Workers check computer monitors at a Taiwanese-owned BenQ (IT) Co., Ltd. plant in Suzhou, 80-km (50 miles) away from Shanghai January 21, 2003. China's online population rose to 59.1 million at the end of 2002, replacing Japan's 56 million as the world's second largest but still far behind the United States with about 170 million internet users. [Reuters]
 
 
 

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