CHINA—China's mainland replaced Japan as home to the world's second largest online population by the end of last year, according to a national survey released yesterday.
The mainland's online population which hit 59.1 million by the end of 2002, up nearly 30 percent from the middle of the year, is larger than Japan's latest figure of 54 million, said the China Internet Network Information Center.
The center predicted the number of net surfers in China would jump 46 percent to 86.5 million this year.
However, China still lags far behind the United States, which is home to 170 million Internet users. And China's online population is only 4.6 percent of its total population.
| After SABMiller lost a bidding war for
China’s Harbin Brewery Group to Anheuser-Busch Coso two years ago, it looked as
if America’s King of Beers would reign over the Middle Kingdom as well.
Anheuser-Busch, after all, had already sealed a deal with China’s leading
brewery, Tsingtao, and with Harbin in its stable it looked unbeatable. But SABMiller had a Plan B that could well give it the throne after all. Since losing Harbin, London-based SAB has focused its energies on a 12-year-old joint venture, China Resources Snow Breweries Ltd., that is now thriving. In June, CR Snow, which includes 46 breweries across the country, surpassed longtime leader Tsingtao for the No. 1 spot. For the 12 months through June, CR Snow produced nearly 40 million barrels, vs. 37 million for Tsingtao. As a result, CR Snow boasts 14.9% of the Chinese market, compared with Ts A. (A) The bidding war between SABMiller and Anheuser-Busch Cos. B. (B) China has overtaken the U. S as the top beer market. C. (C) How SABMiller beats Anheuser in global markets. D. (D) The success of SABMiller in China. [简答题]Japan owes a lot to China. Chinese demand for Japanese goods has helped Japan’s economy recover, while competition has pressured executives to start restructuring Japan’s companies and banks.
Japan is an example of how China is offering two benefits to the global economy. One is the way in which China is acting as an economic engine, buying up ever-increasing amounts of goods and natural resources. The other is the flow of inexpensive Chinese goods that drag down consumer prices across the world.
There are downsides, like the decline of manufacturing industries from Detroit and Perth. Folks in developed economies losing jobs or taking pay cuts would hardly agree that China’s rising influence is a good thing.
But at the moment, China’s 9.5 percent growth rate is proving more of a blessing than a bane for countries like Japan.
Quietly, at the start of this decade, Japanese companies began shifting production abroad, cutting costs, selling off extraneous businesses and pay
[单项选择]A. Australia. B. China. C. Japan. D. Mexico.
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