Internet in China

China has been on the Internet intermittently since May 1989 and on a permanent basis since 20 April 1994,[1] although with heavily censored access. In 2008, China became the country with the largest population on the Internet and, as of 2024, has remained so.[2]: 18  As of December 2024, 1.09 billion (77.5% of the country's total population) use internet in China.

China's first foray into the global cyberspace was an email (not TCP/IP based and thus technically not internet) sent on 20 September 1987 to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, reading, "Across the Great Wall, towards the rest of the world" (simplified Chinese: 越过长城,走向世界; traditional Chinese: 越過長城,走向世界; pinyin: Yuèguò chángchéng, zǒuxiàng shìjiè).[3][4] This later became a well-known phrase in China and as of 2018, was displayed on the desktop login screen for QQ mail.[5]

  1. ^ "中国教育和科研计算机网CERNET". Edu.cn. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ Li, David Daokui (2024). China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393292398.
  3. ^ "中新網-共和國60週年大型專題策劃-中國接入網際網路". Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  4. ^ 中国E-mail:值而立之年却未老先衰. 科技日报. 19 September 2017.
  5. ^ Economy, Elizabeth C (28 June 2018). "The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping's internet shutdown". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 October 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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