For those of you who track online web traffic, it looks like the ship is finally about to tilt the other direction. Read the TechCrunch story for more details.

"The Pew research group just rel…

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Seriously though, there is a lack of creative spark here; people are happy to copy each other under a mentality that assumes that if somebody else is doing it, it must be right. Sounds like a direct implementation of human nature!

Chines sites still have a long, long way to go, though, in terms of usability - have you seen http://www.hao123.com or http://www.qq.com ? Both are nightmares!

- I like what the internet can do locally; and at a mid level (state or region)

- I would like to have a 30 site, portfolio filled with local and mid level companies, instead of (1) site global.

if anyone would like to discuss the internet issues in china with me, drop me a mail. i am glad to share what i know about china. justrun#gmail.com

..vs how business is conducted in the U.S. ala Microsoft, Oracle, Media & Transportation barons of the past. It’s business–China just has much larger numbers and lower costs to capitalize on ideas.

@17 “US Internet User base has around $8 Trillion in spending power versus China which has only about $220 Billion.”

..i seriously doubt the US Internt user bas has $8T in spending power. even if we did, only a fraction of those users are actually pulling out the credit card..there is no question that the Chinese economy and consumer spending is going to eclipse the US and Europe combined, the issue is whether there will be *sufficient resources* to accommodate western standard of living for just ‘half a billion’ people let alone 1.5 billion.

@25 “…there is a butt load of money to be made in emerging markets like China, but the most lucrative market will most likely always be the US regardless of how high user numbers get in these other regions”

This is true only if there is an endless supply of easy credit and continued rise in real estate values which enables consumers to borrow/spend even more. We’re already seeing signs that this is not sustainable.

A lot of people, not just the comments on this board, seem to want to demonize China or diminish their successes citing issues with government control, limited Internet access, etc,etc..

What people forget is that this is a country of almost *1.5 BILLION PEOPLE* Would our form of government be capable of administering such a large population when we cant even control the increasing rates of violent crime, homelessness, spiraling healthcare costs of only 250m people in the U.S?

As more Chinese get access to the Internet, it will be only a matter of time before the access barriers start to fall. The government can’t ‘dam’ the ever increasing flow of information forever…

Because communism don’t allow people dicate global supremacy, commit war, war crimes, crimes, assassination, political corruption, extremism, terrorism, and create democracy. They want to keep the country rich and peaceful. This is why they built futuristic cities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.....garcia.jpg

Pretty neat…

The number of 137 million is based on the CNNIC report from the beginning of this year. A new report will be available fairly soon (the reports are published twice a year) and the number will be definitely higher.

And as Calvin (comment 21) rightly says, it wasn’t Tom that killed Ebay but Taobao.com.

Tom is fairly small player and it still has to be seen whether the planned relaunch (word is that this will happen this month) will have any impact.

I totally agree - the network affects are huge and can be very profitable (Netease and some of the other online gaming companies in China are doing quite well, as well as Alibaba in trade) even when their rev/profit is compared on a Global scale.

The point I am trying to make is that contrary to the Declaration of Independance, Users are NOT created equal, and the quality of user must be taken into account when attempting an apples to apples comparison as done in this piece. Either way, there is a butt load of money to be made in emerging markets like China, but the most lucrative market will most likely always be the US regardless of how high user numbers get in these other regions.

In the official term called “clean”, that is any thing the communist
government don’t want their people to know, were all blocked.

Say, Chinese citizen cannot access wikipedia.org freely is because
the wikipedia offer many informations that the communist don’t want
Chinese citizen to know.

either way, this post is right on track. with china, india, japan, indonesia, Asia will be the center of all growth and opportunities. we need just to wait for 2008 (olympic games) and the world will be amazed at how they advanced so quickly

Re: copying, had a friend who made a great analogy. The way movies are moving towards simultaneous global release because of pirating, web start-ups (with very low capex and technological barriers to entry/copying) have to do the same.

Re: the Great Firewall of China. It’s not the blocking which is a pain. Most motivated users know how to go around it really easily. It’s the drag on site speed that is frustrating. For a nerd like me, probably tops the other reasons to not eventually move from Shanghai where I’m now (others being: politics, pollution and poisonous food).

Nothing excites me. I’ve been watch news all day.
I see no heroes that can make us laugh.
I see no famous icons who is next steve jobs or bill gates.
I see nothing intersting on TV.
I see no oxygen left.
I see high price gas, homes, electric bill and milk