China’s internet users cross 800 Million mark
By Reuters
21 January 2019 |
3:48 pm
China's internet users cross 800 Million mark Chinese Internet users have crossed the 800 million mark for the first time ever as of June 2018, China’s user-base is larger than the combined populations for Japan, Russia, Mexico and the U.S.,
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