2016年CRI China Targets Illegal Radio Broadcasters

 

Illegal radio broadcasts first began filling China's airwaves back in 2013.

Since then, they've become rampant¹, normally blasting listeners with various types of content, ranging from sketchy² medical infomercials to lewd³ and pornographic content.

Law enforcement officials say for the exception of Tibet, these types of illegal broadcasts have been noted⁴ all over China.

Chen Shiqu with the Ministry⁵ of Public Security says their campaign has focused on getting to the root of the problem.

"We've been trying to target the business operations which set up the illegal broadcasts. We've also been targeting those who produce and sell the equipment used for the broadcasts. Those who purchase airtime on them to spread their illegal information are also being targeted."

Authorities estimate it can cost around 50-thousand yuan a month to set up and maintain the illegal transmitters, which are normally set up in residential⁶ areas.

However, some of the larger operations are reportedly able to make millions of yuan in profits through the sale of their air-time.

While the transmitters themselves are often poorly made, many of them are high-powered.

Li Changwei with the Civil Aviation Administration of China says these high-powered broadcasts have the potential to interfere⁷ with vital communication channels.

"These shadowy radio frequencies severely⁸ affect the operations of our control towers at airports. Sometime, pilots and the air traffic controllers are unable to communicate effectively, impacting flights."

A six-month, nationwide crackdown on illegal broadcasts began in February.

So far, over 400 illegal radio operations have been shut down cross the country.

To help with the crackdown, authorities are using drones with radio-wave sensors⁹ to track their targets.

Song Qizhu is with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

"We can now very accurately¹⁰ and effectively monitor and locate these illegal broadcasts. We have built a comprehensive wireless¹¹ monitoring network to alert us when these broadcasts are spotted¹²."

Under Chinese law, anyone caught setting up illegal broadcasts is subject to fines and up to 7 years in jail. 

1 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

2 sketchy   

adj.写生的，写生风格的，概略的

参考例句：

• The material he supplied is too sketchy.他提供的材料过于简略。
• Details of what actually happened are still sketchy.对于已发生事实的详细情况知道的仍然有限。

3 lewd   

adj.淫荡的

参考例句：

• Drew spends all day eyeing up the women and making lewd comments.德鲁整天就盯着女人看，说些下流话。
• I'm not that mean,despicable,cowardly,lewd creature that horrible little man sees. 我可不是那个令人恶心的小人所见到的下流、可耻、懦弱、淫秽的家伙。

4 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

7 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

8 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

9 sensors   

n.传感器，灵敏元件( sensor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were more than 2000 sensors here. 这里装有两千多个灵敏元件。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Significant changes have been noted where sensors were exposed to trichloride. 当传感器暴露在三氯化物中时，有很大变化。 来自辞典例句

10 accurately   

adv.准确地，精确地

参考例句：

• It is hard to hit the ball accurately.准确地击中球很难。
• Now scientists can forecast the weather accurately.现在科学家们能准确地预报天气。

11 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。

12 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。