The number of Internet users in China – already the world's highest – reached 731 million in December, authorities said, as e-commerce drives consumer demand across the Asian giant.
Total Internet users rose 6.2% from the end of December 2015 and equals the entire population of Europe, the government-linked China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) said in a statement Jan 22 on its website.
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