Central Propaganda Department: The media are not to report or comment on the Central Discipline and Inspection Committee dealing with former Jilin Executive Vice Governor Zhu Yanfeng. (April 3, 2013)

中宣部：关于中央纪律检查委员会对吉林省原常务副省长竺延风的处理， 媒体不报道不评论。

Zhu Yanfeng is the former chairman of the board of China FAW Group, a state-owned automobile manufacturer based in Jilin Province. Zhu has since left FAW and took his current government post in May 2012. Caixin reported on March 31 that Zhu is under investigation [zh]. Sources referencing the journal China Policy Observer (中国政策观察) say that senior FAW executives were called in to “assist in investigation” just before the National People’s Congress opened last month [zh].

Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry of Truth.” CDT has collected the selections we translate here from a variety of sources and has checked them against official Chinese media reports to confirm their implementation.

Since directives are sometimes communicated orally to journalists and editors, who then leak them online, the wording published here may not be exact. The original publication date on CDT Chinese is noted after the directives; the date given may indicate when the directive was leaked, rather than when it was issued. CDT does its utmost to verify dates and wording, but also takes precautions to protect the source.

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Hu Chunhua has been appointed secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), replacing Wang Yang, the CPC Central Committee announced Tuesday.

Wang Jun will replace Hu as secretary of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPC, according to the announcement.

Hu, born in April 1963, is currently a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Wang Yang is also a Political Bureau member.

Hu previously served as deputy secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee of the CPC, first secretary of the Secretariat of the Communist Youth League of China Central Committee and governor of north China’s Hebei Province.

At the South China Morning Post, Mimi Lau described a range of views on Hu’s appointment and prospects:

Liu Kaiming, director of the Institute of Contemporary Observation, a labour rights NGO in Shenzhen, said Hu lacked the track record of outstanding political achievements necessary to impress Guangdong officials.

“After spending extensive time in remote inland areas, Hu might find it hard to fit in at first in Guangdong, especially when dealing with vested interests,” Liu said. “I’m not very sure about officials from remote regions because they often appear very conservative and arrogant, but Hu might be different because he’s young.”

[…] Dr Peng Peng, a researcher with the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences, said Hu would have to hunker down after arriving in Guangdong because it was unlike any other mainland region.

“The press here is outspoken and the public can often complain directly to leaders,” Peng said. “In order to do a good job in Guangdong, Hu needs to be even more open-minded than Wang Yang.

“Wang Yang laid a solid foundation. Hu is much younger than Wang. I’m guessing Hu is more likely to flow with the open atmosphere in Guangdong.”

But at The Diplomat, David Cohen sounded a cautious note on the prospects for bold reform:

A Guangdong posting will give “Little Hu” a chance to burnish his reformist credentials, like Wang Yang before him. If Xi follows through on his talk of reform, that may prove to be a valuable skill. Guangdong is China’s most liberal province and frequently given to experimentation — if Xi is looking for models for national reform the leader of Guangdong may get some chances to influence the direction of national policy with some inventive provincial initiatives, such as Wang Yang’s much-ballyhooed “Wukan model.”

This trend should also give us some pause before rooting for Wang or Hu as reformers — neither of their records shows particularly bold action before traveling to Guangdong, so to some extent Wang’s liberal policies in the southern province may simply reflect institutional momentum. In fact, besides his time in Tibet, Little Hu initiated a harsh crackdown at the first signs of protests in Inner Mongolia in the spring of 2011. Some felt Hu had overreacted but he did not shirk from his decision, recently telling the Financial Times, “When we deal with mass incidents, there is no question we will take compulsory measures . . . We will be tough when we need to be tough, and we will be soft when we need to be soft.”

Reuters’ Sui-Lee Wee outlined Hu’s earlier career:

In Inner Mongolia, Hu Chunhua, also known as “Little Hu”, has been referred to as a future president. While there, Hu Chunhua oversaw rapid economic growth and dealt successfully with protests last year by ethnic Mongols.

Hu Chunhua came to Inner Mongolia following a brief stint in Hebei, the arid province which surrounds Beijing, where he was rapidly moved after a scandal over tainted milk in which at least six children died and thousands became ill.

Hu Chunhua remains something of an enigma, even in China. He has given few clues about his deeper policy beliefs. One of the best known things about him is that he does not appear to dye his hair jet black like many politicians.

In meetings with the public, Hu Chunhua comes across as low key and self effacing, in line with an image of a loyal, humble Communist Party member. People who have met him describe him as relaxed, easy-going and spontaneous, unlike stiffer party leaders.

Hu and newly appointed Chongqing Party chief Sun Zhengcai were both elevated to the Politburo last month, and are likely to rise further to the Politburo Standing Committee in 2017 and the presidency and premiership in 2022. (See Cheng Li’s profiles of the two men at the Brookings Institution.) None of this can be taken for granted, however: neither of their predecessors, Wang Yang and Bo Xilai, has followed the trajectory widely anticipated even at the start of this year. The Associated Press’ Didi Tang focused on Wang Yang, Guangdong’s previous Party chief, whose next assignment has not yet been revealed:

Xinhua gave no indication of Wang’s next job, but China watchers said he is likely to be named a vice premier when China’s legislature meets in the spring.

Wang, 57, is seen as a politically liberal figure. He failed to win a seat on the party’s ruling seven-member Standing Committee when new leaders were installed last month but was named to the lower-ranking Politburo.

[…] Wang was seen at Xi’s side when the general secretary visited Guangdong in early December. Li Cheng, an expert on China’s elite politics at Washington-based think tank Brookings Institute, said the appearance of the two together was to show the solidarity of the party leadership, because Wang is not considered to be in Xi’s camp in China’s factional politics.

“It’s a symbol of unity,” Li said.

Hu’s replacement in Inner Mongolia, Wang Jun, has extensive experience related to the autonomous region’s heavy mining industry. Wang was appointed governor of coal-rich Shanxi province following an accident which claimed more than 270 lives at an iron mine in 2008, and had previously headed the national work safety agency. His acting replacement in Shanxi is Li Xiaopeng, son of former premier Li Peng. New Party chiefs for Zhejiang, Shaanxi and Jilin were also announced on Tuesday, with appointments for Fujian and Guangxi following the next day. The blizzard of new posts sent a “subtle message”, according to a Global Times editorial, which hailed the new provincial leaders as offering the public a fresh start.

The Party secretary is the very top leader in a province. The prominence of this position differs from Western systems and is the key to ensuring that the Party rules the country’s political system.

[…] The population and economic scale of many provinces exceed those of middle-sized countries. As China is undergoing rapid development and social conflicts, the difficulties in managing a province can be much greater than managing a global power.

[…] Party secretaries should make efforts to improve communication with the public. We are looking forward to those who are outspoken and can interact with the public.

A new political style has been showcased by the Party’s top leadership. These new provincial leaders are expected to emulate it in solving local problems.

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

Afternoon Tea, 2004. A directive from October 11, 2006 asked Beijing websites to remove images of Shi Xinning‘s oil paintings of Mao Zedong with actresses and other famous figures.

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

9 October 2006, 11:45, Chen Hua

Everyone, a short briefing, on the matter of the North Korean nuclear tests, it is strictly prohibited to transmit foreign dispatches, standardize copy sources, do not gather news by yourself (VIP interviews, news lines, etc.).

9 October 2006, 16:06, Huang Jing

Everyone, recently, some websites reprinted the posts “Laid-Off Workers’ Song of Eternal Sorrow,” please notify all websites to thoroughly investigate their website forums, news trackers and other interactive columns, if this sort of information is discovered, it is to be deleted without exception.

9 October 2006, 19:09, Chen Hua

Concerning the North Korean nuclear tests, only use People’s Daily and Xinhua copy, earlier China News copy is to be completely deleted and may not be used again, everyone is requested to rapidly adjust their pages.

10 October 2006, 8:50, Chen Hua

All websites, please immediately delete the text “Experts: the Six Party Talks May Go from Coma to Death.”

9 October 2006, 12:43, Beijing Municipal Information Office

I. For news on North Korea’s nuclear tests, only copy from Xinhua and People’s Daily can be used, it is not permitted to use that of China News Net. Open trackers, but they must be managed well, in managing trackers, some principles shall be persisted in: (1) Our country’s persistent position of “non-nuclearization” on the Korean peninsula; (2) The hope of return to the Six Party Talks; (3) All sides deal with this matter soberly; (4) Do not disseminate rumors, do not engage in pointless guessing concerning nuclear pollution.

II. Concerning reporting the case of the Beijing City Vice-Mayor Liu Zhihua, including the process of the case, work units and individuals involved in the case, as well as targets of investigation, etc., only official copy from Xinhua and People’s Daily is to be transmitted online, it is strictly prohibited to use copy from other sources. Strengthen management over forums, news trackers, blogs and mobile telephone messages, all information not conforming to these requirements must be firmly deleted. Situations of non-earnest implementation of these requirements will be severely dealt with.

III. All websites, the 6th Plenum will be organized from the 8th until the 11th. During this time, negative news from all localities and all departments may not appear in the important news section, do not report on sudden malicious incidents and production security accidents.

IV. Abe’s visit to China has an important significance, propaganda and reporting must coordinate with the large picture of our country’s foreign affairs; all websites must timely delete provoking and inciting discussions, and the source of harmful information must be tracked down. For reports concerning the South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Abe visiting China soon, please use Xinhua and People’s Daily copy without exception, and it is not permitted to issue this in the heading position of the important news section; if separate articles are issued on the visits to China by these two people, the information on Roh shall be before information on Abe, and they may respectively be placed in the second and third position of the important news section; if the visit to China of the two persons is reported in one article, the name of Roh must appear before the name of Abe, and it may be placed in the second position of the important news section; trackers and forums must be managed well, it is not permitted to have extreme discussions.

11 October 2006, 10:43, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites, recently after the complete inspection and earnest re-examination by the Hunan provincial, municipal and county judicial departments, it has been ascertained that the accusation in the original case of the original defendant Yang Mingyin, a farmer from Cili County, of the crime of plundering has not been established. In this regard, some websites have engaged in excessive reporting, which was not beneficial to safeguarding social stability in that locality. All relevant websites are requested to speedily calm down their existing reporting, and will immediately push articles to the back stage, they may not play this up, and may no longer publish new reports.

11 October 2006, 10:48, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

All websites are to clean up and delete images of the oil paintings “Chairman Mao Living Today” and “Chairman Mao and Actresses” in forums, blogs and other interactive segments, search engines are to set up keywords to shield corresponding links.

11 October 2006, 16:42, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites, please reprint the following articles in the domestic news section of the news center.

Title: Li Chang: We Were Deceived by Li Hongzhang! Address: http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t8783.htm

Title: Wang Zhiwen: How Was “25 April” Arranged. Address: http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t9064.htm

Please pay attention to transferring this from Kaiwind.

12 October 2006, 18:37, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Everyone, please immediately put the special subject on the 70th anniversary of the Long March on the main page of websites and the second position of the news page, and report the speeches of Central leading comrades at the opening ceremony of the “Magnificent Feat, Glorious Process – Exhibition Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Victorious Long March of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” on 16 October.

12 October 2006, 23:11, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

The matter concerning the case of a suicide by jumping off the Tiananmen building today in the afternoon, and the matter of a person burning a gasoline can tonight in Tiananmen Square are not to be reported, interactive segments are not to discuss this.

12 October 2006, 18:37, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Do the propaganda for the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Long March well, the special subject must be put on the main page and on the second position of the news page, timely disseminate focus articles.

13 October 2006, 15;57, Beijing Municipal Information Office

All websites: please set up the title “Central Party School Social Science Department Professor Qin Gang Talks About Building Harmonious Society” in the “Building a Harmonious Society” special subject header, link to http://www.xj71.com/show_video.php?id=31682&type=video. At the same time, the “Building a Harmonious Society” special subject is to be restored to the important news section.

13 October 2006, 20:50, Network Management Office, Duty manager 2

In recent days, there have been relatively many discussions online concerning cancelling Chinese medicine and Chinese drugs, which is not beneficial to protecting the excellent traditional culture of the nation, is not beneficial to the development of our country’s Chinese medicine and Chinese drug undertaking, and is not beneficial to guaranteeing the people’s health. All websites may no longer reprint or post comments concerning cancelling Chinese medicine or Chinese drugs, and may also not set up corresponding topics to guide netizens’ discussions. Where existing content on forums and blogs plays up the cancellation of Chinese medicine and Chinese drugs, measures must be adopted to curb this. All localities’  foreign propaganda offices are requested to notify websites to implement this.

13 October 2006, 20:50, Network Management Office, Duty Manager 2

Please make “Yesterday Reappeared” into keywords and screen searches. Also, the said article may not be reprinted.

13 October 2006, 0:24

Immediately delete articles with the following content on websites (focus on inspecting searches and blog articles), make the following four words into keywords for screening.

A. Born as Renjie B. Li Renjie C. Renjie Reappears D. Renjie and Weihong Reappear

15 October 2006, 22:24, Network Management Office, Duty manager 2

Notice: on the matter of a number of Jilin Agricultural University Visual Arts Faculty teachers having put forward resignations because they are dissatisfied with the school merging faculties and the corresponding incidents triggered by this matter are all to be not reported, where it has been reported, it is to be immediately deleted, forums and blogs are also not to discuss this matter.

2006年10月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）
2006年10月09日11时45分 陈华

各位，提示一下，朝鲜核试验一事，严禁转外电，规范稿源，不要自采（嘉宾访谈，连线等）
2006年10月09日16时06分 黄婧

各网：近期，一些网站转载了《下岗工人长恨歌》的帖文，请即通知各网站彻底清查网站论坛、新闻跟帖等互动性栏目，发现此类信息，一律删除。
2006年10月09日19时09分 陈华

关于朝鲜核试验，只用人民，新华的，此前中新的全部删除并不得再用，请各位速调整各自页面。
2006年10月10日8时50分 陈华

各网，请马上删除《专家：六方会谈可能从休克走向死亡》一文。
2006年10月09日12时43分 北京市新闻办

一：对于朝鲜核试验的新闻，只能用新华、人民的稿件，不允许用中新网。开放跟贴，但要管好，在管理跟贴中应当坚持几个原则：1、我国坚持朝鲜半岛“无核化”的立场；2、希望重新回到六方会谈中来；3、各方冷静处理此事；4、不传播谣言，不对核污染进行无谓的猜测。

二：关于北京市原副市长刘志华案的网上报道包括案件进展、案件涉及到的单位和个人，以及被调查对象等，网站只转发新华社和《人民日报》的正式稿件， 严禁使用其它来源的稿件。 加强对论坛、新闻跟帖、博客、手机短信息的管理，凡与此要求不符的信息必须坚决删除。对不认真执行要求的情况，将要严肃处理。

三：各网：六中全会于8日到11日举行。在此期间,要闻区不要出现各地方、各部门的负面新闻，不报道突发的恶性事件和安全生产事故。

四：安倍访华具有重要意义,宣传报道要配合我国外交大局;各网要及时删除挑动和煽动性言论,对有害信息要查源头。 关于韩国总统卢武铉、日本首相安倍即将访华报道,请一律用新华、人民网稿件,并不得发在要闻区头条位置;如两人访华消息是分别发稿,卢的消息应在安倍消息 之前,可分别放在要闻区二、三条位置;如两人访华是一条消息发布,则卢的名字须在安倍之前,可放在要闻区二条位置；务必管理好跟帖和论坛,不得有过激言 论。
2006年10月11日10时43分 北京市新闻办 黄婧

各网:近期，经湖南省、市、县政法部门全面审查和认真复核，查明原案指控原审被告人慈利县农民杨明银抢劫罪不成立。对此，有的网站做了过量报道，不利于维护当地社会稳定。请有关网站对已有的报道要迅速淡化处理，将稿件立即压至后台，不得炒作，不再刊发新的报道。
2006年10月11日10时48分 北京市新闻办杨乐

各网站清理删除在论坛、博客等互动环节中的油画图片”毛主席活在今天”，”毛主席和女演员”，搜索引擎设关键词屏蔽相关链接。
2006年10月11日16时42分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请在新闻中心国内新闻位置转发以下文章，

标题：李昌：我们被李洪志蒙蔽了！　网址：http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t8783.htm

标题：王治文:“4?25”是这样安排下去的　网址：http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t9064.htm

请注明转自凯风网。
2006年10月12日18时37分 北京市新闻办

各位，请马上将长征70周年专题放在网站首页和闻首二条位置，并报好10月16日中央领导同志在”伟大壮举 光辉历程-纪念中国工农红军长征胜利70周年展览”开幕式上的致辞。
2006年10月12日23时11分 北京市新闻办 陈华：

关于今天下午在天安门城楼坠楼一事及今晚一人在天安门广场燃汽油桶一事，一律不报道、互动环节不讨论。
2006年10月12日18时37分 北京市新闻办

做好长征70周年胜利的宣传，专题要放首页和闻首二条位置，重点稿件及时发布。
2006年10月13日15时57分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请在“构建和谐社会”专题头条位置以“中央党校科社部教授秦刚谈构建和谐社会”为题，链接http://www.xj71.com/show_video.php?id=31682&type=video。同时将“构建和谐社会”专题在要闻区恢复。
2006年10月13日20时50分 网管办值班2

近日，网上有关取消中医中药的言论比较多，不利于保护民族优秀传统文化，不利于我国中医药事业的发展，也不利于保障人民健康。各网站不要再转载、贴 发关于取消中医中药的评论，也不要设置相关话题引导网民讨论。对论坛、博客中现有的取消中医中药炒作，要采取措施予以制止。请各地外宣办通知网站执行。

2006年10月13日20时50分 网管办值班2

请将《昨日重现》设为关键字进行搜索删除。并不要转载该文章
202006年10月13日0：24

立即删除网站内含有以下内容的文章（重点检查搜索博客文章），把以下四个词设置为关键词屏蔽。

A.生当作人杰 B.李人杰 C.人杰重现 D.人杰伟鸿重现
2006年10月15日22时24分 网管办值班2

通知：就吉林农业大学视觉艺术学院部分教师因对学校合并院系不满而提出辞职一事及由此事引起的相关事件均不做报道，已报道的立即删除，论坛和博客也不讨论此事。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 8, 2012 (here).

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

21 August 2006, 16:30, Huang Jing

Recently, it has been discovered that the text “Monks Collectively Visit Prostitutes – The Background of the ‘Three Old Convent Scandal’ in Guangdong,” published by foreign websites, has been posted some domestic forums and blogs, etc., and attacks our religious policies. All websites are requested to strengthen management and earnestly inspect this, this text may not be reprinted or posted, where it has been posted, it must be speedily deleted.

21 August 2006, 21:30, Network Management Office

Content concerning the case of Gao Yingying, is no longer to be put on the main page of websites and the main page of news and forums. Stop renewing news trackers and forum trackers.

22 August 2006, 8:45, Network Management Office

All websites: the Youth World Cup has finished, please delete the special subject on the “Athletic Federation Youth World Cup;” the special subject of commemorating the Long March will no longer have “One Primary School Pupil’s Long March Website” as special subject entry, please restore the title of “Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Victory of the Long March” as entry; the special subject of running the web in a civilized manner will no longer have “Prevent Online Wrongdoing” as entry point, please restore the title of “Running the Web in a Civilized Manner” as title. In the near future, if there is no new notification, please only maintain these two entry points for special subjects in the important news section of the main page of news centers: commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March, and running the web in a civilized manner.

22 August 2006, 9:15, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

Sina, Sohu, NetEase, China, TOM, Xici Hutong, Western Land Forum, Mop Forum, DoNews, Blog Net, Baidu, China Search, Search Dog, Aiwen, Yahoo China, Qihoo, and Great Flag: the State Council Information Office Second Phase Internet News Training Class registration time is the afternoon of 25 August; the place of registry is the Yuanshan Grand Hotel (Xicheng District, Yumin Road, No. 2, between Anhua Bridge and the Panda Roundabout on the Axis Road, 50 metres to the west of the traffic lights, the hotel telephone number is 62010033).

24 August 2006, 9:47, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

All websites: Please put the matter of water pollution occurring recently in the Songhua River in the middle part of the important news section, do not put it in a header position.

24 August 2005, 16:56, Huang Jing

All websites, please make “Lin Biao’s diaries” into a keyword, delete all search results in search engines (including snapshots).

24 August 2006, 17:16, Huang Jing

All websites, on reports concerning the matter of workers gathering on the roof of a building to protest against late salary payments causing traffic disruption (images), all websites are requested to immediately remove it from information on their sites!

24 August 2006, 17:56, Huang Jing

Recently, a water pollution accident happened in the domestic tributary of the Songhua River, the Niu River, in Jilin City, Jilin Province, Xinhua has already issued news copy. For online reports of this matter, all websites are only to reprint Xinhua copy, do not reprint articles from other sources, do not set up news trackers, do not link it up with the Songhua River pollution incident. Management over forums, blogs and other interactive columns must be strengthened, harmful information that is inconsistent with official reports or uses the opportunity to attack the Party and State structure, etc., must be timely deleted.

27 August 2006, 0:56, Chen Hua

Search for and delete the article “Second Artillery Construction Sites Spread into Xinjiang, Tibet and Other Localities, Workload Quadruples,” search engines are to screen this article.

28 August 2006, 8:35, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

All websites, please immediately delete the recent online text concerning “Why Take the Knife of Cui Yingjie to Kill Chengguan.”

28 August 2006, 10:35, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

Propaganda instructions concerning Beijing recruiting volunteers for the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics:

(1) All sorts of information must be published according to the uniform formulation of the Beijing Olympic Volunteer Work Coordination Group. Information from other sources or non-standard formulations may not be reprinted;

(2) The wording “global recruitment” may not be adopted in news titles and reports on recruitment work;

(3) Information on negative trends occurring in recruitment work may not be reprinted.

30 August 2006, 12:12, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

Concerning the case of social security funds being diverted in Shanghai City, only transmit People’s Daily and Xinhua Net copy, do not make it into a special subject, do not open trackers, do not conduct surveys, do not debate it. All websites are requested to immediately deal with situations that do not conform to the above requirements. Forums, blogs and other interactive segments are not to discuss this.

31 August 2006, 9:00, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

All websites: please move the article “Dashan Village Committee in Panyu, Guangzhou, Forces Detention of 200 People concerning Temporary Residence Permits” to the domestic section.

31 August 2006, 9:53, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

All websites, please put the article “Beijing Network Media Deliberate the Long March Spirit in Zunyi, Chinese Long March Net Opened” in the middle or upper part of the important news section of the news center, and the title on the main page of websites.

31 August 2006, 9:53, Network Management Office, Huang Jing

Please immediately delete the article “Taiwanese Diaoyu Island Protectors in Fishing Boats Locked in Stalemate with Japanese Naval Ships, Use Drinks Bottles to Fight Back.”

2006年8月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）

2006年8月21日16时30分 黄婧

近期发现，有国内论坛、博客等贴发了境外网站刊登的”和尚集体嫖妓——广东省’三大古寺丑闻’的背后”一文，对我宗教政策进行攻击。请各网站加强管理，认真检查，不得转载、贴发此文，已贴发的要迅速删除
2006年8月21日21时30分 网管办

关于高莺莺一案的内容，不再放网站首页和新闻、论坛首页。停止更新新闻跟帖，论坛跟帖
2006年8月22日08时45分 网管办

各网：世青赛已经结束，请删除“田联世青赛”的专题；纪念长征专题不再以“一个小学生的长征网站”为专题入口，请恢复以“纪念长征胜利70周年”的 标题为入口；文明办网专题不再以“防网上恶搞”为专题入口，请恢复以“文明办网”的标题为入口。近期，如无新的通知，请在新闻中心首页要闻区只保留两个专 题入口：纪念长征胜利70周年、文明办网。
2006年8月22日09时15分 网管办黄婧

新浪、搜狐、网易、中华、TOM、西祠胡同、西陆论坛、猫朴论坛、DONEWS、博客网、百度、中搜、搜狗、爱问、雅虎中国、奇虎、大旗：国新办第 二期互联网新闻培训班报到时间为8月25日下午；报到地点为圆山大酒店（西城区裕民路2号，中轴路安华桥与熊猫环岛之间红绿灯西行50米即到，酒店电话 62010033）
2006年8月24日09时47分 网管办黄婧

各网:近期松花江支流发生水体污染一事请放在要闻区中部,不要放在头条位置.
2006年8月24日16时56分黄婧

各网:请以”林彪日记”为关键词,将搜索引擎中所有搜索结果清除(包括快照).
2006年8月24日17时16分黄婧

各网:关于工人聚集楼顶抗议欠薪致交通中断(组图) 一事的相关报道,请各网站立即从本网站的信息中删除!
2006年8月24日17时56分 黄婧

近日，吉林省吉林市境内松花江支流?牛河发生水体污染事故，新华社已发新闻通稿。有关此事的网上报道，各网站只转载新华社稿件，不转载其他来源的文 章，不开设新闻跟贴，不与松花江污染事件挂钩。要加强对论坛、博客等互动栏目的管理，对与正式报道不一致以及借机攻击党和国家制度等有害信息，要及时删 除。
2006年8月27日0时56分 陈华

清查删除千龙“二跑工地遍步新疆西藏等地，任务翻两番”一稿，搜索引擎屏蔽此稿。
2006年8月28日08时35分 网管办黄婧

各网站:近期网上关于“为何接过崔英杰的刀杀城管”一文请立即删除。
2006年8月28日10时35分 网管办黄婧

关于北京招募奥运会、残奥会志愿者的宣传提示：

1、各种消息要按北京奥运会志愿者工作协调小组的统一口径对外发布。其他消息来源、非正规口径不要转载；

2、在招募工作新闻的标题、报道中不得采用“全球招募”的提法；

3、对招募过程中出现的负面动态消息，不要转载。
2006年8月30日12时13分 网管办黄婧

关于上海市社保基金被挪用一案，只转载人民、新华网的稿件，不设专题。在转载时，不开跟帖，不搞调查，不搞辩论。请各网马上处理与上述要求不符的情况。论坛、博客等互动环节，不讨论。
2006年8月31日9时00分 网管办黄婧

各网:请将《广州番禺大山村委会强行关押200人办暂住证》一稿,移到国内.
2006年8月31日9时53分 网管办黄婧

各网：请将《北京网络媒体遵义研讨长征精神 中国长征网开通》一稿，放至新闻中心要闻区中上部，并在网站首页出标题。
2006年8月31日9时53分 网管办黄婧

请各网马上删除《台湾保钓人士渔船与日本军舰相持 用饮料瓶还击》一稿。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 4, 2012 (here).

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Sun, 49, was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee after the 18th CPC National Congress last week. Born in Shandong Province, he served as Minister of [agri]Culture for three years before being transferred to Northeast China in 2009 as secretary of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee.

Zhang Dejiang, vice premier and former member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, covered Bo’s position from March as secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, after Bo’s wife Bogu Kailai was found to have been involved in the murder of British citizen Neil Heywood.

[…] According to media reports, Zhang had been trying to differ from Bo’s tenure by redirecting Chongqing’s economic and social development in a low-profile manner. Bo’s red song campaign was also discontinued. Zhang urged Party officials to draw lessons from the Bo scandal, take better care of their spouses, children and staff and ensure they are held to the highest standards.

With the transition to a new generation of leadership still underway, Sun’s assignment will prepare and test him for an anticipated key role in the next. From Brian Spegele at The Wall Street Journal:

The appointment of Mr. Sun, a former agriculture minister and party chief of northeast Jilin province, is an early indication that rising party leaders will be given reins of some of the country’s most important—and most problematic—areas, analysts say. In Chongqing, for example, Mr. Sun will face deeply vested business interests, continuing concerns over organized crime and still-strong support for the ousted Mr. Bo.

The appointment—and a number of others that are expected to follow in the coming days and weeks—points to a major shuffling at the top ranks of China’s ruling party following last week’s Communist Party Congress, where Xi Jinping succeeded President Hu Jintao as party chief. That shuffle will provide important insight into a generation of rising cadres—known as the sixth generation, following the Xi-led fifth generation—who are expected to lead the party when Mr. Xi and other newly appointed leaders likely retire a decade from now.

The outlook of the new generation could be significantly different from the previous. Unlike Mr. Xi’s generation, which came of age during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Sun and his contemporaries grew up during the period of relative openness following economic reforms launched by Deng Xiaoping in 1978.

Cheng Li’s biographical entry on Sun at The Brookings Institution highlights his PhD, a year spent studying in the U.K., and a “humble” family background, another difference between him and princelings like Bo and Xi.

[…] There have been different explanations for the quick rise of Sun Zhengcai and his relationships with senior leaders. Some believe that Sun has been Jia Qinglin’s protégé, as he advanced his career largely in Beijing, where Jia served as mayor and party secretary from 1996 through 2002. It also has been speculated that Sun is a protégé of Wen Jiabao, who played a direct role in Sun’s promotion to minister of agriculture and then party secretary of Jilin Province. Both explanations, however, may be correct.

Modest background is shared by Hu Chunhua, or “Little Hu”. Both men have just received seats on the “outer” Politburo, are relatively young at 49, and are strongly tipped for future leadership. From Cheng Li at Brookings:

Hu Chunhua established his patron-mentor relationship with Hu Jintao in Tibet when the latter served as party secretary there (1988–1992). Hu Chunhua has been widely regarded as “a carbon copy of Hu Jintao” [to whom he is not related]. Both come from humble family backgrounds, both were student leaders in their college years, both advanced their political careers primarily through the CCYL, both worked in arduous work environments such as Tibet, both served as provincial party secretaries at a relatively young age, and both have low-profile personalities. Hu Chunhua’s parents were farmers in a poor village and he has six siblings. Hu got married in Tibet and the couple have one daughter.

Hu the Younger’s current role is as Party secretary for Inner Mongolia: see ‘Little Hu and the Mining of the Grasslands‘ on CDT. He is now widely expected to take over as Guangdong Party head, though it was rumoured last month that he was also a contender for the Chongqing position. Both he and Sun may then rise to the Politburo Standing Committee in 2017, when five of the seven current members are due to retire. Last week, Bloomberg traced their likely trajectories.

If the two do assume top leadership posts 10 years from now, their advancement within the party’s top echelons may follow the path of Hu Jintao, whose grooming began when he was named to the Politburo’s Standing Committee at age 49 in 1992, said Bo Zhiyue, senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s East Asia Institute who has written a research paper on Hu Chunhua and Sun.

By contrast, Xi Jinping, who was named Communist Party general secretary […], and Li Keqiang, who is forecast to take over from Premier Wen Jiabao in March, were elevated into the Politburo Standing Committee in 2007 without serving in the broader Politburo. Communist Party leaders may have decided the next generation will need more time to prepare, Bo said.

“I think this time around they are doing a better job of bringing younger people into the Politburo so they can start this grooming process,” Bo said in a phone interview. “In the case of Hu Jintao it was 10 years, but in the case of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang it was only five years. In Chinese politics five years seems a little bit rushed.”

Nothing about future leadership transitions can be taken for granted, however, as the current Party secretary in Guangdong and Sun’s predecessor in Chongqing might attest.

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

30 December 2005

(1) Websites may not play up the case of Cui Yingjie in Guizhou, for relevant information, only Xinhua copy is to be transmitted, information from other sources may not be used, do not set up special subjects, those already set up must be immediately removed, it may also not be discussed in forums. Management over forums, news trackers and blog websites must be strengthened, timely block and delete attacks, rumor fabrication, incitement and all other harmful information.

(2) Concerning the issue of litigation and compensation for the Songhua River pollution, without permission, this may not be reported on any website without exception, forums may also not discuss this, existing matters must be immediately removed. Management over forums, news trackers and other interactive columns must be strengthened, timely block and delete corresponding information.

30 December 2005

(1) All websites shall promptly make “Beijing News” into a filtering keyword for forums, news trackers and blog websites, and immediately implement this.

(2) Online public opinion management concerning the “6 December” incident in the Red Sea Bay, Shanwei, Guangdong must be further strengthened, strictly implement the spirit of the Information Office’s notices, further strengthen management over forums, blogs and individual websites, timely and firmly block and delete corresponding harmful information.

29 December 2005

Concerning the matter of today in the morning, where a man shot a home-made pistol on bus 14, do not send short messages, forums are not to report this.

Concerning the news of high-level change at the Beijing News, this is not to be reported or discussed without exception, please strictly implement this!

26 December 2005

The Independent Chinese PEN, presided over by Liu Xiaobo, recently has awarded the third “Freedom Writing Award” to Wu Si (Executive editor of the magazine “The Spring and Autumn of Yan Huang”), and awarded the “Lin Zhao Commemorative Award” to Hu Xuesong, concerning this matter, there are to be no online reports, forums are not to discuss or disseminate this, “Independent Chinese PEN,” “Freedom Writing Award” and “Lin Zhao Commemorative Award,” etc., may be made into keywords.

Concerning the matter of the associate head of a police station in Qingyuan, Guangdong being held as hostage, and being killed together with three villagers, apart from Xinhua copy, there is to be no reporting without exception, it may also not be issued in the important news section, do not set up special subjects, do not send short messages, forums are not to discuss this or spread rumors.

9 December 2005

All websites must further strengthen management over online public opinion concerning the incident in the Red Sea Bay, Shanwei, Guangdong and the mass incident at the Victory Oilfields, duty forces must be strengthened, the first contact person is to maintain 24-hour connectivity via mobile phone, guaranteeing that relevant management requirements are implemented timely and firmly; “Dongzhou” and “Victory Oilfields” are to be made into filtering keywords; all website forums and news trackers must firmly implement the system of examination first, publication second, and guarantee that all sorts of harmful information is timely blocked and deleted.

8 December 2005

Today, it has been received that articles concerning sisters of the Sacred Heart being beaten in Xi’an. Everyone seeing this content is to delete it without exception!!!

8 December 2005

Concerning the matter of a dispute arising between the Shantou Armed Police and villagers, with deaths and injuries (carelessness), this may not be reported without exception, it may not emerge in forums.

8 December 2005

Reports concerning a Master abusing a cat may no longer be published on the main page of websites and the main news page, no more surveys or crossfire-type content may be made.

8 December 2005

On the disaster at the Tangshan mine, only issue Xinhua copy, do not make large headlines, do not issue it at the top of the important news section do not publish it on the front page of websites, do not open news trackers, to not make it into a special topic. Forums are not to discuss the disaster at the Tangshan mine, corresponding commenting articles are not to be published without exception.

7 December 2005

1. The case of a vice-mayor in Jilin committing suicide is not to be reported without exception;

2. The case of the sudden incident of occupation of offices at the Victory Oilfields is not to be reported without exception;

3. Only use Xinhua copy for the case of a Central inspection group going to Jilin Chemical for investigation;

4. Only use Xinhua copy without exception for sudden incidents and natural disasters until the end of the year, do not place it in a prominent position, do not make large headlines, do not make focus pictures, do not make large titles, tracker quantities are to be strictly controlled.

1 December 2005

Concerning information on “Head Surgeon Takes Phone Call During Operation, Paralyzed Patient Claims 180,000 in Damages from the Armed Police General Hospital,” all websites are to report this no longer, do not play this matter up, close news trackers, play it down as soon as possible; the case of Li Jindou is not to appear on websites and news front pages; recently, some departments have dealt with a number of heretical organizations, not report this in any way.

The Hong Kong SAR government and the Hong Kong Chinese Liaison Office will organize a joint “Forum on Issues in the Political Development of Hong Kong” on the morning of 2 December in Shenzhen. All websites must timely transfer Xinhua copy well, and are not to use copy from any other source. They must handle this as regular news, not play this up and not set up special subjects. Management over forums, news trackers and other interactive columns must be strengthened, timely block and delete all sorts of harmful information not conform to the spirit of the Centre.

 

2005年12月北京网管办发出的禁令

2005-12-30

1、网站不要炒作贵州崔英杰案，有关消息只转发新华社通稿，不得使用其他来源的消息，不设专题，已开设的要立即撤除，论坛中也不讨论。要加强对论坛、新闻跟帖、博客网站的管理，及时封堵和删除攻击、造谣、煽动等各类有害信息。

2、关于松花江水污染诉讼和赔偿问题，未经允许，各网站一律不得报道，论坛也不讨论，已有的要立即撤除。要加强对论坛、新闻跟帖等互动栏目的管理，及时封堵和删除相关信息。
2005-12-30

1、各网站近期将“新京报”设为论坛、新闻跟帖和博客网站过滤关键词，立即执行

2、要进一步加强广东汕尾红海湾“12.6”事件网上舆论管理，严格贯彻新闻办通知精神，进一步加强对论坛、博客和个人网站的管理，及时、坚决地封堵删除相关有害信息。
2005-12-29

关于今天早上一男子在14路公交车上用自制手枪鸣枪一事不报道，不发短信，论坛不讨论。

关于新京报高层变动的新闻，一律不报道，不讨论，请严格执行！
2005-12-26

由刘晓波任会长的独立中文笔会，近日把第三届“自由写作奖”颁给吴思（《炎黄春秋》杂志执行主编），把“林昭纪念奖”颁给卢雪松，关于此事网上一律不报道，论坛不讨论，不传播，可把“独立中文笔会”、“自由写作奖”、“林昭纪念奖”等设为关键词。

有关广东清远一派出所副所长被劫持，与三村民同被杀一事，除新华社通稿外一律不报道，也不要发要闻区，不建专题，不发短信，论坛不讨论，不传谣。
2005-12-09

各网站要进一步加强对广东汕尾红海湾事件、胜利油田群体性事件网上舆论的管理，要加强值班力量，第一通知人保持手机24小时开通，确保有关管理要求 得到及时、坚决贯彻落实；将“东洲”、“胜利油田”增设为过滤关键词；各网站论坛和新闻跟帖要坚决落实先审后发制度，确保及时封堵和删除各类有害信息。
2005-12-08

今接到删除有关西安圣心修女被欧打的文章。大家看到有关此内容的一律删除！！！
2005-12-08

有关汕头武警与村民发生纠纷致人死伤一事（大意）一律不得报道 论坛中不得出现
2005-12-08

硕士虐猫事的相关报道不再发网站首页和新闻首页，也不再搞调查，交锋类内容。

2005-12-08

唐山矿难事，只发新华社稿，不做大头条，不发要闻区上部，不发网站首页，不开跟贴，不做专题。论坛不讨论唐山矿难一事，相关评论性文章一律不发。

2005-12-07

1.吉林一副市长自杀一事一律不报;

2.胜利油田突发性抢占办公楼事件一律不报;

3.中央调查组赴吉化调查一事只发新华社通稿;

4.岁末有关突发性事件与自然灾害一律只用新华社通稿,不发突出位置,不做大头条，不做焦点图，不做大标题,跟帖数量严格控制.

2005-12-01

有关”主刀医生手术中接听电话，患者面瘫向武警总医院索赔18万”的消息，各网站不再继续报道，不要炒作此事，关闭新闻跟帖，尽快淡化；李金斗事不再上网站和新闻首页；最近有关部门对一些邪教组织进行处理，不做任何报道。

香港特区政府和香港中联办于12月2日上午在深圳共同举办“香港政制发展问题座谈会”。各网站要及时转发好新华社通稿，不使用其他任何来源稿件。要作正常新闻处理，不炒作，不设专题。要加强对论坛、新闻跟帖等互动栏目管理，及时封堵和删除与中央精神不符的各类有害言论。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 14, 2012 (here).

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30 November 2005

A notification from Information Office director Chen Hua has been received: The case of “A man issued a threat from the Henan Commercial Daily to detonate explosives on his body, and was shot dead by police,” all websites may not report this without exception, already reported matters must be deleted.

It is prohibited to publish or reprint the book An Exploration of Hu Yaobang’s Thoughts on Reform, published by the Hong Kong Kunpeng Publisher. Already issued content is to be deleted immediately.

25 November 2005

A notification from Information Office director Chen Hua has been received: for online reporting on the pollution in the Songhua River created by the explosion in a Jilin chemical factory and Harbin cutting off the water supply, only use copy from Xinhua and the main provincial media in Heilongjiang, reports on this matter must be simplified and played down. Online, rethinking articles and article on pursuing responsibility may not be reprinted, this sort of reports must, in the end, have the conclusion made by relevant State departments as the norm, unsuitable reporting triggering social instability and dissatisfied emotions on the masses is to be prevented. Management over forums and news tracker must be strengthened, and all sorts of harmful information timely deleted.

22 November 2005

(1) The death of National Investment Corporation Board Chairman Liang Yuncai during a period of shuanggui.

(2) The rallies and disturbances created by personnel of the Shenzhen “Great Wall” and “Golden Masses” companies.

3, The Beijing lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s “rights defense,” etc.

The above incidents may not be reported or reprinted without exception.

16 November 2005

In recent days, there have been reports again about the new “spirit” of the Paris riots: objectively report it, do not censure the French government because of it, and do not link it up to domestic “reality.”

16 November 2005

(1) Recent discussions on the American president’s visit to China, involving his route in China, the judicial assembly, or harming social security and other content may not be touched upon;

(2) Recent activities commemorating Hu Yaobang may not be reported on the main page of websites, it may appear on forums, but only Xinhua Net reports can be reprinted;

(3) If the above content appears on websites, IP addresses and other information are to be absolutely recorded, and reported daily to the Haidian Public Security Office (General Police Office 82519319, 13911837664) and the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Bureau.

11 November 2005

Everyone: where information appears concerning terror attacks that will occur in Beijing are to be immediately deleted; tonight, the Olympic mascots are unveiled, strictly implement earlier requirements, keep post numbers within 200, mainly report positive appraisal, do not let negative public opinion emerge, do not engage in surveys and interview.

11 November 2005

(1) The annual exam will soon take place, pay attention to supervising content such as stealing questions, cheating methods, etc.;

(2) Recently, comments of residents and personnel in some localities on content related to their localities (services, construction, government cervices, basic infrastructure, etc.) have emerged, if you come across local governments or relevant local departments requiring deletion of this content, the counterpart may be required to contact the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Bureau, explain the matter, and the deletion of this content is only to occur after corresponding permission is received from the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Bureau. At the same time, pay attention to grasping this sort of content, if you come across content about which there is uncertainty, timely ask for instructions with the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Department; (pay attention to judgment on this content).

(3) recently, a number of the American magazine Forbes has published a cover leading article “Attack of the Blogs,” this article extremely acutely attacked the phenomenon of a group of American blogs in which defamation and other criminal phenomena emerged. This article has already given rise to heated arguments in the media, on the internet and among personalities in the legal sphere. At a time where blogging activities spread like wildfire in America and across the globe, this article gave rise to a great disturbance. This matter may spread domestically, and deserves attention. In short, keep the gate of blog content well, avoid blunders, this may be extremely important at present.

10 November 2005

I. Today, in the afternoon, we attended the “Work Conference on Governing Websites Providing Obscene, Sexual and Violent Games” organized by the Beijing Press and Publications Bureau concerning the “Notice concerning Conducting a Limited Time of Rectification of Websites Providing Obscene, Sexual and Violent Gaming Content,” the following spirit is transmitted:

(1) games having clear content inciting ethnic emotions;

(2) gaming having content of hating State leaders;

(3) gaming having content sowing discord among ethnic sentiments;

(4) content of obscene, sexual and violent games;

(5) cases where the above content is disseminated through forums and blogs are focus targets for supervision and management.

10 November 2005

Concerning sexual and violent games not being permitted for publication,, existing searches are deleted, where they emerge in the future, they are to be deleted without exception, the games that have concretely been determined as sexual are: “Idiots Are Criminals,” the “Tail” series, “Lula 3D”, “Game 2 Taboo Trial,” “Love Sister,” “Man-made Girl,” “Stink,” “Posthumous,” “Pretty Girl Yakyuken,” “24 Hour Nurse,” “The Guilt of Seven Generations,” the “Happy Sex Life” series, “3Feel Online,” and “Bloodrayne 2.”

10 November 2005

Yesterday, a notice from the Information Office was received, the matter of “the statue of Qin Hui is removed from exposition” may not be played up. The details of the reason are unknown. For reference only.

10 November 2005

At present, relevant departments’ management over the Internet has further strengthened, from the middle of October, a “rapid supervision and management mechanism” concerning online public opinion has been officially and completely started up. All higher-level instructions concerning network content are also correspondingly concrete. For example, the recent strict prohibition of publishing of “The Rights Defense Incident in the Red Sea Gulf,” “Reports on Japan” as well as the so-called “42 Bank Presidents Who Fled Abroad” and other false news, the requirement that content not conforming to the spirit of the Center must be determinedly deleted and blocked, and putting forward that blogs, forums and websites with “relatively much harmful information,” gravely violating regulations and “that do not hear the call” must be firmly investigated and prosecuted or even closed.

Information Office director Chen Hua notifies: everyone, concerning the report that South Korean capital Seoul officially changes its Chinese name, do not play this up, do not put it in the important news section, do not place it on the front page of websites, close news trackers, forums are not to discuss this.

Our website’s supervision and control is to not have any channel on the front page, and delete forums without exception!

10 November 2005

(1) The Network Supervision Office issues a Notice: Articles concerning the production and sale of monitoring devices, bugging devices, etc., are to be deleted without exception.

(2) Matters concerning the adult game “Guilt of Seven Generations” must be deleted.

10 November 2005

A notice from Chen Hua was received: “How Can A Kept Woman Become Section Director?,” corresponding matters are to be deleted without exception.

Concerning the matter of the White Paper on Chinese Democratic Politics (that will be published tomorrow by the State Council Information Office), no VIP interviews are to be made without exception, do not set up trackers, forums are not to discuss this.

2005年11月北京网管办发出的禁令

2005-11-30

接新闻办陈华通知：“一男子在河南商报扬言引爆身上爆炸物，被警方击毙”一事，各网站一律不得报道，已报道的要删除。

禁止发表转载由香港昆鹏出版社出版的《胡耀邦改革思想初探》一书。对已发布的内容立即删除。
2005-11-25

接新闻办陈华通知：关于吉化厂爆炸造成松花江污染和哈尔滨停水事件的网上报道，只使用新华社和黑龙江省主要媒体的稿件，要简化、淡化此事的报道。网 上不得转载反思和追究责任的文章，此类报道最后要以国家有关部门公布的结论为准，防止由于报道不当引发社会不稳定和群众的不满情绪。要加强对论坛和新闻跟 贴的管理，及时删除各类有害信息。
2005-11-22

1、国投公司董事长梁云才双规期间死亡。

2、深圳“长城”“金众”公司员工聚众闹事。

3、北京律师高智晟“维权”等。

以上事件一律不准报道转载。

2005-11-16

近日又有关于巴黎骚乱的新“精神”：客观报道，勿为此指责法国政府，也不要联系国内“实际”。
2005-11-16

1、近期美国总统访华的涉及到在华线路、司法集合、危害社会安全的言论等内容不要涉及；

2、近期为纪念胡耀邦有相关活动，网站主页不可报道，在论坛里可出现，但只能转载新华网的报道；

3、如在网站上出现以上内容，一定记录IP等信息，每天向海淀公安局（董警官 82519319，13911837664）、北京市公安局网监处报告。

2005-11-11

各位：有关北京将遭恐怖袭击的消息发现即删除；今晚奥运吉祥物发布，严格此前要求，跟贴200以内，正面评价为主，不得出现负面舆论，不作调查和访谈。

2005-11-11

1、一年一度的考研马上到了，注意贩卖考题、作弊方式等内容的监管；

2、最近有地方居民或人员评论本地（服务、建设、市政服务、基础设施等）相关内容出现，如碰到地方政府或地方的相关部门要求删除此内容的，可要求对 方与北京市公安局网监处联系，说明，此类内容的删除必须得到北京市公安局网监处的相关许可后可进行。同时，注意这类内容的把握，碰到拿不准的内容，及时和 北京市公安局网监处请示；（注意此内容的判断）

3、最新一期美国《福布斯》杂志发表封面重头文章《博客的攻击》，这篇文章十分尖锐地批评了美国博客一族中出现的诽谤等犯罪现象。这篇文章已经引起 传媒、互联网以及法律界人士的激烈争论。在美国和全球博客运动如火如荼之际，这篇文章引起轩然大波。此事或将波及国内，值得注意。总之博客网在内容上把好 关，免出纰漏，这在目前可能是至关重要的。
2005-11-10

一、今天下午参加了北京市新闻出版局举办的针对《关于对提供淫秽色情、暴力游戏内容的网站进行限期整改的通知》的《治理提供淫秽色情暴力内容游戏网站工作会》会议，传达以下精神：

1、带有明显煽动民族情绪的内容的游戏内容；

2、带有仇视国家领导人的游戏内容；

3、带有挑拨民族感情的游戏内容；

4、淫秽、色情、暴力游戏的内容；

5、通过论坛、博客传播的以上内容为新形式下的监管重点对象。
2005-11-10

关于色情暴力的游戏不准发表，已有的搜索删除，以后发现的一律删除，现具体已明确为色情暴力的游戏有：《痴汉是犯罪》、《尾行》系列、《露拉 3D》、《游具2禁忌试玩》、《爱姐妹》、《人工少女》、 《臭作》、《遗作》、《美女野球拳》、《护士24点》、《七宗罪》、《性福人生》系列、《The 3Feel Online》、《吸血莱恩2》
2005-11-10

昨接新闻局一通知，“秦桧塑像撤展”一事一律不得炒作。原因详情未知。仅供参考。
2005-11-10

目前有关部门对互联网管理进一步加强，从十月中旬起，对网上舆情的“快速监管机制”已经正式全面启动。上级对网络内容的各项指示也相当具体。如近期 对“红海湾维权事件”“涉日报道”以及所谓“42名行长外逃”假新闻等严禁刊登，要求对不符中央精神的内容要坚决删除封堵，提出对“有害内容较多”和严重 违规和“不听招呼”的博客、论坛和网站要坚决查处甚至予以关闭。

2005-11-10

新闻办陈华通知：各位，关于韩国首都汉城正式更名为“首尔”的报道，不炒作，不放要闻区，不上网站首页，关闭新闻跟帖，论坛不讨论。

我们网站的监控是各频道不上首页,论坛一律删!

2005-11-10

1、网络监察处有通知：关于监听器、窃听器等制作和销售的帖文一律删除。

2、关于成人游戏七宗罪的要删除。

2005-11-10

接陈华通知：“三陪女是怎样当上部长的”，相关的一律删除

有关（明天国新办等将）发布中国民主政治白皮书一事，一律不做嘉宾访谈，不开跟帖，论坛不讨论。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 13, 2012 (here).

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The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to those instructions as “Directives from the Ministry of Truth.” CDT has collected the selections we translate here from a variety of sources and has checked them against official Chinese media reports to confirm their implementation.

Since directives are sometimes communicated orally to journalists and editors, who then leak them online, the wording published here may not be exact. The original publication date is noted after the directives; the date given may indicate when the directive was leaked, rather than when it was issued. CDT does its utmost to verify dates and wording, but also takes precautions to protect the source.

The following directives were all issued by the Guangdong Department of Propaganda. CDT published three other directives from this source on November 7.

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Do not report or comment on the situation concerning East China Normal University professor Zhang Xuezhong. (November 8, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：对华东师范大学教师张雪忠的有关情况不报不评。

Zhang, a professor at the Shanghai university’s law school, was barred from teaching undergraduates in September after writing about the plan to introduce patriotism classes into Hong Kong schools [zh]. (Protests lead the plan to be scrapped.) Zhang’s Sina and Tencent Weibo accounts were deleted in early October, but he has “reincarnated” and continues to post on the microblogging platforms. He wrote the following weibo on Tencent on November 8:

ZhangXuezhong: Without democracy, we cannot contain corruption; if we cannot contain corruption, we cannot improve people’s lives; if we do not improve people’s lives, social development is out of the question. The root of all problems lies in our lack of democracy; the solution to all these problems lies in realizing democracy. I have never once believed that I can degrade myself to the point that I cannot even enjoy the conditions for democratic rights; I have always believed that those who deprive me of my democratic rights are the true enemy.

张雪忠:没有民主，就不可能遏制腐败；不能遏制腐败，就不可能改善民生；不改善民生，就谈不上社会发展。一切问题的根源，就在于缺乏民主；一切问题的答案， 就在于实现民主。我从来就不相信会低贱到连享有民主权利的资格都没有；我一直都认为，那些剥夺民主权利的人，才是真正的敌人。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Do not reprint, report, or comment on retired Guangzhou Shipyard International and Guangzhou City Construction Group [广州城建集团] senior employee Li Yunqing owning 24 properties and related reports. (November 8, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：对广船、广州城建退休高层李芸卿拥有24套房产一事及相关报道不转载、不报道、不评论。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Do not report or comment on the online rumor that Sun Zhigang‘s younger brother Sun Zhiguo refuses to use his older brother’s fame to make money. (November 9, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：对网传孙志刚弟弟孙志国拒用其哥名声挣钱一事不报不评。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Do not report or comment on the news that two 18th Party Congress representatives were selected during a business workshop in Changchun, Jilin. (November 9, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：对吉林长春一企业一车间同时选出两名十八大代表一事不报不评。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: The Guangdong delegation to the 18th Party Congress held a discussion on the morning of November 9. With regards to the segments during which Governor Zhu Xiaodan spoke and Chinese and foreign journalists asked questions, without exception strictly adhere to the news wire copy provided by the general office. Do not change the titles or body of the text. All media and websites are forbidden from making any other form of report or commentary. (November 9, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：十八大广东代表团9日上午开放讨论，有关朱小丹省长的发言和中外记者提问环节的问题一律严格按办公厅提供的新闻通稿刊播，不改动标题和内文，各媒体及网站不作其他任何形式的报道和评论。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Strictly review content with regards to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection report discussing revisions to the Party constitution. Use Xinhua wire copy without exception. Do not link to other reports. (November 11, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：对关于纪委报告讨论党章修改一事要严格把关，一律采用新华社通稿，不链接其它报道。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Do not report on, comment on, or reprint the following stories: yesterday’s breakdown on the high-speed train from Wuhan to Zhengzhou; Japanese participants being barred from participating in the Beijing Marathon; the news that 74% of government employees work overtime; the Shenzhen man who paid 19 years worth of social security taxes only received 1220 yuan in pension. (November 11, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：关于昨天武汉至郑州高铁故障、北京马拉松拒绝日本选手参赛、74%公务员超负荷工作、深圳一男子交了19年社保只取得退休养老金1220元等事不报不评不转。

Guangdong Department of Propaganda: Except for Xinhua wire copy, do not report on the media reports that Wang Lijun has been expelled from the Party and from public office. (November 11, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：对有媒体报道王立军被开除党籍、开除公职一事除新华社通稿外一律不报。

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It’s had top sustained winds above 170 miles per hour. It’s got very low pressure. It is life threatening. And its cone of possible landfall includes Okinawa and the Asian mainland.

The Saffir-Simpson scale only goes to a category 5. If Sanba keeps its ferocity, the National Hurricane Center warns “catastrophic damage will occur: A high percentage of framed homes will be destroyed, with total roof failure and wall collapse.”

According to CNN, the super typhoon has already passed through Okinawa, and it is making its way to South Korea:

It made landfall in northeastern Okinawa around 6:30 a.m. Sunday (5:30 p.m. ET Saturday) with an eye that was nearly half the island’s length.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

As of 9:50 p.m. ET, Samba was moving to the north at 30 kph (18 mph), the Japan Meteorological Association said.

Sanba is on track to make a direct hit on South Korea in a couple of days, the Korean Meteorological Association predicted, before moving up the Chinese coast.

While Sanba has not yet made landfall on China, Xinhua reports China’s meteorological authority’s prediction of strong winds and rainstorms:

Sanba, the 16th typhoon of the year, was positioned at about 65 kilometers east of the Japanese island of Okinawa at 5 a.m., according to a statement posted on the website of China’s National Meteorological Center (NMC).

The typhoon will move northwest at a speed of around 25 km per hour and bring heavy rainfalls to China’s northeastern provinces from Monday to Tuesday, the center said.

Storms will hit the north and southeast of Heilongjiang Province and eastern Jilin Province over the next two days, while some regions will see downpours of 100 to 120 millimeters, the NMC forecast.

The nation’s flood control authority on Friday urged residents in the coastal regions to be fully prepared for possible influences of the Sanba and take precautions against wind, moisture and strong rainfall.

The super typhoon’s trajectory is also expected to pass over the disputed Diaoyu Islands, from China Daily:

China’s meteorological authority said Saturday the super typhoon Sanba was positioned at waters 750 km southeast of Diaoyu Islands at 5 am and will move closer northward at a speed of 20 kmph.

According to forecast by the National Meteorological Center (NMC), typhoon Sanba, the 16^th typhoon seen this year, will maintain or slightly weaken its strength before entering waters of the southeastern parts of the East China Sea on Saturday morning.

As a result, gales of Beaufort Force 7-9 are forecast in most parts of the East China Sea, the Taiwan Straits, waters east of Taiwan, the estuary of the Yangtze River, the Hangzhou Bay, the southern part of the Yellow Sea and coastal areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces from Saturday morning to Sunday morning.

According to the NMC, the super typhoon Sanba will whip up hurricanes at waters near its center as it passes through.

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Police block the road up Mount Baekdu on July 15.

As of July 17, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function):

Fury on Mount Baekdu: Visitors were barred from ascending the mountain on July 15 while Beijing Party Committee Secretary Liu Qi toured scenic Heaven Lake at the top. Stranded tourists blocked the road down the mountain, demanding an apology and a refund. They got their money back, but nothing else.

• Liu Qi + Changbaishan (刘淇+长白山): Changbaishan is also known as Mount Baekdu.
• Liu Qi + Jilin (刘淇+吉林): Mount Baekdu straddles Jilin Province and North Korea.
• Liu Qi + encircle (刘淇+围堵)
• Liu Qi + close off a mountain (刘淇+封山)
• Heaven Lake (天池)

Other:

• Wen + Premier (温+总理): Wen Jiabao
• Ji County (蓟县): Site of the June 30 Tianjin mall fire. Netizens have questioned the official death toll of 10, but authorities continue to hide details of the incident. China Media Project reports on a thwarted effort to produce a Weibo “microfilm” with cell phone footage from the disaster.

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 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.

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On July 15, the governor of Jilin accompanied Beijing Party Committee Secretary Liu Qi on a visit to Heaven Lake at Mount Baekdu (Changbaishan), nestled between China and North Korea. The mountain was closed off to ordinary visitors for some time, leading to a tourist revolt. Angry visitors threw water bottles, blocked the road and demanded apologies and their money back.

Sina Weibo user @TimeBalm posted a series of captioned photos from the scene:

There were official police cars clearing the way up the mountain. Visitors were unable to move. Over 1000 people were shouting, “I want my money back! I want my money back!” and throwing water bottles and whatever else they could find! They were beat back, opposing special treatment! It got big. July 15 12:36 via iPhone

A group of people rushed the blockade. This leader was out of luck. He was surrounded. July 15 12:44

The license plate was ripped off. I heard it was from Beijing. July 15 12:47

The crowd swelled. Some people shouted, “Who does Heaven Lake belong to after all?!” July 15, 12:49

The crowd called, “Get out and apologize!” The coward shrank down in his car and didn’t come out. July 15 12:53

The conflict had already escalated to this point and they still didn’t try to save face. They won’t die of idleness fast enough! July 15 12:58

The situation eased and tourists continued up the mountain. This meant the people at the top couldn’t get down, and the ones at the bottom couldn’t get up. Things ground to a standstill. July 15 13:04

Trouble like this on Mount Baekdu only comes once in a blue moon. Chinese folks are already worked up to crisis pitch. This was way better than the view from Heaven Lake. A South Korean said, “When our leaders run into us, they make a point of coming out and shaking hands. China is just too much. Who besides the Three Fat Kims is this shameless?” A row of police officers arrived, shouting on and on, “Welcome, the People’s Police serve the people.” July 15 13:15 via iPhone

The two sides talk... With slogans thundering in the distance. July 15 13:20

It turned out to be Liu Qi, accompanied by the governor of Jilin. After the negotiations, I climbed up half the mountain. I saw rows of security guards all along the road, and all these hot chicks they’d invited. WTF! I got my money back and climbed the mountain for free. July 15 14:01

The day after the incident, a reporter spoke on the phone with an employee of the Mount Baekdu Heaven Lake Park Hotel, who confirmed that the mountain had been closed for Liu’s visit. The following is transcribed from that conversation:

Employee: Yesterday the mountain was closed. Yesterday a national leader came.

Reporter: Do you know who came?

Employee: Liu Qi.

Reporter: Is it true that because the mountain was closed, a lot of people weren’t able to go up?

Employee: Yesterday the mountain was closed. Later on people went up. After a while, after a bit it was over.

Reporter: Is it true that a lot of people shouted “I want my money back”?

Employee: I don’t know about that.

@NiuniuBaby writes, “Over 1000 people were waiting at the entrance. We heard that such-and-such leader from the capital was there. They didn’t admit any visitors after 2 p.m. They announced over the PA that the road up the mountain was under construction. Visitors blocked the road down so that the official cars couldn’t pass. It was quite a sight.”

@TeaWeakXiangchu tweets, “A big leader came to Mount Baekdu today and stirred up a lot of excitement. Several hundred visitors waiting in line to ascend the mountain tussled with park officers, armed police and the like. All of the visitors got their tickets refunded.”

@SeaBlueMtnFox tweets, “[Rabble, It’s Enough!] #XiongYan#: Please don’t believe it when they say ‘serve the people.’ In this society, it’s serve the VIPs and let the big shots run wild. Your lot is to stew in anger and mutter your dissent, not to criticize. Who made you rabble then?!”

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He recalled that his wife, surnamed Liu, returned to the family home in Changchun, capital of Jilin province, at about 8:35 pm and drank less than half a bottle of the strawberry drink before handing it to their son to finish.

“About five minutes later, my wife was on the floor, twitching and foaming at the mouth,” he said on Thursday. “Her hands were like chicken’s feet.”

It was not until the ambulance arrived that the boy also began crying in pain.

Both victims were rushed to the intensive care unit at the No 1 Hospital Affiliated to Jilin University. However, Chu’s son died five hours later.

“He’s now at the funeral parlor. His body and teeth are black,” said the father.

The drinks have been pulled from sale locally, a move attributed to local authorities by China Daily and to manufacturer Coca-Cola by The Wall Street Journal. Coca-Cola insisted, however, that the product itself was not to blame, while The Wall Street Journal noted a similar case in 2009 in which the company was cleared of responsibility for mercury contamination:

Coca-Cola spokeswoman Joanna Price said Friday that authorities in Changchun, the capital of Jilin, had pinpointed two bottles of the strawberry-flavored variety of the drink as the source of the poisoning. She declined to comment on whether the drinks may have been poisoned after bottling.

Ms. Price said Coca-Cola tested its product line and found no other contaminated bottles. Nevertheless, Coca-Cola has pulled all Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky drinks from shop shelves in Changchun, and the strawberry-flavored variety from the entire province.

“This case does not involve a product-quality issue, and government authorities are carrying out detailed investigations at this time,” a statement from the Atlanta-based company said ….

A young man who fell ill in 2009 after drinking a can of Sprite, a Coca-Cola brand, said he was poisoned by a chemical substance in the product. Xinhua said Chinese authorities who investigated the case found that mercury was added to the Sprite after its purchase, and they exonerated Coke.

Many in China appear willing to take the company at its word on this occasion, according to The Financial Times. Instead, public anger is once again directed at China’s own food safety authorities. From The Diplomat’s David Cohen:

The Chinese public has instead turned its attention to China’s food safety administration, which issued a set of remarkably weak standards for milk in June – including, remarkably, lowering the minimum protein content of milk sold in China from 2.95 per hundred grams to 2.8 – a significant step away from the developed world standard of 3.0. The poisoning in the Sanlu scandal was caused by melamine, an industrial chemical which manufacturers used to disguise low protein contents. The new standards also allow milk to contain as many as 2 million bacteria per milliliter, some 20 times the allowable amount in the United States and EU.

The sheer audacity of lowering China’s most-watched food safety standard has raised suggestions of powerful special interests – an article in The People’s Daily quoted Zeng Shouying, vice director of the Dairy Industry Committee of China Dairy Association claiming that China’s three major dairy companies exploited their advisory role in the drafting committee to remove tougher standards proposed by experts. The Ministry of Health responded yesterday in the pages of the same paper, telling the journalist that “it was right that dairy producers, crucial to the safety of their produce, should be represented in the drafting committee.”

A recent report by The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos illustrated the long shadow of China’s melamine scandals: trust in domestically-purchased products remains so low that mainland tourists return from Macau laden with cans of baby formula.

Health concerns have also arisen in connection with the early withdrawal of a new Coke can in the West. TIME reports that the new design caused confusion between Diet and regular Coke, bringing unexpected calories to dieters and potentially more serious consequences to diabetics.

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Chinese police in 2003 found the bodies of 56 North Koreans drifting down the Apnok River in October 2003, a newly published police log says. The 56 had apparently been shot trying to escape the North.

North Korea Economy Watch, a U.S. website, on Saturday carried photos from a report filed by Badaogou police station in Baishan, Jilin Province, reporting the collection of the bodies. This website said it obtained the photos from an anonymous blog on Chinese portal site Wangyi.

Badaogou police fished 53 bodies out of the Apnok (or Yalu) River following a tip-off from local residents on Oct. 3, 2003. It found three more bodies the next day. Possessions found on the bodies identified the 36 males and 20 females, including seven children, as North Korean.

Officers presumed that they had been all shot to death by North Korean border guards while attempting to cross the border.

Image source: Flickr.

Translation of the document: “PRC blog carried without comment a photo, apparently reposted from bbs.163.com, of an October 2003 Jilin Province, Baishan City, Changbai Korean Nationality Autonomous County Public Security police station report of bodies found floating in the Yalu River. All apparently DPRK citizens: 36 men, 20 women, 7 children. According to the medical examiner’s report, all had been shot to death. According to the report, It is supposed that they were all were shot by DPRK border guards as they attempted to sneak across the DPRK – PRC border. The bodies were cremated, and the ashes stored pending instructions from higher authority. ”

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What follows is the story of Qu Chao, a goldfish farmer in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin, and his attempt to lodge a complaint via the courts and through complaints procedures in Beijing, against local officials who, he says, sabotaged his business and deprived his family of their livelihood. The resourceful Qu is one of the first petitioners to record their beating at the hands of provincial officials who came to Beijing to bring him home. He was severely disabled before the beating; now he says his condition has worsened. You can read and listen to the original RFA Mandarin service Investigative Report (ZH) here, and listen to audio of Qu’s detention and beating at the appropriate place in the text. [Full text]

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