The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.
A street fire in Shangpu.
Central Propaganda Department: Outsiders have entered and vandalized Shangpu Village in Mianhu Town, Jiexi County, Jieyang City, Guangdong Province. The incident has caught a fair amount of foreign attention, and foreign journalists are already on their way there. The media are not to send reporters. (March 13, 2013)
中宣部：广东省揭阳市揭西县棉湖镇上浦村外人进村打砸事件，境外较关注，已有境外媒体前往，各媒体不要派记者去。
CDT Chinese has collected images (GRAPHIC) and weibo from clashes with the police [zh].
Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry of Truth.” 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.
