Talk:Telephone numbers in China

Better description of which cities has the 8-number system? Colipon+(T) 02:44, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

AFAIK, all the cities with 2 digit area codes have 8 digit phone numbers.

is the preceding zero

used with mobile numbers too? (unsigned)

No. Zeroes are used for preceding an area code. Mobile numbers have no area codes. HkCaGu (talk) 18:07, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't "6" reserved for Taiwan?

I remember looking at an area code table from 10 years ago, and there was nothing that started with "6". And I remember hearing on the news that Mainland China "applied" to the international agency to have Taiwan change from +886 to +866. Then in recent years, China started assigning area codes that begin with "6". Shouldn't this be documented here in the "6" section? HkCaGu (talk) 18:07, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

My only comment is how fun it is to see a Wikipedia article without a single reference. The Sound and the Fury (talk) 04:55, 14 November 2010 (UTC)

apparent inaccuracy in the article.

According to a visit to China Mobile today the prefixes are not tied to specific networks. All China Mobile phone numbers have access to all networks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 106.186.121.163 (talk) 10:11, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

Taiwan isn't in China; Taiwan telephone numbers don't belong in an article about PRC phone numbers any more than phone numbers in France do

Kindly do not revert. If you still disagree, explain why phone numbers outside China belong in an article about phone numbers in China. NuclearWinner (talk) 21:33, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

Taiwan's phone numbering is not relevant to this article. However, how China reserved a prefix in case of, in the event of, or in order to attempt to enforce reunification through deviant maneuvers through international authorities are totally relevant to this article (and not Taiwan's numbering article). The prefix "6" was not used until recently, and area codes have been given to unrelated provinces (unlike all other prefixes). This is relevant here. It is about how China's numbering relates to its political claims. HkCaGu (talk) 22:55, 1 November 2016 (UTC)

You agree that "Taiwan's phone numbering is not relevant to this article." That should end this controversy as to THIS article on THIS specific topic. For your original research and unreferenced claims on PRC's supposed "attempt to enforce reunification through deviant maneuvers", I suggest you create a new article and make sure to include sources as to the "deviant maneuvers". For the record, I strongly support Taiwan's independence and sovereignty and feel as revolted by PRC's aggression and power grabs as you appear to. It's just not appropriate to put unreferenced claims about political maneuvers in an article on phone numbers, as it is unencyclopedic and appears to be political advocacy. Wikipedia is not a site for advocacy on any topic. It is intended to provide referenced facts from a neutral point of view. Kindly do not revert again or this will become a matter for editors. NuclearWinner (talk) 15:46, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

This article is about PRC numbering. Reserving area codes for Taiwan is PRC numbering. Nothing to do with Taiwan's de facto independence or their numbering. Taiwan's de factor independence does not make China's numbering scheme unencyclopedic. There are articles for a hypothetically PRC-numbered highway circling Taiwan, a province that PRC never had, but has bare political "representation" for, an internationally "recognized" term "giving" Taiwan to PRC and on and on. Your claim of POV is a stretch of Wikipedia principles. HkCaGu (talk) 17:44, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

Response to third opinion request:

I am responding to a third opinion request for this page. I have made no previous edits on Telephone numbers in China and have no known association with the editors involved in this discussion. The third opinion process is informal and I have no special powers or authority apart from being a fresh pair of eyes.

This is tricky. On the one hand, Taiwan is not a part of PRC while, on the other hand, China has apparently kept aside telephone area codes for Taiwanese regions. The fact that these numbers have been allocated is encyclopedic and should be included in the article. However, this inclusion should be done in an apolitical way. Something along the lines of:The PRC numbering plan also assigns numbers for Taiwan, a entity which is claimed by China but sees itself as a sovereign state and allocates its own numbers. Words like 'unilateral claim' are best avoided here and beyond listing the numbers allocated for Taiwanese areas, no further explanation is necessary.--regentspark (comment) 19:39, 6 November 2016 (UTC) regentspark (comment) 19:39, 6 November 2016 (UTC)

I re-added 26-related informations, giving that there are evidences some non-Taiwan cities are also requesting 26 to be used. Though, reverts are welcome if you think those are still "single sources". Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 06:25, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Mobile number area codes

I'm pretty sure that as of 2024, mobile numbers have area codes. When you dial a mobile number, the city the mobile number is registered is displayed and for Chinese Androids, the carrier as well unless someone can confirm this for me. 2A04:4A43:8AAF:F7B2:9D9C:73EF:4604:140C (talk) 21:22, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

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