Chinese Internet users prefer IM to e-mail
Over in China it seems that internet users prefer instant messaging to e-mail, and they are relying on the Internet more frequently than before to contact others who have the same professions, hobbies and political interests. Sounds like the norm to me!
“I think Chinese people prefer instant contact. Very few Chinese use answering machines and e-mail is like an answering machine. It’s convenient but but not immediate,” Guo said. Forty-two percent say they do not engage search engines. Those who do seek leisure or entertainment news, as well as information useful for work or study. Traditional news ranked behind those searches. Online portal Baidu.com was used by half of those surveyed, compared with a quarter for Google, the leading search engine in the United States.
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