China

Internet addiction in China has been described as a "severe social problem that could threaten the nation's future."

In China, the internet cafe has overtaken the workplace as the second most popular place after their own homes for internet users to go online. Most of the increase in internet café use is in rural areas.

Reports on monitoring and censorship of Chinese internet content, particularly news and blogs, are familiar to westerners. We are less familiar with editorials praising a Party official's meeting with a "netizen," wishing for a day when it was les...

Many things make living in China harder than living in the US -- breathing the air, drinking the water, driving the roads -- but here is one exception: taking a domestic air trip.

New fireworks with China's internet population.

There is a new entry in Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games: the internet.

From blogs on world health care to public radio's The World, there were many interpretations of last week's report on China's internet population.

If today's essay on China piques your interest, check out some other dispatches from Deborah Fallows.

Summary of Findings Dramatic events in London and Scotland last week attracted a large news audience. Roughly a third of the public paid very close attention to news that British police had found and defused two car bombs in London, and another 31% followed the story fairly closely. Fully 21% said this was the single […]

In China, there is a virtual meeting place for people who have social connections to buy or sell.