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

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

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]