---
title: "Rural Internet Access (in China)"
description: "James Fallows writes in the current Atlantic Monthly about the power of blogging... in rural China."
date: "2008-09-10"
authors:
  - name: "Susannah Fox"
    job_title: "Former Researcher"
    link: "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/susannah-fox/"
url: "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/2008/09/10/rural-internet-access-in-china/"
categories:
  - "International Technology"
  - "Platforms & Services"
  - "Rural Residents & Tech"
  - "Rural, Urban and Suburban Communities"
  - "Technology Adoption"
---

# Rural Internet Access (in China)

James Fallows has written a fascinating story about the power of blogging to educate rural Chinese children about the internet, ["How the West Was Wired."](http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200810/rural-china)

You can read his [blog post](http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/yellow_sheep_river.php) or view a [narrated slideshow](http://podcasts.theatlantic.com/2008/09/chinas-wild-west.php).

For comparative data, please see our reports on [Home Broadband Adoption in Rural America](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/Reports/2008/Home-Broadband-2008.aspx) and [Bloggers](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/internet/Reports/2006/Bloggers.aspx).