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Asia > China > Media

CHINESE MEDIA STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Cinema attendance 140,000,000 [7th of 78]
DVD region 6 [1st of 171]
Films produced 212 [4th of 50]
Mobile phones 16.09 per 100 people [38th of 43]
Number of PCs 52,990 [2nd of 169]
Radios 417,000,000 [2nd of 221]
Telephone subscribers 743,861,000 ... [1st of 199]
Telephone subscribers per employee 927.66 ... [8th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic
interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; mobile cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place
Telephone system > General assessment
domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns; China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of China's 6 major telecommunications operators are part of an international consortium which, in December 2006, signed an agreement with Verizon Business to build the first next-generation optical cable system directly linking the US mainland and China
Telephone system > International
country code - 86; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions); several international fiber-optic links to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Russia, and Germany (2000)
Telephones > Main lines in use 350,433,000 [1st of 225]
Telephones > Mobile cellular 437,480,000 [1st of 220]
Television > Digital TV households 11,886 [1st of 13]
Television > Subscription TV revenues 1,750 [3rd of 13]
Television broadcast stations 3,240 [2nd of 220]
Television standard > VHF PAL D
Televisions 400,000,000 [1st of 215]
Too Lost in You > Charts > Peak > Position 8 [10th of 12]
Website defacements 394 [3rd of 129]

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SOURCES: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, March 11, 2003; Amazon.com; Internet Movie Database 2003; International Telecommunication Union; ITU; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; World Development Indicators database; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; Informa Media Group; Tenlab May 2002; Wikipedia: Too Lost in You ; attrition.org

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: China, People's Republic of China, Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo, Zhong Guo, China; Peoples Republic of, China, People's Republic, China, People's Rep, China, People's Rep. of, China PR

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