Everybody can easily own one. The Beijing government has been constantly interfering with short-wave signals. But they also conduct door-to-door inspections for small satellite dishes; a personal shortwave radio set is not so easy to detect.
雖然中共當局對短波的干擾一直不斷，但見諸他們曾挨家挨戶查小耳朵的動作來看，相較之下，個人收聽短波還不太容易查到。