COMMUNICATIONS

"China's communication system has much improved in recent years and is still being rapidly updated. Email is cheap and increasingly available - you'll often find a choice of Internet venues in the vicinity of China's universities. International phone calls are expensive, but on the whole it's easy to phone or fax abroad, even from obscure towns, and the international mail services are reliable to or from any of the cities.

Domestic calls are nearly as good, and within the country post is very rapid. Satellite TV in English is available in the more expensive hotels. You'll find English-language newspapers only in the largest cities, with Beijing having the widest choice

Mail services
The Chinese mail service is, on the whole, fast and reliable, with letters taking less than a day to reach destinations in the same city, two or more days to other destinations in China, and up to several weeks to destinations abroad. ...

Phones and telecommunications
China's phone system is expanding rapidly and both international and domestic calls can be made with little fuss. Local calls are free, and long-distance China-wide calls are fairly cheap, but international calls ...

The media
The Chinese news agency, Xinhua , is a national organization with an office in every province, a mouthpiece for the state which has a monopoly on domestic news. You can read their version of events in the China Daily, the only ¡­"