3/4/2023 0 Comments Pcj radio international![]() Who will listen? There are even many documented cases in areas of China where someone who managed to access the BBC website by using a proxy server was arrested by the Public Security Bureau (PSB Internal Security Police), for accessing the BBC and reading about human rights and other issues the Chinese Communist Party deem off limits to the population.Ĩ. But the internet is blocked by the Great Firewall. But my question is: If you have phone apps and put more content on the internet. Some of those in government talk about the internet as the saviour of international broadcasting. And from my experience including once asked by the CBC to show them around, not at any point did they visit the rural areas where the vast majority of the population in China live.ħ. In the past I have seen over the years people from various governments come to China on "fact finding" tours on who listens to shortwave radio. I would invite her to come with me to Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Henan, Inner Mongolia and other areas to see for herself how many people listen to the BBC on shortwave. This week I heard Conservative MP Louise Bagshawe on Newshour say that no one listens to shortwave. So if they want to be informed about what is going on in the world and in China they tune to the BBC and others.Ħ. The reason is simple roughly 30% of the country have access to the internet, and if they do websites like the BBC are blocked. If you turn on a receiver in China you can get upwards to 40+ domestic stations using shortwave. In China unlike other countries even domestic stations like China National Radio, and some of the provincial stations use SW to reach the audience. Tecsun from their own sales figures sold nearly over 1 million sets in China alone. ![]() They range in price from 20USD to 100USD. Receivers are cheap and are available in every electronic shop in the country. Tecsun who makes radios for Grundig and other brands also has their own brand radio. ![]() The plans have also been translated in Chinese and are passed to listeners through underground channels.ĥ. These plans are what I used to listen to the BBC and other stations. These plans are still used today and are available online at the website for the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Many years ago international broadcasters came up with a way to get around jamming. There are a number of ways to get around the jamming. But the jamming was not very successful and the signal for both the English and Chinese programs was getting through.Ĥ. The Chinese authorities step up jamming against the BBC and other international broadcasters. During that time I went back to China for a few weeks and all BBC sites were blocked. A good example would be the case of human rights advocate Liu Xiaobo who was also offered the Nobel Peace Prize and has been under house arrest. Even the English website of the BBC World Service was blocked when very sensitive stories were reported on. The only way I was able to tune in was on shortwave. I was located in China for over eight years, never during that time was I able to log onto the Chinese section of the BBC website. The idea of cutting the BBC World Service Chinese Section on shortwave is very misguided. But in the developing world SW is still used widely even for domestic broadcasting.ģ. These cuts are understandable as in very developed countries people do have other options. Since 1989 there has been a major decline in international shortwave broadcasting to regions like North America, Europe and Australia. I also own PCJ Media/Radio an international content provider. For the past 22 years I have worked in international broadcasting for stations like Radio Canada International, Monitor Radio News, China Radio International, Radio Netherlands Worldwide. ![]() Eight of those years I was based in China. ![]() My name is Keith Perron a Canadian who has been based in Asia for the past 11 years. Opposition to the BBC World Service Cuts the Chinese Section.Ī. Session 2010-11 Implications of the BBC World Service Cutsġ. ![]()
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