As for your question I am sure there are many options. One thing I will say though is that anything using the internet will suck! The internet here is slow, unreliable, and censored. So with that said I do watch some sporting things on cable tv here, you also have CCTV English channel, yeah it is mostly news and culture shows.

I do keep up on all new shows that I like and recent movies here in Beijing. It is a little bit of a pain in the ass sometimes but I download everything, using bit torrents.

there, oh, one more insult,,, you are a ......oh, nevermind, I am on holiday here, cheers to everyone!

What specific programmes do you mean?

And if you are coming on a decent contract, you should be able to get an apartment that has some Western channels.

Oh, and since you asked for it-

You are coming to Beijing for a single year, and your main concern is that you will still be able to watch crappy TV?

That's the fekkin spirit!

ARSE!

I would suspect the vast majority of expats wouldn't even know what torrents are MK.

Wouldn't buying box series DVD's be more popular?

I think torrents are probably better known than you seem to think, although I can't say I know that for a fact.

I would agree that DVD boxed sets would be the next best option, though, for anyone who isn't familiar with torrents.

I'll also add for OP's benefit that Youku.com seems to have some decent streaming content, although I've heard it's not as good as it used to be. I've never used it myself.

I've never had that problem. If you use eztv.it or kickasstorrents.com they tell you what language it is.

Its going to get far, far worse if the PTB get their way... that SOPA plan masked a huge executive order that Bam Bam just penned through, the mainstream news aren't even covering it.

http://www.infowars.com/obama-signs-global-internet-treaty-worse-than-so...

Basically, if someone in one country objects to content on a site in another..... this is the hard bit to believe, but a fact.... they can order it shut down. They are basically going to crush the internet!

Of course there's no New World Order.... splutter splutter

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Yes, like I said, torrents are the way to go, I just finished watching the first season of Hell on Wheels, not available on DVD yet in Beijing, sure it will show up soon. Have not missed a single one of Howard Sterns shows for the last 3 years in Beijing. As for the person talking about you don't know what you get until you download it that is not true at all. Like Zhenlai said the sites tell you which ones are good and what is in the torrents. I will ad Monova.org to his list, I only use that one and Kickasstorrents with no problems. I mean you can even watch the Tonight Show or David Letteman the same day it is shown in the U.S.

pighead

I use a locally based vpn. I'm not worried about the loss of security as I work under the assumption that all activity is monitored anyway.. I can watch video from any site that is viewable from the states with no problems at all from my home 2M connection and my 6rmb/month vpn.