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BEIJING, Feb 3 (AFP): The number of Internet users in China will hit 134 million by the end of 2005, consolidating its position as the second largest market in the world after the United States, a research firm said Thursday.
The figure would mark a growth rate of about 30 per cent compared with 103 million Chinese users at the end of last year, independent forecaster Analysys International said.
The number of 103 million users in late 2004 was higher than the 94 million figure released last month by state-controlled China Internet Network Information Center.
Analysys said the increase would push the development of online games, a fast growing industry in China.
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