High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Radio jamming activities in China is an often-disputed human-rights issue. Currently, People's Republic of China (i.e. mainland China) is severely jamming shortwave broadcasts from other countries such as United States and United Kingdom. On shortwave, the jamming sound is composed of Chinese folk music, specifically a composition known as The Firedrake, running about 1 hour in duration.The Chinese government targets Mandarin and Tibetian service of the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and the BBC World Service. Since broadcasting began in 1996, Chinese authorities have consistently jammed Radio Free Asia broadcasts.