China says it now has nearly 1 billion internet users

[Klaralven]

BEIJING — New data show the extent to which Chinese people went online in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic and adopted new habits, such as shopping through video livestreams.

By the end of 2020, China had 989 million internet users, according to figures released Wednesday by government agency China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

That’s up by 85.4 million from March, just after the worst of the coronavirus outbreak in China that forced hundreds of millions of Chinese people to spend more time indoors.

For a sense of the scale of China’s nearly 1 billion-large internet population, its lead over India’s estimated 639 million internet users is 350 million, which is bigger than the entire U.S. population.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/04/china-says-it-now-has-nearly-1-billion-internet-users.html

This should be a huge opportunity for Qanon!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. Can those users access Qanon sites? Or is there a Great Firewall? nt

[Klaralven]

4. Since one Qanon conspiracy blames China for Covid, they view Qanon as anti-Chinese

So I'm sure that the censors are keeping a lid on Qanon in China.

[exboyfil]

2. 1 billion out of a population of 1.4 billion

Approx. 18% of the population is 0-14 so let's say 6% of the population is off the table because of age. Also you have to think another 5% of so of the elderly are probably off the table as well.

This is about 1.2 billion eligible Internet users or about 83% of the eligible population.

I wonder how our penetration looks in this country. While Internet access isn't a complete indicator of being in the middle class, it can serve as a surrogate.

[Klaralven]

3. US has about 288 million active internet users, or around 87%, so way more than middle class

Lower class people have tended to over consume telecom and media services relative to their income, since they signal status and are universally accessible.

For example, early adoption of color or Touch Tone telephone sets, color TVs, etc. When Touch Tone was first introduced in Chicago, Bell System marketers were at first surprised at the rates of adoption by low income households. They had naively expected that it would sell best in upper income households. Alas, upper income households did not see anything special about having a phone with a keypad instead of a rotary dial.