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Media Stats: compare key data on China & Taiwan

Definitions

  • Internet > Internet users: Internet users.
  • Internet > Internet users per thousand people: Internet users. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • News Agencies > List of news agencies: List of news agencies.
  • Newspapers > List of newspapers: List of newspapers.
  • Radio > List of radio stations: List of radio stations.
  • Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.
  • Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Television > List of TV stations: List of TV stations.
  • Television broadcast stations: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations.
  • Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Films produced: Amount of films created in specified country as catalogued by IMDB
  • Telephone system > General assessment: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic and international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
  • Internet > IP addresses per capita: Number of IPv4 internet address allocated per 1000 residents.
  • Internet > Users: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.
  • Internet > Internet penetration: Penetration.
  • Internet > Internet Service Providers: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
  • Telephones > Main lines in use: The total number of main telephone lines in use.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones: Number of mobile phones.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Television broadcast stations > Per capita: This entry gives the total number of separate broadcast stations plus any repeater stations. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
  • Telephone system > International: A brief characterization of the system with details on international components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa. Arabsat
  • Internet > Hosts: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.
  • Mobile phones: Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
  • Internet > Top level domain: Country top level domain.
  • Telephone system > Domestic: A brief characterization of the system with details on the domestic components. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry: Africa ONE - a fiber-optic submarine cable link encircling the continent of Africa.
    Arabsat -
  • Internet country code: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > Censorship > Political filtering:
    Indicates whether websites that express views in opposition to those of the current government (mainly on issues of human rights, freedom of expression, minority rights and religious movements) are censored or blocked. This is determined by accessing websites with provocative or objectionable content in English from within the country in question as well as from a place known to have no filtering regime. The retrieved content is then compared and scanned for discrepancies. Possible differences in blocking behavior across different ISPs is considered, as well as normal connectivity problems. 
     
    Values
     
    “per”, pervasive filtering: A large portion of the targeted content in several categories is blocked.
     
    “sub”, substantial filtering: Either a number of categories are subject to a medium level of filtering or a low level of filtering is carried out across many categories.
     
    “sel”, selective filtering: A small number of specific sites across a few categories are blocked, or filtering that targets a single category or issue is present.
     
    “sus”, suspected filtering: Connectivity abnormalities suggest the presence of filtering, but no conclusive proof of deliberate tampering could be found.
     
    “ne”, no evidence of filtering or blocking. 
     
     “nd”, no data.
     
     
  • Internet > IP addresses: Number of IPv4 internet addresses allocated to each country.
  • Number of PCs: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions: Mobile subscriptions Number.
  • Internet > Broadband access: DSL lines, cable modems etc. total in major countries (Top 30)
  • Internet > TLD: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).
  • Internet > Livejournal users: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
  • Telecommunications > Country calling code:

    The calling code for each country. A calling code should not be confused with an area or city code. For instance, the calling code for the United States is 1, and the area code for Detroit is 313. In order to dial Detroit from overseas you must dial the 1, plus 313, then the actual phone number. It's also common to see a “+” in front of the calling code, e.g., +1 313 XXX-XXXX.

  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration: Mobile subscriptions %.
  • E-Government rating: Darrell M. West, Center for Public Policy, Brown University
  • Television > Digital TV households: Number of households with digital television in 2002
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Number of telephone lines.
  • Internet > Linux web servers: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code: Country Code.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Phone system > International dialling code: Country international dialling code.
  • Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people: Mobile subscriptions Number. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Internet > Hosts > Per capita: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Number of PCs > Per $ GDP: The number of PC(personal computer) thousands in 2004. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 10 million $ gross domestic product.
  • Internet > IP addresses (share): Share of IPv4 internet addresses allocated per country.
  • Television > Subscription TV revenues: Subscription television revenues in 2002 (millions of $US)
STAT
China
Taiwan
HISTORY
Broadcast media all broadcast media are owned by, or affiliated with, the Communist Party of China or a government agency; no privately owned TV or radio stations; state-run Chinese Central TV, provincial, and municipal stations offer more than 2,000 channels; the Central Propaganda Department lists subjects that are off limits to domestic broadcast media with the government maintaining authority to approve all programming; foreign-made TV programs must be approved prior to broadcast 5
Internet > Internet users 568.19 million
Ranked 1st. 32 times more than Taiwan
17.66 million
Ranked 31st.
Internet > Internet users per thousand people 421.01
Ranked 101st.
757.8
Ranked 35th. 80% more than China
Internet > Users > Per capita 122.56 per 1,000 people
Ranked 94th.
645.7 per 1,000 people
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than China

Internet users 389 million
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than Taiwan
16.15 million
Ranked 24th.
News Agencies > List of news agencies <p>Xinhua (New China News Agency) - state-run, web pages in English</p> <p>Focus Taiwan - English-language service of state-run Central News Agency (CNA)</p> </p>Central Daily News - Chinese-language, Nationalist (Kuomintang)</p>
Newspapers > List of newspapers <p>Renmin Ribao (People&#039;s Daily) - Communist Party daily, web pages in English</p> </p>Zhongguo Qingnian Bao (China Youth Daily) - state-run, linked to Communist Youth League</p> </p>China Daily - state-run, English-language</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13017881">Full Article</a> <p>United Daily News - Chinese-language</p> </p>China Times - Chinese-language daily</p> </p>The Liberty Times - Chinese-language daily</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16177291">Full Article</a>
Radio > List of radio stations <p>China National Radio - state-run</p> </p>China Radio International - state-run external broadcaster, programmes in more than 40 languages, notably to Taiwan and Korea</p> <p>Broadcasting Corporation of China (BCC) - national and regional networks</p> </p>CBS-Radio Taiwan International - national broadcaster; also beams services to mainland China and the rest of the world in various languages and Chinese dialects</p> </p>Public Radio System (PRS) - government-run; travel, weather, social information</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16177291">Full Article</a>
Radio broadcast stations AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 AM 218, FM 333, shortwave 50
Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita 276.43 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th.
626.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than China

Telephones > Mobile cellular 986.25 million
Ranked 1st. 34 times more than Taiwan
28.86 million
Ranked 32nd.

Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita 414.03 per 1,000 people
Ranked 95th.
1,063.13 per 1,000 people
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than China

Television > List of TV stations <p>Chinese Central TV (CCTV) - state-run national broadcaster, networks include English-language CCTV News</p> <p>China Television Company (CTV) - commercial</p> </p>Chinese Television System (CTS)</p> </p>Taiwan Television Enterprise (TTV) - commercial</p> <br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16177291">Full Article</a>
Television broadcast stations 3,240
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Taiwan
76
Ranked 2nd.

Televisions 400 million
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Taiwan
8.8 million
Ranked 22nd.
Films produced 212
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Taiwan
24
Ranked 27th.
Telephone system > General assessment domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns; China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure; China in the summer of 2008 began a major restructuring of its telecommunications industry, resulting in the consolidation of its six telecom service operators to three, China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom, each providing both fixed-line and mobile services provides telecommunications service for every business and private need
Internet > IP addresses per capita 245.91
Ranked 93th.
1,530.81
Ranked 22nd. 6 times more than China
Internet > Users 162 million
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Taiwan
14.76 million
Ranked 19th.

Internet > Internet penetration 42.3%
Ranked 102nd.
76%
Ranked 36th. 80% more than China
Internet > Internet Service Providers 3
Ranked 131st.
8
Ranked 96th. 3 times more than China
Telephones > Main lines in use 285.12 million
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than Taiwan
16.91 million
Ranked 17th.

Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile phones 1.23 billion
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Taiwan
28.61 million
Ranked 35th.
Television broadcast stations > Per capita 2.63 per 1 million people
Ranked 38th.
3.33 per 1 million people
Ranked 4th. 26% more than China
Telephone system > International country code - 86; a number of submarine cables provide connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean; 1 Intersputnik - Indian Ocean region; and 1 Inmarsat - Pacific and Indian Ocean regions) country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2
Internet > ISP 3
Ranked 92nd.
8
Ranked 70th. 3 times more than China
Radios 417 million
Ranked 2nd. 26 times more than Taiwan
16 million
Ranked 25th.
Internet > Hosts 14.31 million
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Taiwan
5.22 million
Ranked 12th.

Mobile phones 16.09 per 100 people
Ranked 38th.
106.45 per 100 people
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than China
Internet > Top level domain .cn .tw
Telephone system > Domestic interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; the number of Internet users exceeded 564 million by the end of 2012; a domestic satellite system with several earth stations is in place thoroughly modern; completely digitalized
Internet country code .cn .tw
Internet > Censorship > Political filtering Pervasive filtering
Internet hosts None None
Internet > IP addresses 330.32 million
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Taiwan
35.38 million
Ranked 14th.
Number of PCs 52,990
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Taiwan
11,975
Ranked 13th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 231.61 million
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Taiwan
10.72 million
Ranked 24th.
Internet > Broadband access 35.01 million
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Taiwan
4.21 million
Ranked 11th.
Internet > TLD .cn .tw
Internet > Livejournal users 791
Ranked 36th. 80% more than Taiwan
439
Ranked 48th.
Telecommunications > Country calling code 86 886
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 17.2%
Ranked 75th.
46.1%
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than China
E-Government rating 56.3
Ranked 7th.
72.5
Ranked 1st. 29% more than China
Television > Digital TV households 11,886
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Taiwan
1,355
Ranked 6th.
Non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Television series first broadcast 1991 1996
Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines 269.91 million
Ranked 1st. 19 times more than Taiwan
14.27 million
Ranked 18th.
Non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Manga first published 1992 1970s as (unlicensed, introduced after publication in Hong Kong). Licensed publication in 1993.
Internet > Linux web servers 20
Ranked 43th.
39
Ranked 29th. 95% more than China
Website defacements 394
Ranked 3rd. 27% more than Taiwan
310
Ranked 5th.
Telecommunications > Telephone > International calling code 86
Ranked 43th.
886
Ranked 24th. 10 times more than China
Phone system > International dialling code +86 +886
Telecommunications > Telephone > Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 171.62
Ranked 75th.
459.91
Ranked 34th. 3 times more than China
Internet > Hosts > Per capita 10.76 per 1,000 people
Ranked 91st.
227.96 per 1,000 people
Ranked 27th. 21 times more than China

Number of PCs > Per $ GDP 0.073 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 95th.
0.208 per $10 million of GDP
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than China
Television standard > VHF PAL D NTSC M
Internet > IP addresses (share) 7.7
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than Taiwan
0.8
Ranked 15th.
Television > Subscription TV revenues 1,750
Ranked 3rd. 75% more than Taiwan
998
Ranked 5th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Internet World Stats, June 30, 2010; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Internet Movie Database 2003; http://www.iana.org/numbers; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of Internet users ("Percentage of Individuals using the Internet 2000-2012" , International Telecommunications Union (Geneva), June 2013, retrieved 22 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; International Telecommunication Union; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; OpenNet Initiative (ONI), ONI Data, https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20130920.zip; http://www.iana.org/numbers; ITU; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Point Topic; LiveJournal; Wikipedia: List of country calling codes (Alphabetical listing by country or region); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); report presents the second annual update on global e-government, i.e., the delivery of public sector information and online services through the Internet. This report studies the features that are available online at national government websites. Using a detailed analysis of 1.197 government websites in 198 different nations, it measures the information and services that are online, chart the variations that exist across countries, and discuss how e-government sites vary by region of the world. In order to see how the 198 nations ranked overall, the E-Government Ranking 2002 created a 0 to 100 point index and applied it to each nation's websites based on the availability of contact information, publications, databases, portals, and number of online services. (2002); Informa Media Group; Wikipedia: List of non-Japanese Doraemon versions; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; Netcraft Linux server survey; attrition.org; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Tenlab May 2002

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