China has become the world's second largest source of spam,
following only the United States.
The Internet Society of China's anti-spam team acknowledged on
Wednesday that 180 of 400 IP addresses blocked by the International
Anti-Spam Organization in November 2004 were Chinese, according to
a report in the China Business Times.
Another 80 Chinese IP addresses were blocked from the beginning
of December to December 19.
However, China's spambusters say that the US, which generates
42.1 percent of all spam, is the main culprit in this global
problem. They believe that too many Chinese IP addresses have been
blocked by international organizations, with an adverse impact on
normal e-mail delivery.
(Xinhua News Agency January 7, 2005)