China consumes most, report says
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A booming China now consumes more grain, meat, coal and steel - but not oil - than the US, a survey says.
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China has overtaken the US as the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, the chief greenhouse gas, figures released today show.
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The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million people in the 10 years to 2002. China&#39;s first comprehensive national survey on diet, nutrition and diseases found that seven per cent of Chinese adults
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Most Americans have not stopped buying Chinese-made goods, despite recent reports of unsafe food, toys and other products made in China, a New York Times/CBS News poll shows.
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China will selectively reduce spending to help trim its ballooning fiscal deficit, state media reported Monday, citing top economic officials.
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The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country&#39;s quasi-government Internet overseer said Thursday.China&#39;s Internet population&#160;stood at 210 million at the end of last year, up 53 percent from the same time in 2006 when there were 137 million, the China Internet Network Information Centre said in its semi-annual report on Internet use here.That figure puts China just 5 million users away from becoming the world&#39;s largest wired nation -- and with only about 16 percent of the population online. At its current growth rate, China will become the world&#39;s top Internet market sometime in the next few months.The greatest growth came from users under 18 and over 30, CNNIC said. One of the most surprising statistics from the new report indicates that about 40 percent of users added over the last year, over 29 million, came from rural areas. Even in the January 2007 report, the vast majority of Chinese Netizens were based in major urban areas such as Beijing and Shanghai.Also surprising among the new results is that China&#39;s most popular Internet application is online music, used by 86.6 percent of those surveyed, followed by instant messaging with 81 percent. E-mail placed only fifth, with 56.5 percent using it.CNNIC&#39;s survey provides the most reliable information about Internet use in China, although its methodology is translucent at best. It does not reveal its sample size, nor does it reveal what consists of an Internet user except that the person used the Internet at least once in the month prior to when the survey was taken.While the new statistics may seem impressive, it highlights how Internet usage in the country still lags behind mobile phone use, and how even greater usage could be spurred by more access through wireless devices. &quot;China&#39;s admittedly impressive user statistics hide an important fact: only a fraction of those users have regular access to a PC,&quot; said David Wolf, CEO of Wolf Group Asia, a Beijing-based technology consultancy.Despite limited PC access for some users, Chinese Internet users have embraced the Internet as a means of expression. &quot;In addition to an increase in overall numbers, you also see a rise in the number of Netizens creating content on BBS and blogs, making Chinese Netizens some of the most active participants in the Web 2.0 phenomena in the world,&quot; said Sam Flemming, founder and CEO of CIC, an Internet word of mouth monitoring firm based in Shanghai.
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BEIJING - The number of obese people in China doubled to 60 million in the 10 years to 2002. A comprehensive national survey on diet, nutrition and diseases found that seven per cent of Chinese adults are obese and nearly 23 per cent are overweight.
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MODERN lifestyle is taking a heavy toll on the health of urban city dwellers in China. A study by the Chinese Red Cross of 16 Chinese cities, each with more than 1 million people, found that 75 per cent of
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China is leading the world in the number of subscribers to broadband through phone lines, says a report.
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China's economy grew by a blistering 11.2 percent in the fourth quarter, propelling annual growth to its fastest rate in 13 years, the government said Thursday, showing that China remains vibrant despite worries that a possible U.S. recession will drag on global growth.
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China&#39;s information technology industry is expected to see a sales revenue of $322.3 billion in 2004, up 42.3 per cent year-on-year, becoming the country&#39;s leading driver for economic growth, a report said.
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BEIJING -- China has overtaken the United States as the world's top producer of carbon dioxide emissions -- the biggest man made contributor to global warming -- based on the latest widely accepted energy consumption data, a Dutch research group says.
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China's population, the world's largest, grew by almost 7 million people last year, according to an official report. China's National Bureau of Statistics said in a report released late Wednesday that the country's population was 1,314,480,000 at the end of 2006, an increase of 6.92 million people.
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Within three years more Chinese people will be using the net than Americans, reveals a report.
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Several news stories have noted that China's internet user base increased by more than 70 million in 2007 to a count 213 million at year's end. Little noted is that 23 percent of these users use the internet from mobile devices.
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China recorded more than 320 million subscribers to mobile phone services as of the end of October this year, equivalent to a penetration rate of 24.8 users per 100 persons, according to statistics released by Chinaâs Ministry of Information Industry.
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The number of Internet users in China soared past 200 million in 2007, a new report from the country's quasi-government Internet overseer said Thursday.