whats the following like in china/hk?

Question

tv and radio/internet???

apparntly the govt have strong censorship laws on the internets sites that can be seen, cant view the bbc at all? is this correct, we live in Australia and are comming home early feb from our trip via china/hk and are wondering what the tv news/radio and internet laws are like.

will we be able to see aussie news in china or not? aussie radio and aussie internet sites?

please help us those in China/hk

Mitch and Laura

Answer 1

I've been teaching in the Jiangxi province of China for the last two months. (originally from Canada) I have encountered no censorship of the internet. There are internet cafes everywhere. You can get Australian news and radio on the internet--I know that the person who taught here before me was Australian and when I turned on the computer it had a bunch of hookups to aussie radio and television. There is BBC world service radio apparently. CCTV channel 9 is english but is a government channel. The main english newpaper China Daily is printed in English but it is printed by the government. However China Daily actually has a lot of articles criticle of the government so its not quite as propagandist as one might think. China has a lot of laws it does not really enforce. If you speak English you can basically say what you want because very few people understand anyway. The only thing that is really off limits to talk about here is the cultural revolution. Television and radio are censored wherever you go and I don't think that China is any worse than other places.
I recommend that if you are going to Hong Kong to either start in Hong Kong or end there because your Chinese tourist visa expires when you go into Hong Kong--visas are expensive and it takes most of the day to get one. The china-hong kong border in the busiest border in the world so give yourself some time to cross it.
I do not recommend macau (which is politically kind of china like hong kong) unless you like casinos and the sex, drugs and money of it all (I just finished answering your holland question so I know you don't)
There are many Australian products here as well.

Answer 2

Like I mentioned in my previous answer about communicating with friends and family over the internet, it is not a problem at all in HK. In China as well as in HK, I usually tune in to the BBC website for news and information. I also checked canadian on line news, including live radio streaming, from the sites I go when I am back home, without any problem. I don't know about australian sites, but I suppose it would be the same. Freedom of press and expression is widely recognized there, I met with supporters of falon dong in HK who were freely and openly distributing pamphlets, and other dissident groups as well who are fairly free to tell you what they think about China. China may be a different thing but it is changing rapidly.

Have fun, enjoy this wonderful and fascinating part of the world without worrying too much about those things.

Answer 3

my family moved to hk several years ago and we never left, there are no laws and censorships here and because we have the freedom of speech/press.. the lot ALL sites (even porn) is allowed in HK and you can watch ABC on cable

in china the news is screened that i know but i dont have details, only been there once for exchange student stuff

Answer 4

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Answer 5

why dont you just stay where you belong ?