Censorship Vault: Car Explodes in Qingdao

Censorship Vault: Car Explodes in Qingdao

Censorship Vault features previously untranslated  instructions from the archives of the CDT series Directives from the Ministry of Truth (真理部指令).

Qingdao Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Notice No. 042: A car exploded on Xinyi Street on March 21 [zh]. If covering the incident, the media are asked to downplay it. Use wire copy without exception. Do not publish independent reports. Do not place the story on the front page or in headlines. Do not post pictures in newspapers. (March 21, 2013)

青岛市委宣传部042号通知:3月21日新沂路发生一起轿车爆燃事故,媒体若报道,请淡化处理,一律用通稿,不发自采内容,不上头版,不发导读,报纸不发图片。

Translation by Mengyu Dong.

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