This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (1) Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Lu, W. Articles by Le, T. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Internet development in China

School of Communication and Information Management, Wuhan University, China

Jia Du

School of Communication and Information Management, Wuhan University, China

Jin Zhang

School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA, jzhang{at}uwm.edu

Feicheng Ma

School of Communication and Information Management, Wuhan University, China

Taowen Le

Goddard School of Business and Economics, Weber State University, Ogden, UT, USA

This article describes the status of Internet development and application in China. It introduces the Chinese search engines as well as four main domestic networks connected to the Internet and analyses Internet applications in five major fields in China: e-government, e-commerce, distance education, distance medical treatment, and digital library. It also discusses China’s Internet management and related issues and problems and provides an overview of Internet development in China.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?