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China’s internet has overtaken the West Based on raw statistics, China has been at the forefront【最前线】 of internet access【互联网接入】 for almost a decade【十年】. Having overtaken【赶上，压倒】 the US in 2008 , there are now nearly 700 million Chinese users online today – many with high-speed connections. We used to think that Chinese people just copied the West, but when you go onto WeChat and TaoBao and AliBaba, it&`&s just astounding [ə&`&staʊndɪŋ] because it&`&s so much more than what we have in the UK . 注： If something is astounding, you are shocked or amazed that it could exist or happen. 令人震惊的 The results are quite astounding. 这些结果非常令人震惊。