State Council Information Office: All websites are asked to immediately find and remove images of Peng Liyuan taking a picture with her cell phone and related negative comments. Please strengthen your monitoring and management of contents related to the “Xi-Obama meeting.” Promptly dispose of cartoons, satirical remarks, and challenging and accusatory speech. Shut down uncontrollable [forum] threads. (June 8, 2013)

国新办：请网站立即查删彭丽媛拿手机拍照图片及相关负面评论。请网站加强“习奥会”相关信息的监看和管理，对相关漫画、调侃讽刺言论以及质疑和攻击信息及时清理，管不住的跟帖一律关闭。

Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as “Directives from the Ministry of Truth.”

Central Propaganda Department: Do not send reporters to Xiamen to investigate the bus fire. Immediately recall anyone already sent there. Without exception, use Xinhua wire copy and the information issued by the local authoritative departments. In particular, use the authoritative conclusions of public security as the standard. Coverage should be moderate. Do not speculate on the suspect or the details of the crime. Do not embellish the tragedy of the scene. (June 8, 2013)

中宣部：不派记者前往福建采访厦门公交车纵火案，已派出的立即撤离，有关该案的报道一律用新华社通稿和当地权威部门发布的消息，尤其是案情要以公安机关权威结论为准，报道要适度适量，不炒作犯罪嫌疑人和作案细节，不渲染现场惨烈场面。

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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“Reach victory in the People’s war against Apple and Steve Jobs.”

First Lady’s iPhone: Peng Liyuan, the wife of President Xi Jinping, was spotted in Mexico last week taking a photo of Mayan ruins with her iPhone. A photo of Peng and her phone went viral on Weibo earlier this week. This March, a CCTV program criticized Apple for charging certain maintenance fees in China that it did not elsewhere. Despite a Weibo gaff that exposed pro-government forces behind the Apple-bashing, and ensuing netizen disgruntlement with CCTV, Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote a formal apology to its Chinese users and promised a change in policy.

• Peng+cell phone (彭+手机)
• Peng+take a photo (彭+拍照)
• Peng+apple (彭+苹果)
• Peng+iPhone (彭+iphone)
• first lady+cell phone (第一夫人+手机)
• first lady+apple (第一夫人+苹果)
• first lady+iPhone (第一夫人+iphone)
• first lady+ cell phone (国母+手机)
• first lady+apple (国母+苹果)
• first lady+iPhone (国母+iphone)
• Mrs. Xi+cell phone (习夫人+手机)
• Mrs. Xi+take a photo (习夫人+拍照)
• Mrs. Xi+apple (习夫人+苹果)
• Mrs. Xi+iPhone (习夫人+iphone)
• peng+liyuan

Other: Current situation of the ideological sphere (当前意识形态领域情况): News and discussion of an internal Party document titled “Circular on the Current Situation of the Ideological Sphere” (关于当前意识形态领域情况的通报) has been heavily censored since early May. Fei Chang Dao has tracked online censorship of the document, while China Copyright and Media has gleaned information on its contents.

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

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

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

Have a sensitive word tip? Submit it to CDT through this form:

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Explosions were heard in this bus soon after it caught fire. (Xinhua)

State Council Information Office: Regarding the “Xiamen, Fujian BRT bus explosion,” reprint only Xinhua reports and photos. Do not use reports from any other sources. Do not use the contents of blogs or weibo as news. Do not show bloody images. Strengthen management of interactive platforms such as forums, blogs, and weibo. Promptly delete harmful contents that are speculative, provocative, or accusatory in nature. Every malicious, sensationalizing weibo account must without exception be closed. (June 7, 2013)

国新办：有关＂福建厦门BRT公交车爆炸＂的报道，只转发新华社稿件和照片，不转发其他来源稿件，不把博客、微博客内容作为新闻刊发，不刊发血腥图片，加强论坛、博客、微博客等互动栏目管理，及时删除猜测性、煽动性、攻击性有害信息。凡恶意炒作的微博客帐号一律关闭。

A rapid transit bus in Xiamen caught fire during this evening’s rush hour, leaving at least 47 dead and 34 injured.

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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Tiananmen Continued: Terms related to the anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, known in Chinese simply as “Six Four” (as in June 4). See also yesterday’s Sensitive Words post.

• 89: As in 1989.
• 64+24: The 24th anniversary of June 4. Chinese Twitter users have been discussing “6424.”
• tank
• anniversary
• hk64: Refers to Hong Kong commemorations of June 4.
• viiv: Six Four in Roman numerals, another Twitter term.
• (big) yellow duck: The latest take on Tank Man.
• candlelight (烛光): Alludes to candlelight vigils.
• Jisi month+Yiwei day (己巳月+乙未日): In the traditional 60-year cycle, the first term is equivalent to May-June 1989, the second to a number of dates in the same year including June 4.
• square of eight (八的平方): 8²=64
• memorial ceremony (祭奠)
• inappropriate for the public (不适宜对外公开): A message Sina sometimes displays when a user’s weibo has been deleted.
• Internet block (网络封锁)
• Hexie Farm (蟹农场): Retested.
• sensitive word (敏感词)

Other: Xi+movie star (习+影帝)

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

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

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

Have a sensitive word tip? Submit it to CDT through this form:

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“Don’t you know about the praying mantis that waved its arms angrily in front of an approaching carriage,” warned the philosopher Zhuangzi, “unaware that they were incapable of stopping it? Such was the high opinion it had of its talents” (Burton Watson, trans.). Images of the angry mantis facing a car wheel are circulating online today.

In 2012, CDT identified 118 terms blocked from Weibo search results around the anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre. Many of those terms are now blocked again. There is also overlap between this list and Jason Ng’s automated test results, reported today by Citizen Lab.

CDT reported more censored keywords related to Tiananmen on May 25 and 28. Compare this year’s blocked terms to last year’s (lists one and two).

As of June 3, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Numbers and Dates:
• 35: Shorthand for May 35th.
• 63+1: 64, i.e. June 4.
• 65-1: 64.
• 24 years (24年): It is the 24th anniversary of the massacre.
• june
• Jun+4th
• thirty-five (三十五)
• twenty-four (二十四)
• six+four (六+四)
• six 4 (六4)
• 6 four (6四)
• liusi: Pinyin for “six four” (六四 liù sì).
• bajiu: Pinyin for “eight nine” （八九 bā jiǔ）.
• six four (陆肆)
• six four (陆四)
• six four (六肆)
• eight nine (捌玖)
• eight nine (捌九)
• eight nine (八玖)
• six four (六four)
• six four (six四)
• six+four
• eight eight (八八): 8×8=64

• today (今天)
• tomorrow (明天)
• that year (那年)
• that day (那天)
• special day (特殊的日子)

Commemoration:
• Ai Xiaoming (艾晓明): Prof. Ai of Sun Yat-sen University is calling for people to wear black shirts in remembrance of Tiananmen. Meanwhile, Shenzhen University is cracking down on the black shirt movement.
• Victoria Park (维园)
• evening event (晚会)
• candle (蜡烛): Like last June, Sina Weibo has removed the candle emoticon.
• black shirt (黑衫)
• redress (平反)
• commemorate (纪念)

Places:
• TAM: Abbreviation for Tiananmen.
• tiananmen
• square
• Tiananmen (天安门)
• square (广场): As in Tiananmen Square (天安门广场).
• Jinshuiqiao (金水桥)
• Changan Avenue (长安街)
• Muxidi (木樨地)
• Gongzhufen (公主坟)

Events:
• take to the streets (上街)
• against bureaucratic profiteering (反官倒): The first half of a slogan from the Tiananmen protests. The second half is “against corruption” (反腐败).
• tank (坦克)
• martial law (戒严)
• student movement (学运)
• student strike (学潮)
• suppress (镇压)
• massacre (屠杀)
• march (游行)
• Beijing massacred (北京屠城): 屠城 túchéng literally means to slaughter all the inhabitants of a conquered city.

People:
• Ding Zilin (丁子霖)
• Zhang Xianling (张先玲)
• Hu Yaobang (胡耀邦)
• Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳)
• Li Peng (李鹏)
• Yuan Mu (袁木)
• Yan Jiaqi (严家其)

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

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

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

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新華字典：缁：.古代用黑色帛做的朝服；亦泛指黑色衣服@fgtby素衣不讓穿，緇衣也行啊！ RT @qikalu9: RT @64_black_shirt 哈哈，哎喲，笑死人啦，看當局的素衣通知！黑衫都不敢提，說是“素衣”，而且如此緊張 twitter.com/64_black_shirt…

— 6月4日我們一起穿黑衫 (@64_black_shirt) June 2, 2013

Text in image from “Why Yang”:

Lü Bo: Urgent Notice: The international reactionary organization has recently launched a “mourning clothes” movement. The university must carry out stability maintenance work especially well, unconditionally obeying school plans. We are responsible for being in communication around the clock; do not turn off your devices. In the event that a problem arises, those responsible must at the first moment arrive at the scene and handle the situation. It must be “tight” within and “relaxed” outside; integrate prevention and control efforts both within and outside the campus, in and outside of departments, and in and outside of dormitories and cafeterias. There must be absolutely no reactionary speech, [online] forum discussions, or demonstrations. Do not go to Hong Kong next week. There will be a meeting in room B304 at 12:30 p.m. next Monday. Please acknowledge receipt of this message. Thank you!

Lü Bo: All Party members and probationary Party members within the university must participate. May 31

A candlelight vigil is held every year around June 4 in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park; last year’s was the largest since 1989. Shenzhen, the Guangdong Province boom town chosen by Deng Xiaoping as a special economic zone in large part because of its proximity to Hong Kong, neighbors a much freer part of the world. Indeed, Guangdong is known for its liberal media and attitude, which is now being reigned in. Three people were arrested in the provincial capital of Guangzhou last week after they applied for a permit to host a Tiananmen commemoration.

Via CDT Chinese.

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Central Propaganda Department: Do not produce any type of coverage regarding the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the South China Sea or the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. [Only] quote authoritative information from Xinhua News Agency. (May 31, 2013)

中宣部：关于美航母群抵达南海和东京非洲国际会议，媒体不要做任何报道，引用新华社权威信息。

The USS Nimitz was in the South China Sea last week.

Guangdong Propaganda Department: Regarding the recent conflict in Zhangmutou Town, Dongguan between traveling peddlers and law enforcement, and the tar leak at Quansheng Ceramics Company in Longpu Town, Sihui City; without exception, report according to authoritative information issued by the responsible [government] departments. Do not independently investigate, report, or comment on these incidents. (May 31, 2013)

广东省委宣传部：对近日东莞樟木头镇发生的流动商贩与综合执法人员冲突事件和四会市龙浦镇权盛陶瓷公司发生的焦油水泄露事件，一律按主管部门发布的权威信息报道，不自行采访报道评论。

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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Skipping towards the principal. (@badiucao)

Central Propaganda Department: Regarding the recent spate of school indecency cases, the media should not make this issue too prominent in layouts. Focus coverage on management and protection measures taken by Party committees, the government, and social organizations, while looking constructively at how similar mishaps can be prevented. (May 30, 2013)

中宣部：对于近期连续发生的校园猥亵案，各媒体版面处理不要太突出，要重点报道党委政府及有关社会组织的处理和保护措施，并从建设性角度探讨如何更好防范类似事故发生。

Several child molestation and abuse cases have emerged over the past few weeks, some involving school and government officials. Following a netizen campaign to protect schoolgirls from sexual abuse, the Supreme People’s Court has ordered harsher sentences for convicted child abusers.

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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Does Wang Qishan Want Them Home?: Chinese media reported earlier on Tuesday [zh] that Central Discipline and Inspection Commission Secretary Wang Qishan was going to require that the children of cadres at the ministerial level or above return to China within a year after they have finished their studies abroad. The story has since been refuted in English-language Chinese press and deleted elsewhere [zh].

• high officials+children studying abroad (高官+留学子女)
• children of high officials+return home (高官子女+回国)

Li Jianguo: A corruption investigation on then-Politburo member Li Jianguo began late this January.

• Li Jianguo+investigation (李建国+调查)

Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre: Keywords are blocked liberally every year as the anniversary of the crackdown on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square approaches. CDT reported six related blocked keywords on May 25. Dozens were blocked last year.

• twenty-fourth anniversary (二十四周年)
• Victoria Park+evening event (维园+晚会): A candlelight vigil is held in Hong Kong’s Victoria Park every year.
• Szeto Wah (司徒华)

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

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

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

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Three Detained in Guangzhou After Applying for Tiananmen Commemoration: Li Weiguo, Xu Xiangrong, and Li Wensheng were detained by the police in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, after they applied for city approval for a public Tiananmen Massacre demonstration. RFA reports [zh].

• Li Weiguo (李维国)
• Xu Xiangrong (徐向荣)
• Li Wensheng (李文生)
• 24th anniversary (24周年): This year marks the 24th anniversary of the massacre.
• youxing: Pinyin spelling of “march” (游行 yóuxíng)
• march (游行): retested（复测）

• Bao Pu (鲍朴): Founder of New Century Press in Hong Kong, which publishes books on subjects banned in mainland China. New Century will release Tiananmen democracy activist Chen Yizi’s memoir on June 4 [zh], the anniversary of the crackdown.

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

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

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

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Central Propaganda Department: Firmly reign in the degree of coverage of the Shenzhen Binhai power plant. Prevent malicious sensationalization. (May 23, 2013)

中宣部：对深圳滨海电厂的报道要把握好度，防止恶意炒作。

The plan to build the coal-burning Binhai plant was approved by Liu Tienan [zh], a senior official in the National Development and Reform Commission currently being investigated for disciplinary violations. The Shenzhen city government stated on May 21 that only research on the project has been approved, not any actual construction plans [zh]. The Guangdong Province Propaganda Department issued a directive about media coverage of Binhai on May 18.

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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A captive in Dongqiao, Fujian Province, May 11, 2013.

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.

Guangdong Propaganda Department: Do not report, republish, or comment on Gu Chujun’s May 22 news conference or related activities. (May 22, 2013)

广东省委宣传部：对顾雏军22日举行新闻发布会及相关类似活动，不报不评不转。

Gu Chujun, former CEO of Kelon Electrical Holding Group, was convicted of overstating profits and embezzling funds. He is currently serving a ten-year prison sentence which began in 2009.

Central Propaganda Department: Do not report or comment on the May 11 villagers’ attack on government workers in Dongqiao Township, Hui’an County, Fuzhou, Fujian Province. (May 22, 2013)

中宣部：福建泉州惠安县东桥镇5月11日村民围攻政府工作人员，不报不评。

At the beginning of the month, Dongqiao officials clashed with locals about plans to requisition land for an oil refinery. On May 11, villagers captured one of the town’s vice mayors and a riot police officer. See more photos from Dongqiao at CDT Chinese.

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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Yuan Huizhong. (Weibo)

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.

State Internet Information Office: Immediately delete contents which calls into question the appointment of the children of cadres to positions in local government, members of the so-called “governing second generation,” “governing third generation,” “red second generation, etc. (including news, blogs, forum posts, images, and video). Report on the progress of your work. (May 14, 2013)

网信办：立即清理质疑一些干部子女出任地方领导职务所谓“官二代”“官三代”“红二代”等信息（含新闻，博文，贴文，图片，视频等），并将简要工作情况上报。

This directive could be in response to a netizen backlash after the “rocket promotion” (火箭升迁) of Yuan Huizhong to the Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province chapter of the Communist Youth League. According to China Daily, Yuan only has three years of experience, but her father has a top appointment in the city. The directive seems preemptive of future controversies, however, as Yuan’s case is still visible on Weibo [zh]. Earlier this month, Deng Xiaoping’s grandson became a “sensitive” word on Weibo after becoming county head of Pingguo County, Guangxi Province.

The keywords “governing second generation” (官二代), “governing third generation” (官三代), and “red second generation” (红二代) are all searchable on Weibo.

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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Wu Changlong embraces his father. He was found innocent and released from prison after serving 12 years. (Wu Huaying)

As of May 19, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).

Intertwined Injustices in Fujian: On June 24, 2001, a bomb exploded at the Fuqing City Discipline Inspection Commission in Fujian Province, killing one person. Wu Changlong and Chen Keyun were charged with the bombing, although they have always claimed innocence. The Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court found them and several others guilty in 2004. The case was appealed and went to the provincial courts. In December 2005, the Fuzhou Supreme People’s Court again found Chen and Wu guilty and gave them both suspended death sentences. Wu’s sister, Wu Yinghua, continued to advocate for her brother.

This month Mr. Wu was found not guilty and released from prison. VOA reports that a censorship directive has been issued to the press barring them from reporting on his case [zh].

In 2009, Ms. Wu began assisting Lin Xiuying to seek justice after Lin’s daughter, Yan Xiaoling, died the year before after being gang raped. The police claimed that Yan had instead died from an ectopic pregnancy; Lin suspected the local police were involved. Ms. Wu helped Lin, who is illiterate, to blog and post video testimony about her daughter’s case. Ms. Wu and two others were detained in July 2009 and prosecuted. Ms. Wu was released from prison a year later.

Human Rights in China and Deutsche Welle [zh] have more information on both cases.

• Fuqing Discipline Inspection Commission Bombing Incident (福清纪委爆炸案)
• Wu Changlong (吴昌龙)
• Wu Yinghua (吴英华)
• Lin Xiuying (林秀英)
• Chen Keyun (陈科云)

Other:

• Pantu (潘涂)

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

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

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

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Guangdong Propaganda Department: On the morning of May 17, a Huanan Agricultural University PhD student hanged himself and passed away. The media must not investigate, report, or comment on the incident. If necessary, cover the story in strict accordance with police wire copy. (May 18, 2013)

广东省委宣传部：5月17日早上华南农业大学一博士生上吊自杀身亡，各媒体不采访报道评论，必要时严格按警方通稿刊播。

Guangdong Propaganda Department: Regarding the planned Binhai power plant in Shenzhen and related issues; and the demolition and relocation of a public cemetery for victims of the Anti-Japanese War in Guangzhou, and related issues; the media must not report or comment. (May 18, 2013)

广东省委宣传部：对深圳滨海电厂规划及相关问题、广州拆迁抗日公墓相关话题，各媒体不报道不评论。

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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