Although there are over 700 million Chinese people classified as living in rural areas, only about 125 million of them use the Internet. That’s a penetration rate of 18.5%*, far below the urban Chinese rate of 50% […]

Although there are over 700 million Chinese people classified as living in rural areas, only about 125 million of them use the Internet. That’s a penetration rate of 18.5%*, far below the urban Chinese rate of 50% […]
Observers predict that China will soon be biggest in the world for high-end designer consumer goods. Chinese people will buy more than half their acquisition of luxury goods on the mainland in 2014 rather than overseas, as is the case now, business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan said in its latest survey […]
Chinese retailers are paying close attention to the mobile commerce sector in the country’s large cities, and experts said the development of mobile commerce will depend on the Internet environment in China […]
China’s mobile phone operators had 81.08 million new subscribers in the first eight months of 2011, bringing their total number of users to a record high of 940.09 million, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said recently […]
More and more Chinese are disconnecting fixed-line telephones and turning to mobile phones for communication, according to statistics released by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology […]
Only 6 percent of Chinese people see themselves as happy, despite the government’s efforts to improve the population’s sense of happiness, according to the results of a survey announced recently […]
The Brazil Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo shows off the cultural diversity and dynamism of Brazilian cities with the theme “Pulsing Cities: Feel the Life of Brazilian Cities” […]
3.27 percent of Chinese people have basic scientific knowledge, 20 years behind developed countries, a survey by the China Research Institute for Science Popularization (CRISP) revealed recently […]
Enterprises in China are expected to use more mobile applications to ride the growth in various mobile services and features as well the high speed of 3G networks because these represent the future […]
The Japan Pavilion is a semi-circular structure, covered by a purple membrane material. Several antennae and caves make the pavilion a “breathing organism,” which will express the harmony between the human heart and technology. The pavilion has been dubbed “Purple Silkworm Island” by Chinese people […]