Smartphone penetration is up to 73% by now: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nielsen.com&#x2F;cn&#x2F;en&#x2F;press-room&#x2F;2015&#x2F;Nielsen-Chinese-Smartphone-Market-Now-Driven-by-Upgrading-EN.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nielsen.com&#x2F;cn&#x2F;en&#x2F;press-room&#x2F;2015&#x2F;Nielsen-Chinese...</a> and is above 85% in urban areas.<p>The article seems to take an American bias with this by looking only at desktop websites. China primarily consumes the internet through mobile apps and top tier mobile apps (Wechat, Baidu Maps, Didi Kuadi, Dianping, Ele.me) appear to be designed no more or less busy than comparable Western ones.