I came very close to buying a satellite system in GZ three years ago. It would have cost me 3500 RMB which included a rather large package of English channels.
I found out about the satellite dealer from the owner of an Indian restaurant a couple blocks south of Teem Plaza. I was in there for dinner one night an asked him about the satellite system he had playing in the restaurant, and he introduced me to a Chinese fellow who sold and installed the systems. I ended up not buying because at the time I didn't know how much longer I was going to be in China and I really wasn't clear on whether the system I was looking at would work in North America.
I also used to get a lot of satellite system advertising in my mailbox and under my door when I lived at Clifford Estates in Panyu.
Neither of these anecdotes addresses the legality of the systems, but there is no shortage of satellite systems in the pubs, restaurants and hotels that cater to foriegners, so there must be a certain degree of flexibility in whatever law there is.
Len
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Why subject yourself to the brainwashing that is now broadcast TV? I know longer let strangers in another part of the world dictate what I can watch, and when I can watch it. These days I only download using Bit Torrent or Emule. This way I can chosse what I want to watch as well as the time when I want to view it. No ads, no censorship, just high quality documentaries all the time.
By using Emule or Bit Torrent, one is merely chosing the brainwashing they are subjecting themselves to. With televsion, it's called a channel changer. As much as any media likes to claim objectivity, every documentary has an agenda.
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