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Thursday, February 07, 2008

Hi5 Now in Chinese! 现在有中文版的hi5!

image In time for Chinese New Year (新年快乐!), hi5 has added simplified and traditional Chinese as hi5’s newest translations. Over 1.2 billion people use these two written languages – making them so common, they were a perfect fit for growing Asian offering.

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China has actually surpassed the United States in Internet usage, with over 150 million users spending nearly two billion hours online each week and a steady growth rate of 18% annually (see related Forbes article). With the addition of the Chinese scripts, now the member of China, as well as those in other locations where the language is regularly used (such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, and more) can be the part of growing social networking community.

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