Chinese p2p file sharer, defined
p2p news / p2pnet: Hot on the heels of startling news that Swedish file sharers are, typically, young men comes further news that file sharers in Communist China are, typically, young men.
And of them, “About half download music and movies,” says the China Youth Connection, quoting a study released in the US.
Typically, “a Chinese Internet user is a young male who prefers instant messaging to e-mail, rarely makes online purchases and favors news, music and games sites,” and, “about two-thirds of survey participants use the Internet for news – often entertainment-related – or for online games”..
The survey was conducted in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Changsha and released yesterday at the Brookings Institution in Washington, the China Youth Connection says, going on that Guo Liang of Beijing’s Chinese Academy of Social Sciences describes a typical surfer in the five cities surveyed as, “young, male, richer and more highly educated”.
Males make up two-thirds of the Internet community, and more than 80% of users are under 24. “Among people ages 25 to 29, 60 percent to 80 percent go online,” says the story, emphasising that .
China has more than 100 million people online, “second in the world to the United States, according to government statistics”.
See:-
young men – Swedish file sharer, defined, November 16, 2005
China Youth Connection – Survey studies Internet use in China, November 18, 2005
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