As our own Naval Diplomat noted, several months back:

“Carriers steam in company with a coterie of escorts and support vessels. The PLA Navy, however, has not yet filled out the remainder of a carrier task force. The navy’s newest guided-missile destroyers appear adequate for air-defense purposes, but anti-submarine warfare remains a puzzling shortfall—particularly since China’s likely adversaries, the United States and Japan, excel at undersea operations. Combat logistics—oilers, ammunition ships, refrigerated stores ships—remains another glaring shortcoming for the PLA Navy. These unglamorous but crucial vessels can replenish men-of-war, allowing them to stay at sea for long intervals without returning to port. Chinese task forces will remain vulnerable and tethered to shore logistical support until shipbuilders plug these gaps in the inventory.” [See more on the Chinese military's developing support capacity from David Lague at Reuters, via CDT.]

So while China’s new carrier has certainly made huge strides in its development from being a partially completed dream of the Soviet Navy to the Liaoning, the ship must be considered part of the development of a larger goal — the creation of a Chinese carrier strike group. The development of such a potent and complex asset takes time. Flight crews need countless hours of training to start. Kinks in carrier operations need to be sorted out. The list could go on and on.

PLA Navy deputy chief of staff Song Xue gave some details of China’s future carrier plans the following day, announcing that the Liaoning will be joined by an escort of destroyers, frigates, submarines and supply ships, and ultimately by a new generation of larger, domestically built carriers. From Michael Forsythe at Bloomberg News:

Future aircraft carriers will carry more fighter jets than the Liaoning, Rear Admiral Song Xue told foreign military attaches yesterday in Beijing, according to the official Xinhua New Agency. The carrier was built around a Soviet-era hull and began trials at sea last year.

The remarks signal that the People’s Liberation Army will push ahead with a modernization plan under which defense spending has more than doubled since 2006. China has been more assertive in pressing sovereignty claims against Japan as well as Vietnam and the Philippines in the South China Sea.

“This only adds publicly to what many believed to be the case: that the Liaoning is a training or ‘starter’ carrier and eventually China would build larger and more capable ones,” Taylor Fravel, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who focuses on China’s relations with its neighbors, said by e-mail. “It suggests that today’s PLA is much more confident than in the past regarding its willingness to talk about future military programs.”

Things might have gone rather differently for the Liaoning, née Riga, and later Varyag. Macau gambling tycoon Stanley Ho reportedly had plans to turn it into a floating casino, a fate also proposed for Britain’s retired HMS Ark Royal.

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A statement from the municipal health authorities said 120 patients who had received treatment at the clinic were traced and screened for the disease, and 95 of them are suspected to have been infected with the disease, which the World Health Organization says can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer.

Local authorities launched an investigation after being tipped off on January 28 that patients who had received varicose vein treatment at a privately-run clinic were suspected to have been infected with hepatitis C.

Preliminary investigation has not ruled out the possibility of improper medical behavior of the clinic as the cause of the outbreak. Further investigation is underway. Hepatitis C is viral and is mainly transmitted through contact with contaminated blood, although it can also spread through sexual contact and from mother to child during delivery.

According to AP, the tip off said that patients who had received varicose vein treatment could be infected. The Global Times reports a doctor has been detained:

The doctor, surnamed Xue, working as a surgeon at the clinic in the city of Donggang, was detained by local police on February 2 and is being investigated, according to sources with the city’s health bureau.

The clinic has been ordered to close. A further investigation is underway, the sources said.

This case is reminiscent of the incident in Henan where thousands of people were infected with the HIV virus after selling their blood.

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China has already entered the middle-income stage of development, but the development is “unbalanced”, especially when it comes to the widening gap between town and country, Mr. Li said.

Disparity means potential, in other words, China’s biggest potential for development in the coming decades lies in the process of urbanization, he added.

[…] A UN report, titled Urban and Rural Areas 2011, predicted that nearly 70 percent of the population will live in urban areas by 2035. Over the next two decades China will build 20,000 to 50,000 new skyscrapers and more than 170 cities will require mass transit systems by 2025.

At The New York Times on Tuesday, however, Henry M. Paulson Jr. argued that China must rethink its approach to urbanisation.

A flawed system of municipal finance is driving debt, corruption and dissent, while unsustainable urban planning has yielded polluted cities that are destroying China’s ecosystem. Yet China’s future requires continued urbanization, which, absent a new approach, will only make the problem worse.

Cities can, however, be part of the solution: better urban policies can put China on a healthier path forward, economically and environmentally.

[…] Getting China’s urbanization right will matter to us all. Fortunately, many in China understand this, and cooperation with the United States government, corporate world and nonprofit sector, including my own research and advocacy institute, is bringing them the tools they need to prioritize design issues in their cities and adapt infrastructure plans now. These tools include instruction in sustainable practices for government leaders, public education in environmental issues and specialized training for the country’s urban planners.

China must adopt this new approach quickly, before vast infrastructure investment makes the current model irreversible. By 2025, China is projected to have a staggering 200 cities with populations over one million. America has just nine.

Widespread adoption of Paulson’s new approach may be some way off. The Financial Times’ Simon Rabinovitch noted this week that a 50-storey steel ring set to dominate Liaoning’s Shenfu New Town has attracted international derision for wasting resources and adding “little to no real social value”. The Guardian’s Jonathan Kaiman reported a twenty billion yuan scheme to level 700 mountains on the outskirts of Gansu’s provincial capital, Lanzhou, despite grave doubts about the financial viability and environmental sustainability of plans for the site. Lanzhou was rated China’s most polluted city in a 2011 air quality survey by the World Health Organisation.

Liu Fuyuan, a former high-level official at the country’s National Development and Reform Commission, told China Economic Weekly that the project was unsuitable because Lanzhou is frequently listed as among China’s most chronically water-scarce municipalities. “The most important thing is to gather people in places where there is water,” he said.

Others also pointed to the financial risk of building a new city in the middle of the desert. “All this investment needs to be paid back with residential land revenue, and I don’t see much on returns in these kinds of cities,” said Tao Ran, an economics professor at Renmin University in Beijing. “If you have a booming real estate market it might work, but it seems to me that real estate in China is very, very risky.”

In an email interview, a China Pacific Construction Group spokeswoman dismissed criticisms of the project as unjustified. “Lanzhou’s environment is already really poor, it’s all desolate mountains which are extremely short of water,” said Angie Wong. “Our protective style of development will divert water to the area, achieve reforestation and make things better than before.”

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

21 June 2006, 8:59, Fan Tao

If the comment article “Changes in the Final Structure of the Allocation of Our National Income, Tilted Towards Government” from the Shanghai Securities Daily appears on any website, please speedily delete it! Please acknowledge receipt!

22 June 2006, 9:00, Chen Hua

Search for, comb out and shield “Summary of the Xishan Meeting” and corresponding content; concerning the matter of a female student being killed in a collision on the campus of Guangdong Agricultural University, do not report or discuss it.

22 June 2006, 11:32, Chen Hua

I:

(1) Concerning “Removing Officials and Bringing Down the Cabinet,” “The Nasty Case of the Son-In-Law of Chen Shui-bian” and other matters on Taiwan, only report it, do not comment or guess on it, it is not permitted to use foreign media commentary.

(2) The development of the main reporting on the state of affairs, must be subject to quantity control of news reports in this regard, about 100 articles.

(3) Do not make netizens’ posts or blogged articles into official news for transmission, where forum, tracker or blog discussions become extreme, irrational or not beneficial to the grand scheme of achieving national unification, where discussions seize the opportunity to attack our policies towards Taiwan or attack our social system, or where there is unlawful or harmful information, this must be timely deleted.

(4) For reports concerning the situation on Taiwan, only reprint Xinhua copy, it is not permitted to edit and translate foreign media information.

(5) For major sudden incidents, propaganda discipline must be strictly obeyed, only transmit Xinhua copy, it is not permitted to gather or edit information by oneself, it is not permitted to publish comments without authorization, it is not permitted to edit and release foreign media information, articles or comments.

II: Some media reported that the “Pioneer” group president Liu Xiaoguang is under investigation of the Central Discipline Inspection Committee and that the Hong Kong traded company “Pioneer Enterprises” has been removed from the stock market in Hong Kong, on the basis of reports from the Beijing side, the above information does not conform to the facts, websites are not to reprint it without exception, existing information must be immediately removed, forums and blogs are also not to post this.

22 June 2006, 11:54, Wu Haihong

(On the basis of telephone content records, 1, 2 and 4 are titles, 3 is the corresponding event, there is no title.)

I: Female Student Dies on Some Guangdong University Campus After Being Hit by Military Vehicle

II: Power Outage at Some Sichuan University Incited Student Riot

III: Delete all reports concerning the student riot in Zhengzhou University (there is no title).

IV: Riots at Shanxi Zhongbei University Because of Dormitory Move.

22 June 2006, 12:48, Chen Hua

Urgent. Please rapidly screen out the matter of a large-scale student riot at Zhengzhou University Economy and Trade Faculty, rapidly screen out, search for and block this, do not report anything influences stability at Beijing higher education institutes, notify educational channels and blogs.

22 June 2006, 17:17, Fan Tao

Search for and delete non-Xinhua copy concerning the “incident of the Fujian Industry and Commerce Bureau Director Zhou Jinhui fleeing abroad” published on websites, strengthen supervision and control.

26 June 2006, 10:23, Fan Tao

Original notice text: All websites are to speedily delete “Female China International Economy and Trade Arbitration Commission Deputy Section Director Murdered.”

27 June 2006, 18:45, Network Management Office, Duty manager

(1) The special subject of the 85th anniversary of the Party’s founding is to be put in one line with running the web in a civilized manner and red memories, on a red background. When there are important remembrance activities and important speeches by central leaders, the World Cup special subject must make room at the large header position. Persist in preventing the playing up of negative news, and create a positive and upward online public opinion atmosphere for remembrance activities. Strengthen management over forums, blogs and news trackers, rumours, attacks, distortions and all other sorts of harmful information must be firmly and timely deleted.

(2) If there is information on “Chinese Navy Ship 774 Sinks after Collision” on forums, speedily delete it, and strengthen blocking.

(3) Concerning the matter of “CCTV Statement on Cancelling the Evening Broadcast of the National Anthem after Revision,” websites are no longer to reprint matters, report this or comment on this, existing news is to be pushed to the back stage, management over forums and blogs must be strengthened, timely delete attacks, abuses and other harmful information.

Please earnestly implement the above requirements!!

28 June 2006, 10:09, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Everyone, today in the afternoon, the Ministry of Information Industry and the State Council Information Office convened the teleconference on “Soundly Move Running the Web in a Civilized Manner and Using the Web in a Civilized Manner Activities Forward, Deeply Launch the ‘Sunlight and Green Network Project,’” all websites are requested to transmit the conference press releases published on People’s Daily Net and Xinhua Net on the main page of their website in the important news section, as well as the speech of director Cai Wu and Minister Wang Xudong, and leave them there for 24 hours. Put it in the section on running the web in a civilized manner, replace the special subject with the title.

28 June 2006, 10:56, Network Management Office, Duty manager

All websites, close all trackers without exception for articles concerning the 85th anniversary of the Party. It is reiterated again that when there are large remembrance activities and speeches by central leaders, they must be put on the header of the main page of websites on a read background, and the header of the news center, the World Cup must make way. This must be implemented.

28 June 2006, 14:56, Network Management Office, Duty manager

All websites are requested to continue to delete content related to Chen Qiuhua (airplane crash expert).

28 June 2006, 18:38

All websites are requested to reprint the report about the teleconference convened today in the afternoon by the Ministry of Information Industry and the State Council Information Office on the main page of websites and the important news section of news centers.

The article link is: http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-06/28/content_4762266.htm.

This article must be maintained on the main page for at least 24 hours.

28 June 2006, 18:40, Chen Hua

To report the gas explosion accident at the Wulong Colliery of the Liaoning Fuxin Mining Group, websites are only to use Xinhua copy and news conference copy from Liaoning province, do not set up news trackers; concerning the matter of deliberating the “Sudden Incident Response Law” (Draft), websites are only to use Xinhua copy or corresponding copy from the People’s Daily, must strengthen management over news trackers, forums and blogs, and timely delete attacks, abuses and other harmful information; for articles related to income allocation and other problems, only use copy from main central news work units, this may not be played up, also don’t do online surveys. Management over forums, trackers, blogs, etc. must be strengthened, timely block misrepresentations, attacks, extremes and other harmful discourse.

29 June 2006, 9:30, Fan Tao

The “Sudden Incident Response Law” (Draft) has been submitted to the 22nd Meeting of the 10th National People’s Congress Standing Committee for deliberation a few days ago. In order to guarantee that corresponding work proceeds smoothly, concerning the matter of deliberating the “Sudden Incident Response Law” (Draft), websites are only to use Xinhua copy and corresponding People’s Daily comments, must strengthen management over news trackers, forums and blogs, and timely delete attacks, misrepresentations and other harmful information.

29 June 2006, 17:17, Fan Tao

Recently, posts about a mass incident at the Qingdao Feiyang Professional and Technical College in Shandong emerged on a number of websites and forums, and some people seized the opportunity to stir up things. In order to maintain stability, websites are not to disseminate information related to the mass incident at the Qingdao Feiyang Professional and Technical College without exception, must strengthen management over forums and blogs, and timely delete relevant information.

 

2006年6月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）

2006年6月21日08时59分 范 涛

各网如发现有《上海证券报》的评论文章”我国国民收入分配最终格局的变化 正向政府倾斜”请迅速删除！收到请回复！

2006年6月22日09时00分 陈华

搜索、清查、屏蔽“西山会议纪要”及相关内容；关于广东农业大学校园内一女生被撞死一事，不报导、不讨论。

2006年6月22日11时32分 陈华

一：

1、对岛内“罢免和倒阁”及“陈水扁女婿涉弊案”等事件，只报道不评论、不猜测，不得引用境外媒体评论。

2、主要报道事态的发展，这方面新闻报道跟帖要控制数量，100条左右。

3、不得将网民帖文、博客文章作正式新闻稿转发，对论坛、跟贴、博客中过激的、非理性的、不利于祖国统一大业的言论，对借机攻击我对台方针政策、攻击我社会制度的言论，对违法有害信息要及时删除。

4、关于岛内局势的报道只转发新华社稿件，不得编译境外媒体消息。

5、重大突发事件，要严格遵守宣传纪律，只转新华社通稿，不得自采、自编消息，不得擅自发表评论，不得编发境外媒体消息、文章、评论。

二：

有媒体报道“首创”集团总经理刘晓光被中纪委调查以及香港上市公司“首创置业”在港停牌的消息，据北京方面告，上述消息均与事实不符，网站一律不转发，已有的要立即撤除，论坛、博客也不贴发。

2006年6月22日11时54分 吴海红

（根据电话内容记录，一，二，四为标题，三是相关事件，无标题）
请删除以下新闻：

一；广州某大学女生被军车在校园内撞死

二；四川某大学因停电引发学生骚乱

三：删除所有关于郑州大学学生骚乱的报道（没有标题）

四：山西中北大学因宿舍搬迁引发骚乱

2006年6月22日12时48分 陈华

急。请速清查郑州大学达经贸学院发生大规模学生骚乱一事 速各自清查 搜索屏蔽 影响北京高校稳定的不报道 通知教育频道 博客

2006年6月22日17时17分 范 涛

搜索并删除站内发布的关于“福建工商局长周金伙外逃事件”的非新华社稿，加强监控。

2006年6月26日10时23分范 涛

通知原文: 各网速删《中国国际经贸仲裁委员会女副处长遭劫杀》

2006年6月27日18时45分网管办值班

1、建党85周年的纪念专题与文明办网、红色记忆放在一行，套红摆放。有重要纪念活动和中央领导的重要讲话时，世界杯专题必须让出大头条位置。坚决 制止负面新闻炒作，为纪念活动营造积极向上的网上舆论氛围。加强对论坛、博客和新闻跟帖的管理，对造谣、攻击、歪曲等各类有害信息必须坚决、及时删除。

2、论坛中如有“中国海军774舰被撞沉”的消息，迅速删除，并加强封堵；

3、有关“央视就改版后取消晚间国歌播放声明”事，网站不再转载、报道、评论，已有新闻压至后台，要加强对论坛、博客跟帖的管理，及时删除攻击、谩骂等有害信息。

以上要求请认真执行！！

2006年6月28日10时09分 网管办值班

各位，今天下午信息产业部和国务院新闻办将联合召开”扎实推进文明办网 文明上网活动 深入开展’阳光·绿色网络工程’”电视电话会议，请各网站在首页要闻区突出转发好人民网、新华网登载的会议新闻稿，以及蔡武主任、王旭东部长在会上的讲 话，并保留24小时。放在文明办网位置上，以标题带专题。

2006年6月28日10时56分 网管办值班

各网：关于建党85周年的稿件，一律关闭跟帖。再次强调，有大的纪念活动和中央领导讲话时，必须套红放网站首页头条，新闻中心面头条，世界杯必须让路。务必执行。

2006年6月28日14时56分 网管办值班

各网请继续清除有关陈秋华（坠机事件中的专家）的内容

2006年6月28日18时38分

请各网在网站首页、新闻中心要闻区位置转发今天下午信息产业部、国新办联合召开的电视电话会议的报道。

文章链接为：http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2006-06/28/content_4762266.htm

此文章至少要在首页保留24小时。

2006年6月28日18时40分 陈华

有关辽宁阜新矿业集团五龙煤矿瓦斯爆炸事故的报道，网站只使用新华社通稿和辽宁省新闻发布会稿件，不设新闻跟帖；有关审议《突发事件应对法》（草 案）事，网站只使用新华社通稿和人民日报相关评论，要加强对新闻跟帖、论坛、博客的管理，及时删除攻击、歪曲等有害信息；收入分配等问题有关文章只使用中 央主要新闻单位稿件，不得炒作，也不搞网上调查。要加强对论坛、跟帖、博客等的管理，及时封堵删除歪曲、攻击、偏激等有害言论。

2006年6月29日09时30分 范 涛

《突发事件应对法》（草案）已于日前提交十届全国人大常委会第二十二次会议审议。为保证相关工作顺利进行，有关审议《突发事件应对法》（草案）事，网站只使用新华社通稿和人民日报相关评论，要加强对新闻跟帖、论坛、博客的管理，及时删除攻击、歪曲等有害信息。

2006年6月29日17时17分 范 涛

近日，一些网站论坛出现山东青岛飞洋职业技术学院群体性事件帖文，一些人借机煽动。为维护稳定，网站一律不传播有关青岛飞洋职业技术学院群体性事件的消息，要加强对论坛、博客的管理，及时删除有关信息。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 28, 2012 (here).

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

11 June 2006, 15:00, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Concerning the matter of the Beijing Vice-Mayor Liu Zhihua, water it down, only reprint Xinhua copy, do not change titles, do not put it on main pages of websites and the important news sections of websites, do not set up special subject sections, do not make corresponding links, do not set up commentary trackers, it may be put in the lower part of the domestic news section in the news center. Forums, blogs, trackers and other interactive segments are not to post or discuss this, do not send short messages.

12 June 2006, 15:52, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Everyone: For reporting the Shanghai Cooperation Summit, only use Xinhua copy, do not transmit copy from other sources; it is especially not permitted to reprint non-standard source copy that discloses the contradictions and disagreements between the member states; do not say that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is an anti-United States organization; forums and blogs also can only use Xinhua copy for posts, and are not permitted to issue copy with other content, where matters are discovered that do not conform to the above requirements, they are to be deleted without exception;

Reports concerning the situation in Thailand must maintain neutrality, and not comment or play up the political situation, it is not permitted to use or post information from foreign media and websites.

12 June 2006, 16:55, Network Management Office, Duty manager

No website may reprint all sorts of “Protect the Diaoyu Islands” or “Occupy the Diaoyu Islands” activities in the near future, forums and blogs may also not post this sort of information.

13 June 2006, 15:38, Chen Hua

Concerning the matter of Liu Zhihua, without exception use Xinhua copy, everyone is requested to investigate their own websites for whether or not articles from the China Industry and Commerce Times are present, if they are, delete them without exception, the finance and economics channel is to be especially notified.

13 June 2006, 9:59, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Everyone, please place the special subject of “running the web in a civilized manner” on the main page of present websites and in the part for running the web in a civilized manner, in the second line of the important news section of the news center, juxtapose it with the science and technology Olympics and the red meetings, the article of Zheng Peimin may be moved to the backstage.

14 June 2006, 11:12, Chen Hua

In the last few days, posts concerning “college entrance exam questions were leaked in a number of districts in Liaoning” appeared forum, news trackers and blogs, creating a harmful social influence. All websites are requested to not print news and comment related to this matter, it is not to be discussed in forums, and existing articles and posts must be deleted.

15 June 2006, 15:26, Network Management Office, Duty manager

“New Countryside Construction Triggers a Wave of Overseas Fact-Finding Trips, 30.000 Chinese Officials Go to Korea for Study,” published by the Caijing Times is false information. All websites are requested to delete this article, where there are relevant posts in forums, these must also be timely deleted.

15 June 2006, 15:37, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Stressed: For reports on the Shanghai Cooperation Summit, only use Xinhua copy, copy from other sources may not be used without exception, it is strictly prohibited to edit or translate foreign media information; close news trackers on information on the Shanghai Cooperation Summit; discussions on forums and blogs concerning the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are limited to posting of official Xinhua copy, do not open trackers; delete posts in forums that attack the Summit, attack the preparation work for the Summit, believe that this Summit is opposition to the United States, as well as debates on Iran, Pakistan and this Summit.

15 June 2006, 22:07, Chen Hua

Concerning information on the accident of a military transport plane, only transmit Xinhua copy, no news trackers may be set up, forums are limited to posting official Xinhua copy, do not discuss.

16 June 2006, 18:33, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Some media reprinted information on “sudden scandal about adding sports points in the Hunan college entrance exam.” In order to guarantee the smooth process of higher education student recruitment work, and safeguard social stability, all websites are no longer to reprint this report, forums and trackers, etc., are also not to discuss this matter.

16 June 2006, 19:33, Fan Tao

All websites are requested to investigate whether or not there are posts in forums and blogs concerning a folk organization in Guilin attacking a Xinjiang pickpocket and criminal (images and text), and speedily delete this post and corresponding posts.

17 June 2006, 14:31, Chen Hua

Everyone, do not set up forums, blogs or trackers on taxis and drivers without exception, do not discuss corresponding topics. All are requested to deal with this.

17 June 2006, 18:35, Chen Hua

Everyone, in recent times, not a few reports and posts have emerged online concerning “death through overwork” of the Shenzhen employee Hu Xinyu, all websites are requested to no longer transmit this sort of articles, existing articles must be completely pushed to the back stage, do not post articles concerning the “death through overwork” of Hu Xinyu in forums and blogs.

19 June 2006, 9:11, Lu Chao

Internal information: there is a rumor that there will be a taxi driver strike on 1 July, please strengthen control over corresponding information, if there is information, timely give it to us, telephone: 85223522.

 

2006年6月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2006年6月11日15时00分 网管办值班

关于北京副市长刘志华一事，淡化处理，只转新华社通稿，不改标题，不放网站首页和新闻中心要闻区，不建专题，不作相关链接，不开评论跟贴，可放新闻中心国内新闻下部。论坛、博客、贴吧等互动环节不贴发，不讨论，不发短信。

2006年6月12日15时52分 网管办值班

各位：上海合作峰会的报道，只用新华社的，不得转发其他来源的；特别不许转载那些披露成员国之间矛盾和分歧的非规范稿源用稿；不要把上合组织说成是对抗美国的组织；论坛、博客也只能帖发新华社通稿，不得帖发其他内容的稿件，发现与上述要求不符的一律删除；

涉及泰国局势的报道要守中立，对其政局不评论、不炒作、不得引用、帖发境外媒体和网站的消息；

2006年6月12日16时55分 网管办值班

各网站不要转载近期的各种“保钓”“登钓”活动，论坛、博客也不得帖发此类信息

2006年6月13日15时38分 陈华

关于刘志华的事，一律用新华社的稿件，今天有中华工商时报的稿子请大家清查自家网站，如有，一律删除，特别通知财经频道。

2006年6月13日09时59分 网管办值班

各位，请将“文明办网”专题放在目前网站首页和新闻中心要闻区二条的文明办网位置中，与科技奥运、红色会议并列，郑培民的可转入后台。

2006年6月14日11时12分 陈华

这几天，论坛、新闻跟帖及博客中出现有关”辽宁高考部分地区泄题”的贴文，造成不良社会影响。请各网站不刊发有关此事的新闻和评论，论坛中不讨论，已有文章和帖文即作删除处理。

2006年6月15日15时26分 网管办值班

《财经时报》刊发的“新农村建设引发出国考察潮 三万中国官员将赴韩学习”为虚假消息。请各网站删除此稿，论坛中有关帖文也要及时删除。

2006年6月15日15时37分 网管办值班

强调：上合峰会的报道只使用新华社稿件，其他来源稿件一律不得使用，严禁编译境外媒体消息；关闭上合峰会消息的新闻跟帖；论坛、博客中关于上海合作 组织峰会的讨论仅限于贴发新华社正式稿件，不开跟帖；清除论坛中攻击峰会，攻击峰会准备工作，认为这次峰会是与美国的对抗，以及议论伊朗、巴基斯坦参与这 次峰会的帖文。

2006年6月15日22时07分 陈华

关于军用运输机失事的消息只转发新华社稿，不得开设新闻跟贴，论坛只限于贴发新华社正式新闻稿，不议论

2006年6月16日18时33分 网管办值班

有媒体转载”湖南高考体育加分暴丑闻”消息。为确保高考招生工作顺利进行，维护社会稳定，各网站不再转载该篇报道，论坛贴吧等也不讨论此事。

2006年6月16日19时33分 范 涛

请各网清查一下论坛或博客中是否有关于桂林民间组织打击新疆小偷犯罪(图并文)的帖文,如发现,迅速删除此帖文及相关跟帖.

2006年6月17日14时31分 陈华

各位，一律不开设出租车及司机相关论坛、博客、帖吧，不讨论相关话题。请各自清理。

2006年6月17日18时35分 陈华

各位，近一段时间以来，网上有不少关于深圳员工胡新宇”过劳死”的报道和帖文，请各网站不再转发此类文章，已有的要全部压到后台，论坛和博客中也不要贴发有关胡新宇”过劳死”的文章。

2006年6月19日09时11分 卢超

内部消息：7月1日有出租司机传言罢工 ，请加强相关信息监控，有消息及时报给我，电话：85223522

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 27, 2012 (here).

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28 February 2006

Please remove the report “Drunken Police Officer in Fushun, Liaoning, Who Beat Taxi Driver to Death and Threw Body into the Wild Convicted to Death” to the back stage tomorrow.

Concerning the matter of business proprietor rights defense in Huanan New City, Guangzhou, if there is harmful information inciting mass incidents in forums, please delete it.

All websites must earnestly implement the requirements of not engaging in online civil mediation revolving around the “Two Sessions,” and not to jointly report on matters with traditional media.

Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

21 February 2006

Last Friday, propaganda requirements concerning the new countryside construction have been transmitted to everyone, everyone is requested to perform matters according to the notifications at the meeting, and make timely and prominent propaganda on the front pages of websites. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

A notice from Fan Tao was received:

1, Please issue the text Scientifically Exploring the Issue of the Scale of Chinese Government Officials that was recently published on People’s Daily online in a clear position on the front page of websites, transfer it onto and recommend it on forums, the title may not be changed when reprinting. Please strengthen management over trackers and forums at the same time, guide corresponding discussion well, timely delete harmful discussion. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

2. Today, there is a piece of information called “Many Household Heads Create Uproar with the Tianhe District Government, Guangzhou, Threatening with Suicide,” all websites are requested to not adopt this, where it has already been transmitted, please delete it immediately!

17 February 2006

Notice concerning reporting the postal structure reform and postal legal revision work:

The revision of the “Postal Law” is extremely sensitive and complex, it involves a broad scope and many personnel, and some professional areas directly involve national information security. To report postal structure reform, the revision of the “Postal Law” and other major issues websites are only to use Xinhua copy, and are strictly prohibited to use copy from other sources, forums are also not to discuss this. No reports may be transferred without exception on “news conferences” organized by people-run or foreign-invested rapid delivery companies and distributed information and copy. Management over news forums, news trackers, blogs and other interactive columns must be strengthened, timely remove information not corresponding to the above requirements.

(2) Do not play up the incident in which our engineers were attacked in Pakistan. Report more on the domestic concern and regard on this matter, and the work done by our corresponding departments, appropriately report the efforts made by the Pakistani side in arresting the murderers. Only transfer copy from Xinhua, People’s Daily and other main central news work units, forums may not discuss this, strengthen management over interactive columns, inciting discussions and other harmful content must be timely deleted.

10 February 2006

Received a notice from Fan Tao: The issue of finished petroleum product price changes may not be reported or played up without approval!

10 February 2006

All websites may without exception not report the so-called “new share distribution and marketization management rules,” it may not be discussed in forums, please strictly implement requirements!

9 February 2006

Recently, some websites greatly played up the matter of the so-called “prostitute diary” of a Hunan lady university student, gravely violating social morals, this must be firmly stopped. Websites may not transmit information and comments on the so-called “prostitute diary,” forums may also not discuss this, corresponding online articles, comments and posts must be immediately deleted.

9 February 2006

Concerning the “Denmark cartoon” incident, all websites are requested to not set up special subjects, do not set up trackers, please use Xinhua copy when transmitting. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you!

5 February 2006

Concerning the matter of European newspaper cartoons triggering Muslim protests, begin to cool this down, do not play it up, only transmit central focus news website copy for corresponding reporting, do not make large headlines, control tracker numbers within 200 items, do not conduct VIP interviews, if there are reports on reflections from domestic Muslims, they are not to be published without exception.

 

2006年2月北京网管办发出的禁令
2006-02-28

“辽宁抚顺警察醉酒打死出租车司机抛尸荒野被判死刑”的报道，明天请撤到后台。

有关广州华南新城业主维权一事，如论坛中有煽动群体性事件的有害信息，请删除。

各网站要认真执行不围绕“两会”搞网民调查、不与传统媒体搞报道联动的要求。

收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-02-21

上周五，向大家传达了关于新农村建设的宣传要求，请大家按会上通知做好，在网站首页及时突出宣传。收到请回复，谢谢。

接范涛通知：

1.请在网站首页明显位置转发人民网近日刊登的《科学地探讨中国政府公务员规模问题》一文（文章链 接：http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/1026/4124916.html），并在论坛转发、推荐，转发时不要更改标 题。请同时加强对跟帖和论坛的管理，引导好相关评论，及时删除有害言论。收到请回复，谢谢。

2.今天有一篇消息“多名家长大闹广州天河区政府 以自杀相威胁(图)”请各网站不要采用，已经转载的，请即可删除！
2006-02-17

1、关于邮政体制改革和邮政法修订工作的报道通知

《邮政法》的修订十分敏感、复杂，涉及范围广，人员多，有些业务领域直接涉及国家信息安全。有关邮政体制改革和《邮政法》修订等重大问题的报道，网 站只使用新华社通稿，严禁使用其他来源稿件，论坛也不讨论。对民营、外资速递公司举办的“新闻发布会”和散发的消息、稿件，一律不得转载报道。要加强对新 闻论坛、新闻跟贴、博客等互动栏目的管理，及时撤除与上述要求不符的相关信息。

2、对我工程师在巴遇袭事件，不炒作。多报道国内对此事的关心，重视和我相关部门所做的工作，适当报道巴方为缉拿凶手所做的努力。只转载新华社、人民日报等中央主要新闻单位的稿件，论坛中不要讨论，加强互动栏目的管理，对煽动性言论等有害信息要及时删除。
2006-02-10

接范涛通知：成品油价格改革问题，未经批准不得报道，不得炒做！
2006-02-10

各网站一律不要报道所谓“新股发行并上市的管理办法”，论坛中不要讨论，请严格执行要求！
2006-02-09

最近，一些网站围绕所谓湖南一女大学生的“妓女日记”大肆炒作，严重违背社会公德，要坚决制止。网站不得转载所谓“妓女日记”的消息和评论，论坛也不讨论，网上相关文章、评论、帖文要立即撤除。
2006-02-09

关于“丹麦漫画”事件，请各网站不要设专题，不要开设跟贴，转载请使用新华社通稿。收到请回复，谢谢！
2006-02-05

关于欧州报纸漫画引发穆斯林抗议一事，开始降温，不炒，相关报导只转中央重点新闻网站稿件，不作大头条，控制跟贴数量200条以内，不做嘉宾访谈，如有国内穆斯林反应的报导一律不发。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 16, 2012 (here).

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30 September 2005

On 1 October, the main media in Guangdong Province will publish a news article on “The Earlier Motion to Dismiss the Village Committee Chair in Taishi Village Has Become Invalid, Safeguarding the Lawful Rights and Interests of the Villagers of Taishi According to the Law,” all websites are requested to not transmit this news article, forum trackers are also not to post this article.

30 September 2005

(1) It is not permitted to publish “Zhuhai Municipal People’s Congress Launches Appraisal and Judgment Activities, Designs Dismissal Rules” and other reports, existing reports must be promptly removed. Do not disseminate or discuss the viewpoint that “major matters must go through the National People’s Congress.”

2005-9-30

(2) The Yannan Community has already been closed, no website may discuss this topic!

29 September 2005

(1) Concerning the “Wang Binyu Case” and the “Panyu Taishi Village Incident,” only use Xinhua copy, it is strictly prohibited to use copy from any other source. Concerning the Wang Binyu case, only positive guiding posts can be issued, and these may only been posted after the Foreign Propaganda Office appoints a special person to examine and verify the “keeping the gate,” other posts must be completely cleaned up. Concerning the incident of recalling village officials in Taishi Village, Panyu, all posts already on forums are to be completely deleted without exception.

(2) Concerning matters of “civil servant salary system reform,” the following requirements are reiterated: websites are only to reprint Xinhua copy, without permission, they may not reprint information from any other source. Articles concerning this matter are not to be dealt with prominently, do not set up news trackers, do not set up special subject pages, forums are not to discuss this.

(3) Concerning the matter of “the Suicide of the Major of Korla City, Xinjiang,” without permissions, websites may not report this without exception. They must strengthen management, and timely block and delete relevant information.

28 September 2005

Do not report or play up the “Minister of Communications Zhang Chunxian Welcomes Information on Honest and Clean Government Supervision,” corresponding reports and commentaries must be immediately deleted.

28 September 2005

This week, focus on inspection and control of: online information aimed at the Beijing “Aircom” company withholding donations from netizens to the plaintiff in the Harbin “Japanese Army Gas Shell Case.”

This week, focus on inspection and control of: domestic and online information concerning incidents on the strike of workers of Special Steel in Chongqing, the incident of the rally of Anshan Steel workers in Liaoning, the incident of student protest of Sichuan Science and Engineering Institute students, and on the cholera epidemic in Fuzhou.

Matters concerning the Anshan Steel worker rallies may not be reported online without exception, timely block and delete corresponding information.

26 September 2005

(1) It is prohibited to explore the 17th Party Congress (The 17th National People’s Congress); note: regardless of whether netizens themselves start discussion or news media reports are reprinted, it is to be deleted without exception.

(2) Content related to foreign reports on any epidemic happening in our country is to be deleted without exception. Note; regardless of whether it is foreign or domestic, all media reports concerning disease epidemics (past ones that the masses know about are not included, such as SARS, etc.), are to be deleted first, afterwards, obey Notices.

25 September 2005

Matters related to the construction of a luxurious schoolhouse in Linhai, Zhejiang are not to be reported without exception!

22 September 2005

On 25 September, Xinhua will issue the “Copy concerning Website Clean-up and Rectification,” this may not be transmitted and may not be discussed. Content related to this is to be deleted without exception once discovered.

20 September 2005

The recent matter of a Henan person hijacking a taxi in Wangfujing, killing the driver and hitting some people, is not to be reported without exception.

10 September 2005

(1) Do not report on the event concerning the walkout of Peking University student Liu Jianfeng anymore. Existing content is to be deleted, forums are not to discuss it.

(2) Xinhua foreign-oriented copy concerning the Chinese Catholic leader responding to journalists’ questions may not be reprinted.

2 September 2005

During supervision, if the text “Notes from Birth Planning Investigation in Linyi, Shandong” is encountered, it is to be immediately deleted!

2005年9月北京网管办发出的禁令

2005-9-30

10月1日，广东省主要媒体将刊发”太石村原罢免村委会主任动议失效 依法维护太石村民合法权利”新闻稿，请各网站不转发此新闻稿，论坛跟帖也不贴发此稿
2005-9-30

1：不准发“珠海市人大开展述职评议活动、设计罢官规则”等报道，已有的要迅速撤除。不传播讨论“重大事项必须通过全国人大”的观点。

2：燕南社区已被关闭，关于此话题任何网站不准讨论！
2005-9-29

1、关于“王斌余案”和“番禺太石村事件”只使用新华社通稿，严禁使用其他任何来源稿件。关于王斌余案，只能发正面引导的贴文，并由外宣办指定专人审核把关后方可贴发，其余的贴文要全部清理。关于番禺太石村罢免村官事件，对论坛已有贴文一律全部删除。

2、有关“公务员工资制度改革”事，重申要求如下：网站只转发新华社通稿，未经许可，不得转载其他任何来源的消息。关于此事的文章不突出处理，不开新闻跟帖，不设专题，论坛也不讨论。

3、有关“新疆库尔勒市市长自杀”事，未经允许，网站一律不得报道。要加强管理，及时封堵和删除相关信息。
2005-9-28

不要报道和炒作“交通部长张春贤欢迎廉政监督的消息”相关报道和评论要立即删除。
2005-9-28

本周重点监控：网上针对北京“易索得”公司截留网民对齐齐哈尔“日军毒气弹案” 原告团捐款的相关信息。

本周重点监控：境内外网上有关重庆特钢工人罢工事件、辽宁鞍钢工人集会事件、四川理工学院学生抗议事件、福州霍乱疫情的信息。
有关鞍钢工人聚集事网上一律不得报道，及时封堵和删除相关信息。
2005-9-26

1、禁止探讨有关十七大（第十七届全国人民代表大会）；注：不论是网友自发讨论还是转载新闻媒体的报道，一律删除。

2、有关境外报道我国出现任何传染病疫情的内容一律删除。注：不论境外境内，所有媒体关于传染病疫情（以往众所周知得不包含在内，如非典等）的新报道一律先删除，事后听通知。
2005-9-25

有关浙江临海兴建豪华校舍之事一律不报道！
2005-9-22

25日新华社将发布关于“网站清理整顿的通稿”，不要转发，不要议论。有关此内容发现一律删除！
2005-9-20

近日一河南人在王府井劫持出租车杀害司机撞伤几人之事，一律暂不报道。
2005-9-10

1.不再报道关于北大学生柳剑锋出走之事。已有内容撤除，论坛不讨论。

2.新华社对外稿关于中国天主教负责人答记者问一律不得转载。
2005-9-2

监管时如遇《山东临沂计划生育调查手记》一文立即删除！

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 11, 2012 (here).

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Xinlongtai District Committee Department of Propaganda, Panjin, Liaoning Province: The shooting death by a police officer of the peasant Wang Shujie in Hou Ershili Village has been the subject of much discussion among cadres in our district, from which different voices have emerged. All Party committees (Party working committees) and leading Party groups are requested to appeal to the mass of cadres to act properly, heighten their awareness and neither comment on nor debate the incident. (September 23, 2012)

辽宁省盘锦兴隆台区委宣传部：关于后二十里村农民王树杰被警方开枪打死一事，此事发生后在全区干部群众中引起强烈反响，也出现不同声音。请各党委（党工委）、党组号召广大干部群众要正确对待，提高认识，不评论、不议论。

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Artist: Rebel Pepper (via Over the Wall)

Rebel Pepper comments on the vigor of recent anti-Japan protests following Japan’s purchase of three of the Diaoyu Islands. He notes that the mob’s reaction to Japan mirrors perennial anger with the “Old Monk” (the Dalai Lama). When pro-Tibet demonstrations hounded Olympic torchbearers in 2008, Heilongjiang provincial websites were instructed to direct patriotic discussions at the “Dalai clique’s secessionist forces.”

Artist: Kuang Biao

Anti-Japan protesters can be as viciously patriotic as they wish, but they are not permitted to inject any domestic issues into their list of demands. The dispute is a convenient distraction from the evergreen problems of poverty and corruption in China. “Patriotic fervor” won’t improve people’s lives any more than a little Chinese flag will help a beggar on the street.

Artist: David 8th Generation (via AmazeNews)

CCTV’s flagship evening news show, Xinwen Lianbo (News Simulcast), just announced an updated format which will include more “people’s voices” (民生) in its reporting. David 8th Generation (@大家画大卫8世) drew this cartoon to “congratulate” Xinwen Lianbo on the change. The eye at the top represents the show’s current programming. The format change will not open anyone’s eyes.

Artist: Sinking Stone

“Watch Brother” Yang Dacai lost his job after smiling at the scene of a horrific truck crash and brandishing multiple luxury watches. Consciously or not, he is now pulling other officials down with him. Sinking Stone imagines a sinister Kungfu Panda, ready to pounce from his perch atop a government stamp and then hightail it to the U.S. with his green card. “What goes around comes around,” reads the caption. “Who doesn’t own a few watches?”

Artist: Dashix

“Subconsciously striking you is like swatting a fly!” exclaims the cartoon version of Liaoning police officer Zhang Yan. Zhang and a crew of construction workers battled a farming family at the scene of a forced demolition in the town of Panjin. One villager, Wang Shujie, allegedly set himself on fire and rushed at Zhang with a sickle. Zhang then says he “subconsciously fired his gun” six times, killing Wang. Cradled in Zhang’s broken arm, Rebel Pepper will have none of it.

Irene Hsiao contributed translation.

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Investigations found that Bo seriously violated the Party disciplines while heading the city of Dalian, Liaoning Province and the Ministry of Commerce as well as serving as a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and party chief of Chongqing Municipality.

Bo abused his power, made severe mistakes and bore major responsibility in the Wang Lijun incident and the intentional homicide case of Bogu Kailai.

He took advantage of his office to seek profits for others and received huge bribes personally and through his family.

[…] Bo had affairs and maintained improper sexual relationships with a number of women.

He was also found to have violated organizational and personnel disciplines and made wrong decisions in personnel promotion, which led to serious consequences.

The investigation also found clues to his suspected involvement in other crimes.

The trial of Bo’s former sidekick Wang Lijun triggered renewed speculation that Bo would face criminal charges last week. A lengthy Xinhua account of the trial described a dramatic encounter between the two men and implied that Bo had failed to act on knowledge of his wife’s crime; furthermore, Wang was said to have earned a reduced sentence by cooperating with other investigations, of which Bo seemed a likely target. Bo’s fate is not unprecedented, as Michael Forsythe wrote at Bloomberg News:

Bo’s is not the first case of a Politburo member to be referred to the criminal justice system. Former Beijing party chief Chen Xitong was imprisoned for corruption following his 1995 Politburo expulsion and former Shanghai party boss Chen Liangyu was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2008 for taking bribes after he was expelled from the Politburo in 2006.

Chen was replaced in Shanghai by Xi Jinping, the current vice president, who is forecast to take over the top party and government positions within the next year.

The news about Bo was released on Friday evening at the start of the week-long National Day holiday, and announced with a cursory recitation of Xinhua’s report in the number two slot on the Xinwen Lianbo evening news. Top billing went to the 18th Party Congress start date: at The Wall Street Journal, Jeremy Page commented on the timing of these two major stories

The twin announcements from the state-run Xinhua news agency indicate that party chieftains have likely reached broad agreement on who should run the country for the next 10 years. Internal differences over how to handle the Bo case are widely believed to have delayed an announcement on when the leadership change would begin. […]

[…] By unveiling the accusations against Mr. Bo at the same time as the announcement of the beginning of the leadership change, party officials appear to be trying to send a signal to the country regarding corruption, the abuse of power and the decadent lifestyles of many within the party elite—issues that have inflamed national public opinion. It also serves as an acknowledgment that the issues have become a direct challenge to the party’s hold on power.

For background on the case, see past coverage on CDT, and also The Bo Xilai Scandal: Power, Death, and Politics in China, a $1.33 Kindle ebook by The Financial Times’ Jamil Anderlini.

Updated at 06:01 PST: China Real Time’s Josh Chin has rounded up some initial reactions from Sina Weibo, including the following:

Liu Chun, vice president of web portal Sohu: How is that all I care about is the last line [about the women], that all I can think of is gossip? Could it be that there are some people I know who are a part of it?

Lei Yi, historian: What we should be thinking about is how, at every step along the road, he was violating discipline. How did he climb so high? We should consider problems with the system.

Sisi2008’s World: Before every leadership change, some big official takes a fall. I don’t know what this says.

DarrenLIU (censored): Inappropriate sexual relations with multiple women. Damn. That’s not the sexual problem most Chinese officials have.

On Twitter, meanwhile, Liu Xiaoyuan weighed in (via TIME’s Austin Ramzy):

薄熙来对王立军要承担用人失察责任，那么，谁来对薄熙来承担用人失察之责？

— 刘晓原律师 (@liu_xiaoyuan) September 28, 2012

Lawyer @liu_xiaoyuan tweets: Bo Xilai failed in his oversight of Wang Lijun, so who failed to oversee Bo?

— Austin Ramzy (@austinramzy) September 28, 2012

At the Associated Press, Christopher Bodeen presented a range of views on the political motives behind Bo’s toppling:

“They want to drive a stake through the heart of his political career, and make it absolutely impossible, not only for him to reappear but for anyone else who has that idea of trying to create that sort of personalized, political, charismatic leadership in some part of China which may challenge the leadership,” Rana Mitter, professor of Chinese history and politics at Oxford University.

[…] Bo’s supporters called the Politburo decision a political tactic. “I have doubts on any criminal wrongdoings of Bo Xilai. I need to see the evidence,” said Han Deqiang, an economics professor at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a leading voice in what Chinese call the new left. “I think this is a political battle turned into a criminal one.”

[…] “This announcement is long overdue. This means there is some progress in the rule of law in China. There is more transparency,” said Li Zhuang, a formidable defense lawyer who found himself jailed in Chongqing after he accused police of extracting his client’s confession by torture. “Of course it is also political. In China, politics and law often go hand in hand.”

Updated at 14:36 PST: Edward Wong at the New York Times weighs in with more about the accusations against Bo:

The most serious accusations against Mr. Bo appeared to be those relating to bribes and the Heywood murder, though no details were given. Ms. Gu was also accused of taking bribes. One Chongqing resident with government ties said officials had learned of the decision in afternoon meetings in that city; at one session, the attendees were told that Mr. Bo had taken several million renminbi in bribes and Ms. Gu had taken more than 20 million renminbi, or $3 million.

The Xinhua report also said Mr. Bo had violated party discipline for many years, starting with posts in the city of Dalian and Liaoning Province, continuing during a stint as commerce minister and extending through his four-year governance of Chongqing, where he was known for a so-called anticorruption crackdown and a revival of Mao-era patriotic songs through public singalongs.

The report also said investigators found Mr. Bo “had or maintained inappropriate sexual relationships with a number of women,” but did not give names. That line did not appear to be referring to potential criminal charges, but instead read like an attempt to soil the reputation of Mr. Bo in the eyes of ordinary Chinese. Officials in Chongqing were also told of Mr. Bo’s improper relationships, as well as those of Wang Lijun, a former police chief, and Wu Wenkang, another Bo associate in the government, said the resident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of a fear of official reprisal.

The public airing of such serious and sordid charges showed that party leaders had reached agreement that Mr. Bo had to be dealt with severely.

Meanwhile on Sina Weibo, netizens seemed especially taken with one particular accusation:

“a number of women” as in “Bo had or maintained improper sexual relationships with a number of women” trending now @ #2 in 时事 on Weibo

— Liz (@withoutdoing) September 28, 2012

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LangYaoyuan: Liaoning Papers Censor Ad: The Chinese government objected and the Chinese people protested after Japan brazenly announced its purchase of the Diaoyu Islands. Kowloon Harbor, a business on Shenyang’s Middle Road, invested over 500,000 yuan in seven print media journals in the city to publicize that “the Diaoyu Islands belong to China!” Yet not a single Liaoning newspaper published the advertisement. The Liaoning Daily explained that it “must thoroughly adhere to Xianhua News Agency’s manuscripts.” If the people publicize the message to protect the islands, the government must examine and approve that message.

Other Weibo users took Lang’s complaint further:

DiYa: The facts prove the Diaoyu Islands belong to Xinhua and to the Party. They have nothing to do with the rabble.

狄崖：事实证明，钓鱼岛是新华社的，是党的，跟屁民们没关系

GuilinDailyLaoNa: Even patriots have to be examined and approved…

桂林日报老那：爱国也需要审批……

tigerfishhome: P people should get out of the way and let Party members go first. At the critical moment, 80 million Party members will boldly move forward.

虎鱼生活家：P民退后，让党员先上。关键时间，8000万党员会挺身而出的。

insider_outsider: Whether that ad gets published or not, they still get off. Did you see that full-page spread in a Russian paper declaring “the Kuril Islands are Russia’s?” They printed a photo of their president standing on one of the islands. Actually, my biggest question is, who in China owns the Diaoyu? It certainly isn’t me, and it certainly isn’t you. Maybe it’s “the people.” Seeing people who don’t have any property rights get this worked up makes me think they’re a little sick in the head.

局 中者_局外人：登与不登，意淫都在那里。你见过俄罗斯哪家报纸登一个整版“北方四岛是俄罗斯的！”？人家登的是自家总统直接上岛的照片。其实我最大的疑问 是钓鱼岛是中国谁的？反正肯定不是我的，也肯定不是你的，也许是”人民“的吧。对于自己没有任何产权的地产如此激动的人，我觉得他脑子是有毛病的。

anqieluodi: Idiots! Go publish your ad in the U.S. Go say the entire Asian continent has been China’s since time immemorial. Find something cheap so you can print more copies, heh! Don’t lose your pretty little face…

按切落地: 笨蛋！去美国登报啊。就说全亚洲自古都是中国领土。价格便宜量又足，嘿！还真对得起这张脸…

Via CDT Chinese. Translation by Irene Hsiao.

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Local officials said Mr Wang, who was being investigated for corruption, had been removed from his post, it [the People's Daily] said.

Several reports cited 200m yuan ($31.5m; £20m) as the amount taken.

A report released by China’s central bank last year said more than $120bn (£74bn) had been stolen by corrupt officials who fled overseas, mainly to the US.

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Urgent Notice from the Liaoning Provincial Department of Propaganda: Do not conduct interviews, report or comment on the case of Fengcheng City Party Secretary Wang Guoqiang leaving the country without authorization. (August 26, 2012)

辽宁省委宣传部紧急通知：对辽宁凤城市委书记王国强擅自离境一事，不采访，不报道，不评论。

According to Radio France Internationale [zh], Wang Guoqiang is rumored to have fled the country with a large sum of money to evade a corruption investigation. He is thought to have siphoned funds from heating bills. Since Kaite Group bought the local thermoelectric plant, the city has gone without heat for two winters, while still charging residents for “maintenance.”

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The teen killed two of her family members and six more people before fleeing, the state-run Legal Daily newspaper said. It reported he was caught but did not describe the circumstances.

The official Xinhua News Agency said the attack took place Wednesday night in Liaoning province. Media said the 17-year-old suspect is from Fushun city and his surname is Li. The attack happened in Yongling town.

Police in Xinbin county, which oversees the town, declined to comment.

The state-run Global Times reported that one of the injured died of wounds on Thursday morning, and the remaining wounded people continue to receive medical treatment amid the ongoing investigation.

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In a rare concession, Dalian’s top official on Sunday “tried to appease the crowd by promising to move the polluting project out of the city,” Xinhua said, adding that there was no sign of the protest dispersing soon.

Protesters, including children, marched holding banners that declared: “I love Dalian and reject poison” and “return me my home and garden, get out PX, protect Dalian,” according to photographs posted on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter ….

“A poster was put on the Internet yesterday calling people to ‘stroll’ on Sunday morning starting from 10 a.m. on the People’s Square, near which the Dalian government is located,” a resident in Dalian, who declined to be named, told Reuters by telephone ….

Public distrust of the government mounted after Chinese media reported that the petrochemical plant might have been allowed to operate illegally months before it received mandatory environmental approval. According to Southern Metropolis News, the Fujia plant started full-scale production in June 2009, but it did not get the go-ahead from the Liaoning environmental protection bureau until April last year.

On Sunday evening, authorities announced the PX plant will be closed immediately, according to Reuters:

Authorities in northeastern China on Sunday ordered a petrochemical plant to be shut down immediately after thousands of people demonstrated, demanding the relocation of the factory at the center of a toxic spill scare, state media said.

Demonstrators in the port city of Dalian, in Liaoning province, faced down a wall of police in riot gear in front of the municipal government office. Minor scuffles broke out, although there was no report of injuries among the 12,000 protesters, state news agency Xinhua said.

The authorities also pledged to relocate the Fujia Chemical Plant, Xinhua said, citing a statement from the municipal committee of the Communist Party and the government. The report did not say where the plant is likely to move to.

Global Voices Online has collected a number of photos of the protest from Weibo; see also two aerial shots of the crowds [edit: and Wen Yunchao's extensive gallery on Google+]. Reuters reported that Weibo searches for “Dalian” “PX” and other related terms were blocked, while reports on Twitter suggested that cell phone signals in the area were also being blocked [edit: voice calls could be made, but data networks were reportedly inaccessible]. Any Western criticism of these measures is likely to be met with references to David Cameron’s proposal to control riots by restricting social media access, and to the shutting-down of cellular phone signals on San Francisco’s BART transit system to disrupt protests, both on Thursday.

Also on Thursday, the South China Morning Post explored prospects for the plant’s relocation, which was already under consideration:

The PX plant would make history if it became the first large, operational petrochemical project to be relocated on the mainland.

But given the scale of the PX plant and growing environmental awareness, analysts said it could take a long time to find another site.

“It will be a real test for the Dalian authorities in the face of tough choices between economic growth and the public’s well-being,” Beijing-based environmentalist Ma Jun said.

However, he added that the relocation was unlikely to eliminate huge environmental risks posed by dozens of other large petrochemical plants in the same industrial zone in the city’s eastern suburbs.

Analysts noted that the Dalian government could face tough questions about who should pay for the relocation and who should be held responsible for building the PX project in the first place.

The sensitivity of the threatened leak was no doubt heightened by the large oil spill in Dalian which followed a pipeline explosion last summer. The disaster led to a lengthy clean-up operation in which one local firefighter drowned in oil.

In a landmark case in 2007, protests forced the relocation of a planned PX plant in Xiamen.

More photos and video on CDT Chinese here, and here.

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