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Old 02-24-2008, 03:21 AM
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Default Re: China’s Very Different Internet Use

Smile... no surprises really.

It does however remind me of a guy in his late teens who I met in the USA (couple of years ago) asking me... but China is still primitive isn't it and aren't half of the people still starving (when asked where he learnt this info from - he told me it was what he learnt at school a couple of years before)... so research is always good, as it is a wake-up for some people... yes, a PC and the net is common in homes in China (in the large cities at least).

However, one must look at the logic of why the difference, before using this info for business investment plans.
For example 40% for movie download - wow, my first thought is, "I better open a movie download site!!!" (what a cash cow)...
But wait... the reason why this is the case, must be reviewed as well.. in China no one is paying a cent to download virtually every copy-write movie, TV Series, song or documentary which you have ever heard of or seen.
I bet, if in USA every film was 100% free for download, that it would 40% as well... so market political dynamics need to be applied to make commercial sense of info like this... and this is the obvious one for this article.

Also true for IDN investment

Couple of comments - cheers, Asiaplay
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