The internet in China

[Kenny]

"There are now an estimated 137 million internet users in China, second in number only to the United States, where estimates of the current internet population range from 165 million to 210 million.

The growth rate of China's internet user population has been outpacing that of the U.S., and China is projected to overtake the U.S. in the total number of users within a few years."

Source:
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/218/report_display.asp

 

[AussieDomainer]

I have been hearing about China's growing online population for a while now. Add to this their booming economy and they are definitely a force to be reckoned with. Despite this I currently only have one .cn domain (TradeDirectory.cn) as I am not sure on how english names do with the .cn extension. Will definitely be hanging onto this one though as I think it is a very big and relevant keyword for the Chinese market.

Thanks for the article Cyberian

 

[DNProperty.com]

China is going to have the largest online users in a few years....but the US will still be the largest English online users...Until, India catches up (currently has 40 Million users) several years down the line and be the largest online English users..

 

[FPForum]

interesting stat there. Glad to see the value of the .cn domains I have should go up within the next yr or 2

 

[Spade]

interesting stat there. Glad to see the value of the .cn domains I have should go up within the next yr or 2

I would be careful with .cn domain names - Anyone here what China just did to the head of the Food and Drug Agency? I simply dont trust China, when they freedom of speach is not actually practiced. I will avoid .cn - although I hear the message loud and clear - perhaps a chineese name on a .com?

Just my 2 pennies.

 

[omnia]

Not discounting the political probs with the .cn, which are a real issue, the biggest problem in my opinion is the language barrier. If you can read and write chinese (not even going into the dialect issues) you are way ahead of the game. Perhaps a mirrored .cn .com setup maybe an answer. But I'd think if the .cn version was "lost" it would be likely the .com version would be "barred" pretty quickly to your target audience. Dual language sites may be useful, although the degree of English or the second language take up in China is a major issue. More issues than solutions seems to be the current state of play IMHO.

 

[duskdawn]

I would be careful with .cn domain names - Anyone here what China just did to the head of the Food and Drug Agency? I simply dont trust China, when they freedom of speach is not actually practiced. I will avoid .cn - although I hear the message loud and clear - perhaps a chineese name on a .com?

I know people will bring politics and western prejudice over this when it comes to China. I see too much these oldies. Let's just get it straight: When it comes to capitalism, the C gov't and the C people are the least communist in the world. And according to polls and stats that I gathered from domain.cn/club, Chinese domainers earn more money with .cn. They are later comers for .com but they did good job dealing with .cn, even with themselves. There are more .cn than .com registered in China. I am trying to compile domain sales in China but since I just started out I don't have enough to show. But from this scratch you see .cn/.com.cn had sound sales over .com in this country.
(Stats known by me, 2006-present)
http://www.domainers.cn/showthread.php?t=1362
Personally, to the head of the Food and Drug Agency, he deserves penalty by making poor people dying without enough to pay for the medical cares while receiving big bribes himself and his family. This just shows the government's will to quench the corruption. But unfortunately, lacking the rule of law make most corrupted officials free as angels. They all deserve severe punishment. Thank God China still has death penalty, otherwise it will get a lot worse.

 

[Spade]

I know people will bring politics and western prejudice over this when it comes to China. I see too much these oldies.

Did I say something that was untrue? Did he get a fair trial? Even if we put that on hold for just a moment. Why then does China sensor what its people can see on the internet? You dont see a flaw in that? Im not sure I like the idea of China deciding if its people can see my content, do you?

Justin

 

[Kenny]

Did I say something that was untrue? Did he get a fair trial? Even if we put that on hold for just a moment. Why then does China sensor what its people can see on the internet? You dont see a flaw in that? Im not sure I like the idea of China deciding if its people can see my content, do you?

Justin

Justin, it is their call. And things are changing. The potential resourse to domainers and the web as a whole is incredible.
Your opinion is valid as well, but I believe this market opening up will be a boon to the worlds economy and to the PRC.

I believe Dr. Wang has answered the Food & Drug Admins fate.

Lets not turn this into a political thread, that was not my intention.

Peace,
Cy

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

I would be careful with .cn domain names - Anyone here what China just did to the head of the Food and Drug Agency? I simply dont trust China, when they freedom of speach is not actually practiced. I will avoid .cn - although I hear the message loud and clear - perhaps a chineese name on a .com?

Just my 2 pennies.

I agree 100%. China doesn't mess around!

Frank

 

[Spade]

Justin, it is their call. And things are changing. The potential resourse to domainers and the web as a whole is incredible.
Your opinion is valid as well, but I believe this market opening up will be a boon to the worlds economy and to the PRC.

Lets not turn this into a political thread, that was not my intention.

Peace,
Cy

I agree, it is there call. And thats exactly the reason I choose not to invest in this ccTLD. Does Chinas potential as the next superpower beg investment? Sure. I agree that China is the next great power, I just very much dislike the potential limitations.

But, I think not discussing the political nature of this ccTLD, would be disservice to any domainer interested in investing.

 

[Moses]

I also have .cn and .com.cn(seems most big companies use com.cn) and though the market is big I am skeptical and think India with its around 50 million internet users is already bigger and better. First of all their internet is in english not as chinese where there are many different dialects. I personally would find it hard to get a good chinese speaking personell to run the site. With india its much easier.

 

[owntype]

Google Search:

site:.cn - 314,000,000 results
site:.com.cn - 498,000,000 results

site:.in - 16,500,000 results
site:.co.in - 537,000 results

Just FYI

.CN VS .IN

314,000,000 VS 16,500,000

.COM.CN VS .CO.IN

498,000,000 VS 537,000

 

[Element]

Thank you for posting such an interesting article. I agree with domainspade though, because with them being so strict with their internet laws and such you would have to be very careful.

 

[Moses]

Google Search:

site:.cn - 314,000,000 results
site:.com.cn - 498,000,000 results

site:.in - 16,500,000 results
site:.co.in - 537,000 results

Just FYI

.CN VS .IN

314,000,000 VS 16,500,000

.COM.CN VS .CO.IN

498,000,000 VS 537,000

this does not show actualy domains registered. it seems there are more chinese domains developed I guess.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

I would be careful with .cn domain names - Anyone here what China just did to the head of the Food and Drug Agency? I simply dont trust China, when they freedom of speach is not actually practiced. I will avoid .cn - although I hear the message loud and clear - perhaps a chineese name on a .com?

Just my 2 pennies.

I agree completely.

 

[Kenny]

Well, this isnt completly about the .CN or .com.cn extentions as many chinese us the .NET over .com also.

The real point I was hoping to hear comments on was the influx of internet users in general.

Peace,
Cy

 

[Spade]

Well, this isnt completly about the .CN or .com.cn extentions as many chinese us the .NET over .com also.

The real point I was hoping to hear comments on was the influx of internet users in general.

Peace,
Cy

In terms of internet users? Its fantastic. More users, more money to go around. I think it will help grow more and more online business. Its a great thing in General

 

[Kate]

Nobody mentioned the Great Firewall of China.

Sure we have more and more Chinese on the Web but they are monitored and do not have the freedom to browse anything. I suspect they are missing a lot more than most of us.
This is a country where you can go to jail just for posting your political views online.
So much for freedom and creativity.

 

[Dan]

Plus there's 1.3 billion people in China.. That would probably make it a little easier to have 100 million people online.