China’s media are tightly controlled by the country’s leadership. The industry has been opened up in the areas of distribution and advertising but not in editorial content. Access to foreign news providers is limited, re-broadcasting and the use of satellite receivers is restricted; shortwave radio broadcasts are jammed and websites are blocked. In general, the press report on corruption and inefficiency among officials, but the media avoid criticism of the Communist Party’s monopoly on power. Hong Kong so far has retained its editorially free media. Each city has its own newspaper, usually published by the local government, as well as a local Communist Party daily. 

Agreements are in place which allow selected channels (including stations run by AOL Time Warner, News Corp and the Hong Kong-based Phoenix TV) to transmit via cable in Guangdong province. In exchange, Chinese Central TV’s English-language network is made available to satellite TV viewers in the USA and UK. Beijing says, it will only allow relays of foreign broadcasts which do not threaten ’national security’ or ’political stability’. All foreign-made TV programs will be subject to approval before broadcast.

	National newspapers include The People’s Daily and The Worker’s Daily, with many provinces having their own local dailies as well.
	News agencies include the state-run Xinhua and Zhongguo Xinwen She (aimed mainly at overseas Chinese nationals).
	The main English-language daily Newspaper is the China Daily.
	Shanghai's daily English Newspaper: The Shanghai Daily
	There is also the weekly news magazine Beijing Review, with editions in English, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.

Radio
China National Radio is state run.
China Radio International is a state-run external broadcaster with programs in more than 40 languages.

Internet
Internet is available in many areas of China; there are a large number of Internet cafes in Beijing, Shanghai, and all over China (excluding rural areas), especially near colleges and universities.  You will notice that most internet cafe’s are open 24 hours, 7 days a week (whether legal or not).  This is due to a large number of young Chinese being addicted to internet gaming.  Numerous young adults have been hospitalized due to the length of time spent in front of the computer screen in internet cafes.

Beijing routinely blocks access to sites run by the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong, rights groups and some foreign news organizations. Postings by bloggers are now being actively curbed.  There was a period in 2006-07 when access to Myspace.com and youtube.com were blocked from within China.