Post offices, with eye-catching green emblesms, are usually found on main streets, at railway stations, the airport and major scenic spots. A letter costs 0.8yuan within China. Letter mailed through mail-boxes with yellow caps are delivered faster than ordinary services although no extra postage is needed. Most Chinese names have three characters, the first being the family name and the last two given names. Occasionally, one may run into four-character names, and you can be sure that the first two characters are the family name.
Women keep their own family names after marriage.
See also The Origin of Chinese Surnames . Easy FM on 91.5 offers 12 hours of English broadcasting and Western music. This station is also a good source of information on what is happening in Beijing. Five minutes of international and domestic news is broadcast every hour on the hour. Five working days in a week is the official government regulation.