China says Web users top US at 253 mln

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In this July 2 2007 file photo visitors play on-line shooting game at an international animation cartoon and game fair in Shanghai China. Chinas booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the worlds biggest with 253 millio ...
In this July 2, 2007 file photo, visitors play on-line shooting game at an international animation, cartoon and game fair in Shanghai, China. China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday, July 25, 2008. (AP Photo/ Eugene Hoshiko)

(AP) -- China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.


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