According to a report on the use of broadband in Taiwan published by Taiwan Network Information Center, by January 3, 2009, the number of netizens in Taiwan reached 15.8 million with a coverage rate of about 68.94%.

Google China is cooperating with the Beijing-based website J.cn in launching a Beijing Valentine's Day map, which will help lost lovers find services like restaurant booking and flower delivery in Beijing for the upcoming Valentine's Day.

China Internet Network Information Center has published the latest report on China's Internet development, which states by the end of 2008, the number of Internet users in China had reached 298 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.9%.

Chinese Internet portal NetEase.com (NTES) has released its 2008 China Internet Communication Report which summarizes the hot topics being searched and discussed on the Internet and Chinese blogosphere.

The Internet Society of China announced at the First China Netizen Cultural Festival held in Beijing this week that the day September 14 will henceforth be designated as Netizens' Day in China.

Chinese search engine Baidu.com is currently developing a new search advertising model named BrandLink.

Feng Guangshun, general manager for MSN China's public relations, says Microsoft (MSFT) is planning to replace the MSN Groups with Windows Live Group and the new service will also be soon launched in China.

The Beijing government has launched an enhanced Internet cafe monitoring rule which states that people who visit Internet cafes for the first time need to have their picture taken and have their identification cards scanned.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced that the group will consolidate its two companies, Taobao.com and Alimama.com.

Google's (GOOG) China website and Top100.cn have jointly announced that the two companies will launch a music search service in the integrated searching functions of Google.cn.

In a survey launched by Chinese Internet portal Sina.com on the new rules for online shops that go into effect on August 1, 2008 in Beijing, about 90% of netizens said they are against the new rules and over 80% of them thought the rules would kill the enthusiasm of online sellers.

With a theme of "2008 Microsoft Hosted Exchange Day", the Microsoft Hosted Exchange customer experience meeting was held in Xiamen, Fujian Province this past weekend.

By Danny Levinson
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According to the 22nd report on China's Internet development released by the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of Chinese netizens have reached 253 million, making China number one around the world.

The China Internet Illegal Information Reporting Centre has released its "No.1 Report", which exposes the illegal spread of risque information of some Chinese websites and combines the names of those websites onto a blacklist.