Ever wonder how the US compares to China when it comes to Net activities? Wonder no more. Americans like to e-mail, search for “stuff” and shop on the Net … When Chinese go online, they like to send IMs, listen to music, watch videos, read the news, visit/post on social network sites, and play games … lots of games. China is likely to surpass the U.S. to become world’s largest online game market this year > read WSJ. The Chinese also do a surprisingly high volume of blogging and forum posting.
China has taken notice of amount of time many young Netizens spend online. This has given rise to a “Net addicts” rehab industry. There are now more than 200 centers across China dedicated to “curing” Internet addiction. No shock therapy for me thank you.
If you’d like more background, Ryan McLaughlin has written a comprehensive article comparing the habits of US v. China Netizens over at > Tech Dynasty / CNET Asia
