The effects of the property curbs and slower economic growth have local governments facing major fiscal difficulties, said Wang Jun, a researcher at the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, according to a transcript of his remarks on the website of the China Internet Information Center, under the State Council Information Office.

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The China Internet Network Information Center, which answers to China's Ministry of Information Industry, controls the master "directory" of ".cn" Web sites.

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There are now more than 420 million mobile users, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (Cinic).

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It was issued by the official data-collector China Internet Network Information Center (Cnnic).

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According to a survey enacted by the China Internet Network Information Center, Baidu upped its market share in Beijing by 10.8 percentage points to 52%.

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Nearly half of China's 513 million netizens used weibo sites - Twitter equivalents - last year compared to 63 million in 2010, the China Internet Network Information Center report said.

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China has the world's biggest population of Internet users, with 564 million people online at the end of 2012, according to an industry group, the China Internet Network Information Center.

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In fact, it already apparently has: In August, after Baidu first listed on the Nasdaq exchange, the China Internet Network Information Center said the company enjoyed 38% of the local search market, with Beijing-based portal Sohu coming in second at 19.6%--and Google having a paltry 12.6% of users.

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