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China Celebrates Its 27th Email Anniversary

  • Xinhua, Monday, September 15, 2014 9:45 AM

It was 27 years ago when a group of researchers at a Beijing computer lab sent the first email from China. The email, which was sent to a university in Germany, included the message: "Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner of the world." The Internet Society of China celebrated the anniversary on Sunday, pointing out that China now counts the largest online population in the world with 632 million Internet users.

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