By 2014, twenty years after the world wide web first arrived in China, 618 million users (about half the nation’s population) regularly used the internet over telephone lines, optic cables, and wireless networks-the largest number of any country in the world. The rise of the internet in China was slow at first, but the growth of tech cafés, where patrons could economically use internet-connected computers, and government investment in networking infrastructure caused a rapid expansion in users throughout the country. It wasn’t until seven years later in 1994 when researchers at the Institute of High Energy Physics at China’s Academy of Sciences built the first cable connection for the country to the world wide web, but only by connecting to facilities at Stanford University’s Linear Accelerator Center. The first email in China was sent in 1987 between Chinese scientists and German researchers at the University of Karlsruhe, seventeen years after the same feat in America. In the not-too-distant past, China’s internet and tech scene lagged behind that of the US’s. But what is it like in China-a market of ever-growing international prominence in tech? What is the Amazon, Apple, or Google of China? The work of American tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook is an essential part of our daily lives, so much so we barely think about it anymore. Maybe after some intense study reading the pages of EAA, you plan to unwind by watching some movies on Netflix or playing some Fortnite on your gaming console. Maybe you logged onto Facebook and caught up with your friends or shopped for things on Amazon.
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