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Published: July 25, 2008
China says its population of Internet users rises to world No. 1 at 253 million
By Joe McDonald
BEIJING (AP) - China 's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

The latest figure on Web use at the end of June is a 56 percent increase from a year ago, the China Internet Network Information Center said. It said the share of the Chinese public ...

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