Blogging, already a favorite past time here in the United States, is now becoming more popular in China with the number of actual blogs reaching 34 million - 30-fold increase from four years ago.
"The rapid growth of blog sites in China also brought potential business opportunities to the advertising industry," Xinhua said. "Some blogs written by famous people attract millions of daily readers." The report said that out of the 34 million blog sites, 70 percent were "dormant," having remained unchanged for more than a month.
What is interesting about it is that the government still shuts down blogs that speak out against the current political regime. With so many blogs out there it will be tough for the Chinese government to censor each one.
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