According to China Youth Daily, "10 years ago, if you opened a full mailbag, you would find it 90% full of private letters. Today if can find 10%, that is a lot!" Postman Lao Zhang said.
According to National Post Office statistics, in July 2007, the number of letters decreased by 4.1% compared with the same period last year. From January to July, the total number of letters dropped by 2.9% than the same period last year. Most of letters were commercial communications, shopping mall and supermarket catalogues, printed advertisements and various bills.
A joint investigation by the China Youth Daily Social Survey Center and Sohu Network educational channel recently found that among 1,055 netizens who participated in the investigation, 75.9% have not written letters in several years; and 55.8% do not want to replace opportunities to meet friends through network chats.
"Ten years ago, when we said goodbye to friends, we’d often add: “write to me often.” Now, this phrase seems outdated, being replaced by “give me a call” or “E-mail me,” according to survey participants.
Investigations revealed that text messaging is the most common way for ordinary people to send greetings and good wishes to friends and family (68.3%), followed by phone calls (19.7%), instant messaging software like QQ and MSN (8.8%), and e-mail (2.8%); while only 0.5% of those surveyed still communicated using the traditional form of letter writing.
Source:Xinhua
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