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“For the first time, more than half of China’s population is online”

Posted on 27. January 2016 Written by Marcel Weiss

Tech in Asia:

China now has 688 million internet users, a record figure. The new data for 2015 from the state’s China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) shows that’s not the only major milestone.

For the first time ever, China has more than half of its population online – 50.3 percent of them.

Mobile web access accounted for a record high proportion of total netizens. The country’s 620 million mobile internet users in 2015 mean that 90.1 percent of all web users access it from their phones (when they’re not logging on from other devices like laptops and desktops).

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Why China is ground zero concerning city focused apps and services

Posted on 17. June 2015 Written by Marcel Weiss

MarkDMill:

Getting transit directions in China was far more important for Apple than getting US transit directions. Consider just a few numbers:

  • The US has ten cities with a population over 1 million. China has 171.
  • The US has 34 cities with a population over 500,000.  China has 450.
  • In 2014, China had 62M vehicles of all kinds registered, in a country of 1.3 billion. This is expected to reach 200M by 2020.

Most people in China get transportation by public transit. Having a mapping service in China without transit directions would be like having one in the US without driving directions.

The reason why Apple with a little help by Alibaba is starting with 300 cities in China for transit directions and why for example Uber and others are going all in when it comes to China.

China is ground zero concerning city focused apps and services.

(Via Stratechery)

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