China Communications is resting on four foundation pillars, Radio, Television,
Telephone and Internet facilities and the Press. In the recent years China has
started spreading its wings as far as telecast distribution goes, but it is still
a little orthodox about its editorial content. This part is still government controlled
and follows stringent editorial policies.
Starting with something, which starts the day of the millions, the newspaper!
The most important English language Chinese daily is the China Daily. The People's
daily and the Worker's daily fall in the category of the national dailies. Without
the television and radio, Chinese mass communications would have been very dull.
The Chinese Central TV, better known as the CCTV is the state owned national
television. The China National Radio and the China Radio International are the
state owned radio broadcasters.
As far as telephone and mobile connections as a part of China Communications
are concerned, the efficiency will be clear to you with the numbers given below.
Before that it's important to know certain aspects. The IDD facility is available
in the telephone. If you make a national call then it comes cheaper to you between
21oo hrs to 0700 hrs. For international calls the pulse rate is fixed on a three
minute per call. For the mobile users there are arrangements made for roaming
facility. Connections are erratic except in Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an, Lhasaand
Ürümqi.
Internet is mainly accessible in the capital city of Beijing and the other
main cites. It is advisable not to visit any religious sites or any blogger's
forum because they belong to the No Entry category!
Let's have a look at some of the facts and figures related to China Communications:
- Main line telephone users - 350.433 million
- Mobile Phone Users - 437.48 million
- Radio Broadcast Stations - AM 369, FM 259,
shortwave 45
- Television Broadcast Stations- 3,240. Out of
this 209 are operated by the CCTV, 31 are provincial channels and 3, 000 are
local stations.
- Total Internet Users - 123 million
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