"The online population in China comes from very modest families, " she says.

她说：“在中国在线的人们来自于普通家庭。”

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China has the world's largest online population of any country with an estimated 250 million users.

据估，中国拥有2.5亿网络用户，网民数量居世界之首。

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For the majority of the online population, technology - and especially social media - has led to more diverse networks than we've ever had before.

对大部分网民来说，科技带来了前所未有的多样化圈子。

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These days, while the online population has changed drastically, it remains a fairly elite group.

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The IDC reckons that China's online population will be 33 million by the end of 2004, some 35% of the region's wired population.

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Meanwhile, that Internet growth rolls on: Even though its online population is more than 338 million, three-quarters of the country has yet to use the Internet.

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