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China's online population hits 123 million

Iran Materials 19 July 2006 15:28 (UTC +04:00)

(AFP) - China's Internet population has jumped to 123 million at the end of June, consolidating the nation's status as the world's number two after the United States, the government said.

The figure was up 19.4 percent compared with the end of June 2005, government think tank Chinese Internet Network Information Center said in a report posted on its website on Wednesday, reports Trend.

The report said that 77 million Chinese had access to broadband at the end of June.

China's government maintains an ambivalent attitude towards the Internet, valuing it as an engine of economic growth but fearing its subversive potential.

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