Blogging is blooming in China as the countrys vast pool of Web users clamor to make their mark online and ambitious local start-ups battle foreign heavyweights for a piece of the market.
China now boasts a 14.2 million-strong blogosphere, with a new blog — a form of online diary whose name is a shortened form of personal Web log — created every second, according to Web site Technorati.

The growing stable of e-scribes, still small by global standards, has attracted homegrown firms and foreign giants like Microsoft, Google and Yahoo Inc offering blogging Web pages to outspoken Chinese Internet users.

One of the last great markets is being broken into at a rapid pace…be assured that the short to medium term benefits for the majors like Google and Yahoo will be tremendous as a wide range of advertising opportunities emerge.

This story continues to unfold and pundits are suggesting some of the things that will possibly emerge from this boom.

Courtesy of news.yahoo.com