communication

main cities of tibet: lhasa , shigatse , shannan , tingri , nakchu , ngari , nyingchi , tsedang , zhangmu , chamdo

xining over the past two decades, the publishing industry, including books, periodicals and video and audio production, has developed quickly, and a region-wide media network has taken shape. tibet has four publishing houses and one audio-visual duplicating factory. since its founding 30 years ago, the tibet people's publishing house has published 6,600 titles, with a distribution of 78.9 million copies, 80 percent of them in tibetan. about 100 titles have won national and regional awards. tibet now has 25 printing houses, including the tibet xinhua printing house, that have gradually adopted new printing techniques, such as electronic type and photo setting, planographic offset printing, electronic color analysis, and multi-color printing. a region-wide book distribution network has basically been established, which has provided tibetan readers with over 90 million copies in tibetan under some 8,000 titles over the past two decades. newspapers and periodicals have developed steadily. in 1956 the tibet daily began publication, and in 1977 tibet literature and arts was issued. today 52 newspapers and periodicals are in circulation in tibet.

radio, film and tv undertakings have also developed after the peaceful liberation. today, tibet has two radio stations, 36 medium-and short-wave radio transmission and relay stations, two tv stations, 354 tv relay stations and 1,475 satellite earth stations. its radio and tv networks cover respectively 65 and 55 percent of the tibetan population. the tv penetration rate around lhasa is 75 percent. film serves as a major cultural pastime in agricultural and pastoral areas. tibet now has 436 cinemas, which provide over 130,000 film screenings a year and seat some 28.5 million patrons. farmers and herders watch at least one film, in tibetan, per person per month. in tibet's large cities still more information is available at internet bars.

communication conditions are greatly improved in tibet now and it makes communication much easier than before. a number of hotels provide idd call and fax service as well as there are photocopy facilities in lhasa. phone calls can be made from public telephone booths with ic cards or in telecommunication centers. there are two telecommunication centers in lhasa, one opposite the yin qiao hotel and the other at the west end of beijing dong lu. both are next to a post office. ip card service connecting most china cities and many countries is also available in lhasa. paging service covers the whole region now. mobile phone services are also available in lhasa and other major towns. pagers and mobile phones with roaming function also provide tourists with a convenient alternative form of communication. international mail service is available at the post offices next to the telecommunication centers. internet is another alternative which is accessible to travelers. there are dozens of internet cafes in lhasa. the internet service in the makye ame restaurant and the barkhor cafe are examples. in chamdo, ngari and yadong there are also a number of other internet cafes but they are less reliable.

 

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last updated: march 21, 2006

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