China Overtakes U.S. as Top Web Market

China overtakes U.S. as top Web market: researcher People use computers in an internet cafe in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan province November 24, 2007. China has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest Internet market by number of users, a research firm said on Thursday. REUTERS/ Nir Elias

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has surpassed the United States to become the world's largest Internet market by number of users, a research firm said on Thursday. The estimate by Beijing-based BDA was based on data from China Internet Network Information Center which indicated that the country's Internet users totaled 210 million at end-2007. full story