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Chinese Blog Claims Top SpotChinese actress-turned-director Xu Jinglei became the worlds most widely read blogger this month when her blog logged 100 million page views within about 600 days, the Beijing News said today. And Xu, who has a reputation for a high intellect and integrity, has done it without writing about sex or providing a catalogue of kiss-and-tell stories - but focusing on her work and day-to-day life. The 100 millionth hit occurred on July 12, according to www.sina.com.cn, a popular Chinese website which provides blog services to many Chinese entertainers, including Xu who started hers in October 2005 and published a book of her blogged articles in March 2006. (The claim, however, is not substantiated by leading blog search and ranking site Technorati which classifies blogs based on the number of incoming links. According to this measure, Xus blog ranks 47th.) The 33-year-old blogger has invited 20 fans, selected from online submissions, to her party to celebrate her latest success. Xu won international acclaim when she won the best director award for Letter From An Unknown Woman at the 2004 San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain. Huang Ke, an analyst with Sina, told Reuters Xus website has had two million more hits since July 12 breakthrough. Writer Han Han, ranked second by Sina, will soon exceed the 100 million mark too, the analyst added. China boasts the worlds second largest number of internet users with 162 million people who have access to the internet, according to official figures. And it looks set to overtake the United States by 2008, according to new figures released on Thursday. As of June 30, there were 122 million Chinese connected via broadband and another 40 million who regularly log on using dial-up or mobile phones, according to the report by The government-controlled China Internet Network Information centre says the number of internet users is expected to grow to 200 million by the end of this year. That means China should have the worlds largest online population by the end of 2008, if not earlier, Wang Enhai, an official with the centre, was quoted as saying by the China Business News. agencies and smh.com.au Tag CloudExternal InformationAdditional InformationDVR Software Firm ReplayTV Sold to DirecTV...Local star swallowed up... Tracking device on bins ensures residents chip in... Client-Side Vulnerabilities Loom Large... Where Am I?News Main Page - Business - Chinese Blog Claims Top Spot |
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