This table is from an earlier verison of: Kathleen Hartford, "West Lake Wired: Shaping Hangzhou's Information Age," in Chin-chuan Lee, ed., Chinese Media,
Global Contexts (London: Routledge, in press). The information given pertains to the status quo circa spring 2001. Both the rapid pace of Internet development and
the rapid pace of institutional change in China will make portions of this information obsolete, and the reader should check reliable sources for more recent
information.
 
 
Table 2. Regional Distribution of Internet Users and Resources (Jan. 2001)
 
% of population
% of users surveyed
% of domain names
% of web sites
Beijing
1.00
12.39
36.87
23.42
Shanghai
1.18
8.97
9.21
10.61
Guangdong
5.70
9.69
14.09
14.24
Zhejiang
3.59
6.62
4.02
9.66
SOURCE: China Internet Network Information Center [CNNIC], "Semiannual Survey Report on the Development of China's Internet (Jan. 2001)" [http://www.cnnic.gov.cn/develst/e-cnnic200101.shtml]; last accessed 16 April 2001.

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