By Xie Chuanjiao The number of bloggers in China had reached 17.5 million by the end of August, almost 30 times the 2002 figure. Around 7.7 million of that figure were active bloggers who updated their web logs at least once a month.

By Shelly K. Schwartz Frenzy. Fad. Force to be reckoned with. Call it what you will, but the self-publishing phenomenon known as blogging has erupted.