Internet access are becoming affordable and Internet-based offerings diversified."
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