The information revolution can be localized

There's a terrific post by James Fallows on things everyone in China knows, but that few outsiders have taken in.  

They were neatly summarized by Andrew Lih, in a recent SXSW panel that was in turn reported on CNReviews.com. 

I'll resummarize as the whole thing is worth quoting.  My thoughts added in brackets.

• Voicemail isn't used, instead people pick up their phone in any situation. 
• SMS+Instnat messaging is highly popular. [I knew that in reference to protests but though that might have been more a reflection of the mass organizing potential of broadcast SMS.]
• Only 56% of Chinese internet users have email addresses.
• Second and third tier cities tend to have internet cafes and low PC ownership.  [I think that may be fairly universal in the developing world].
• In China, social media came before e-commerce in terms of major web trends.