Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005 to 2007. According to Canyu, the directives were issued by the Beijing Municipal Network Propaganda Management Office and the State Council Internet management departments and provided to to Canyu by insiders. China Copyright and Media has not verified the source.

The translations are by Rogier Creemers of China Copyright and Media.

23 October 2006, 19:00, Beijing Municipal Network Management Office, Duty manager

Please do not reprint the Lookout Oriental Weekly article “Chongqing Civil Servants Write Short Messages Remonstrating Against Present-Day Evils to More than One Hundred People for Survey,” where it has been reprinted, please immediately remove it. This article may also not be posted in forums or blogs.

24 October 2006, 9:08, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Office, Sun Ying

Delete the video concerning the Jiangxi Gan River Academy students making trouble, please delete text and images after backing up and investigate IPs.

24 October 2006, 15:30, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Mass-type student events successively occurred in the Jiangxi Gan River Vocational Academy, the Jiangxi Apparel Academy and other people-run academies, this matter is still extending, all websites are requested to strengthen management, it is prohibited to post text, images or video information in forums, news trackers or blogs concerning the mass-type student incidents in Jiangxi higher education institutes, please earnestly inspect online situations, timely delete this sort of information.

24 October 2006, 13:27, Beijing Municipal Information Office

I. All websites are to remove news concerning SK-2 cosmetics to the back stages, this is no longer to be discussed in forums and blogs.

II. News of beautiful women collecting pictures of the lower body half of men online, is no longer to be played up, remove it to the back stage, do not guide discussions in forums and blogs.

24 October 2006, Haidian Bureau Science, Technology and Information Communication Office

Notice concerning Guaranteeing Internet Information Security during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Period

All websites:

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit will be convened from 1 November to 5 November in Beijing, more than 3400 delegates from more than 40 will participate in this summit, which is one of the major foreign affairs events in our country this year, in order to provide a good and harmonious network atmosphere for the Forum, and guarantee Internet network information security during the period of the Forum in our district, the following work requirements are hereby notified:

(1) All work units are requested to strictly implement network security management systems, formulate emergency guarantee plans for the Forum period, immediately implement a specialist duty management structure, and report the name and contact telephone number of the duty manager to our office before 30 October through e-mail (e-mail: hdwj@263.net.cn);

(2) In order to guarantee that management is conducted even better over websites having established forums, chat rooms, BBS, electronic announcement columns, and other service programs, and effectively prevent the occurrence of sudden incidents, all websites providing forum services are requested to open up super-user management powers for our office’s network supervision and inspection office (being the powers to delete content), and report this to our office before 30 October through e-mail;

(3) During the Forum period, it is necessary to persist in an approval first and posting later system for posts, focus supervision and control on sensitive topics and active columns, vigorously discover harmful information, and especially where situations such as mass-type public order incidents, Falun Gong, etc., occur, it must be achieved that as soon as they are discovered, they are immediately deleted, and attention must be paid to timely preserving clues and timely reporting our office. Contact telephone: 82571260, contact person: Yu Haiyang.

Haidian Bureau Science, Technology and Information Communication Bureau

24 October 2006

15 October 2006, 10:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office

All websites’ articles concerning SK-2 are no longer to be reprinted in the important news section of the news center, posts are not to be recommended on the front page, no longer produce new special subjects or special columns, existing special subjects must be put on the back stage, new report articles are no longer to link to the original special subject.

26 October 2006, 10:51, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chai Yue

All websites are requested to immediately delete the text content of “Masterstroke Confuses Bureau” issued in the “News Investigation” column of CCTV on 23 October. Related higher education institute mass-type incidents may not be reported without exception, and management over forums, blogs, instant communication and other interactive columns must be strengthened, delete all corresponding text, image and video content.

26 October 2006, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Notice concerning Further Doing Online Propaganda and Reporting Work of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress Well

All websites: Studying, propagating, and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress is an important political task in the present and future periods’ Internet news and propaganda work, Qianlong Net and all main commercial portal websites must further do propaganda, reporting, and management work concerning the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress well, and strive to create a harmonious online public opinion atmosphere.

I. General requirements

Earnestly implement the general requirements and uniform deployment of the Center, fully give rein to the superiority and characteristics of the Internet, deeply propagate the spirit of the important speech of General Secretary Hu Jintao at the Plenum, deeply propagate the “CCP Central Committee Decision concerning Some Major Issues in Building a Harmonious Society” (hereafter simply named “Decision”), promote studying and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Committee, create a strong online public opinion atmosphere for welcoming the victorious convention of the 17th Party Congress, building a Socialist harmonious society, completely constructing a relatively well-off society, and initiating a new picture for the undertaking of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, further enhance recognition and understanding of the outside world of all of our principles and policies, work measures and China’s development progress situation.

II, Propaganda focus points

Strengthen online propaganda and reporting on the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, the key is to grasp the following points well and achieve the seven deeps: first, deeply propagate the spirit of General Secretary Hu Jintao’s important speech and the major significance of the “Decision”. Propagate the deep elaboration of General Secretary Hu Jintao concerning building a Socialist harmonious society, the important deployment to implement the spirit of the Plenum, as well as the correct requirements put forward to do the present work well. Propagate the guiding ideology, objectives and tasks, work principles and major deployments on building a Socialist harmonious society put forward in the “Decision.” Second, deeply propagate the importance and urgency of building a Socialist harmonious society. Propagate that social harmony is an essential property of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is an important guarantee for the country’s wealth and strength, the vitalization of the nation and the happiness of the people. Third, deeply propagate the guiding ideology, objectives, tasks, and principles for building a Socialist harmonious society. Fourth, deeply propagate the series of important measures of the Center concerning building a Socialist harmonious society. Fifth, deeply propagate the strengthening of Party leadership over the construction of a Socialist harmonious society. Sixth, deeply propagate the real actions of the entire party and the people of all ethnicities in the entire country in deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the Plenum and welcoming the victorious convention of the 17th Party Congress. Seventh, deeply propagate the fine aspirations and real actions of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government in persisting in marching the peaceful development path, and proposing the construction of a peaceful world.

III. Propaganda arrangements

(1) All websites are to set up “6th Plenum” and “Harmonious Society Construction” special subjects. On the main page of websites and main news pages, continuously strengthen reporting of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress. The special subjects must be maintained in the first position of the focus special subjects, and real-time news is to be used in the important news section to create a special subject entry point; after all websites roll out a real-time news special section, they shall put real-time news on the 6th Plenum in the first position, and make it into a special subject entry point.

(2) Timely reprint focus articles and focus reports from focus Central news and network media. The People’s Daily, Xinhua, and other main Central news media will successively publish a series of theoretical articles, expert interviews, hot spot interpretations, comments, and discussions in the near future, and roll out a batch of advanced models in building a harmonious society, websites must timely follow up, and prominently, timely, and correctly reprint these reports.

(3) Meticulously design special subject column content, strengthen attractiveness and infectiousness. All websites must earnestly plan special subjects, ensure that propaganda on home pages and main pages and special subject or special column propaganda is mutually coordinated and mutually resonating, and fully use text, images, audiovisuals, and many other propaganda methods to shape momentum and shape influence.

(4) Open up an online study and tutoring garden. All websites are to give rein to the dissemination superiority of the Internet, and provide online study and tutoring support for the propaganda of the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Committee. They must provide inquiry services for important documents, materials, and data to netizens, and may invite expert academics for online interviews under the condition of asking the Municipal Network Management Office for permission, to provide theoretical and policy tutorial services.

(5) Arrange propaganda on forums, blogs, and other interactive columns well. Constructive discussion topics may be set up, strengthen propaganda through VIP interviews, special subject discussion, excellent article recommendations, hot spot listings, online article soliciting, and other methods, to vigorously and actively guide netizen discussion.

(6) Strengthen reports on studying and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress in Beijing. Qianlong Net will set up a special Beijing column, and strengthen reports concerning Beijing City studying the spirit of General Secretary Hu Jintao’s important speech and the “Decision,” and timely reprints important articles and reports from the Beijing Daily and other municipally-subordinate traditional media; all other commercial websites must appropriately strengthen reports on all walks of life studying, propagating, and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress.

IV. Strengthen guidance and management over online public opinion. In the near future, public opinion guidance work in the following few areas must be stressed, all websites are to strengthen management over trackers and forums with reference to them. First, the nature and deep connotations of the Socialist harmonious society must be completely elaborated. Second, it must be fully explained that building a harmonious society reflects the Party’s persistent putting the basic interest of the broadest people as the starting point and stopover point for all Party and government work. Third, it must be deeply elaborated that the Party and government pay even more attention to the development of social undertakings, pay even more attention to resolving the problems of imbalanced development, and promote the coordinated development of economy and society. Fourth, guidance must be strengthened over social security, labor, and employment, education fairness, healthcare and hygiene services, and other hot sports and issues that the masses are concerned about. Fifth, public opinion guidance over running the web in a civilized manner and using the web in a civilized manner must be continuously strengthened, forcefully build an online harmonious culture.

V. Assessment and rewards. In order to encourage all websites to do propaganda and reporting of the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, the Municipal Network Management Office will conduct assessment and rewards of all websites’ propaganda situation concerning the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress. At the end of November, the Municipal Network Management Office will organize experts, to comprehensively mark all websites’ arrangement of special subject positions, special subject content, propaganda forms, propaganda and public opinion guidance in interactive columns, website and news front pages, management situations, etc., and the first three sites will be given material and spiritual awards, those with insufficient propaganda are criticized (comparative assessment and award standards are notified separately).

VI. Propaganda requirements. First, training for website editors concerning the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress must be strengthened. The Municipal Network Management Office will organize and convene special subject lectures to study the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress. All websites must also internally organize editors to focus on studying the spirit of General Secretary Hu Jintao’s important speech and the spirit of the “Decision,” to raise their understanding of the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, raise the level of online propaganda work, and realistically implement online management work measures. Second, a harmonious network must be forcefully built, and harmonious culture construction stimulated. All websites must strictly implement laws, regulations and rules, standardize news sources, and resist false news; correctly grasp well the propaganda specifications, proportions, strength, and rhythm. The major theoretical viewpoints and major policy deployments put forward by the Plenum must on the one hand be propagated on a grand scale, and on the other hand, it is necessary to strive in terms of complete understanding and correct grasping, to assist the broad cadres and masses to deeply comprehend the new viewpoints, new thoughts, new measures, and new requirements put forward by the Plenum. Third, network management must be grasped, creating harmonious online public opinion. Propaganda and reporting of the spirit of the 6th Plenum has a strong political nature, policy nature, and theoretical nature, all websites must strengthen management and strictly abide by propaganda discipline. They must pay close attention to online public opinion, strengthen management over forums, news trackers, blogs, mobile phone messages, and search engine services, they must timely and firmly block and delete harmful information that seizes the opportunity to attack the Party and the government, attack the Socialist system, disseminate so-called major personnel arrangement rumors, disseminate illegal mass incidents and activities, incite incidents influencing social stability, destroy the unity of the nation, violate State religious policies, etc. For uncertain cases, instructions must be sought from the Network Management Office, and it must be examined first and issued afterwards.

Beijing Municipal Internet Propaganda Management Office

26 October 2006, 11:53, Beijing Municipal Network Management Office

(1) Concerning the Jinghua Times news “19 Melon Growers Claim Damages From Ministry of Agriculture,” this has been verified, the said report is inaccurate, all websites already having this news are to push this to the back stage without exception.

(2) Starting tomorrow, look for articles concerning traffic control during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation period every day, and issue it in in the important news section.

26 October 2006, 12:43, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chai Yue

All websites are not to use the word “live” for the Chirac speech.

26 October 2006, 18:08, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

Concerning discussions on real-name systems for blogs, do not make this into special subjects, do not publish headers on blog pages, do not conduct surveys, do not engage in contention, controversy, name-signing, etc.; forums are not to actively set up topics. Concerning these topics, they are to be removed without exception from main pages of websites and main news pages, the main pages of blogs and forums, approving voices must occupy the mainstream.

27 October 2006, 14:23, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

Instructions concerning the news “Tickets May Be Purchased with a Real-Name System on Tieliu Net ” published by the Chongqing Evening News, this has been verified, and the said news report is inaccurate, all websites that have already published this, please delete it.

27 October 2006, 14:23, Beijing Municipal Information Office

(1) Instructions concerning the news “Tickets May Be Purchased with a Real-Name System on Tieliu Net ” published by the Chongqing Evening News, this has been verified, and the said news report is inaccurate, all websites that have already published this, please delete it.

(2) All websites are requested to immediately delete the content of the text “Masterstroke Confuses Bureau” published in the “News Survey” column of CCTV on 23 October. Concerning the mass incidents in higher education institutes, no reports are to be made without exception, and strengthen management over forums, blogs, instant communications, and other interactive columns, delete all relevant text, image, and video content.

27 October 2006, 15:41, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

Concerning the Xinhua Net news flash “145 Measurable Earthquakes Occurred in the Three Gorges Reservoir Since Filling up with Water,” all websites are requested to push this to the back stage without exception.

27 October 2006, 15:41, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

The information on “70% of Beijing Olympic Ticket Sale Estimate of 7 Million for Domestic Market” reported by the Beijing Evening News on 17 October is incorrect, websites are requested not to reprint it, where it has been reprinted, please delete it.

30 October 2006, 14:36, Beijing Municipal Information Office

If articles with content similar to this are discovered, please delete them immediately (the State Council Information Office is currently investigating this issue) http://bbs.people.com.cn/bbs/ReadFile?whichfile=13123062&typeid=14.

30 October 2006, 15:12, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites: In recent days, some websites reprinted reports from Caijing magazine, etc., concerning the Guomei Group chairman Huang Guangyu, which do not conform to provisions on news reprint sources. All websites must strictly implement corresponding regulations, and may not reprint information from sources not conform to regulations, where it has been reprinted, it must be immediately deleted.

30 October 2006, 17:21, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites: please reprint this text on the main page of news centers: http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2006-10/30/content_11572323.htm.

31 October 2006, 17:31, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

(1) All websites: Recently, the well-known sexologist Li Yinhe has successively published discussions on the legality of “wife-swapping” and “incest,” all websites are requested to immediately delete corresponding reports, and to push special subjects that are being discussed to the back stage.

(2) Today, some websites have reprinted the Zhang Yimou article “West Lake Impressions” on destruction of the ecological environment, which triggered netizen discussion. According to the opinion of Hangzhou City, these articles diverge relatively largely from facts, all websites are requested to immediately delete corresponding articles. Online forums and blogs are no longer to discuss this.

31 October 2006, 17:58, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites, please delete the article “‘Glamor Community’s Selection Being Questioned – Community Streets Solicit Votes by Giving Gifts” published by the Jinghua Times today.

2006年10月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2006年10月23日19时00分 北京市网管办值班

《瞭望东方周刊》“重庆公务员编写短信针砭时弊致上百人遭调查”稿件，请不要转载，已转载的请即撤除。论坛、博客也不要贴发此稿件。
2006年10月24日09时08分 北京市公安局网监处孙颖

删除涉及江西赣江学院学生闹事的视频，文字和图片，请备份后删除，并查ip
2006年10月24日15时30分 网管办值班

江西赣江职业学院、江西服装学院等民办学院相继发生学生群体性事件,此事仍在蔓延，请各网站加强管理,禁止在论坛、新闻跟帖、博客中贴发关于江西高校学生群体性事件 文字、图片、视频信息，请认真检查网上情况，及时删除此类信息。
2006年10月24日13时27分 北京市新闻办

一：各网站，将sk2化妆品的新闻都撤到后台，论坛博客中不再讨论。

二：美女网上征集男子下体图的新闻，不再炒作，撤到后台，论坛博客中不引导讨论。
202006年10月24日 海淀分局科技信息通信处

关于在中非论坛期间保障互联网信息安全的通知

各网站：

中非合作论坛北京峰会将于11月1日至5日在北京召开，届时将有40多个国家的3400余名代表参加，是今年我国重大的外事活动之一，为给中非论坛创造一个良好和谐的网络氛围，保障论坛期间我区互联网网络信息安全，现提出如下工作要求：

1、请各单位严格落实网络安全管理制度，制定中非论坛期间应急保障方案，并立即落实专人值班制度，将值班员的姓名、联系电话于10月30日前通过电子邮件（e-mail:hdwj@263.net.cn）上报我处；

2、为保证对设有论坛、聊天室、BBS、电子公告栏等服务项目的网站更好的进行管理，有效防止突发事件的发生，请各提供论坛服务的网站为我处网络监察中心开通超级用户管理权限（即删贴权限），并在10月30日前通过电子邮件上报我处；

3、在中非论坛期间要坚持对帖子的先审后贴制度，重点监控敏感话题、活跃栏目，积极发现有害信息，特别对出现的群体性治安事件、法轮功等情况，要做到第一时间发现、立即予以删除并注意及时保存线索并及时上报我处。联系电话：82571260，联系人：于海洋。

海淀分局科技信息通信处

202006年10月24日
2006年10月25日10时00分 北京市新闻办

各网站有关SK-II稿件不在新闻中心要闻区转载,贴文不在首页推荐,不再制作新专题\专栏,已有专题要放至后台,新报道稿件不再与原先专题链接.
2006年10月26日10时51分 北京市新闻办柴玥

请各网站立即删除中央电视台10月23日在《新闻调查》栏目播发的《高招迷局》文字内容。有关高校群体性事件一律不得报道，并加强论坛、博客和即时通讯等互动栏目的管理，删除所有相关文字、图片和视频内容。
2006年10月26日10时51分 北京市新闻办

关于进一步做好党的十六届六中全会精神网上宣传报道工作的通知

各网站：学习、宣传、贯彻党的十六届六中全会精神，是当前和今后一个时期互联网新闻宣传工作的一项重要政治任务，千龙网和各主要商业门户网站要进一步做好十六届六中全会精神的网上宣传报道和管理工作，努力营造和谐的网上舆论氛围。

一、总体要求认真贯彻执行中央的总体要求和统一部署，充分发挥互联网的优势和特点，深入宣传胡锦涛总书记在全会上的重要讲话精神，深入宣传《中共中 央关于构建社会主义和谐社会若干重大问题的决定》（以下简称《决定》），推动十六届六中全会精神的学习和贯彻，为迎接党的十七大胜利召开、构建社会主义和 谐社会、全面建设小康社会、开创中国特色社会主义事业新局面营造浓厚的网上舆论氛围，进一步增进国外对我各项方针政策、工作举措和中国发展进步情况的认识 理解。

二、宣传重点加强十六届六中全会网上宣传报道，关键是要把握好以下重点，做到七个深入：一是深入宣传胡锦涛总书记重要讲话精神和《决定》的重大意 义。宣传胡锦涛总书记关于构建社会主义和谐社会的深刻阐述，关于贯彻落实全会精神的重要部署，以及对做好当前工作提出的明确要求。宣传《决定》提出的构建 社会主义和谐社会的指导思想、目标任务、工作原则和重大部署。二是深入宣传构建社会主义和谐社会的重要性和紧迫性。宣传社会和谐是中国特色社会主义的本质 属性，是国家富强、民族振兴、人民幸福的重要保证。三是深入宣传构建社会主义和谐社会的指导思想、目标任务和原则。四是深入宣传中央关于构建社会主义和谐 社会的一系列重要举措。五是深入宣传加强党对构建社会主义和谐社会的领导。六是深入宣传全党全国各族人民深入学习贯彻全会精神、迎接十七大胜利召开的实际 行动。七是深入宣传中国共产党和中国政府坚持走和平发展道路、倡导建设和谐世界的良好愿望和实际行动。

三、宣传安排

(一)各网站办好“六中全会”或“和谐社会建设”专题。在网站首页和新闻首页继续加强对十六届六中全会精神的报道。专题要保持在焦点专题第一的位置，在要闻区内用实时新闻作专题入口；各网站推出时政新闻专区后，将六中全会实时报道放在第一位置，并作为专题入口。

（二）及时转发中央重点新闻和网络媒体的重点文章和重点报道。人民日报、新华社等中央主要新闻媒体，将在近期陆续刊发系列理论文章、专家专访、热点解读、评论言论，推出一批建设和谐社会的先进典型，网站要及时跟进，突出、及时、准确转发好这些报道。

（三）精心设计专题专栏内容，增强吸引力和感染力。各网站要认真策划专题，使主页、首页的宣传与专题、专栏宣传相互配合、相互呼应，充分利用文字、图片、音视频等多种宣传手段形成声势、形成影响。

（四）开办网上学习辅导园地。各网站发挥互联网传播优势，为十六届六中全会精神的宣传提供网上学习辅导支持。要为网民提供重要文件、文献、资料查询服务，可在请示市网管办许可的情况下邀请专家学者在线访谈，提供理论、政策辅导服务。

（五）安排好论坛、博客等互动栏目的宣传。可开设建设性话题，通过嘉宾访谈、专题讨论、优秀文章推荐、热点排行、网上征文等形式加强宣传，积极主动引导网民讨论。

（六）加强对北京学习、贯彻十六届六中全会精神的报道。千龙网要开设北京专栏，加强对北京市学习胡锦涛总书记讲话和《决定》精神的报道，及时转载 《北京日报》等市属传统媒体的重要文章和报道；其它各商业网站要适当加强对北京市各界学习、宣传、贯彻落实十六届六中精神的报道。

四、加强对网上舆论的引导和管理近期要着重做好以下几个方面的舆论引导工作，各网站参照加强对跟贴和论坛的管理。一是要全面阐释社会主义和谐社会的 性质和深刻内涵。二是要充分说明构建和谐社会体现了党始终把最广大人民的根本利益作为党和政府一切工作的出发点和落脚点。三是要深入阐明党和政府更加注重 社会事业的发展，更加注重解决发展不平衡问题，推动经济社会协调发展。四是要加强对社会保障、劳动就业、教育公平、医疗卫生服务等群众关心的热点问题的引 导。五是要继续加强文明办网、文明上网的舆论引导，大力建设网上和谐文化。

五、评比表彰为鼓励各网站做好十六届六中全会精神的宣传报道，市网管办将对各网站开展十六届六中全会精神宣传情况进行评比表彰。 11月底，市网管办将组织专家，依据各网站安排专题位置、专题内容、宣传形式、互动栏目、网站和新闻首页宣传、舆论引导、管理情况进行综合打分，对前三名 予以物质和精神奖励，对宣传不到位者予以批评（具体评比和奖励标准另行通知）。

六、宣传要求一是要加强对网站编辑人员十六届六中全会精神的培训。市网管办将组织开展学习十六届六中全会精神的专题讲座。各网站也要在内部组织编辑 重点学习胡锦涛总书记重要讲话和《决定》精神，提高对十六届六中全会精神的理解力，提高网上宣传工作水平，切实落实网上管理工作措施。二是要大力构建和谐 网络，促进和谐文化建设。各网站要严格执行法律法规和规章，规范新闻来源，抵制虚假新闻；准确把握好宣传的口径、分寸、力度和节奏。对全会提出的重大理论 观点和重大决策部署，一方面要大张旗鼓地进行宣传，另一方面要在全面理解、准确把握上下功夫，帮助广大干部群众深刻领会全会提出的新观点、新思想、新举 措、新要求。三是要抓好网络管理，营造和谐网上舆论。六中全会精神的宣传报道，政治性、政策性、理论性很强，各网站要加强管理，严格遵守宣传纪律。要密切 关注网上舆情，加强对论坛、新闻跟帖、博客、手机短信、搜索引擎服务的管理，对借机攻击党和政府、攻击社会主义制度、散布所谓重大人事安排谣言、传播非法 群体事件活动、煽动影响社会稳定事件、破坏民族团结、违反国家宗教政策等有害信息，要及时、坚决地封堵和删除。拿不准的问题要请示市网管办先审后发。

北京市互联网宣传管理办公室
2006年10月26日11时53分 北京市新闻办

1.关于京华时报《十九户瓜农向农业部索赔》的新闻，经核实，该报道失实，各网站已有新闻一律压到后台。

2.从明天起每天从千龙上找关于中非论坛期间交通管制的稿子发要闻区
2006年10月26日12时43分 北京市新闻办柴玥

希拉克演讲，请各网不要用“直播”字眼
2006年10月26日18时08分 北京市新闻办陈华

关于博客实名制的讨论，不做专题，不发博客页面的头条，不做调查，不做争鸣、交锋、签名等；论坛不主动设置话题。关于这类话题，一律撤出网站首页、闻首，博客、论坛的首页，赞同的声音要占主流。
2006年10月27日14时23分 北京市新闻办扬乐

关于重庆晚报刊登的“铁流网可以实名制购票”的新闻提示，经核实，该新闻报道失实，各网站已经刊登的予以删除。
2006年10月27日14时23分 北京市新闻办
1. 关于重庆晚报刊登的“铁流网可以实名制购票”的新闻提示，经核实，改新闻报道失实，各网站已经刊登的予以删除。

2. 请各网站立即删除中央电视台10月23日在《新闻调查》栏目播发的《高招迷局》文字内容。有关高校群体性事件一律不得报道，并加强论坛、博客和即时通讯等互动栏目的管理，删除所有相关文字、图片和视频内容。
2006年10月27日15时41分 北京市新闻办扬乐

关于新华网快讯“三峡库区自蓄水以来发生能定位的地震145次”，各网一率压到后台
2006年10月27日15时41分 北京市新闻办陈华

10月27日《北京晚报》报道的”北京奥运门票预计将售700万张70%面向国内”消息不准确，请网站不要转载，已转载的请删除。
06年10月30日14时36分 北京市新闻办

若有发现跟这篇内容相同的文章，请立即删除（国新办正在查这个问题）http://bbs.people.com.cn/bbs/ReadFile?whichfile=13123062&typeid=14
06年10月30日15时12分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网站：近日，一些网站转载《财经》杂志等有关国美集团董事长黄光裕的报道，不符合新闻转载来源的规定。各网站要严格执行相关规定，对不符合规定来源的消息不得转载，已转载的要立即撤除。
06年10月30日17时21分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请在新闻中心首页转发此文：http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2006-10/30/content_11572323.htm
06年10月31日17时31分 北京市新闻办黄婧

1. 各网：近期，著名性学家李银河相继发表了“换妻”、“乱伦”合法的言论，请各网马上删除相关报道，并将讨论的专题压到后台。

2. 近日，一些网站转载了张艺谋”印象西湖”破坏生态环境的文章，并引发网民的讨论。据杭州市的意见，这些文章与事实出入较大，请网站马上删除相关文章。网上论坛、博客中不再讨论。
06年10月31日17时58分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请删除京华时报今日刊发的《”魅力社区”评选遭质疑 社区街头以送礼方式拉票一稿》。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 9, 2012 (here).

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12 May 2006, 23:40, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

Everyone, this has been notified in the afternoon, and is now stressed. When reprinting articles criticizing the “No Worries” theater group’s destruction of the environment, do not reprint articles linking this matter with Chen Kaige’s participation in the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, websites may not report or track netizens’ name-signing activities concerning this matter. All articles and pages that are inconsistent with the above requirements must be speedily removed.

14 May 2006, 10:40, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

All websites are requested to speedily delete the article “Many Hugely Corrupt High Officials Convicted to Suspended Death Sentence, Evoking Challenges,” where special subjects have already been made, please delete them speedily.

15 May 2006, 13:24, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

All websites are requested to use the Qianlong article Beijing Network Media Association Openly Recruits 200 Network Supervision Staff to replace the present header of “Initiating the Wind of Network Civilization,” and place a summary on the main page of websites. Please reprint another Qianlong article Silicon Valley Drives the Start of ‘IT Websites Run the Web in a Civilized Manner’ Activities in the second line of the header at the same time, and put an abstract in the important news section of the news centre. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

15 May 2006 (Monday), 16:01

A communication from Chen Hua on revising the above notice:

Everyone, please delete the sentence “with the authorization of the State Council Information Office” from the present article “IT Specialist Websites Establish ‘Civilized Network Association,’” other matters are not changed.

14 May 2006, 18:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huo

The case of the “China Caijing News Magazine” journalist Yang Xiaoqing, who is suspected of extortion is in the process of being tried. In view of the fact that this case is relatively sensitive and complex, concerning information related to this case, websites are requested to only transmit Xinhua copy and information from Hunan Red Net, do not reprint articles from other sources, forums are also not to post this sort of articles.

14 May 2006, 18:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huo

Concerning information on civil servants’ salary adjustment, websites are only to reprint Xinhua copy, it is strictly prohibited to reprint information from any other source, forums are also not to reprint this sort of article, where the Dagong Daily article “Civil Servant Salary Structures Will Be Changed” and others have been reprinted, they must be immediately deleted. Management must be strengthened, all sorts of information, posts and commentary that does not conform to the above requirements must be timely deleted.

16 May 2006, 12:45, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

“Netizens Issue Information Agreement” (Discussion draft – see attachment for content):

I. In the near future, the Municipal Information Office will roll out a model for the agreement, and provide for strict management measures;

II. All websites bear the first responsibility to notify netizens to jointly abide by this agreement;

III. The text of this agreement will have comprehensive requirements in the regulatory, netizen self-discipline and propaganda areas;

IV. This agreement will at the same time protect to the largest extent the rights and interests of netizens to participate regularly in discussions;

V. Before and after the text of this agreement is made public, all relevant departments and work personnel of companies are requested to strictly grasp the scale of discussions.

19 May 2006, 8:50, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

All websites, pay attention, all those having opened trackers on the article “Persisting in Uniting as One and Looking Ahead – Reviewing the Historical Discussion on Deng Xiaoping and Other Older Generation Revolutionaries Concerning Correctly Dealing with the ‘Cultural Revolution,’” please close trackers. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

19 May 2006, 14:54, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

Immediately delete that Beijing taxi prices will rise to 2 yuan per kilometer tomorrow.

19 May 2006, Fan Tao

All websites are requested to put the information published by Qianlong Net on the taxi price adjustment (http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/05/19/134@3182655.htm) in the middle of the important news section, do not make it into a header, close trackers.

19 May 2006, 17:02, Fan Tao

No online reports are to be made of the film Summer Palace that participated in the Cannes Film Festival without permission, do not reprint this sort of information or comments, websites are also not to interview or report on the main creators of Summer Palace. If the content of articles on the Cannes Film Festival involves the film Summer Palace, websites are also requested to reprint or report this, this sort of article is not to be posted on forums, blogs or trackers.

20 May 2006, 18:37, Fan Tao, Municipal Information Office

Please immediately close news trackers on reports concerning the repatriation of Lai Changxing.

Please delete information that the original version of the Mao Zedong portrait will be sold at auction.

2006年5月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2006年5月12日23 时40分北京市新闻办公室 陈华

各位，下午通知这，再强调一下。转发批评“无极”剧组破坏环境稿件时，不转发把这一事件与陈凯歌参与2008年奥运会开幕式挂钩的稿件，网站不报道、贴发网民有关此事的签名活动。凡与上述要求不一致的稿件、页面要迅速撤除。

2006年5月14日10时40分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

请各网迅速删除”多名巨贪高官被判死缓引发质疑”一稿,已经做专题请迅速删除.

2006年5月15日13 时24分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

请各网用千龙网的稿件《北京网络媒体协会公开征集200名网络监督员》（http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825 /2006/05/15/178@3171683.htm）替换目前“大兴网络文明之风”的头条，并在网站首页做提要。请同时在专题二条位置放千龙网另一 稿件《硅谷动力发起“IT网站文明办网”活动 》（http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/05/15/178@3171702.htm）并在新闻中心要闻区做 提要。收到请回复，谢谢。

2006-5-15 (星期一) 16:01

转达陈华对上一个通知的修改：

各位，请将目前“IT专业网站成立“文明办网联盟”一稿中，“经国家新闻办公室授权”这句话去掉，其他不变

2006年5月14日18时 北京市新闻办公室 霍

《中国产经新闻报》记者阳小青涉嫌敲诈勒索一案，目前正在审理中。鉴于此案比较敏感、复杂，有关此案的消息，请网站只转发新华社通稿和湖南红网的消息，不转发其他来源的稿件，论坛也不贴发此类文章。

2006年5月14日18时 分 北京市新闻办公室 霍

有关公务员工资调整的消息，网站只转发新华社通稿，严禁转发其他任何来源消息，论坛也不转发此类文章，已转的大公报“公务员工资结构将有改变”等文要立即撤除。要加强管理，凡与上述要求不符的各类消息、帖文、评论要及时删除。

2006年5月16日12时45分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

《网民发布信息协议》（讨论稿—–内容见附件）

一，近期市新闻办将出台协议范本，规定严厉管理措施；

二，各网站承担通知网民共同遵守该协议的第一责任人；

三，该协议文本具有法规、网民自律与宣传方面的综合要求；

四，该协议同时包含最大限度保护网民正常参与讨论的权益；

五，该协议文本出台前后请公司各相关部门及工作人员严格掌握言论尺度；

2006年5月19日8时50分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

各网注意：凡对《坚持团结一致向前看——重温邓小平等老一辈革命家关于正确对待“文化大革命”历史的论述》一文开有跟帖的，请关闭跟帖。收到请回复，谢谢。

2006年5月19日14时54分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

北京出租车租价明起上调为2元/公里，马上删除。

2006年5月19日16 时 分 范涛

千龙网已经发布出租车调价消息（http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/05/19/134@3182655.htm）请各网放要闻中部，不做大头条，关闭跟帖。

2006年5月19日17时02分 范涛

对未经批准到戛纳电影节参评的电影《颐和园》网上不作报道，不转载此类消息、评论，网站也不采访报道《颐和园》主创人员。如戛纳电影节稿件涉及电影《颐和园》的内容，也请网站不要转载、报道，论坛、博客、跟帖不贴发此类稿件。

2006年5月20日18时 37 分 范涛 市网宣办

关于遣返赖昌星的报道，请立即关闭新闻跟贴。

请删除毛泽东画像母本将被拍卖的消息。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 24, 2012 (here).

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17 April 2006, 9:36, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

The result of the Harbin Tianjia Medical Expense: Party Committee Secretary and others dismissed from position – if the first source of this article is Caijing, please completely delete it.

18 April 2006 (Tuesday), 9:05

The new Canadian Foreign Minister says there are 1,000 Chinese spies in his country – this article comes from the Straits Metropolitan Daily, and is not within the scope of reprinting, please speedily delete it.

18 April 2006, 9:00 Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

(1) Today, the visit of Hu Jintao to the United States has begun, all websites are requested to strictly use standard copy, at present, there still are articles from Dongfang Net, please immediately delete them.

(2) All websites are requested to speedily reprint the following articles in the special section on beginning the trend of network civilization: Youth Who Lost Their Way Accuse Network Poison – 300 Website Editors Are Deeply Shocked (http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9050.htm, http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9037.htm)

High-school students strive to abide by honesty and become “Network Civilization Disseminators” and “Examination Supervision Exempt Class,” Huiwen High School Students Fix Eyes upon Practicing the View of Honour and Dishonour,” (http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9041.htm, http: //epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9052.htm)

(3) “Run the Web in a Civilized Manner, Use the Web in a Civilized Manner” Arouses Huge Social Reverberations, The New Wind of Network Civilization Is Rising Up and Flourishing”

Beijing: Give Networks a Clear Space (http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/?pageStart=0&pageEnd=10&currentpage=0) – This is a special contribution to a special section, please reprint the entire article.

Please indicate the source, Beijing Daily Net – Beijing Daily when reprinting the above articles.

18 April 2006, 9:55, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

The article “China Maritime Bureau: Sailing Prohibition During Period of East Sea Oilfield Expansion Works” from today’s Jinghua Times is an untrue report, please speedily delete it.

18 April 2006, 9:58, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

Beijing Taxi drivers: our greatest ideal is driving black cars – please speedily push this to the back stage.

18 April 2006, 21:44, Chen Hua

Everyone, information concerning this edition of the American Pulitzer News Prize and “Female German Chancellor Changes Clothing in Public” is not to be reprinted or reported without exception by all website, where it has been reprinted, delete it.

19 April 2006, 9:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

If “Japan Brings Up the Incident of a Diplomat Committing Suicide for Illicit Love Again – States Our Diplomats to Be Summoned to Court” appears, please delete it with the highest speed.

19 April 2006, 11:31, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

Please note: please change all articles concerning the Beijing taxi price increase without exception into copy from the Beijing Daily: http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060419/200604/t14298.htm, http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060419/200604/t14303.htm. Please indicate that the source is Beijing Daily, please acknowledge receipt, thank you. Please speedily change them.

19 April 2006, 12:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

Reports concerning the matter of Beijing taxi price adjustment, news trackers may now be opened, apart from discussions attacking the government not being permitted to be published, positive and negative opinions may both be posted.

19 April 2006, 21:49, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

Please reprint the Qianlong Net information “Taxi Price Adjustment Hearing Representative Discussion- Attacking Black Cars Becomes Focus Point,” (http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/04/19/134@3128582.htm).

19 April 2006, 12:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

All websites are requested to reprint this article in the network civilization special subject section: http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/19/content_4449507.htm.

20 April 2006, 11:27, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao

Please timely reprint the People’s Daily People’s Commentary in the special subject section: “What Is It that Shocked 300 Network Editors?”（http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/40604/4314195.html). Please acknowledge receipt.

2006年4月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2006年4月17日9时36分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

哈尔滨天价医费案结果公布：党委书记等被撤职——此稿如果稿源是第一财经的，请全部删除。
2006-4-18 (星期二) 9:05

加拿大新外长称本国有千名中国间谍——

此稿为海峡都市报的，不在转载范围，请迅速删除。
2006年4月18日9时 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛

1、今天胡锦涛访美开始，请各网严格使用规范稿源，目前还有用东方网的稿件，请立即删除。

2、请各网在大兴网络文明之风专题内迅速转载以下文章：失足少年控诉网络毒害三百网站编辑深受震撼 （http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9050.htm、http: //epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9037.htm）

高中生争作“网络文明传播者”“考试免监班”信守诚信
汇文中学学生小处着眼践行荣辱观（http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9041.htm、http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9052.htm）

3、“文明办网、文明上网”激起巨大社会反响，网络文明新风正在蔚然兴起
北京：还网络一个洁净空间 （http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/?pageStart=0&pageEnd=10&currentpage=0）——这是一个特稿专版，请转载全部文章。

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北京出租车司机：我最大的理想是开上黑车——请迅速压到后台。
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各位，关于本届美国普利策新闻奖和“德国女总理当众换衣”的消息，各网站一律不转载报道，已转的删除
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关于北京出租车调价一事的报道，现在可以打开跟贴，除攻击政府的言论不准放行外，正反意见均允许上贴。
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请在新闻中心首页要闻区中下位置转载千龙网消息《出租车价调整听证代表质询 打击黑车成焦点 》（http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/04/19/134@3128582.htm）
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请各网站在文明办网专题转载：http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/19/content_4449507.htm 此文章
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请及时在专题内转载人民日报人民时评：《让三百名网络编辑震撼的，是什么 》（http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/40604/4314195.html）收到请回复，谢谢。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 21, 2012 (here).

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“The Diaoyu Islands are China’s.”

“The Diaoyu Islands are China’s inherent territory.”

“No Japanese or dogs allowed.”

“Japanese beasts: Self-Defense Forces are Self-Pleasuring Forces.”

Photos by Caijing. Via AmazeNews.

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Xie Baokang, assistant to the Times’ editor, told Agence France-Presse that the investigative department had been “dismantled.” Reporters from the team, including the veteran journalist Wang Keqin, have been moved to different departments, Xie told AFP.

The reasons for the move are not clear, but the lack of transparency surrounding the restructuring is characteristic of the behind-the-scenes political pressure that governs China’s media. Journalists are often fined, dismissed, or demoted in retaliation for outspoken reporting and warned not to publicize the penalty, according to CPJ research.

“This apparent crackdown of the China Economic Times’ investigative section is a loss for China,” said Bob Dietz, CPJ Asia program coordinator. “The shutdown carries the hallmarks of a political measure to curb a leading news outlet’s reporting that found disfavor within the government.”

From Jonathan Watts at The Guardian:

Contacted by phone, Wang said he was unable to comment. “Sorry, I have to hang up,” he said ….

“I had problems with black society [gangs], and problems with red society [officials],” Wang said in a Guardian interview last year. “I heard there was a special investigation team, [with the target of] sending me to prison.” He said his life had been threatened and he had been beaten up on several occasions.

Until now, however, it was assumed that his position was safe because he was protected by China’s former premier Zhu Rongji. There is little indication of what may have sparked a bout of pressure from the authorities. At midnight and from 5am to 9am, Wang posted a series of online comments calling for freedom and condemning the corruption of officials.

“Thanks for your support … Even if we can only change society a little, that is still progress,” he wrote in one. “Respect everyone’s freedom in order to achieve true freedom,” he noted in another. “Who but a corrupt man would want to become a governor?” read another.

At Economics Observer [zh], journalism professor Zhan Jiang expressed optimism for Wang’s prospects and those of Chinese investigative journalism in general. China Media Project translates:

As I wrote on my microblog, the breakup of Wang Keqin’s investigative team is not something intended by the high-level leadership. It should be understood as the intention of a handful of ignorant and incompetent people at the top of the newspaper. High-level leaders have voiced approval of the work Wang Keqin has done in recent years to uphold the public interest. They have at the very least not singled him out for trouble. Wang Keqin has worked as an investigative reporter in Beijing for more than 10 years now, and from his seminal work on taxi cartels in Beijing to today he has never been targeted with a libel suit, and the factual nature of his reporting has never been questioned.

Reporters have called to ask me about the state of investigative reporting in China and the predicament it faces. I respond that we should avoid this word “predicament.” And for this reason, I encourage against reading too much into this latest development, understanding it as necessarily a reflection of the worsening state of investigative reporting, or a sign that forces outside the paper have agitated against Wang Keqin. This should not in fact be the case. We should recognize that we’ve lately seen an upsurge in investigative reporting in many media, in financial media and commercial newspapers, and even at China Central Television, including such recent cases as tainted pork in China, and just this month revelations of counterfeit products by DaVinci furniture ….

When friends say that being a journalist is a dangerous road, I respond that, given the chance, I will still choose to be a journalist in the next life. Because Wang Keqin and others like him have made China a more transparent place, and they have transformed the values of our people. In a significant sense, they have taken us from a culture of propaganda and exultation (歌颂型文化) to a culture of criticism (批判性文化). Therefore, I suspect that the changes Wang Keqin is now experiencing might bring him an opportunity for fairer pay and greater comfort. If that’s the case, then I suppose we have Chairman Hang to thank.

Only a week ago, Wang himself wrote [zh] that, while the fortunes of investigative journalism have followed “the wave-like pattern of the ‘camel’s hump’”, the trends are generally positive. From China Media Project:

… [From] the standpoint of professionalism, the first true investigative reports in China perhaps have a history of just a decade. I believe we can date them back to the launch of Caijing magazine [by Hu Shuli (胡舒立)] in 1998. Along with the China Central Television program News Probe, which was launched around the same time and also exposed deeper stories, Caijing defined investigative reporting on the basis of “defending the public interest” (捍卫公众利益), “exposing the truth” (揭发黑幕), and “independent investigation by reporters” (记者独立调查), these three core characteristics, choosing its topics on this basis. News Probe in particular at the time defined the exposure of hidden truths (揭发黑幕) as a necessary component. This was the most basic expectation [of the program] ….

Making a broader observation, strictly-defined Chinese investigative reporting has shown the following trends over its history of just over ten years: 1. more and more reporters have been engaged in the writing of exposes (揭黑报道); 2. more and more media have been engaged in the publishing of exposes; 3. more and more good-quality reports and regular columns [on investigative reporting] have appeared in China; 4. investigative reports in China are showing a higher and higher degree of professionalism; 5. investigative reporters are receiving increasing attention and respect by general society.

See also past coverage of Wang Keqin on CDT.

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Hu Shuli, a prominent Chinese editor who co-founded the independent news organization, said the company on Friday will start distributing English-language Caixin Weekly in Hong Kong through subscriptions and on newsstands. Caixin also is talking to Hong Kong publisher SCMP Group Ltd. about distributing the magazine with weekend editions of the South China Morning Post, although the companies said no deal has been finalized.

Caixin, which means finance news, also will start an English iPad app “in a few weeks” to target readers in the Americas and Europe, Ms. Hu said in an interview ….

Ms. Hu started Caixin Media in late 2009 after splitting with the publishers of her former magazine, Caijing. In more than a decade editing that publication, she gained a reputation as one of China’s most aggressive muckrakers and was credited for bringing Caijing to national and international prominence with articles about corruption and a government cover-up of the SARS pandemic in 2003.

Flagship Caixin Century has a circulation of 220,000, primarily in China. In its 17-month run so far, the Chinese-language magazine has run articles about the forced demolition of Chinese villages for government projects and about alleged abuses of monopoly power by state-owned Chinese companies. The Wall Street Journal Asia occasionally publishes articles from Caixin.

See also: Caixin’s English-language website and Caixin articles previously featured on CDT.

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Family and colleagues have been unable to reach Caijing magazine journalist Zhang Jialong since the evening of April 28, according to Radio France Internationale. He was believed to have gone for a “talk” with Beijing police, but no notice of formal detention has been issued, RFI reported. Interrogations are informally referred to as “chatting” or “drinking tea” with police or security officials. The Global Post website posted a link to an online missing notice issued by Zhang’s family. Zhang, a 23-year-old intern, had reported on a contaminated milk activist, Zhao Lianhai, and on Ai, the notice said. Zhang had also actively discussed recent detentions on his Twitter account, according to RFI.

Freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker Wen Tao has been missing and believed detained since April 3, when he was taken away by officials in plainclothes shortly after Ai. Wen, a former Global Times journalist and also an active Twitter user, had been documenting Ai’s work; his whereabouts and legal status are unknown, according to international news reports.

“The disappearance of two journalists who were reporting on Ai Weiwei and other Chinese activists is deeply concerning,” said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. “We fear they are the latest victims of the Chinese Communist Party’s efforts to stifle the flow of independent information.”

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The Caijing report alleges that Li Wei (李薇) used her relationship with her husband, a former tobacco official, to get close to top officials in Yunnan, Guangdong, Beijing and Qingdao, creating a vast network of protection and favor that she used to personally enrich herself.

The report’s title, “The Public Band”, or gonggong qundai (公共裙带)), references the intersection of money and power, or “crony capitalism,” which in Chinese can be literally translated “skirt-band capitalism,” or qundai ziben zhuyi (裙带资本主义).

According to the article, many high-level officials now being held in Beijing’s Qincheng Prison — including former Yunnan governor Li Jiating (李嘉廷), former Beijing deputy mayor Liu Zhihua (刘志华), former deputy judge of the Supreme People’s Court Huang Songyou (黄松有), and former deputy chief of the China Development Bank Wang Yi (王益) — all had previous dealings with Li Wei’s network of power and money.

The report also mentions, withholding names, two high-level state officials who previously supported Li Wei. As a matter of general practice in China’s media, the withholding of the names of “high-level officials” in news reports indicates those concerned are officials at the most senior levels.

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He confirmed by telephone with Sina.com.cn that he is leaving Caijing magazine, already is recruiting for staff members and plans to begin publishing the new monthly magazine in June.

“We are preparing for a magazine which has a strong background and capital strength,” He wrote on his micro blog.

“We hope people with a sense of mission, imagination and who love reading can join us. Writing skills, educational background and English are basic requirements, and the treatment will be, without a doubt, first class,” he wrote.

He hopes that this opportunity can be a new beginning in his life, the website reported.

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Hu Shuli’s resignation from Caijing in late 2009 after a dispute with the magazine’s owner over editorial control was rued by many journalists as a sign of China’s worsening press environment, where political pressures squeeze media from the top while commercial interests squeeze them from beneath. And there were concerns too, as Hu Shuli walked off with the core members of her professional editorial staff at Caijing to pilot a new magazine, New Century News, that this spelled the end of Caijing as a leader in professional journalism.

Caijing has fared rather well, however, under the leadership of a new team of top editors, including CMP fellow Jin Liping (靳丽萍).

One of the strengths of Hu Shuli’s Caijing was its ability to report on public health issues (like the 2003 SARS epidemic) and disasters (like the 2008 Sichuan earthquake), and the magazine’s coverage of disastrous mudslides in Zhouqu, Gansu Province, is an encouraging sign that it has not lost touch with this tradition.

Hopefully, Caijing’s coverage will serve as an example to other media in China to raise their professional game.

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Fang Xuanchang was walking home at about 10:40 pm and suddenly felt a blow to his back, near the intersection by Zengguang Lu and Shoutinan Lu. He was then beaten about his back and head. He turned over and saw two men brandishing iron bars, the Beijing News reported.

The two men were both about 1.6 meters tall and well built, Fang told police. Fang tried to communicate with the men during the beating, but they ignored him. In the end, Fang was forced to try to shield himself from the blows before the men finally retreated.

…Fang said he believed the attackers were trying to kill him. “It is abominable behavior to attack a journalist. But investigative reporters should always be prepared for this,” Fang told the Beijing Times.

Ganjiakou police station officers in Haidian district have started investigations but the two men remain at large.

On his blog, Evan Osnos published Fang’s firsthand account of the attack:

The entire incident lasted about four minutes. The next day, by examining the bloodstains on the street, I remembered that there were five or six rounds of attacks, leaving huge blood stains around those areas. There was blood tracked over fifty metres. When I was being attacked, there were many people watching, but the attackers didn’t have to care because, perhaps according to their experience, no one would stand up and help. No one would even dare to call the police. Based on all of this evidence, the two attackers were probably experienced professionals. Their intention was to kill me on the spot, or leave me bleed to death by preventing me from getting to the hospital.

…This is has been a shock to Chinese journalists. At first, I worried about whether or not should I inform my fellow journalists, because it might have a negative impact on their future reporting. Some of the journalists might not want to be a whistleblower, to expose the truth, if their personal safety is at stake. However, if this type of thing goes unnoticed and un-discussed, China will have even less chance to build a system that can protect its journalists from future tragedy.

Read more about violence against journalists in China, via CDT.

Update: Foreign Policy has more about the muckraking science journalism community that Fang was a part of:

Why would someone try to kill Fang Xuanchang? No one knows, or even seems to care. The attackers remain at large, despite an ongoing police investigation and Caijing’s best efforts to cooperate with the police and involve the All-China Journalists Association. The attack was covered in brief in Beijing-based newspapers, including a brief editorial in a state-run newspaper arguing that journalists shouldn’t be attacked. But no one in the Chinese media has gotten into the question of who would attack Fang — and more importantly, why exactly Fang might have been attacked.

For Fang’s colleagues, however, the message is clear: Reporting on controversial topics, as Fang has done, is unsafe. Journalists who are abused don’t necessarily find out who has attacked them or why, but the message sent to their friends and colleagues is clear: Don’t go there, or you could be next. It has a chilling effect on a wide circle of people. In the case of science journalism, the financial and political stakes are increasingly high, and the personal risks might be increasingly high as well.

Fang is one of the leading figures among China’s scientific muckrakers — a scourge of academic and government-sponsored pseudoscience and a critic of public and private quackery. For more than 10 years as a journalist, editor, and blogger on the influential (although frequently blocked) Chinese watchdog website New Threads, Fang has taken on academics listing faked awards and publishing plagiarized papers; hawkers of herbal cancer “cures,” such as Wang Zhenguo, peddler of the Tian Xian herbal cancer treatment; and Chinese scientists who claim to predict earthquakes, among other targets. But paranoia and anger, even violence, mark some recent responses to Fang’s work.

For more about New Threads and its work read this article from the South China Morning Post reposted on China’s Scientific & Academic Integrity Watch (first published in January).

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The 300-desk Caijing editorial department on the 19th floor of [Beijing’s] Prime Tower could have been considered the most modern news bureau in the country, but now it’s just an empty office. Over the past week, the editors and reporters who stayed on only occupied a small corner of the big office. The current team of less than 20 people had to finish the work that was formerly done by 200. They worked very hard to get this issue to you — our most-respected readers. Right now, sitting among these hardworking colleagues, It’s very clear to me, this issue won’t be satisfactory enough for you.

Overnight, an editorial team that took 12 years to put together up and left. It was this team that achieved a leading position in the industry, and turned Caijing magazine into a top brand. Ms. Hu Shuli, the representative figure of this team, also won applause from both our readers and public, thanks to her sharp personality and her commitment to ideals. I deeply regret the separation from a partner of so many years.

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As could perhaps be expected, media outside China have leapt directly to speculation about the political factors behind Caijing’s troubles. Some have positioned this as yet another story about a media crackdown in China.

But things are not so simple.

Anyone who has observed the ups and downs of Chinese media over the past decade will recognize that Caijing’s troubles are very different in nature from explicit official moves in the past against such publications as Southern Weekend, Southern Metropolis Daily, and Freezing Point.

Based on what we know thus far, the Caijing affair arose primarily out of a row over ownership and interests between the editorial team led by Hu Shuli and the magazine’s bosses at the HK-listed SEEC Media, led by Wang Boming.

Beyond that, we are far from knowing the full story behind the upheaval at Caijing. But we can safely suppose – this is China, after all – that the story is a complicated knot of factors. It is about politics, yes. But it is also about profit, about dollars and cents. And further, it is about varying visions of how media reform in China should proceed.

And from Osnos, who wrote a lengthy profile of Hu for his magazine in July:

The young reporter, who covers mostly politics for a Chinese magazine, said that one way to gauge how Hu’s resignation is being interpreted by the broader community of Chinese journalists is to consider the fact that when she resigned, she did not announce it to a large group of employees, but only to her deputies. Yet, as word spread, scores of other employees resigned as well. She did not call for an exodus, it seems, but the fact of her departure was enough to trigger it. I can’t vouch for the details, but, if true, it’s a measure not only of Hu’s personal following, but also of how much Chinese journalists aspire to do the kind of work she inspired.

“How is the resignation being interpreted in the West?” the reporter asked me. I said the audience that pays attention to this kind of thing is finite, but interested, and that people are concerned that it will set back progress toward professionalism and internationalization in the Chinese media. He agreed that it probably would. I’ve known him since he got out of college and watched him take on increasingly creative and challenging pieces. As we talked, he surprised me: “Who knows? Maybe in five years we’ll look back on this and it will have been for the better,” he said of Hu’s departure. “She could end up establishing a new magazine with the same standards and energy” and none of the baggage from so many years of tension with the executives who once had to run interference for her with the government. I told him that I had not expected him to see reason for optimism. He shrugged. “What choice do I have?”

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Yesterday, He Li, the former editor in chief of China Business Weekly and one of the founding editors of The Economic Observer, confirmed that he had quit his current job but refused to provide further details to reporters from Sina Finance.

However, despite his reticence, Sina is reporting that he will indeed take up the position of editor in chief at Caijing.

The 47 year-old He once worked alongside Hu Shuli at China Business Times, the first privately-invested newspaper to be published in the People’s Republic of China. He worked there from 1989 to 2000, while Hu headed up the paper’s international department from 1992 to 1998.

He left the paper to help establish The Economic Observer in 2001, we he served as editor in chief and then president from 2001 to 2005.

Besides He, Zhao Li, another founding member of The Economic Observer, is also reported to have been appointed to Caijing’s new editorial board.

See also the Committee to Protect Journalists’ summary of recent events at Caijing.

Update: The Wall Street Journal has more details about Hu’s departure from Caijing which they gleaned from listening to the tapes of a recent staff meeting:

Now, details about the exodus are emerging from staff meetings, helping to explain the falling out between Ms. Hu and Wang Boming, the head of SEEC, the company that owns Caijing. Ms. Hu and Mr. Wang had founded the magazine together in 1998. The upheaval is being closely watched here and abroad, given the magazine’s ability to generate income and its willingness to push the limits of Chinese censors by publishing hard-hitting commentaries and investigative articles.

The differing accounts of the situation were reflected during staff meetings Tuesday and Wednesday, according to people present. Mr. Wang and other SEEC managers talked to the employees Tuesday, with Mr. Wang saying that the issue wasn’t philosophical differences with Ms. Hu.

[...] Mr. Wang was followed by Zhang Zhifang, a member of SEEC’s board… Mr. Zhang also said Ms. Hu’s reporters violated “reporting discipline” in covering ethnic riots in China’s western territory of Xinjiang in July.

Ms. Hu sent a team of reporters to Xinjiang but little of their work was published in print or on the Caijing Web site. Caijing’s coverage of the riots led to government criticism of SEEC.

On Wednesday, Caijing’s managing editor, Wang Shuo, who this week submitted his resignation, gave a rebuttal to the staff. According to staffers present, he said that after the Xinjiang riots, Caijing was handed an ultimatum by SEEC, essentially requiring the magazine to go to the parent company to vet any cover story, any controversial story or any story not having to do with finance and economics.

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Independent journalism in China, never a robust phenomenon, has taken a body blow with the resignation from the country’s top investigative business magazine of its pioneering editor.

Hu Shuli, editor and founder of the biweekly Caijing, stepped down Monday after a prolonged tussle with the magazine’s owners over financial and political differences.

“The course of advancing freedom of expression is not very straight … and there is not a very strong force behind it,” adds Gong Wenxiang, a journalism professor at Peking University. “I don’t think the environment for people like her [Ms. Hu] is very positive.”

“Caijing is one of a kind,” says Xiao Qiang, head of the China Internet Project at the University of California at Berkeley. “The fact Hu has to leave symbolizes the failure of that kind of experiment. The space she created has been closed down, and I don’t think anything like Caijing will come up soon.”

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