For foreigners in China, you have some ways to getting news out of China. CCTV 9 is an English language news media. It is for foreigners who don’t know Chinese language and broadcast in English. Some English newspapers and magazines are also available like China Daily, China Today and so on. You could buy them nearly everywhere. Only if you read English, you could choose many ways of getting news without worrying.
International fax services are available in most large hotels for a fee of a dozen RMB or more. Faxes within China can be made in the ubiquitous photocopy outlets that have the Chinese characters for fax written on the front door.
A list of telephone numbers exist for you to choose what kind of service do you want in China like 110,119,112 and so on. 110 is when you are trapped in danger and 119 is the fire alarm and 112 is for the hospital. There are many others and you could try echinacities.com to take a look.
If you want to call your family you may find it is a little difficult, and usually impossible without a calling card, which can often only be bought locally. But you also would find these cards are very cheap in China and the connection is surprisingly clear, uninterrupted and delay-free.
Want more ways of contact? Go to echinacities.com.
