Virtual Population Explosion in China 25 July 2008 The population in China's virtual world allegedly has exploded, virtually. By the end of June, the number of China's Internet inhabitants reaches over 250 million, more than in any other nations, according to the figures released by China Internet Network Information Center （CNNIC) The Pig year 2007 proves to be an exceptional fertile year for Chinese Net population reproduction, delivering 91 million virtual babies - the brand new Internat users. It is the highest annual growth rate ever recorded. As the result, the number of the Chinese Internet families and clans - the Chinese websites - almost doubled just in a year to reach 20 million, among which two thirds having a top level domain name Dot-CN, the domain name zone of China. In the the first half year of 2008, China experienced a series of challenges one after another, from the powerful snow storms in the eve of Chinese new year, followed by a violet lama riot in Tibet, mob attack to Olympic torch ralley in France, a deadly earthquake in Sichuan Province and massive flood in south of country; during the time of crisis, it is the power of the Internet media that helped to galvanize the nation together. However, at 19.1%, China's overall Internet connection rate is still below the world average of 21.1%. Pre: A Submarine 牛人
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