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Saturday, February 19, 2005

NPR : Urban China Embraces Web; Rural Regions Lag

NPR : Urban China Embraces Web; Rural Regions Lag China and the Internet Urban China Embraces Web; Rural Regions Lag All Things Considered, February 17, 2005ยท Urban Chinese are embracing the Internet. One especially popular site is Ninth City, which provides an imaginary world. Men and women can plan weddings, invite guests, set up registries and tie the knot -- multiple times. There are half-a-million bloggers now. But a digital divide remains between wired city dwellers and poor, often illiterate country peasants.

3 Comments:

Robert Lindsay said...

I have a short interview with Steve Roberts, Head of Business Development for Technorati here if anyone is interested.

8:18 PM  
Aaron Smith said...

You list many sites, but I haven't seen www.opendiary.com (or it's teen version www.teenopendiary.com) mentioned.

8:37 PM  
Phil Wolff said...

MD, thanks for the pointers. I include sites that either post their activity statistics or whose managers contribute that information through other channels.

10:23 PM  

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