The shock and thrill of the new is everywhere: new ideas, new brands, new stars, new words. Every hour sees a story break somewhere in this vast nation, whether from a corporate headquarters in Beijing or a mountain hamlet in Yunnan.

Founded in April 2009, the paper is one of the most dynamic players among Chinese media, and has rapidly become the major English newspaper in the nation.

The Chinese public is not satisfied with old orthodoxies and stale stories, and neither is the Global Times. It provides in-depth coverage of controversial stories, from child AIDS victims to urban renewal, forced demolition and the fight against corruption. Its opinion pages feature heated debate over tough issues such as China’s use of the death penalty, the challenges of forming a new international order, and the nation’s growing wealth gap.

The Global Times is distributed nationwide from Monday to Saturday. The postal distribution code of the National Edition (32 pages) is 1-181. Retailing at 1.5 Yuan per copy, two subscription options are available at 36.5yuan per month or 438 Yuan per year.

The Beijing/Shanghai Edition has 40 pages (National Edition plus 8 pages of Metro Beijing/Shanghai) and the postal distribution code is 1-176. The retail price is 2 Yuan per copy with subscription prices at 39yuan per month and 468 Yuan per year.

You can advertise in the largest English Language newspaper in China without paying any cash. Use Ormita and barter for advertising.

Some statistics on China:

• China has over 900 million mobile phone users - China had more than 900 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of April (2011) with nearly two-thirds of the world’s most populous nation using cellular technology.
• By the end of 2010, total number of China Internet users reached 457 million, a 73 million increase over the year of 2009.
• China GDP grew about 10 percent in 2010
• China has 189 billionaires
• China passes U.S. as top energy consumer
• China’s urban population exceeds 600 million
• China has 118 megalopolises of more than 1 million people, and 39 such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenyang are super metropolises of more than 2 million residents.
• 12th May 2011 BEIJING — “The Chinese market is one of the most important markets to Procter & Gamble in our global development range,” Shannan Stevenson, P&G’s President-Greater China, said in an interview with Xinhua.
• According to the American Business in China White Paper 2011 released in late April by the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham-China), this year’s Business Climate Survey shows that all 434 members of AmCham-China have been performing well in China, with business having returned to pre-financial crisis levels.
• Of the 434 survey respondents, 85 percent reported revenue growth in 2010, and 78 percent reported being either profitable or very profitable.

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in China expanded 9.50 percent in the second quarter of 2011 over the same quarter last year. From 1989 until 2010, China’s average quarterly GDP Growth was 9.31 percent reaching an historical high of 14.20 percent in December of 1992 and a record low of 3.80 percent in December of 1990. China’s economy is the second largest in the world after that of the United States. During the past 30 years China’s economy has changed from a centrally planned system that was largely closed to international trade to a more market-oriented that has a rapidly growing private sector. A major component supporting China’s rapid economic growth has been exports growth.

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