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June 30, 2000


Portal Fever Hits Hong Kong NOW
By JONAH GREENBERG

Hong Kong's Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW) hit the competitive China portal market with a vertical Internet portal, or "vortal," called NOW.com that seeks to attract both desktop PC-users with living room TV-watchers.

In a week when Beijing-based Netease.com becomes the third Chinese Web portal to list on the NASDAQ exchange, the launch of Now.com signals the intent of Hong Kong-based Internet players to play catch-up.

Also this week, Tom.com went live after a suspenseful wait following their monster IPO in May on the GEM exchange in Hong Kong. (more)

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China Internet Statistics
The CNNIC (China Internet Network Information Center) reports are released twice a year, and are currently the most authoritative source of statistical information on Internet use in China.
  • Jan. 2000 CNNIC Report  (Analysis)
  • July 1999 CNNIC Report
  • Jan. 1999 CNNIC Report
  • July 1998 CNNIC Report

    Interactive Audience Measurement Asia (iamasia) said there were 12.3 million Internet users in China by April 2000. Based in Hong Kong, the company uses phone surveys and user panels in China.

  • iamasia announcement

    Spotlight on China's Top Portals
    Sina.com Sina.com was the brainchild of three students at Stanford University: Sinanet.
    It's now China's most popular Web site, according to official surveys (review).
    		 163.com Netease is the most "Chinese" of China's
    top portals. Run by an all-Chinese management team, Netease is also well known for its auction service (review).
    		 Sohu.com Sohu.com, China's #3 Web portal, built its name on its search function: "Sohu" comes from the word "Souhu," which means "search fox" in Chinese. (review).

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