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Living in China: urban population exceeds 600 milion with rural income’s yawning gap

China's urban population surged to 607 million with an urbanization rate of 45.7 percent at the end of 2008, a social researcher revealed recently [...]
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Internet in China: ban on use of virtual money for real goods trading

China has unveiled the first official regulation, banning the use of virtual currency in trade of real goods and services to limit its possible impact on the nation's real financial system [...]
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Internet in China: A glimpse at the Chinese Parallel Cyber Universe, where Users Prefer Clones of Popular Global Websites

The Straits Times (Singapore) has an interesting article the contrast between the popular global Social Networks and the local websites in China [...]
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