“Chinese dream” lead story in the Beijing Daily.

Xi Jinping introduced the “Chinese Dream” last December, after he became chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and before he took on the Chinese presidency. He often dovetails speeches about the “Chinese Dream” with the invocation of the “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation,” which seems to signal a nationalistic turn. Aside from that, there is little sign that Xi’s rhetoric significantly differs from Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao’s concept of the “harmonious society”–which makes a cameo appearance here. These are new words to bolster the status quo.

Beijing Daily, the capital’s Party newspaper, published the following piece on the front page of its April 5th edition. Beijing Daily issued several scathing opinion pieces last May criticizing U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke’s handling of blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng’s case, as well as the Chinese press for valuing “Western ideas like ‘freedom of speech’ and the ‘fourth estate.’” This latest article has a gentler tone, instructing the municipal government to carry out “Chinese Dream” propaganda campaigns that reach everyone from senior cadres to elementary school children.

An April 16 editorial in the People’s Daily rings with the same call to fight a “propaganda battle” for the Chinese Dream.

CCP Beijing Municipal Committee Recommendations for Developing “Chinese Dream” Education and Propaganda Work

April 5, 2013

General Secretary Xi Jinping has poured much spiritual energy into the important discourse on the “Chinese Dream” of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, in order to lead the entire Party and people citizens of all ethnicities to join their minds and gather their strength to jointly push forward the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Deep comprehension and extensive dissemination of the basic tenets of the “Chinese Dream,” its essential requirements, and its path of practice, are of the utmost significance to deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the 18th Party Congress, and to actively encouraging the people of Beijing to accelerate the capital’s reform and development. The following recommendations are put forward for developing the city’s “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work.

A. Guiding Ideology

Lift high the mighty flag of Socialism With Chinese Characteristics. Integrate Deng Xiaoping Theory, the theory of the “Three Represents,” and the concept of Scientific Development to guide reform and development in the capital. Extensively promulgate the importance of realizing the “Chinese Dream” of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, its essential requirements, and its path of practice. Integrate “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work with the study, propagation, and implementation of the spirit of the 18th Party Congress; with the study and propaganda work of socialism with Chinese characteristics; and with the promotion of the scientific development of the capital. Use the “Chinese Dream” to gather consensus and unify strength. Ceaselessly reinforce the faith of all municipal cadres in the mass path, the theory, and the system. Fully enable the complete establishment of a moderately well-off [xiaokang] society and the realization of the leading of the historical course of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation by setting an example. Provide powerful spiritual impetus to the development of strategies to effect a “cultured Beijing, scientific Beijing, and green Beijing,” and the creation of a world-class city with Chinese characteristics.

B. Primary Content

The development of “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work must closely revolve around studying and promulgating the spirit of the important speech that Secretary Xi Jinping delivered while visiting the “Road to Revival” exhibit, as well as the spirit of Secretary Xi’s comments at the [sixth plenary session of the] first session of the 12th National People’s Congress. It must also closely revolve around the policy decisions of the Municipal Committee. Fully reflect the enthusiastic responses of the capital’s cadres and masses; stand firm in your posts and fully command the active practice of solid work. Ceaselessly deepen the “Chinese Dream” of the great revival of the Chinese nation.

(1) Extensively promulgate and realize the meaning, basic tenets, and essential requirements of the “Chinese Dream.” Extensively promulgate the Party’s strategic goal of “Two 100 Years” as put forward at the 18th Party Congress. Extensively promulgate and realize that the “Chinese Dream” of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is precisely what will strengthen the nation, revive its ethnic groups, and bless its people.  Extensively promulgate that the direction determines the path and the path determines destiny, and that persistence and development of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the basic guarantee of realizing the “Chinese Dream.” Extensively promulgate that the future and destiny of every person is inseparably linked to the future and destiny of the country and the [Chinese] nation, and requires that we have our feet firmly on the ground, striving unremittingly towards the great “Chinese Dream.”

(2) Extensively promulgate and realize that the “Chinese Dream” must be China’s path. Extensively promulgate that the road to socialism with Chinese characteristics has come from over 30 years of the great practice of Reform and Opening, from the continued explorations of over 60 years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, from profound conclusions drawn from over 170 years of development the Chinese nation, and from the heritage of over 5,000 years of Chinese civilization. It has deep historical roots and an extensive foundation in reality, guiding the city’s cadres and masses to unwaveringly forge ahead by following the correct Chinese path.

(3) Extensively promulgate that realizing the “Chinese Dream” must enhance the Chinese spirit. Extensively promulgate that patriotism is the nucleus of the national spirit, and reform and innovation the nucleus of the modern spirit. Promote patriotism as the soul of a powerful and invigorated country which joins minds and gathers strength, and as the spiritual force which strengthens and unites the Chinese people; reform and innovation were the spiritual forces which encouraged us to change with the times during Reform and Opening. Guide the entire city to push forward the enhancement of the national and modern spirit. Constantly strengthen the spiritual bond of unity and the spiritual force of unresting self-improvement, and forever march towards the future with vigor.

(4) Extensively promulgate that realizing the “Chinese Dream” requires the consolidation of Chinese power. Extensively promulgate that the Chinese Dream is the dream of the [Chinese] nation, and is also the dream of every Chinese person. As long as we are all inseparably linked, as long as we are a people united, as long as we struggle for the realization of our common dream, we will be matchlessly powerful in the force of our realization of this goal. Each one of us has vast space to assiduously realize his or her dream. Extensively promulgate that the Chinese people all share the opportunity to accomplish the outstanding, to make our dreams come true, and to grow and progress along with the motherland and the times. Encourage the people of the city to keep this mission in mind, and to keep all of their thoughts and energy directed towards the goal of promoting the capital’s scientific development of a strong spiritual force.

(5) Extensively promulgate the Municipal Committee’s decision-making spirit in using the “Chinese Dream” to push forward innovation and development in the capital. Extensively promulgate the essence of leading municipal cadres’ speeches on teaching and promulgating the “Chinese Dream,” and the essence of of the 11th municipal Party representative meeting and the first and second plenary sessions of the 11th municipal Party committee meeting. Thoroughly recognize the stepwise development of the capital and precisely grasp the points of integration of the “Chinese Dream” and the work of the capital. Use the “Chinese Dream” to guide and promote the “two-wheel drive” strategy of cultural and technological innovation. Use the “Chinese Dream” to condense power in the capital and to initiate a new phase in social and economic development.

(6) Extensively promulgate all lively efforts and successful experiences from the capital’s battle lines in realizing the “Chinese Dream.” Extensively promulgate the capital’s historical achievements in economic and social development–especially those that have occurred since the 16th Party Congress–in [improving] living standards, and in [altering] the appearance of urban and rural areas. Push every department and work unit in all districts and counties to tightly embrace the themes of scientific development and accelerated transformation of economic progress. Fully deepen the grand acts and fresh experiences of Reform and Opening. Publicize new progress and new results in the capital’s construction of socialist democracy, advanced socialist culture, preeminence as a location for harmonious society, and conservation culture. Publicize the good experiences and methods taken by all levels of city government to strengthen the able construction, progressive construction, and pure construction of the Party’s governance.

C. Priorities

Developing the “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work is a city-oriented systemic project, and a major, long-term political task. We must insist on commanding truth and detail. For best results, we must ceaselessly deepen and expand [our work]. Henceforth, we must focus our efforts on the following tasks:

(1) Improve the battle-ready force of theory. Focusing on leading cadres, we must channel the study of the “Chinese Dream” into the curricula of all levels of the Party committee (leading Party groups), as well as into the main curriculum of cadre training, making it the important contents of the municipal study model for Party organization construction. These programs will include courses and seminars organizing the majority of Party members into serious study and discussion. Primary-level Party groups must adopt a variety of forms to provide education to all veteran cadres, retired personnel, non-public economic organizations, and Party members in social organizations. This study and education must reach all social groups. All of the capital’s intellectual resources must be used to carry out an extensive propaganda campaign to bring “Chinese Dream” propaganda activities to the grassroots. A collection of related reading material is to be compiled into the “Chinese Dream” Cadre Theory Reader, a large-scale television series entitled The Correct Path to Great Change–500 Years of Socialism is to be filmed, and the song “Dream” is to be written. “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work is to become an important part of students’ ideological and political education, and should be promoted in schools, textbooks, and classrooms.

(2) Widely develop self-directed educational activities by the masses. Integrate “Chinese Dream” study and propaganda and theorists [of the “Chinese Dream”] with the grassroots and the common people’s self-directed educational activities. With “My Dream, the Chinese Dream” as the theme, continue to deeply expand “The Party in the People’s Hearts” propaganda work. Cater to the grassroots, deeply excavate, and widely promulgate the true stories of people from all walks of life and from grassroots Party organizations who, under the Party’s leadership, stand on firm ground, take real action to reinvigorate the nation, contribute novel ideas, and tirelessly struggle in order to realize complete individual development, to push social progress, and to enact the “Chinese Dream” of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Create and present to the public a series of short films [based on] these stories in order to build a positive, healthy, progressive, and harmonious social atmosphere. Inspire people to pioneering action.

(3) Strengthen the study and interpretation of the theory of the “Chinese Dream.” Give full reign to [the preponderance of] the capital’s social science resources. Rely on a program of research into the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Focus on the major theoretical and practical issues of realizing the “Chinese Dream.” Set up a group of major philosophy and social science projects to interpret the “Chinese Dream.” Give full reign to all municipal social science theory work units. Utilize the Forum on the Sinicization of Marxism, the Academic Frontiers Forum, the Natural and Social Sciences Joint Summit, the Forum on the Study Model for Party Organization Construction, and other such academic institutions to increase exploration of the “Chinese Dream.” Rely on “Weekend Community Lecture Halls,” “Beijing Social Science Week”, and similar activities, and vehicles such as “SpeakersNet” and the “Capital City Microbloggers Community of Social Science Experts” to strengthen the “Chinese Dream” propaganda and dissemination.

(4) Carefully manage news media and Internet propaganda. Municipal news media should dedicate a number of features, columns, special reports, and special issues to introducing theoretical articles, commentary, and interviews in order to create an atmosphere of favorable public opinion. We must successfully fight a major propaganda campaign to publicize the measures our city has taken and the experiences gained in implementing important central government policy decisions; to take on the hot topics of economic trends, price regulation, transformation development, housing, traffic, social security, income distribution, and air quality; to respond to society’s concerns; and to cultivate a favorable social mentality. Municipal websites must launch special web pages on the “Chinese Dream” and assemble a series of “Chinese Dream” talks, essay competitions, and other activities that will form a positive public opinion.

(5) Encourage [the creation of] a group of literary and artistic masterworks. Use entertainment to educate. Adopt colorful forms of cultural entertainment to carry out “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work. Adhering to the creative theme of realizing the “Chinese Dream,” carefully organize key artistic creations and cultural activities, and plan and launch TV dramas, stage plays, songs, and other works of art. Adhere to the principle that “literature and art should be used to serve both the people and socialism,” the “Double Hundred” policy, and the principle of the “Three Closenesses” to fully grasp the creation of products on the themes of reality, youth, rural issues, and the elderly. Assemble and promulgate original, modern, and local masterpieces to create a good cultural atmosphere for the public to learn about the “Chinese Dream.”

(6) Strengthen propaganda education directed towards youth and similar groups. Persist in targeting propaganda education at youth. Unite with the “Chinese Dream” the dreams of youth and students to grow up and become useful members of society. Launch an education program on the theme of “using the positive energy of youth to build the Chinese Dream.” Guide young people to use their position to put the “Chinese Dream” into practice. Organize extensive “My Chinese Dream” activities in the capital’s colleges and universities and sponsor a cross-institution “My Chinese Dream” contest, a Student Creative Culture Day, and similar activities in order to guide college students towards taking [these] ideals to heart and to make steadfast their conviction [in the Chinese Dream]. Implement a plan of action for ideology and morality construction for minors. Continuously fine-tune the four-in-one educational system of school, family, society, and the Internet. In primary and secondary schools, create “My Dream, the Chinese Dream” online summer camp activities to deepen the understanding of the “Chinese Dream” among younger students.

D. Work Requirements

(1) Integrate practice, promote work. Vigorously encourage “Chinese Dream” work. Use the “Chinese Dream” to arouse the spirit and strength of all of Beijing’s cadres and citizens. Comprehensively implement central Party work requirements throughout the capital. Firmly grasp the characteristics of the capital’s step-by-step development. Deepen Reform and Opening. Strengthen the drive to innovate. Guarantee improvements to the people’s quality of life. Coordinate a holistic plan for advancing the city’s economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological development. Achieve various tasks for the scientific development of the capital.

(2) Coordinate and concentrate. “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work will be organized and implemented under the leadership of the municipal propaganda bureau. All ministries and commissions of the municipal Party committee and city government and all related work units will participate together. Actively promote the utility of labor units, the Communist Youth League, the Women’s Federation, etc. to increase the masses’ strength in self-education. All regions and counties, all ministries and departments, and every work unit shall attach great importance to making “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work a critical task for the deployment of work and education going forward. Tightly integrate the education and propaganda work of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Party’s education and implementation of the mass line, and organizational construction of “study-type Party organizations.” Consider every angle. Plan scientifically.

(3) Focal points, categorical guidance. “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work must successfully target Party members and cadres, intellectual communities, youth and students, and the grassroots masses. While the “Chinese Dream” is an essential part of the education of Party members and cadres at all levels, leading cadres should be the first to learn and lead in propaganda efforts. Realistically capitalize on intellectuals’ collective knowledge of science and technology, education, culture, and the social sciences for education and propaganda work. Develop curricula and publicity programs specifically targeted at different regions and industries.

(4) Unremittingly persevere. Persist in uniting long-term programs and stepwise planning; make “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work into everyday work that is distinguished by its unity and is consistently successful. Every district, county, and government department must unify practice, formulate specific schemes for implementation, and organize specialized strength and responsibility to enact “Chinese Dream” education and propaganda work. Purposefully strengthen guidance of subordinate and low-level work units. Promptly carry out supervision, encouragement, and inspection. Make assessments of the results. Promptly summarize propaganda advancement models and successful experiences; set examples through models; let one point guide the whole. Construct a good environment for education and propaganda work.

Via CDT Chinese. Translation by Josh Rudolph.

“Double Hundred” refers to Mao’s famous proclamation: “Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend.” Back.

“Study-type Party organizations” arose from the 17th Party Congress in 2010. They are groups organized at all levels of government to study Marxism, “scientific development,” and other tenets of the CCP. Back.

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“Political reforms didn’t stop under Hu [Jintao] and Wen [Jiabao] – they went backwards. So just like when people started talking about the Hu-Wen ‘new deal’ in 2003, now we start to talk about the Xi-Li ‘new deal’, it’s just wishful thinking.”

[…] Asked what he would say to Mr Obama, if he ever got the chance, Mr Chen said that ignoring China’s record on human rights was undermining America’s standing in the world.

“I would tell Mr Obama there is no small matter in international diplomacy. If an agreement between the US and China can’t be fulfilled, then US credibility as the standard bearer of universal values, freedom and democracy will be jeopardised.”

In op-ed at The Washington Post, Chen and Geng He, wife of vanished rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, urge the White House to push for an end to persecution of activists, lawyers and their families in China:

Our stories are flip sides of the same coin. Geng He sought asylum in the United States after Chinese authorities detained and brutally tortured her husband, the rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng. Chen Guangcheng, a legal activist, was a prisoner of conscience for many years before escaping house arrest last spring. Now in America, he is studying at New York University and advocating on behalf of his relatives, who continue to endure persecution in China because of his activism.

While our stories are different, the theme is the same: The Chinese government targets rights advocates and their families.

[…] Our stories are just two examples of Chinese authorities acting with impunity and complete disregard for the rule of law. But the attacks on our families are especially worrisome because they show that the government targets not only activists and their families but also the lawyers who have an ethical obligation to defend their clients’ rights against government abuses. Gao once said that you cannot be a rights lawyer in China without becoming a rights case yourself. And when these essential advocates and their families are targeted by the government, the international community must speak out on their behalf.

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Kunming PX Plant: A p-Xylene (PX) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) processing plant is planned for the Anning Industrial Park [zh]. Anning County is located within Kunming Prefecture, Yunnan Province. Plans to build PX plants have been thwarted by concerned citizens throughout China over the past few years, notably in 2007 in Wuxi and last fall in Ningbo.

Clockwise from top right: Mao Zedong, Hu Jintao, Deng Xiaoping, and Jiang Zemin. (artist unknown)

• Anning+PX (安宁+PX)
• Kunming+PX (昆明+PX)
• boycott PX (抵制PX)

Xi Jinping:
• boss Xi (习boss)
• Xi+Peng (习+彭): Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan
• Xi+first lady (习+国母)
• Xi+fake (习+假): We are unsure why this is blocked. Reader tips welcome.
• Xi+king (习+王): As in “Crown Prince Xi” (习王储), etc.
• Xi+Jiang (习+江): Xi Jinping and Jiang Zemin
• Xi+Li (习+李): Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang
• Xi+chief (习+总)

Other:
• hu+wen: Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao.
• nine presidents (九总统): Refers to the nine members of the outgoing Politburo Standing Committee (PSC); the number of PSC members has been reduced to seven.

In addition, the terms below have been blocked from Sina Weibo search results as of March 22:

• Huangpu River+dead pigs (黄浦江+死猪): Over 15,000 pig carcasses have been fished out of the Huangpu, the source of more than 20% of Shanghai’s water.
• Peng Liyuan+similar items (彭丽媛+同款): Netizens chatted eagerly about the overcoat Peng wore on her first trip as first lady. “Similar terms” is a search term on the shopping site Taobao; sellers listed her coat, complete with photos of her on the tarmac in Moscow [zh].
• first lady+similar items (第一夫人+同款)
• Auntie Peng (彭阿姨)
• Mrs. Xi (习夫人): retested
• Xi+old (习+老): As in Elder Brother Xi (习老大) Boss Xi (习老板), etc.
• Jiang faction (江派): Party leaders with allegiance to Jiang Zemin, such as Xi.

All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results.

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What does this all mean?

On the one hand, like past top leaders in the post-Deng era, Xi is seeking to build a strong relationship with China’s armed forces, which is key to cementing his status as both CMC chair and CCP general secretary. He’s moved more quickly than either Jiang or Hu because he has been able to assume the CMC chairmanship without a senior party figure looking over his shoulder. Jiang became CMC chair while Deng was still very active in Chinese politics, while Hu had to two wait two years before Jiang relinquished that post. Ironically, the relatively smooth transition has enabled Xi to move more quickly in consolidating his position as commander-in-chief.

On the other hand, China’s basic approach to military modernization remains unchanged. It is premised on ensuring the loyalty of the military to the party and not the state. The long-term goal is to recapitalize China’s armed forces to achieve mechanization and partial informatization by 2020 – a goal set by Jiang Zemin in the late 1990s – and to complete its military modernization by mid-century, 2049. It is perhaps not a coincidence that Xi has set 2049 for the fulfillment of the “China dream.” Xi is the new leader of China’s armed forces, but he is not yet pursuing new policies.

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Leadership Transition:

• Tao-Bao (涛宝): Playing on the name of the online shopping site Taobao, this is a term of endearment for Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao. See the “prime minister and chairman edit” of Fish Leong‘s “Sadly, It’s Not You” below.
• Chief Xi (席总): 席 Xí sounds the same as 习 Xí, as in Xi Jinping.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Chengdu Construction Woes: Chengdu Party Secretary Huang Xinchu has undertaken major construction in the city, snarling traffic, stirring up dust, and irking residents.
• Digger Huang (黄挖挖): A nickname for Huang Xinchu. Coincidentally, “Digger Huang” (黄挖挖 Huáng Wāwā) sounds similar to “Baby Huang” (黄娃娃 Huáng Wáwa).
• Huang WW (黄WW)
• Huang Xinchu + end class (黄新初+下课): Netizens are complaining about Huang; some hope he will “leave the classroom” and step down from his post.
• Pengzhou + petrochemical industry (彭州+石化): An oil refinery project is already complete in nearby Pengzhou.

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As of March 15, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

National People’s Congress:

• dissenting vote (反对票): One delegate voted against Xi Jinping in the presidential election, held at the Congress. Global Voices reports on netizen reactions.
• predict + leaders (预测+领导人): see Netizen Voices: At NPC, Nail-Biter of an Election.
• predict + chairman (预测+主席)
• predict + prime minister (预测+总理)
• lifetime achievement award (终身成就奖): A jab at outgoing prime minister Wen Jiabao.
• power + handover (权力+交接)
• Hu-Xi (胡习): Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping
• Xi-Hu (习胡)

Retested:

• Xi-Li (习李): Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang

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“Immovable, non-complacent, free from turmoil.”

The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online “resistance discourse,” used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness.

不折腾 (bù zhēteng): free from turmoil

This phrase originates from a northeastern dialect of Mandarin, and was made popular by Hu Jintao in a January 2009 speech commemorating the Communist Party.:

As long as we remain immovable, as long as we do not become complacent, as long as we are free from turmoil and steadfastly push forward reforms, and steadfastly follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics—then we will certainly realize this great blueprint and win this grand struggle.

只要我们不动摇、不懈怠、不折腾，坚定不移地推进改革开放，坚定不移地走中国特色社会主义道路，就一定能够胜利实现这一宏伟蓝图和奋斗目标.

This is in line with Hu Jintao’s consistent efforts to promote harmony and social stability.

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Follow the latest news from the Two Sessions here.

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The Parliament meeting will be an early gauge of the new leaders’ commitment to carrying out broad changes in China’s economy that Messrs. Hu and Wen talked about for years, but did little to accomplish—remaking the economy so it relies more on domestic demand and less on investment in capital-intensive industries at home and demand for Chinese exports abroad.

[...] One major change that Parliament is expected to approve is a plan to streamline the State Council—or cabinet—by, among other things, merging the Railways Ministry into the Ministry of Transport, a move that many analysts believe is linked to a high-speed train crash in 2011, and the dismissal the same year of the railways minister, Liu Zhijun, on corruption charges.

Agencies monitoring food safety—another issue of huge public concern following a string of scandals in recent years—may also be merged, and greater powers given to the State Oceanic Administration, the agency responsible for maritime patrols around disputed islands in the South China Sea and East China Sea, according to Chinese academics familiar with the plans.

Chinese experts say the restructuring is designed to cut down red tape, enhance interdepartmental coordination and break apart vested interests in the bureaucracy. But many analysts are skeptical, arguing that more fundamental changes are needed, such as forcing all officials to declare their financial assets publicly, to enhance government transparency and accountability.

The meetings will also announce key personnel postings, and some insiders are anticipating that more liberal members of the Communist Party elite, including Li Yuanchao and Wang Yang, who were not nominated to the current Politburo Standing Committee, may be named to top government posts, according to the WSJ report. Reuters looks at the factional battles taking place behind the scenes to decide who will take over the Standing Committee in 2017, when five of the current members will retire:

Two main factions are competing for power within the Standing Committee. Members of the “Shanghai Gang”, headed by former Party chief Jiang Zemin, have connections to China’s commercial capital. The other main faction, the “Tuanpai,” is led by outgoing President Hu Jintao. Its members, like him, cultivated their careers in the Communist Youth League.

Most of the Politburo members and provincial Party secretaries eligible for promotion in the next term in 2017 have experience in the Communist Youth League, according to data from “Connected China”(connectedchina.reuters.com), a Reuters site that tracks the careers and connections of China’s top leaders.

Although the Politburo appointed in November shows strong ties to Jiang Zemin, analysts say outgoing President Hu Jintao’s Communist Youth League faction will gain the upper hand over the longer term.

A third group has also ascended rapidly – the princelings, or privileged children of revolutionary leaders. Key princelings include Xi and Politburo Standing Committee members Yu Zhengsheng, Wang Qishan and Zhang Dejiang.

For more on the agenda of the NPC meetings, see, “What to Expect at the 12th National People’s Congress” from CDT.

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At the largest reunion, held on Saturday at the People’s Liberation Army’s August 1 film studio in West Beijing, children of revolutionary leaders lauded the Xi administration for “correcting” the Party’s course at its “critical moment of life and death”, when it was in danger of abandoning socialism altogether.

“There is hope in the snake year now the Party leadership has shown us the content and direction of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics,” Hu Muying, the daughter of former Politburo member Hu Qiaomu, told the gathering of about a thousand descendants of revolutionary veterans.

“We shall prove by our own actions that we, the children of veterans, are indeed worthy of the name ‘Second Generation Red’,” said Ms Hu. “Let’s strive together towards The China Dream,” she said, endorsing Mr Xi’s political motto.

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Post tags: CCP 5th generation, CCP history, Hu Jintao, princelings, Xi Jinping
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Why does it seem like censorship is getting worse?

You are correct. Over the past decade, the rapid development of the Internet has led people to believe there will be more space for speech. But the constraints [on the press] have actually gotten tighter. Fortunately, journalists are resisting. Otherwise, it would be worse. Now, the government’s domestic strategy is to maintain stability. Hu Jintao once said China should learn from North Korea, and sent people to investigate the Eastern European system. Although this trend began in the Jiang Zemin era, the Hu and Wen administration furthered it, regardless of the cost. For example, they bought the most advanced Internet surveillance technology, say, from CISCO. Internet companies like Sina and Tencent have struck a deal with the authorities—or you might call it collusion. In order to secure their business interests, they spend huge amounts monitoring social media. The […] space society has carved out for free expression is being constricted. Moreover, the “stability maintenance” system is making social management crueler. For example, the way law enforcement handles petitioners and property demolition is becoming ever more gangster-like. Although the media tries to fight, it can’t be a counterweight to the giant “stability maintenance” machine.

[…] Do you think new media, such as social media, can further China’s freedom of speech?

New media by itself is a tool. What is more important is how it is used. The government definitely wants to use it to control and steer public opinion. And, indeed, they are spending hugely on it. People in society hope social media will expand the space for expression. It’s not clear how things will turn out. New media might become society’s tool if society uses it more aggressively. For instance, in the current Southern Weekend and Yanhuang Chunqiu cases, new media played an important role. Without new media, it would have been unimaginable for the propaganda department’s work to have been exposed.

See also Yu Jianrong’s recent critique of China’s rigid “stability maintenance” system via CDT.

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Is the “emperor” of China man enough to defend the Communist Party at all costs? (@badiucao)

Any hope that Xi Jinping would prove himself a reformer has been dashed by a leaked internal speech from December in which he asserts the Soviet Union fell because none among its leadership “was man enough to stand up and resist” the uprisings of the late 1980s. In her analysis for Deutsche Welle Chinese, translated by Yaxue Cao, Gao Yu connects Xi’s criticism of Gorbachev and Hu Jintao’s 2004 denunciation of the Soviet Union’s last leader as “the chief culprit of Eastern Europe’s transformation and a traitor of socialism.” Xi insists that the regime “stand firm on the Party’s leadership over the military” lest it succumb to the fate of the old Eastern Bloc. Xi’s remarks recall the cold calculation China’s leadership made made during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989.

Netizens react on Weibo:

@MrSodapop: Brother Tao‘s enhanced version.

@可乐泡饭先生：涛哥加强版。

@majinwei: He’s hinting that he’s the “man enough” one.

@不再管闲事：他是暗示，他就是那个男儿。

@wuyuerugou: Fine then, he’s hopeless.

@深色错觉：好吧，对他不抱希望

@dustinthewind: This proves the Russians are rational enough to distinguish love of country from love of party.

@风里逐尘：证明俄罗斯人还是理智的，分得清爱国和爱党的区别

@mylifeperfect: Xi is using his fight against corruption to win us over and pave the way for his authoritarian regime. If you’re dreaming that he’ll implement constitutional government, dream on.

@沈勇平：习想建立一个威权政府，以反腐收揽人心。想幻想其行宪政，绝无可能。

@SunShudong: Don’t forget the words of our nation’s founder: “In the mighty tide of global change, those who swim with the current prosper; those who fight it perish.”

@孙蜀东：别忘了国父遗训：“世界潮流浩浩荡荡，顺之者昌逆之者亡”。。。。

Via CDT Chinese.

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

1 June 2007, 13:29:15

In recent days, there were netizens who posted information and pictures of the mass incident of the Xiamen townspeople, all websites are requested to clean up and remove this sort of content from their interactive segments. Websites are not to reprint any reports concerning this matter.

1 June 2007, 18:31:18

Second level: Delete the text “‘Insider’ Guan Guoliang,” published on 20 May by Caijing Magazine.

Third level: Delete the post “Joint Announcement of Apology from the People’s Republic of China Bureau of Finance and General Administration of Taxation (Fw.),” forums and other interactive segments are not to discuss this, all search engines are to set it up as a keyword for screening.

The post states: “The People’s Republic of China Bureau of Finance and General Administration of Taxation have received a decision on 31 May 2007 from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange openly condemning the People’s Republic of China Bureau of Finance and the General Administration of Taxation, and which openly condemns the acts of relevant responsible persons within the Bureau of Finance and the General Administration of Taxation in the securities trading stamp tax adjustment information disclosure process that violated regulations. The People’s Republic of China Bureau of Finance and the General Administration of Taxation will take this as a warning, will strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations, and stop this sort of incident.”

1 June 2007, 20:07:18

Third level: Delete the post “Joint Announcement of Apology from the People’s Republic of China Bureau of Finance and General Administration of Taxation (Fw.),” forums and other interactive segments are not to discuss this, all search engines are to set it up as a keyword for screening.

2 June 2007

First-level instruction: All websites are requested to strictly abide by the following points concerning reporting the decease of Comrade Huang Ju due to illness after treatment as of no avail.

(1) Only Xinhua copy can be reprinted;

(2) Article titles and page layouts must maintain consistency with Xinhua Net;

(3) Manage trackers well, clean up all negative posts;

(4) Do not set up special subjects.

Extra urgent:

Reporting Requirements Concerning the Decease of Comrade Huang Ju:

(1) Only Xinhua Net copy can be used;

(2) Article titles and positions are to maintain consistency with Xinhua Net;

(3) No corresponding links may be made in articles;

(4) Strictly manage trackers, no guesses, attacks, provocations, and other negative discussions may emerge;

(5) Do not set up special subjects;

(6) Interactive segments are not to disseminate or discuss corresponding information. Strictly block all sorts of foreign information and netizen comment concerning the decease of Comrade Huang Ju.

All websites are requested to strictly implement this!!!!

Please acknowledge receipt!

2 June 2007, 21:13:19

Third level: All websites are requested to search for and delete discussions attacking or abusing the rise in stamp duty and the control of the stock market in forums, blogs and other interactive segments. Websites may certainly not recommend this sort of extreme or radical discussion on the front page, put it on the front page of forums, or add fuel. Please acknowledge receipt!

3 June 2007, 10:34:06

All websites: Please reprint the following three guiding articles in the top part of the important news section: “Chinese Securities Daily: Stock Market Flourishing Requires Rationality,” “Shanghai Stock Market Daily: Policy Changes, the Situation Does Not Change – Correctly Understanding the Stamp Tax Rate Increase,” “Securities Times: Adjusting Stamp Tax Is a Means to Regulate the Market.” Leave them there until 6:00 in the afternoon today.

3 June 2007, 10:57:25

All classmates are requested to control netizen comments concerning the State rolling out stock market measures, and delete extreme and radical discussions.

3 June 2007, 17:22:02

All websites: Today’s stock market drop is relatively large, shareholders’ reaction is relatively strong. All websites must pay attention to enlightening netizens’ emotions, straiten management over news trackers, forums, blogs, instant messages and other interactive columns, and determinedly delete attacks on the Party and the government, provocations to stir up trouble and other harmful information.

All websites’ finance and stock channels and special sections must maintain a high degree of rationality and correctness in public opinion guidance, and may not play up the dissatisfied emotions of netizens, they may not reprint new reports created by netizens on extreme incidents because of stock market losses, they may not direct the responsibility for the stock market drop on the government, and must timely reprint reports and comments that explain the stamp tax increase policy.

Platforms where posts have already been made, please transmit this to finance and stock channels and special sections. Also go to platforms and accept it.

3 June 2007, 17:20:32

All websites: Today’s stock market drop is relatively large, shareholders’ reaction is relatively strong. All websites must pay attention to enlightening netizens’ emotions, straiten management over news trackers, forums, blogs, instant messages and other interactive columns, and determinedly delete attacks on the Party and the government, provocations to stir up trouble and other harmful information.

All websites’ finance and stock channels and special sections must maintain a high degree of rationality and correctness in public opinion guidance, and may not play up the dissatisfied emotions of netizens, they may not reprint new reports created by netizens on extreme incidents because of stock market losses, they may not direct the responsibility for the stock market drop on the government, and must timely reprint reports and comments that explain the stamp tax increase policy.

Please transmit the above requirements to the financial / stock channels and special sections.

3 June 2007, 17:40:41

(1) The nationwide college entrance exam will be conducted on two days, the 7th and the 8th, all websites are requested to no play up this college entrance exam, they may especially not play up sudden incidents or negative news happening before, after or during the process of the college entrance exam, and create a peaceful public opinion environment for examinees and household heads;

(2) At present, false information has appeared on interactive segments on selling college entrance exam answer sheets and fraud instruments in exam venues, there is also information attacking the college entrance exam system and calling for the abolition of the college entrance exam, all websites are requested to earnestly search for and delete this sort of information;

(3) All search engines shall ensure that there are no search results for the following keywords: “selling college entrance exam answer sheets,” “selling + college entrance exam answer sheets,” “selling + answer sheets,” “selling + college entrance exam,” “examination venue fraud instrument,” “examination venue malpractice instrument,” “college entrance exam fraud instrument,” “college entrance exam malpractice instrument,” “examination venue + fraud instrument,” “examination venue + fraud instrument,” “examination venue + malpractice instrument,” “college entrance exam + fraud instrument,” “college entrance exam + malpractice instrument.”

4 June 2007, 23:51:45

This has already been issued on the platform, classmates are requested to accept and implement this.

First level: Please ensure that there are no search results for the following keywords:

“Premier Wen does not intend to remain in office next year,” “Premier Wen does not intend to remain in office,” “taxes added at midnight,” “Hu Jintao,” “Wen Jiabao,” “Wu Bangguo,” “Wu Guangzheng,” “Huang Ju,” “Meat-Cutting Man,” “Official Dogs Anxious,” “The Poem of the Stock Market,” “A Drop of Spring Garden Blood.”

4 June 2007, 23:41:53

First level: Some Requirements Concerning Finance, Stock Market, and Securities Market Reports in the Near Future

Concerning reports on the stock market in the near future, all websites are requested to strictly implement the following requirements:

(1) For online reports concerning finance, securities, and the stock market, only reprint reports and comments from Xinhua, People’s Daily, the China Securities Daily, the Shanghai Securities Daily, and the Security Times. When reprinting reports or comments from the above sources, only issue single articles, do not set up related links, it is not permitted to group and arrange reports and comments on your own initiative, do not set up special subjects, do not do VIP interviews, do not send out text messages.

(2) Website forums, blogs, and other interactive columns may in the near future not conduct discussions revolving around finance, securities, and the stock market, they may not launch online votes and online surveys, etc., revolving around corresponding themes; corresponding blog articles and posts may not be recommended on the main pages of websites, they may not be put in the header or be promoted in forums.

(3) In the near future, management of news trackers on stock market and securities information, and forums or blogs involving the stock market securities, is to be conducted completely according to interactive segment management of current affairs, and a strict system of examination first and publication afterwards is implemented, determinedly block and delete the following kinds of harmful information: rumors that may trigger stock market fluctuations; false information distorting facts, that are purely fictitious; information using stock market fluctuations to attack the Party and the government; and information inciting demonstrations, marches, petitions, and other mass incidents.

(4) Timely notify our office about information on organizing mass incidents in deleted news trackers, forum posts and blog articles.

3 July 2007, 22:40:14

Explanation of the Adjustment of the Handling Time (First Level) of Propaganda Instructions Classification

Everyone, the first level of the previous “Processing Time Requirements for Propaganda Instructions Classification” provided for publishing articles: 5 minutes, deleting articles: 5 minutes, adjusting positions: 10 minutes.

In practice, we have discovered that these time arrangements at some moments have not been too easy to implement for everyone, therefore, the following adjustments are made, starting today, the first level processing times are:

(1) Under circumstances where we provide clear links: 5 minutes for deleting articles.

(2) Under circumstances where we provide general titles and sources, 10 minutes for deleting articles.

(3) Publishing articles: still 5 minutes

(4) Adjusting positions: still 10 minutes

 

2007年6月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）

2007-06-01 13:29:15

近日，有网民帖发厦门市民群体性事件的信息及照片，各网站请清查、删除互动环节中此类内容。网站不转载有关此事的任何报道。
2007-06-01 18:31:18

二级：《财经》杂志5月28日刊发的“内部人”关国良一文删除

三级：“中华人民共和国财政局及税务总局联合致歉公告（转）”的贴文删除，论坛等互动环节不讨论，各搜索设关键词屏蔽。

贴文称，“中华人民共和国财政局及税务总局于2007年5月31日收到上海证券交易所及深圳证券交易所关于对中华人民共和国财政局及税务总局公开谴 责的有关决定，对财政局及税务总局相关责任人在调整证券交易印花税信息披露过程中的违规行为进行公开谴责。中华人民共和国财政局及税务总局将以此为鉴，严 格遵守有关法律法规，杜绝此类事件发生”。

2007-06-01 20:07:18

三级：“中华人民共和国财政局及税务总局联合致歉公告（转）”的贴文删除，论坛等互动环节不讨论，搜索设关键词屏蔽。
2007-06-02

一级提示：各网关于黄菊同志因病医治无效在京逝世的报道请严格遵守以下几点

1、只能转载新华社稿件

2、文章标题与页面位置必须同新华网保持一致

3、管理好跟贴，清理一切负面跟贴

4、不作专题。

特急:

有关黄菊同志逝世相关报道的要求–

1、只能用新华网的稿件；

2、稿件标题、位置与新华网保持一致；

3、稿件不得做任何相关链接；

4、严格管理跟帖，不得出现猜测、攻击、挑拨等负面言论；

5、不建专题；

6、互动环节不传播、不讨论相关消息。严格封堵各类有关黄菊同志逝世的境外消息及网民评论。

请各网务必严格执行！！！！

收到请回复！
2007-06-02 21:13:19

三级：请各网在论坛、博客等互动环节查找、删除攻击、谩骂上调印花税调控股市的言论。网站更不要将这类偏激、过激言论在首页推荐、在论坛置顶、加精。收到请回复！
2007-06-03 10:34:06

各网:请在要闻区中上部位置突出转载以下三篇引导文章：《中国证券报：股市繁荣需要理性》、《上海证券报：策变势不变 正确理解印花税税率调整》、《证券时报：调整印花税是市场化调控手段》。放到今天下午6:00.
2007-06-03 10:57:25

请各位同学调控关于国家出台股市措施的网民评论,删除过激\偏激言论.
2007-06-03 17:22:02

天股市跌幅较大，股民反映比较强烈。各网站要注重疏导网民情绪，严格新闻跟帖、论坛、博客、即时通讯等互动栏目的管理，对攻击党和政府、煽动闹事等有害信息坚决删除。

各网财经、股票频道、专栏必须高度保持舆论导向的理智和正确，不得渲染网民的不满情绪，不得转载网民因股市损失所制造的极端事件的新闻报道，不得把股市下挫的责任指向政府，要及时转载解读上调印花税政策的报道及评论。

已经帖平台,请必须传达到财经、股票频道和专栏。也去平台收一下
2007-06-03 17:20:32

各网:今天股市跌幅较大，股民反映比较强烈。各网站要注重疏导网民情绪，严格新闻跟帖、论坛、博客、即时通讯等互动栏目的管理，对攻击党和政府、煽动闹事等有害信息坚决删除。

各网财经、股票频道、专栏必须高度保持舆论导向的理智和正确，不得渲染网民的不满情绪，不得转载网民因股市损失所制造的极端事件的新闻报道，不得把股市下挫的责任指向政府，要及时转载解读上调印花税政策的报道及评论。

以上要求请务必传达到财经\股票频道和专栏.
2007-06-03 17:40:41

1、全国高考将于7、8两日进行，请各网不要炒做此次高考，特别不要炒做高考前后、过程中发生的突发事件、负面新闻，给考生、家长创造安静的舆论环境；

2、目前，互动环节出现售卖高考试卷、考场作弊器的虚假信息，还有攻击高考制度、呼吁废除高考的信息，请各网认真查找、删除这类信息；

3、各搜索引擎将以下关键词设为搜索无结果：“出售高考试卷”、“出售 高考试卷”、“出售 试卷”、“出售 高考”、“考场作弊器”、“考场做弊器”、“高考作弊器”、“高考做弊器”、“考场 作弊器”、“考场 做弊器”、“高考 作弊器”、“高考 做弊器”。
2007-06-04 23:51:45

平台上已经发出，请同学们查收落实

一级：请将以下关键词设为搜索无结果

请将以下关键词设为搜索无结果：

“温总理无意明年留任”、“温总理无意留任”、“夜半加税”、“胡紧掏”、“温加饱”、“无帮国”、“无官正”、“黄局”、“割肉人”、“狗官急”、“股市之诗”、“沁园春 血”
2007-06-04 23:41:53

一级：关于近期金融、股市、证券市场报道的几点要求

有关近期证券市场的报道，请各网严格按以下要求执行:

1、网上有关金融、证券、股市的报道，只转发新华社、人民日报、中国证券报、上海证券报、证券时报的报道、评论。转载以上稿源报道、评论时，只发单条稿件，不要设置相关链接，不得自行组合编排报道和评论，不开设专题，不搞嘉宾访谈，不发送短信。

2、网站论坛、博客等互动栏目，近期不要围绕金融、证券、股市话题进行讨论，不要围绕相关话题开展网上投票和网上调查等；相关博客文章、帖文不要在论坛、博客的首页推荐，不要在论坛置顶、加精。

3、近期，股市、证券消息的新闻跟帖，涉及股市、证券的论坛和博客群的管理，全部按时政类互动环节管理，实行严格的先审后发制度，坚决封堵删除以下 几类有害信息：可能引发股市波动的谣言；歪曲事实、无中生有的虚假信息；借股市波动攻击党和政府方针、政策的信息；煽动游行、示威、上访等群体性事件的信 息。

4，及时向我办通报所删除新闻跟帖、论坛帖文、博客文章中组织群体性事件的信息。
2007-06-03 22:40:14

宣传提示分级处置（一级）时间的调整说明

各位，此前的《宣传提示分级处置的时间要求》中一级规是发布稿件：5分钟，删除稿件：5分钟，调整位置：10分钟。

实践中，我们发现这个时间安排在有些时候大家有点儿不不太好执行，故进行一下调整，从即日起，一级的处理时间为：

1、我们提供明确链接的情况下：删除稿件5分钟。

2、我们提供大致的标题和稿源的情况下，删除稿件10分钟

3、发布稿件：依然5分钟

4、调整位置：依然10分钟

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on January 4, 2013 (here). This post is the 49th in the series.

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

23 May 2007, 13:46:45

Third level: Please search for and delete audiovisual content and related discussions on the “Dynamic China Documentary Series” in interactive segments; set up search keywords.

Please search for and delete audiovisual content and related discussion on the “Dynamic China Documentary Series” in interactive segments, the “Dynamic China Documentary Series” includes audiovisual sections on “mouthpiece and responsibility,” “the wealthy and migrant workers”, etc.; all search engines are requested to ensure that there are no search results for “Dynamic China Documentary Series,” “Dynamic China Documentary,” “mouthpiece and responsibility,” “the wealthy and migrant workers.”

22 May 2007, 11:12:50

Third level: A new batch of “17th Party Congress” keywords, please ensure that there are no search results.

“CCP’s 5th generation takes over,” “5th generation takes over,” “CCP takeover group,” “17th Party Congress + balance of power,” “17th Party Congress + number change,” “17th Party Congress + resignation,” “17th Party Congress + stepping down,” “17th Party Congress + being forced,” “17th Party Congress + returning home,” “the situation before the 17th Party Congress,” “17th Party Congress + political situation,” “17th Party Congress + complete withdrawal of report,” “Hu Jintao – causing great tumult,” “Hu Jintao + unpredictable Yellow Sea,” “Jiang Zemin + exposure of his high-sounding words,” “Shanghai clique + fresh troops,” “Shanghai Clique + successors,” “Zhou Yongkang replaces Huang Ju,” “Wu Yi replaces Huang Ju,” “princeling party,” “princeling group,” “princeling Party + local political circles,” “princeling group + local political circles,” “children of high-ranking cadres march into local political circles,” “children of high officials + march in,” “CCP appointments + political blood ties,” “Liu Yandong replaces Wu Yi,” “Jiang-Hu discussions,” “Beijing Municipal political circles evoke shock,” “Jiang Zemin’s power weakened,” “Jia Qinglin’s relationship with Jiang Zemin,” “Jia Qinglin’s improper comings and goings,” “Jia Qinglin’s court contains Jiang Zemin,” “Jiang Zemin + Beijing Clique,” “Jia Qinglin + Jiang Zemin + old friends,” “Wang Qishan replaces Zhang Dejiang,” “Beijing Clique + Olympics,” “Beijing Clique + kidnapping,” “kidnapping + Olympics,” “Liu Qi leaves Beijing Municipal Committee,” “Jia Qinglin withdraws from political circles,” “Wu Yi in charge of China’s economy,” “Liu Qi removed from position,” “Wang Qishan removed from positions,” “Liu Qi instigates own clique to send anonymous letters attacking Wang Qishan,” “Liu Qi’s clique,” “Liu Qi + anonymous letters,” “anonymous letters attacking Wang Qishan,” “Liu Qi + envy,” “Zeng Qinghong blows with the wind,” “Zeng Qinghong + night owl,” “17th Party Congress + closed door decision,” “Jiang brand,” “CCP orthodoxy teachers,” “great change in CCP personnel affairs,” “17th Party Congress + successor team,” “descendants of CCP elders,” “Zeng Qinghong + general manager in the imperial palace,” “Zeng Qinghong finishes class at 17th Party Congress,” “Zeng Qinghong + spy boss,” “scientific development view + tiny bit of land,” “Jiang Zemin + half-retirement,” “Zeng Qinghong forced to write letter on resigning at the 17th Party Congress,” “looking to Jiang Zemin for ideas,” “Jia Qinglin + divorce,” “Huang Ju – self-knowledge,” “Huang Ju + stubborn followers,” “Jiang Zemin + trusted followers,” “Jiang Zeng + assassination,” “Zeng Qinghong resigns,” “Chu Bo + Jiang Zemin’s coolie,” “Chu Bo + Jiang Family,” “Zeng Qinghong in the footsteps of Jiang.”

24 May 2007, 16:44:16

First level: Today’s information in the Beijing Evening Post or the Legal Evening Post concerning Beijing Municipality stockpiling pork may not be issued without exception, delete it immediately, forums and other interactive segments are not to discuss this. Do this quickly.

24 May 2007, 16:50:23

Secrecy of China’s death targets uncovered: where those hurt in car accidents do not die within seven days, they do not enter into the statistics http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-05-24/110113065712.shtml

Those from non-standard copy sources are to be pushed to the back stage without exception, portals are to check whether this is on their websites or not.

24 May 2007, 17:39:29

Second level: On reports concerning the suppression of the mass encirclement incident of a village government in Bobai County, Guangxi, close news trackers, forums, blogs, and other interactive segments are not to recommend this.

24 May 2007, 18:05:23

(Third level) all websites: Please make “Chu Bo” into a keyword and ensure that search results are directed at focus central news websites, do not set up related searches.

24 May 2007, 18:07:19

The article “Census Register Reform Documents Reported to State Council + Lawful Fixed Place Becomes Condition for Move” of 23 May is inaccurate, websites that have already reprinted it must immediately remove it. This article may also not be posted in forums and blogs. Official Xinhua copy is to be taken as standard when reporting census register reform.

24 May 2007, 20:18:01

All websites, please ensure that search engines screen the following keywords:

- Beijing + meat stockpile + investigation

- Ministry of Commerce + meat stockpile

- Beijing + meat stockpile

- Beijing + investigation + application for meat stockpile

25 May 2007, 09:50:28

All websites: Please immediately reprint the following audiovisual link in the middle or lower part of the important news section: http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2007-05/21/content_6130531.htm. Leave it there until 12:00 noon on 26 May.

Supplementary notice: All websites are requested to cut out and post the latter half when reprinting the said video, and publish it with the following title: “Mobile Phone Income Immorality, Network Companies Send Out ‘Yellow Card.’”

25 May 2007, 10:04:00

First level: Information that Beijing Municipality will stockpile pork may not be issued without exception, delete it speedily, forums and other interactive segments are not to discuss this. Deal with this speedily.

Everyone, notices have already been sent out yesterday that Beijing’s meat stockpiling is to be deleted without exception, implement this rapidly, examine yourself and delete this yourself, inspect whole websites and all channels. Deal with this speedily, otherwise consequences will be grave!!

25 May 2007, 16:55:00

First level: Concerning the matter that on 23 May, more than 100 Uyghurs from Xinjiang were duped after participating in a pyramid scheme in Guangxi and assembled in front of the gates of the post office on the North Square of Beijing West Railway Station, no reports are to be made without exception, interactive segments are not to transmit or discuss this. Please delete existing information.

25 May 2007, 17:39:51

All websites are requested to reprint the content of the communiqué of the network news and information advisory council from this afternoon, http://baom.sina.com.cn/3/2007/0523/1273.html

The title is: “Network Advisory Council Gravely Criticizes Friend-Making-Type Websites”

Position: Main page of websites and middle or lower part of important news section

25 May 2007, 15:55:41

Please push the “New Bulletin” text “Chinese Social Mentality Survey Displays that Masses Have Most Confidence in Central Government,” interactive segments must not set up discussions around this information.

 2007年5月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2007-05-23 13:46:45

三级：请在互动环节查找、删除“激流中国系列纪录片”视频内容及相关评论；搜索设关键词

请在互动环节查找和删除“激流中国系列纪录片”的视频内容及相关评论,“激流中国系列纪录片”包括“喉舌与责任”、“富人与农民工”等视频章节；请各搜索引擎将“激流中国系列纪录片”、“激流中国纪录片”、“喉舌与责任”、“富人与农民工”设为搜索无结果。
2007-05-22 11:12:58

三级：新一批“十七大”关键词，请设为搜索无结果。

“中共第五代接班群”、“第五代接班群”、中共接班群”、“十七大 权力平衡”、“十七大 变数”、“十七大 辞职”、“十七大 下台”、“十七大 被迫”、“十七大 回家”、“十七大前的格局”、“十七大 政治格局”、“十七大 全退报告”、“胡锦涛 倒海翻江”、“胡锦涛 黄海不测”、“江泽民 高调曝光”、“上海帮 生力军”、“上海帮 接班人”、“周永康取代黄菊”、“吴仪取代黄菊”、“公子党”、“公子族”、“公子党 地方政坛”、“公子族 地方政坛”、“高干子弟走红地方政坛”、“高干子弟 走红”、““中共任用 政治血缘”、“刘延东 取代吴仪”、“江胡商议”、“北京市政界引发震动”、“江泽民势力被削弱”、“贾庆林与江泽民的关系”、“贾庆林 不正当往来”、“贾庆林朝中有江泽民”、“江泽民 北京帮”、“贾庆林 江泽民 故交”、“王歧山接替张德江”、“北京帮 奥运”、“北京帮 绑架”、“绑架 奥运”、“刘淇离开北京市委”、“贾庆林退出政坛”、“吴仪掌管中国经济”、“刘淇 挪位”、“王歧山 挪位”、“刘淇发动嫡系匿名信打王岐山”、“刘淇嫡系”、“刘淇 匿名信”、“匿名信打王岐山”、“刘淇 妒忌心”、“曾庆红见风使舵”、“曾庆红 夜猫子”、“十七大 内定”、“江牌”、“中共正统传人”、“中共人事大变动”、“十七大 接班团队”、“中共元老的儿孙”、“曾庆红 大内总管”、“曾庆红十七大下课”、“曾庆红 特务头子”、“科学发展观 立锥之地”、“江泽民 半退”、“曾庆红被迫写信十七大退”、“找江泽民讨主意”、“贾庆林 离婚”、“黄菊 自知之明”、“黄菊 铁杆亲信”、“江泽民 亲信”、“江曾 暗杀”、“曾庆红 辞职”、“储波 江泽民人马”、“储波 江系”、“曾庆红步江后尘”。
2007-05-24 16:44:16

一级：今天北京晚报或法制晚报有条北京市要储备猪肉的消息，一律不要发速删除，论坛等互动环节不讨论。速办。
2007-05-24 16:50:23

中国死亡指标揭秘：车祸伤者7天后死亡不占指标http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2007-05-24/110113065712.shtml

非规范稿源的一律压后台，门户看看自己的网站有没有
2007-05-24 17:39:29

二级：有关广西博白县群众围堵乡政府事件平息的相关报道，关闭新闻跟贴，论坛、博客等互动环节不推荐。
2007-05-24 18:05:23

(三级)各网:请将”储波”一关键词的搜索结果设置为指向中央重点新闻网站,不设相关搜索.
2007-05-24 18:07:19

5月23日，”户籍改革文件报国务院，合法固定场所成迁移条件”一文失实，已经转载的网站要立即撤除。论坛和博客中也不贴发此类稿件。户籍改革有关报道以新华社正式发稿为准。
2007-05-24 20:18:01

各网，请用搜索引擎将以下关键词屏蔽

北京 储备肉 调研

商务部 储备肉

北京 储备肉

北京 调研 申请储备肉
2007-05-25 09:50:28

各网:请立即在要闻区中下部转载如下视频链接:http://news.xinhuanet.com/video/2007-05/21/content_6130531.htm,放到5月26日中午12:00.
补充通知:请各网站在转载该视频的时候截取后半段:手机创收走邪道 网络公司发送”黄片”并且以此为标题发布.
2007-05-25 10:04:00

一级：北京市要储备猪肉的消息，一律不要发，速删除，论坛等互动环节不讨论。速办。

各位，昨天已经发过通知，北京储备肉的，一律删除，速执行，自查自删，全站检查，所有频道。速办，否则后果很严重！！
2007-05-25 16:55:00

一级：关于5月23日100余名新疆维吾尔族人在广西参加传销活动被骗，在北京西站北广场邮局门前聚集一事，一律不做报道，互动环节不传播不讨论。已有消息请速删。
2007-05-25 17:39:51

请各网转载今天下午网络新闻信息评议会公报内容，http://baom.sina.com.cn/3/2007/0523/1273.html

题目为“网络评议会严厉批评交友类网站”

位置：网站首页和要闻区中下部
2007-05-25 15:55:41

请将“新快报”《中国社会心态调查显示民众最信任中央政府》一文压到后台，互动环节不要围绕此消息设置讨论。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on January 2, 2013 (here). This post is the 47th in the series.

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He could try to force a showdown with Hu and his allies on major issues. Or Xi and his colleagues might risk a bit of radical reform of some sort, to find support in the street, and try to capitalize on those parts of the society and the party that clamor for change, and are weary of waiting.

Or Xi could wait a bit, hibernate until the spring, when Hu is scheduled to step down as president in March and the political path for the summer then a bit clearer. Xi could initiate some small change in the interim – perhaps speeding up the restructuring of the hukou system.

But can reform wait even that long? Can the economy?

Or Xi could move to find an accommodation now, working from the common ground that surely must exist–even after Xi’s early sniping at the state of the party that he’s had to inherit. It’s not entirely clear if it’s Xi’s program that opponents object to, or more the speed at which Xi seems to be pursuing reforms.

This much seems already true: that the handover to a new leadership was the easy part—a mere transition. The hopes—and the hazards — of a far greater transformation beckon.

See also CDT coverage of an open letter released on Christmas Day urging the new leadership to pursue political reform.

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