Editing Internet in China (section)

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[[China]] has been on the [[Internet]] intermittently since May 1989 and on a permanent basis since 20 April 1994,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edu.cn/introduction_1378/20060323/t20060323_4285.shtml|title=中国教育和科研计算机网CERNET|website=Edu.cn|access-date=15 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527120608/http://www.edu.cn/introduction_1378/20060323/t20060323_4285.shtml|archive-date=27 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> although with heavily [[Internet censorship in China|censored]] access. In 2008, China became the country with the largest population on the Internet and, {{as of|2024|lc=y}}, has remained so.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Li |first=David Daokui |title=China's World View: Demystifying China to Prevent Global Conflict |date=2024 |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |isbn=978-0393292398 |location=New York, NY |author-link=David Daokui Li}}</ref>{{Rp|page=18}} {{As of|2024|12|post=,}} 1.09 billion (77.5% of the country's total population) use '''internet in China'''.

China's first foray into the global cyberspace was an [[email]] (not TCP/IP based and thus technically not internet) sent on 20 September 1987 to the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]], reading, "Across the [[Great Wall of China|Great Wall]], towards the rest of the world" ({{zh |s=越过长城，走向世界 |t=越過長城，走向世界 |p=Yuèguò chángchéng, zǒuxiàng shìjiè }}).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://big5.chinanews.com.cn:89/special/guoqing/60/2009/06-25/122.shtml |title = 中新網-共和國60週年大型專題策劃-中國接入網際網路 |access-date = 30 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101104447/http://big5.chinanews.com.cn:89/special/guoqing/60/2009/06-25/122.shtml |archive-date=1 January 2013  }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200801230406/http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2017/9/388707.shtm 中国E-mail：值而立之年却未老先衰]. 科技日报. 19 September 2017.</ref> This later became a well-known phrase in China and {{as of|2018|lc=y}}, was displayed on the desktop login screen for [[Tencent QQ|QQ]] mail.<ref name="guar1">{{cite news |title=The great firewall of China: Xi Jinping's internet shutdown |first1=Elizabeth C |last1=Economy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/29/the-great-firewall-of-china-xi-jinpings-internet-shutdown |access-date=29 June 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=28 June 2018 |archive-date=10 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010172129/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jun/29/the-great-firewall-of-china-xi-jinpings-internet-shutdown |url-status=live }}</ref>