Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
You may also want to try the Marco Polo Project (
http://marcopoloproject.org
), which trans-
lates modern Chinese writing.
Newsstands are the place to purchase the
China Daily
and
Global Times
as well as your mobile phone
recharge cards.
English newspapers are even scantier than magazines, and it's no secret that the govern-
ment has a heavy hand when it comes to pruning their content. There are two main English-
language newspapers—
The China Daily
and
Global Times
—but being in English by no
means saves them from the government's shears. They're both readily available from news-
stands and convenience stores. Occasionally you might be able to get your hands on a copy
of the
South China Morning Post.
This is an English-language newspaper from Hong Kong
and can sometimes be picked up if you're visiting a hotel. Ultimately many expats simply
turn to the websites of international newspapers for their news on the Middle Kingdom, as
these can be much more penetrating than those based in Beijing. You may at times need a
VPN/proxy to leap the Great Firewall to access them.
Both
Global Times
(
www.globaltimes.cn
)
and the
China Daily
(
www.chinadaily.com.cn
) have online versions, as do two of China's largest news sources,
the People's Daily (
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn
)
and Xinhua (
www.chinaview.cn
)
.
There are, however, other sites that allow you to gain insight into what's happening
