http://www.wellness-network.org China’s Growing Internet Market Blog Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:15:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to the CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center), China is the largest wired nation with more than 253 million people connected to the web. For a comparison, the Nielsen Ratings report about 223 million Americans using the internet services. Ever since analysts began examining the number of internet users, United States was ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/world-domination-china-is-taking-over-the-web/ American businessmen and tourists, who intend to travel china and visit the Olympics Games, are at a high risk of getting hacked by local young hackers. Even the private cell phone is at risk: The hackers try to get information from the Americans who travel china, by entering their private ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/chinese-hackers-trying-to-break-into-americans-mobile-phones-and-pcs/ Maybe many people know 360quan.com but seldom do they know its investor behind, Koolanoo Group. Last month, iResearch interviewed Mr. O.D.Kobo, the board chairman and CEO of Koolanoo Group, and unveiled the mysteries of Koolanoo Group. Mr. Kobo was born in Hong Kong and received the western education. He is humorous ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/od-kobo-ceo-of-koolanoo-reveals/ The number of E-commerce enabled websites in China is expected to reach around 370,000 by 2010 according to a study by AMI, Access Markets International Partners Incorporated, a market intelligence company specializing in small and medium businesses, IT, the Internet and telecommunications. The study also revealed that the rise in ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/e-commerce-enabled-websites-in-china-expected-to-reach-370000-by-2010/ A new poll revealed that 71.9% of Chinese believe that the internet will become a tool for greater democracy in China. Beijing Youth Daily conducted the poll earlier this year, immediately after the revolutionary online chat that President Hu Jintao held with Chinese internet users this June. The chat itself ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/72-of-chinese-think-the-internet-will-lead-to-greater-democracy/ Leading Chinese search engine, Baidu.com, has upgraded and expanded its online dictionary and translation service. The improved service, which was originally set up in 2004, was launched earlier this month, provides a far more extensive facility than other free, online services offer. ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/baiducom-expands-online-chinese-english-translation-service/ There is growing speculation that China internet investment firm, Koolanoo Group, which has already invested $27 million in the Chinese internet and new media industry, is set to make a further round of investments. According to unconfirmed reports circulated recently on the web, internet tycoon O.D. Kobo, CEO of Koolanoo ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/further-round-of-investment/ The last two or three months have seen one landmark online event after another in China, heralding, perhaps, yet a further phase of change in the workings of Chinese politics. The internet has proved to be an extremely effective tool in China, with bloggers wielding extraordinary power over public opinion, ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/chinese-bloggers-prove-public-opinion-does-count-%e2%80%93-even-in-china/ China's Myspace - Koolanoo Group's CEO O.D. Kobo Asian internet investment firm Koolanoo Group announced that the company has invested USD 3 million in Social Networking Site 360Quan.com. When asked about the business model of the site, Koolanoo Group Global President and CEO O. D. Kobo said the company’s current focus ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/koolanoo-groups-ceo-od-kobo-seeks-to-create-chinas-myspace-business/ Free Wi-Fi, covering an area of 100 square kilometers, will be available to Internet users in Beijing during the Olympic Games this summer. Service provider, China Communications, expects to expand the range of the project to cover the whole city and some of the peripheral areas by the year 2010. ... http://www.wellness-network.org/index.php/free-wireless-access-in-beijing-during-the-games/