Google urged to respect Chinese law - CCTV 100312

http://english.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20100312/102104.shtml
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=1251
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Foremski/?p=1236
http://www.scmagazineus.com/china-to-prosecute-google-hackers-if-evidence-sho...
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Chinas_Internet_obsession_2546
by the end of 2009, the number of Internet users in China had touched 384 million, more than the entire population of the United States. Thats an increase of around 50 percent over 2008.
Moreover, 233 million Chinese—twice as many as in the previous year—accessed the Net on handheld devices, partly because Chinas cellular providers started offering 3G services widely last year.

People in the 60 largest cities in China spend around 70 percent of their leisure time on the Internet, according to a survey we conducted in 2009. In smaller towns, the corresponding number is 50 percent. The PC is fast replacing the TV set as an entertainment hub

One in five consumers between the ages of 18 and 44 wont purchase a product or service without first researching it on the Internet. They shop online at auction Web sites such as Taobao, paying for products and services with prepaid Taobao cards that the post offices sell for a small commission. The volume of e-commerce in China more than doubled last year.

Seismic changes are likely to take place in the Chinese consumer market because of the Internet—and we arent talking just about the fact that 50 million Chinese may soon have to stop using their favorite search engine, Google.

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[billjesusgates]

LOL. when did china become a "rule of law" state? its laughable china's dictatorhsip is hiding behind that.