China Digital Times (CDT) » Tag: Jia Qinglin http://chinadigitaltimes.net Watching China Politics from Cyberspace Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:00:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Photo Series: Scenes from the Two Sessions http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/03/photo-series-scenes-from-the-two-sessions/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/03/photo-series-scenes-from-the-two-sessions/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:32:10 +0000 Anne Henochowicz http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=152652 Read more]]> China’s once-in-a-decade is underway at the “Two Sessions,” the annual convening of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). CDT has collected memorable snapshots from Beijing: former NBA star towering over his fellow delegates, hairstyles as social commentary, representatives in traditional dress. Look for more photos in the series this week.

Follow the latest news from the Two Sessions here. The opening ceremony for the first meeting of the 12th National Committee of the CPPCC in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. Yao Ming is pictured singing the national anthem. (NetEase) March 3, Beijing: A female journalist with a camera strapped to her head and one hanging around her neck uses her cell phone to report on the Two Sessions. (NetEase) March 3, Beijing: The first meeting of the 12th CPPCC begins. Beijing’s military firefighters stand guard in Tiananmen Square. (NetEase) March 4: The presidium for the first session of the 12th NPC holds their first meeting in the Great Hall. Xi Jinping and others vote. March 3: Hu Jintao, Xi Jinping, Wen Jiabao, and Jia Qinglin greet each other. (ChinaNews) March 3: Chen Guangbiao, the eccentric billionaire, is attending the Two Sessions as a guest delegate. Chen rides his bicycle to the Great Hall to take part in the CPPCC opening ceremony. March 2: Nobel laureate Mo Yan is surrounded by cameras. March 2: Mao Zedong's grandson Mao Xinyu is surrounded by journalists. (Nanfang Daily) March 5, a journalist with “PM2.5” shaved into his hair shows up to conduct interviews at the Two Sessions. March 3: The first meeting of the National Committee of the 12th CPPCC kicks off in Beijing’s Great Hall. Hu Jintao and Xi Jinping preside over the meeting. The afternoon of March 4, the first preparatory meeting of the 12th NPC is held. By the eastern gate of the Great Hall, photojournalist Liu Jian trips and falls while reporting for the China Youth Daily; Shaanxi Party Secretary Zhao Zhengyong extends a hand to help him up. (ChinaNews) Early on the morning of March 4, the delegation of representatives from the People’s Liberation Army crosses Tiananmen Square to take part in the first preparatory meeting of the 12th NPC. (ChinaNews) March 4: Female servers for the Two Sessions take a group photo in Tiananmen Square. (ChinaNews)

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/03/photo-series-scenes-from-the-two-sessions/feed/ 0 Sensitive Words: Warm, Sly, Fake http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/sensitive-words-warm-sly-fake/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/sensitive-words-warm-sly-fake/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:29:38 +0000 Anne Henochowicz http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=150770 As of January 29, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). - Zhu Ruifeng (朱瑞峰): Chongqing blogger who uploaded a sex video of official Lei Zhengfu. - 2 million outside of the system (体制外200万): In a propaganda meeting earlier this month, Beijing Vice Mayor Lu Wei said “the entire city’s propaganda team includes 60,000 people in the system and over two million outside of the system.” - two million outside of the system (体制外两百万) - go warm (去温) “Warm” is also the surname of Wen Jiabao (温家宝) - President Sly (刁总): The “sly” (刁) looks like the character for Xi Jinping’s surname (习). - Chairman Sly (刁主席) - The Jia family is not fake (贾不假): Immediately after last year’s mysterious Ferrari crash in Beijing, a rumor spread that the victim was the son of Politburo Standing Committee member Jia Qinglin. Netizens alluded to the incident by quoting from the classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber: “The ‘Chia’ family is not ‘chia,’ a myth; white jade form the Halls; gold compose their horses!” (贾不假，白玉为堂金做马) (translation by H. Bencraft Joly). The family name of the book’s hero, Jia Baoyu (贾 Jiǎ; Chia in Wade-Giles romanization) is homophonous with “fake” (假 jiǎ or chia). The crash victim turned out to be the son of Ling Jihua, one of Hu Jintao’s aides. - white jade form the Halls; gold compose their horses (白玉为堂金做马) - Mein Kampf (我的奋斗) - Moon Moon Bird (月月鸟) : A “spelling” of 鹏 Péng, alluding to Li Peng. See the October 31 edition of Sensitive Words. All Chinese-language words are tested using simplified characters. The same terms in traditional characters occasionally return different results. Browse all of CDT’s collected sensitive words in this bilingual Google spreadsheet. CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources filtered keywords on Sina Weibo search. CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of CDT Chinese’s latest sensitive words post.
© Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2013. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: censorship, filtered keywords, Internet censorship, Jia Qinglin, Li Peng, Ling Jihua, Lu Wei, Ministry of Truth, Sensitive Words Series, sina weibo, weibo, Wen Jiabao, Zhu Ruifeng Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall ... Read more]]> As of January 29, the following search terms are blocked on (not including the “search for user” function).

- (朱瑞峰): Chongqing blogger who uploaded a sex video of official Lei Zhengfu.
- 2 million outside of the system (体制外200万): In a propaganda meeting earlier this month, Beijing Vice Mayor Lu Wei said “the entire city’s propaganda team includes 60,000 people in the system and over two million outside of the system.”
- two million outside of the system (体制外两百万)
- go warm (去温) “Warm” is also the surname of Wen Jiabao (温家宝)
- President Sly (刁总): The “sly” (刁) looks like the character for ’s surname (习).
- Chairman Sly (刁主席)
- The Jia family is not fake (贾不假): Immediately after last year’s mysterious Ferrari crash in Beijing, a rumor spread that the victim was the son of Politburo Standing Committee member Jia Qinglin. Netizens alluded to the incident by quoting from the classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber: “The ‘Chia’ family is not ‘chia,’ a myth; white jade form the Halls; gold compose their horses!” (贾不假，白玉为堂金做马) (translation by H. Bencraft Joly). The family name of the book’s hero, Jia Baoyu (贾 Jiǎ; Chia in Wade-Giles romanization) is homophonous with “fake” (假 jiǎ or chia). The crash victim turned out to be the son of , one of ’s aides.
- white jade form the Halls; gold compose their horses (白玉为堂金做马)
- Mein Kampf (我的奋斗)
- Moon Moon Bird (月月鸟) : A “spelling” of 鹏 Péng, alluding to . See the October 31 edition of Sensitive Words.

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

Browse all of CDT’s collected in this bilingual Google spreadsheet.

CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources on Sina  search. CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of CDT Chinese’s latest sensitive words post.

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/sensitive-words-warm-sly-fake/feed/ 1 Censorship Vault: Consequences Will Be Grave http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/censorship-vault-consequences-will-be-grave/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/censorship-vault-consequences-will-be-grave/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 19:20:54 +0000 Anne Henochowicz http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=149215 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... Read more]]> In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “” 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 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 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 “” 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,” “ – causing great tumult,” “ + unpredictable Yellow Sea,” “Jiang Zemin + exposure of his high-sounding words,” “Shanghai clique + fresh troops,” “Shanghai Clique + successors,” “ replaces ,” “ replaces ,” “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,” “ leaves Beijing Municipal Committee,” “Jia Qinglin withdraws from political circles,” “Wu Yi in charge of China’s economy,” “ removed from position,” “Wang Qishan removed from positions,” “ instigates own clique to send anonymous letters attacking Wang Qishan,” “’s clique,” “ + anonymous letters,” “anonymous letters attacking Wang Qishan,” “ + 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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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2013/01/censorship-vault-consequences-will-be-grave/feed/ 0 Sensitive Words: Leaders New and Old http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/sensitive-words-leaders-new-and-old/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/sensitive-words-leaders-new-and-old/#comments Sat, 17 Nov 2012 22:15:06 +0000 Anne Henochowicz http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=146796 Read more]]> As of November 16, the following search terms are blocked on (not including the “search for user” function):

, daughter of PLA Song and Dance Troupe singer , is unsearchable on Sina .

Pinyin Spelling of Leaders’ Names:
- [Zhang] dejiang: Member of the newly elected Politburo Standing Committee (PSC).
- [Zhang] gaoli: New PSC member.
- jiaqinglin: One of the outgoing PSC members.
- [Xi] jinping: Incoming CCP president. Re-tested.
- [Li] keqiang: Incoming CCP prime minister.
- [Wang] qishan ([王] 岐山): New PSC member.
- wangyang (汪洋): Party Secretary of Guangdong Province. Wang’s absence from the new PSC troubles those who hope for reform in China’s new leadership.
- [Liu] yunshan ([刘] 云山): New PSC member.
- [Yu] zhengsheng ([俞] 正声): New PSC member.

Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan:
- XiJP (习JP): Xi Jinping
- Secretary Xi (习书记)
- Crown Prince/Emperor Xi (习皇（储/帝）)
- Xi Cannot-Comment (习禁评): re-tested
- Chairman Xi (习主席): re-tested
- Lady Xi (习夫人): Refers to .
- Lady Peng (彭夫人)
- Her Majesty the Empress (皇后娘娘)
- First Lady (第一夫人)
- Mother of the Nation (国母): re-tested

Other Post-18th-Party-Congress Terms:
- Seven Chiefs (七巨头): Refers to the seven new members of the PSC.
- Prime Minister Li (李总理):
- Kim Il-sung + university (金日成+大学): Official documents reveal that PSC member graduated with a degree in economics from North Korea’s Kim Il-sung University.
- join the PSC (入常): re-tested
- (刘永清): Hu Jintao’s wife.
- Prime Minister Wen (温总理): Wen Jiabao
- Bo Wen (薄温): Refers to Bo Xilai and Wen Jiabao.
- Yan Jingjing (阎晶晶): Yan Weiwen’s daughter, who is also ’s daughter-in-law. Yan Weiwen is a tenor in the People’s Liberation Army General Political Department Song and Dance Troupe. served as ambassador to the U.S. from 1998 to 2001, and as a PSC member and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2003 to 2007.
- Li Hehe (李禾禾): Li Zhaoxing’s son. Re-tested.

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

CDT Chinese runs a project that crowd-sources on Sina Weibo search.  CDT independently tests the keywords before posting them, but some searches later become accessible again. We welcome readers to contribute to this project so that we can include the most up-to-date information. To add words, check out the form at the bottom of CDT Chinese’s latest sensitive words post.

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/11/sensitive-words-leaders-new-and-old/feed/ 2 China Urges Bosses to Help with Labor Stability (Updated) http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/03/china-urges-bosses-to-help-with-labor-stability/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/03/china-urges-bosses-to-help-with-labor-stability/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:04:27 +0000 Sophie Beach http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=35052 Read more]]> The annual session of the National People’s Congress opened today in Beijing with and rising unrest at the top of the government’s agenda. From Reuters:

“We encourage people from the non-public sector … to shoulder their share of social responsibilities and work hard to ensure that no employees in their enterprises are laid off, or suffer pay cuts, or wage arrears, in order to create harmonious labor relations,” told the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, an advisory body that meets once a year.

Provincial and central government officials have urged state owned enterprises to reduce salaries in order to keep workers employed and limited state-owned firms’ abilities to fire large groups of workers.

“Reassuring (the people) is an important way the government maintains stability,” said Jia, the Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader.

See also “Highlights of Jia Qinglin’s work report of China’s top political advisory body” from Xinhua and a video report “China faces grim job outlook” from Reuters:

Update: The Washington Post has a report on the increasing desperation felt by the growing numbers of unemployed workers:

Six months into what economists and labor experts say is China’s worst job crisis since it began market reforms 30 years ago, many among the most vulnerable — an estimated 20 million workers who lost their jobs after migrating from the countryside to cities — are becoming desperate.

As tens of thousands of manufacturing companies have collapsed amid slowing demand due to the global economic crisis, the laid-off workers can no longer find jobs in the cities. For many, returning to their rural roots is not a possibility because their families’ farmland has been sold off to make room for shopping malls, office high-rises and apartment complexes — leaving them with no safety net. Even those lucky enough to have kept their farming plots have been hit hard by a drought — the country’s worst in 50 years, according to the government — which has affected up to 80 percent of the land for winter crops.

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/03/china-urges-bosses-to-help-with-labor-stability/feed/ 0 “Erroneous” Western Democracy Not For China, Says Official (Updated with Bloggers’ Reactions) http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/01/erroneous-western-democracy-not-for-china-says-official/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2009/01/erroneous-western-democracy-not-for-china-says-official/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:22:41 +0000 Liu Yong http://chinadigitaltimes.net/?p=31414 Read more]]> From Reuters:

China must build defences against “erroneous” ideas involving Western-style , a top government official said in comments published on Sunday, shooting down recent calls by dissidents for political reform.

China’s ruling Communist Party has stepped up efforts to stifle dissent and protest ahead of politically sensitive anniversaries this year, and amid concerns that rising in a slowing economy could fuel broad social unrest.

Jia Qinglin, China’s fourth-most senior official, demanded officials throw their weight behind the one-party state in an essay in the Party’s main ideological journal “Seeking Truth” (Qiushi), which was reproduced on major web portals on Sunday.

Here are four examples of bloggers’ reaction to Mr. ’s speech, translated by CDT:

The first one is from a blog called “False Golden Age, Real Poor,” where the blogger wrote sarcastically:

“We are so lucky. It turned out that all other people’s two-party systems, multi-party systems, separation of power, which have worked for several hundred years, are all wrong. They are all on the wrong path. We just started and we’re already on the right path.”

“我们真该庆幸，敢情人家搞两党制、多党制、两院制和三权鼎立，搞了至少二三百年了，却搞错了，走的是错误路线，而我们一抬脚便走的是正确路线！”

The second is from a blog titled “Beijing Times.” The blogger commented on one of the quotes in Jia’s speech.

Jia: “After the extremely hard revolutionary struggle, (the CCP) had a determined victory in overthrowing the dictatorship of the KMT.”

Blogger’s comment: The goal of the struggle then was to overthrow the dictatorship, but what happened after that?

“经过28年艰苦卓绝的革命斗争，取得了推翻国民党独裁统治的决定性胜利。”
—當年的目標是推翻獨裁統治，推翻之后呢？。

Third example, blogger Chiwei wrote:

No matter how powerful guns are, they cannot manipulate, and will be defeated by the people’s will. The better lives people are living, the more they want to be in charge of their own destiny.

枪杆子再强硬，也敌不了主流民意，也裹挟不了人民的意愿。日子过得再好，人民就越强调当家做主。

Update: Netease is one of China’s three major news portals. When a news item is displayed on the Netease, the template also allows readers to write comments after the news article, as well as click on buttons underneath those comments: “support” or “oppose” (the comment).

Here is the fourth example, from a Netease blog called “I Love Freedom – Freedom is Never Free.” The blog post is entitled: “You can block my comment, but can you block me from clicking on the ‘oppose’ button?”, translated by CDT:

I just saw a leader’s article on the multi-party system on one of the three major portals. (I won’t name the portal.) The article said that China must build defences against “erroneous” ideas involving Western-style democracy. This is nothing new.

The portal website did not completely forbid netizens’ comments, so we see the following laughable data:

Total number of comments: 2505
Displayed: 66

What are these 66 displayed items? Here are few examples:

From Yulin, Gunagxi: ip：221.7.*.*：
2009-01-18 01:27:00
“Support leadership of the party”
Support [290] Oppose: [4010]

From Chaoyang, Beijing: ip：221.223.*.*：
2009-01-18 01:11:34
“Love the Party!”
Support [168], Oppose [3406]

From Qianjiang, Hubei: ip：58.53.*.*：
2009-01-18 06:44:02
“China’s rise can only be led by the Chinese Communist Party!”
Support [155], Oppose [3161]

From Gunagzhou, Guangdong ip：218.19.*.*：
2009-01-18 06:24:51
“Resolutely implement the Central Committee’s order!”
Support [124], Oppose [2773]

From USA ip：130.126.*.*：
2009-01-18 03:52:29
“I Love the Party! Support the speech of Chairman Jia, implement the Central Committee’s order!”
Support [110], Oppose [2873]

From Shenzhen, Guangdong: ip：119.136.*.*：
2009-01-18 02:12:5
“We must believe the Party, believe the government.”
Support [102], Oppose [2750]

From Chongqing ip：121.68.*.*：
2009-01-18 04:00:55
“Love the Party!”
Support [88], Oppose [2475]

From Beijing: 218.247.*.*：
2009-01-18 07:35:2
“Enter the new era.”
Support [85], Oppose [1665]

From USA/Canada: 216.125.*.*：
2009-01-18 07:35:35
“Resolutely love the CCP, resolutely support the speech of Chairman Jia, resolutely implement the order of the Central Committee”
Support [67], Oppose [1927]

From Sichuan, 118.115.*.*：
2009-01-18 07:50:23
“Hold onto the Leadership of the Party!”
Support [50], Oppose [1357]

Let me put it this way, you can read the real public opinion from the ratio of “support” to “oppose” votes. You may not display my comment, but I can still click on the “oppose” button.

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China, expanding its pledges to help neighbouring economies ride out the global financial crisis, said on Saturday it was willing to meet requests for assistance from political rival Taiwan.

Ties between China and Taiwan, separated since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949, have warmed since Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou took office in May. On Monday the two sides opened direct daily passenger flights, new shipping routes and postal links for the first time in six decades.

“We deeply sympathise with the economic difficulties faced by Taiwan and sincerely hope to cooperate on steps to cope with the international financial crisis,” said , the fourth most senior leader of China’s ruling Communist Party.

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A top Chinese official warned Friday that moves by Taiwan to assert its independent identity have taken relations into a “period of high danger.”

Speaking at a reception for Oct. 1 national day, Jia Qinglin said China remained committed to using peaceful means to unify with the self-ruled island it claims as its own territory.

However, he added that China would never accept formal independence for Taiwan and said recent moves by the island’s government were driving up tensions. [Full Text]

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/09/chinese-official-says-taiwan-strait-situation-entering-period-of-high-danger-ap/feed/ 0 China Feels Rising Cost of Interests in Africa – AFP http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/china-feels-rising-cost-of-interests-in-africa-afp/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/china-feels-rising-cost-of-interests-in-africa-afp/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:17:15 +0000 Xiao Qiang http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/27/china-feels-rising-cost-of-interests-in-africa-afp/ Xp Afp 20070425 16 2231149998

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/china-feels-rising-cost-of-interests-in-africa-afp/feed/ 0 China to build harmonious society with wisdom of Taoism – Xinhua http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/china-to-build-harmonious-society-with-wisdom-of-taoism-xinhua/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/china-to-build-harmonious-society-with-wisdom-of-taoism-xinhua/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:09:13 +0000 Xiao Qiang http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/26/china-to-build-harmonious-society-with-wisdom-of-taoism-xinhua/ CCP’s latest “constructing socialist ” campaign has been trying to utilize traditional cultural resources. The following Xinhua article provides another example:

China’s high-ranking officials have called for adopting the wisdom of ancient to build a harmonious society.

Tao Te Ching, or the Classic of the Way and Virtue, was written by Lao Zi about 2,500 years ago, around the time when Buddha was expounding the Dharma in India and Pythagoras was teaching in Greece.

“It is not only a precious gem in the treasure house of Chinese culture but a common spiritual wealth of the mankind,” said China’s senior official Jia Qinglin at a congratulatory message to the International Forum on , which started Sunday in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. [Full Text]

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]]> http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2007/04/china-to-build-harmonious-society-with-wisdom-of-taoism-xinhua/feed/ 0 Chinese fugitive breaks silence on politburo member – Richard McGregor http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2006/11/chinese-fugitive-breaks-silence-on-politburo-member-richard-mcgregor/ http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2006/11/chinese-fugitive-breaks-silence-on-politburo-member-richard-mcgregor/#comments Sun, 05 Nov 2006 04:46:38 +0000 Xiao Qiang http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2006/11/04/chinese-fugitive-breaks-silence-on-politburo-member-richard-mcgregor/ Gfx Images News Photos 2006 06 01 Changxing-Cp-4762921 Eng Zt Twwt W020040303846467198096 From Financial Times:

China’s most famous fugitive has spoken publicly for the first time about his relationship with a senior member of the Chinese politburo, Jia Qinglin, a controversial figure whose family has long fended off allegations.

The fugitive, Lai Changxing, is fighting extradition from exile in Canada where he fled in 1999 after being accused of being the mastermind of a billion-dollar smuggling and graft racket in Fujian province.

In comments in an interview with Hong Kong’s Chinese-language Asia Week magazine, Mr Lai said he had known Mr Jia, his wife and his secretary and driver in Fujian province in the 1990s. [Full Text]

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