China Travel Guide

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