Ministry of Truth: Personal Wealth, Income Gap

Ministry of Truth: Personal Wealth, Income Gap

The following instructions, issued to the media by central government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.

Central Propaganda Department: In covering the Guangdong pilot program for government officials to report their [personal] finances, proceed according to unified planning from the Central Committee’s Commission for Discipline Inspection. All media are to cease independent reporting and commentary for the time being. (February 6, 2013)

中宣部:有关广东官员财产申报试点工作的报道,按中纪委统一安排进行,各媒体暂不再自行报道评论。

The Guangdong Propaganda Department issued a similar directive on January 24.

Central Propaganda Department: The State Council recently endorsed “Several Points on Deepening Income Distribution Reform.” All media are to cover this according to Xinhua wire copy. Do not change headlines, put the story on the front page, or lure readers to it. Except for wire copy, do not produce any other form of report, commentary, or link. Do not post it on media’s official Weibo account. (February 6, 2013)

中宣部:近日国务院批转了《关于深化收入分配制度改革的若干意见》,各媒体严格按新华社通稿刊播,不改标题、不上头版导读,除通稿外不做其他任何形式报道、评论和链接,媒体官方微博不转载。

Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “.” CDT has collected the selections we translate here from a variety of sources and has checked them against official Chinese media reports to confirm their implementation.

Since directives are sometimes communicated orally to journalists and editors, who then leak them online, the wording published here may not be exact. The original publication date on CDT Chinese is noted after the directives; the date given may indicate when the directive was leaked, rather than when it was issued. CDT does its utmost to verify dates and wording, but also takes precautions to protect the source.

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