The future is surely here

Today in China there are over 130 million internet users. Take your mind back to 1997 and the reality, according to this fascinating Wired article, was a world away: In the hype-ridden People’s Republic of China, 1996 was the “Year of the Internet.” No matter that, by the highest estimates, only 150,000 Chinese people –…

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