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

8 September 2006, 16:46, Beijing Municipal Information Office

I. Reprinting instructions concerning the 5th anniversary of 9/11

This year is the 5th anniversary of the “9/11″ terror attacks suffered by the United States, the U.S. will organize a number of remembrance activities. All websites are required to pay attention: to report related remembrance activities, only reprint People’s Daily Net and Xinhua Net copy; do not make special subjects; timely block and delete acclaims for terror attacks and other harmful discussions; it is strictly prohibited that misleading and inciting discussions that link terrorism with the Islamic religion emerge online.

II. Notice concerning strengthening online propaganda work on building Socialism and a harmonious society

The Politburo of the CCP Central Committee has decided to convene the 6th Plenary Meeting of the 16th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, in October of this year, the main theme of the 6th Plenum is researching the question of building Socialism and a harmonious society. In order to create a good online public opinion atmosphere for the convention of the 6th Plenum, and stimulate the construction of a harmonious society, hereby, the following requirements for online propaganda work are notified:

(1) Guiding ideology

Building Socialism and a harmonious society are the major strategic tasks put forward by the Communist Party starting from the total arrangement of the Socialist undertaking with Chinese characteristics and the overall picture of completely constructing a relatively well-off society. Online public propaganda and reporting must earnestly implement the important principles, policies and deployments made by the Party Center in the area of building a harmonious society, give prominence to propagating the new progress, new results and new experiences up and down the entire country in the area of building a harmonious society, and new achievements obtained in economic, political, cultural, and social construction, and other aspects, in order to create a good online public opinion environment for the convention of the 6th Plenum.

(2) Focus propaganda points

a. Meticulously explain and interpret our Party’s strategies and policies in building Socialism and a harmonious society, the important speeches of Central leading comrades concerning harmonious society construction, the newest achievements of theoretical circles’ research concerning harmonious society construction published by Central focus news and network media, and deeply analyze the major significance of building a harmonious society for our country’s developments.

b. Starting from both the macro-level and the micro-level, give prominence to introducing the new measures, new progress and new achievements of harmonious society construction nationwide and in all localities.

c. Integrated with welcoming National Day, look back on the course of our 57 years of development, give prominence to our Party’s wise decisions in concepts to govern the country and the development path, and its important navigational function.

d. Give prominence propagating our Party’s confronting the problem of influencing the harmony of Chinese society with a positive attitude, correctly dissolving social contradictions, expanding the harmonious factors to the largest extent, and reducing the inharmonious factors to the largest extent.

e. Qianlong Net must strengthen reporting concerning propaganda of Beijing Municipality in the area of harmonious society construction; commercial websites must appropriately expand propaganda strength concerning the harmonious society construction achievements in Beijing.

(3) Work arrangements

a. From 15 September, Qianlong, Sina, Sohu, NetEase, TOM and China Net shall again publish a corresponding special subject on building a harmonious society on the main page of the news website “focus subject” or “hot subject” areas (the original special subject may be used). Before 1 October, it may be placed in a relatively low position in the focus subject section; after 1 October, it is to be put in a high position, on the second or third line; from three days before the 6th Plenum begins until three days after the meeting concludes, it must be placed on the first position of special subjects, and special subject entry points are to be set up on the main page of the website and the news section.

b. Renew special subject content, timely reprint reports and comments of Central and municipal focus media and news websites concerning harmonious society construction.

c. Before and after the 6th Plenum, strengthen propaganda and reports around the process of the meetings; strengthen deep interpretation of the reports and decisions passed at the meeting, and the speeches of General Secretary Hu Jintao.

d. Vigorously excavate news events reflecting the “harmonious society,” and use them to substantiate the special subject.

e. Revolving around harmonious society construction topics, set up constructive discussion topics, and guide netizens to participate in discussion on harmonious society construction.

(4) Work requirements

Propaganda keys must be strictly grasped, persist in giving first place to positive propaganda. News information sources must be standardized, strengthen guidance, supervision and control over online public opinion. All websites cannot exaggerate or play up topics existing in harmonious society construction and are not allowed to engage in online surveys under the guise of harmonious society construction topics, online attacking discussions and harmful information must be timely deleted. If any website has good propaganda suggestions, they must report the propaganda policy and plan to our office for examination and approval in advance. Contact person: Municipal Network Management and Network Propaganda Office, Lin Lingsi, telephone: 85120188, ext. 852; 13164291104, e-mail: linlingsi@vip.163.com

III. Notice concerning doing online propaganda and reporting for the 57th National Day well

1 October of this year is the day of remembrance for the 57th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China, in order to even better propagate the glorious course that our country has marched for 57 years, and create a joyous and auspicious holiday atmosphere, hereby, the following is notified concerning online propaganda and reporting work for the 57th National Day:

(1) Guiding ideology

Forcefully propagate the increase in our country’s comprehensive national strength since the founding of the nation and especially since reform and opening up, the social development progress, the improvement in people’s living standards and the rise in international position; forcefully propagate the prominent achievements obtained by our country in political, economic, cultural and social construction and other areas; forcefully propagate that the correct leadership of the Chinese Communist Party is an important guarantee for our country to become strong and prosperous; forcefully propagate the new progress and new achievements of the people of all ethnicities in the entire country of establishing and implementing the scientific development view, completely constructing a relatively well-off society, building a Socialist harmonious society, and constructing a new Socialist countryside in these new times, to create a good holiday atmosphere for the 57th National day.

(2) Propaganda focus points

a. Forcefully propagate the huge achievements of our country since founding the nation and especially since reform and opening up in the aspects of political, economic, cultural, and social construction, prominently report the achievements gained in our country’s economic construction in the last half-year.

b. Vigorously report the celebration activities organized in all localities in the entire country around the 57th National Day, all sectors and all industries’ actual activities to present gifts for the 57th glorious anniversary of the motherland, to create a united, warm, and joyous holiday atmosphere.

c. Grasp the key theme of propaganda and reporting on the Golden Week travel well, guide netizens to have a healthy, happy and safe National Day vacation, put an end to the emergence of propaganda and reports that propagate luxury and waste, and environmental destruction.

d. Integrate Mid-Autumn Festival, and ensure propaganda and reports that gives high regard to China’s traditional holidays and carries forward the excellent cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.

e. Qianlong Net will strengthen propaganda and reporting over corresponding activities to celebrate the 57th National Day in Beijing City and on economic and social construction achievements, and sets up a special section; commercial websites must appropriately expand propaganda strength concerning activities related to the 57th National Day in Beijing City.

(3) Work arrangements

a. All Qianlong, Sina, Sohu, Netease, TOM, and China Net must roll out a “Celebrate the 57th Anniversary of the Foundation of the People’s Republic of China” (the name may be somewhat changed) in the special subject section of the news centre, starting from 25 September, and maintain it until 15 October.

b. This special subject production must fully give rein to the initiative and creativity of all websites, all websites, apart from having to transmit National Day speeches from Central leaders and Central organizations’ important National Day activities, may set up National Day propaganda and reporting plans by themselves, but relevant plans must be reported to the Network Management Office Network Propaganda Office for examination and approval before 20 September. Contact person: Network Management Office Network Propaganda Office, Lin Lingsi, telephone: 85120188, ext. 852; 13164291104, e-mail: linlingsi@vip.163.com

11 September 2006, 9:51, Beijing Municipal Information Office

All businesses: Please make the title “Beijing Network Media Zunyi Declaration” into the special subject entry point for the “Glory of the Zunyi Conference”, and put the entire text of the Qianlong Net information “Qianlong Net and other Beijing Media Issue the ‘Beijing Network Media Zunyi Declaration’” in the header of the special subject (http://news.qianlong.com/28874/2006/09/11/183@3412457.htm), at the same time, issue the title “Beijing Network Media Zunyi Declaration” on the main page of websites. All specialist websites: please reprint the “Qianlong Net and other Beijing Media Issue the ‘Beijing Network Media Zunyi Declaration’” on the main page of websites and the header of the first page of the news centers or the first page of forums (http://news.qianlong.com/28874/2006/09/11/183@3412457.htm).

11 September 2006, 15:12, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

Everyone, now, the special subject “ideological and moral education of the youth” is to go online, and put up from today until the 17th, put it in the second line of the main page of websites and the second line of the important news section of the news centre, juxtapose it with the special subjects on running the web in a civilized manner and the Long March.

12 September 2006, 15:10, Network Management Office, Duty Manager

All websites, please search for and delete the text “Doctoral Students Uncover and Report Scandal in the Chongqing University Economics and Management Faculty” from forums and blogs. The said post states: “I am Li Qiongfang, a research student of Chongqing University President Zhang, I am now in the third year of my doctorate, at present, we live in the dark Chongqing University, pass our days in extreme difficulty, look forward to all walks of society paying attention to our fate, and paying attention to the widely existing problems in Chongqing University…” Chongqing University has issued a statement concerning this matter that states: Chongqing University states that in the past few days, there were domestic websites who published a post that so-called “Doctoral Students Uncover and Report Scandal in the Chongqing University Economics and Management Faculty,” and many echoing posts have emerged. Against this, Chongqing University states the following: (1) After checking and verification, Chongqing University has never had a doctoral student called Li Qiongfang; (2) The phenomena listed in these posts are pure fabrications, and maliciously defame Chongqing University and corresponding lecturers; (3) Our school’s doctoral student recruitment and training has strict management structures and financial structures, and the phenomena of bribe-taking, embezzlement of student allowances, wilful delay of student training segments and graduation alluded to in the posts have never taken place; (4) In order to guarantee the training quality of doctoral students, the provisions of the school’s “Chongqing University Graduate Student Management Regulations ‘Trial,’” the “Chongqing University Regulations on Graduate Student Applications for Master and Doctoral Degrees and Publishing of Academic Dissertations (Trial Draft)” and document CQU No. (2005)40 have been strictly implemented in the Economics and Management Faculty’s training of doctoral students; (5) The school has reported this case to the public security organs, the public security organs have accepted it. The school will continue to adopt legal methods to clarify the facts and safeguard the reputation of the school and the rights and interests of lecturers and staff. Chongqing University President’s Office, 30 August 2006

12 September 2006, 15:12, Network Management Office, Duty Manager

All websites: Please immediately link to the Dayu Net special subject “Large Campaign for Online Donations – Themed Disaster Relief Activities to Help the Chongqing Disaster Areas to Cross the Crisis” in the special subject column of the website’s news center, and leave it there for six months.

12 September 2006, 15:12, network Management Office, Duty Manager

(1) Please immediately delete the article  “Prestige of Japanese Prime Ministerial Candidate Under Attack Because of Buying Spirits in China.”

(2) Please push the article ” 164 Million Embezzled in Beijing Railway Bureau” to the back stage.

(3) All websites are requested to pay attention: In the time before and after the day of remembrance of the Mukden Incident, please do not open trackers on reports involving Japan. Forums are also not to guide discussions, do not make reports involving Japan into main posts.

18 September 2006, 15:13, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Today, the post of the so-called “Provisional Rules on Implementing Policies Concerning Military Cadres Transferred to Enterprises” has been issued on some forums and websites, these so-called “rules” are pure rumors. Whenever they emerge, they must be immediately deleted, websites may also not upload this information.

20 September 2006, 9:00, Chai Yue

(1) Please immediately close all trackers concerning reports on the coup d’état in Thailand.

(2) The auction house Sotheby’s has claimed that it will organize an auction having articles from China’s Cultural Revolution and “June 4th” in the near future. Please do not report this auction. It must also be prevented that relevant information is spread on interactive segments.

(3) Please delete the article “South Korea Scrambles for the Su Reef in the East China Sea – Chinese Side Strengthens Maritime Patrols and Management.”

2006年9月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）

2006年9月8日16时46分 北京市新闻办

一：关于911五周年的转载提示

今年是美国遭受“911”恐怖袭击五周年，美国会举行一些纪念活动。各网请注意：相关纪念活动的报道，只转载新华网、人民网的稿件；不做专题；及时封堵、删除为恐怖袭击喝彩等有害言论；严禁网上出现将恐怖主义与伊斯兰教挂钩等误导性、煽动性言论。

二：关于加强构建社会主义和谐社会网上宣传工作的通知

中共中央政治局决定于今年10月在北京召开中国共产党第十六届中央委员会第六次会议，六中全会的主要议题是研究构建社会主义和谐社会问题。为给六中 全会召开营造良好的网上舆论氛围，促进和谐社会建设，现提出网上宣传工作要求通知如下：一、 指导思想构建社会主义和谐社会是中国共产党从中国特色社会主义事业的总体布局和全面建设小康社会的全局出发提出的重大战略任务。网上宣传报道要认真贯彻落 实党中央在构建和谐社会方面作出的重要方针、决策和部署，突出宣传全国上下在和谐社会建设方面的新进展、新成果和新经验，经济、政治、文化和社会建设等方 面取得的新成就，为六中全会召开营造良好的网上舆论环境。二、 宣传重点 1. 详细介绍、解读我党在构建社会主义和谐社会方面的战略决策，中央领导同志关于和谐社会建设的重要讲话，中央重点新闻和网络媒体刊载的理论界关于和谐社会建 设研究的最新成果，深入分析构建和谐社会对我国发展的重大意义。 2. 从宏观和微观两方面入手，突出介绍全国和各地在和谐社会建设方面的新举措、新进展、新成就。 3. 结合迎接国庆，回顾我国57年发展历程，突出我党在治国理念和发展道路上的明智抉择和重要导航作用。 4. 突出宣传我党以积极态度面对影响中国社会和谐的问题，正确化解社会矛盾，最大限度地增加和谐因素，最大限度地减少不和谐因素。 5．千龙网要加强对北京市在和谐社会建设方面的宣传报道；商业网站要适当加大对北京市和谐社会建设成果的宣传力度。三、工作安排 1.从9月15日起，千龙网、新浪网、搜狐网、网易网、TOM网、中华网应在新闻中心首页“焦点专题”或“热点专题”区重新推出构建和谐社会相关专题（可 启用原有专题）。10月1日前，可放在焦点专题较低位置；10月1日以后，将位置调高，放在第二、三位置上；六中全会开始前三天至会议结束后三天，放在专 题第一位置，并在网站首页和新闻中心首页设专题入口。 2.更新专题内容，及时转载中央和市属重点媒体和新闻网站关于和谐社会建设的报道和评论。 3.六中全会前后，围绕会议进程强化宣传报道；加强对会议所通过报告、决议和胡锦涛总书记讲话的深度解读。 4.积极发掘体现“社会和谐”的新闻事件，将其充实到专题中。 5．围绕和谐社会建设话题，开设建设性讨论话题，引导网民参与和谐社会建设的讨论。四．工作要求必须严格把握宣传基调，坚持正面宣传为主。要规范新闻信息 稿源，加强网上舆论引导和监控。各网不能夸大、炒作和谐社会建设中存在的话题，不可以借助和谐社会建设话题搞网上调查，对网上攻击性言论和有害信息要及时 予以删除。各网站如有好的宣传建议，须将宣传策划方案提前报送我办审批。 联系人：市网管办网宣处 林灵思 电话：85120188转852； 13164291104 E-mail: linlingsi@vip.163.com

三：关于做好国庆57周年网上宣传报道的通知

今年10月1日是中华人民共和国成立57周年纪念日，为更好宣传我国57年来走过的光辉历程，营造喜庆祥和的节日氛围，现对有关国庆57周年网上宣 传报道工作通知如下：一、指导思想大力宣传建国以来、特别是改革开放以来我国综合国力的增强、社会的发展进步、人民生活水平的改善和国际地位的提高；大力 我国在政治、经济、文化和社会建设等方面取得的突出成就；大力宣传中国共产党的正确领导是国家强盛的重要保证；大力宣传新时期全国各族人民树立和落实科学 发展观、全面建设小康社会、构建社会主义和谐社会、社会主义新农村建设的新进展、新成就，为庆祝国庆57周年营造良好的节日氛围。二、 宣传重点 1. 大力宣传我国建国以来尤其是改革开放以来，在政治、经济、文化和社会建设方面取得的巨大成就，突出报道我国上半年经济建设所取得的成果。 2. 积极报道全国各地围绕国庆57周年举办的庆祝活动，各行各业为祖国57岁华诞献礼的实际行动，营造团结、热烈、喜庆的节日氛围。 3. 把握好黄金周旅游宣传报道基调，引导网民过一个健康、快乐、安全的国庆假期，杜绝出现宣传奢侈浪费、破坏环境的宣传报道。 4. 结合中秋节，做好对重视中国传统节日、弘扬中华民族优秀文化传统的宣传报道。 5．千龙网要加强对北京市庆祝国庆57周年有关活动和经济社会建设成就的宣传报道，并设立专区；商业网站要适当加大对北京市国庆57周年有关活动的宣传力 度。三．工作安排 1.千龙、新浪、搜狐、网易、TOM、中华各网站要从 9月25起在新闻中心专题区推出“庆祝中华人民共和国成立57周年”专题（名称可有所变化），时间持续到10月15日。 2.本次专题制作充分发挥各网站的主动性和创造性，各网站除必须转发中央领导国庆讲话和中央组织的重要国庆活动外，可自行设计国庆宣传报道方案，但有关方 案需在9月20日前报网管办网宣处审核批准。联系人：市网管办网宣处 林灵思 电话：85120188转852； 13164291104 E-mail: linlingsi@vip.163.com
2006年9月11日09时51分 北京市新闻办

各门户：请以“北京网络媒体遵义宣言”的标题作为“遵义会议放光芒”的专题入口，并在专题头条位置全文转载千龙网消息《千龙网等北京网媒发表<北京网络媒体遵义宣言>》（http://news.qianlong.com/28874/2006/09/11/183@3412457.htm），同时在网站首页出“北京网络媒体遵义宣言”的标题。各专业网站：请在网站首页、新闻中心首页或论坛首页的头条位置转载《千龙网等北京网媒发表<北京网络媒体遵义宣言>》（http://news.qianlong.com/28874/2006/09/11/183@3412457.htm）
2006年9月11日15时12分 北京市新闻办杨乐

各位，现在将“未成年人思想道德教育”专题上线，从今天挂到17日，放在网站首页2条和新闻中心要闻区2条位置，与文明办网，长征专题并列。
2006年9月12日15时10分 网管办值班

各网：请在论坛、博客中查找并删除《读博士生揭报重庆大学经管院黑幕》一文。该帖文称：“我是重庆大学张校长的研究生李琼方，现在是博士三年级，目 前我们生活在黑暗的重庆大学，日子过的非常艰难，期待社会各界关注我们的命运，也关注中国大学普遍存在的问题……” 重庆大学已经就此事发表示声明：重庆大学声明近日，国内有网站登出所谓《重庆大学经管学院博士招生的黑幕》的帖子，并出现了相关的附和帖子。对此，重庆大 学严正声明如下：一、经查实，重庆大学从未有过叫李琼方的博士生。二、这些帖子所罗列现象纯属无中生有，是对重庆大学及相关教师的恶意中伤。三、我校博士 生招生和培养有严格的管理制度、财经制度，从未出现过帖子中所称的受贿、克扣学生津贴、有意拖延学生培养环节和毕业时间的现象。四、为了确保研究生的培养 质量，经管学院培养博士生是严格执行学校《重庆大学研究生管理规定（试行）》、《重庆大学研究生申请硕士、博士学位发表学术论文的规定（试行稿）》、重大 校（2005）40号文的规定。 五、学校就此事已向公安机关报案，公安机关已受理。学校将继续采取法律手段，澄清事实，维护学校声誉和教职工权益。重庆大学校长办公室 2006年8月30日
2006年9月12日15时12分 网管办值班

各网：请马上在本网站新闻中心的专题栏目中链接大渝网“网上募捐大行动??帮助重庆灾区共渡难关主题赈灾活动”专题，并保留半个月。
2006年9月12日15时12分 网管办值班

1.请马上删除《日首相候选人因在华买春事件声誉受打击》一稿。

2.请把《北京铁路局挪用1.64亿》这一条压到后台。

3.各网请注意：在九一八纪念日前后一段时间，对于涉日的报道请不要开跟帖。论坛也不引导讨论，不以涉日报道为主帖贴发。
2006年9月18日15时13分 北京市新闻办

近日，一些论坛网站贴发所谓“企业军转干部落实政策暂行办法（讨论稿）”帖文，此所谓《办法》纯属谣传。一旦发现要立即删除，网站也不得上载这一信息。
2006年9月20日09时00分 柴玥

一：请立即关闭所有关于泰国政变报道的跟帖

二：索士比拍卖行声称将于近期举行一场有中国文革和“六四”物品的拍卖会。关于此场拍卖会，请不要报道。互动环节也要防止有关消息流传。

三：请删除《韩国争抢中国东海苏岩礁 中方加强海洋巡视管理》一稿。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 6, 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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23 July 2006, 14:30, Network Management Office, Chen Hua

“The ‘Problem Loan’ of 3.2 Billion Eliminates Zhang Rongkun” in the 21st Century Business Herald is not to be reprinted without exception, or to be discussed in forums. It cannot be put on blogs. Where it is discovered, delete it immediately. Make “Zhang Rongkun” into a keyword on blog networks. No corresponding content may appear on forums, columns and individual blogs.

25 July 2006, 10:00, Network Management Office, Duty Manager

Please direct all search results for “Hu Haiqing” and “Lang Xianping” towards news websites, clean up all information about these two persons, including forums and blogs, which must be cleaned op, only maintain the content of news websites.

26 July 2006, 10:11, Chen Hua

(1) Concerning the issue of the North Korea nuclear crisis, forums are no longer to actively set up discussion topics; (2) Discussions concerning the household situation of Kim Jong-il or against South Korea may not be played up, lower the temperature on forums; (3) Please remove the First Financial Daily report concerning reform of undertaking work units from the front page of news and the front page of websites; (4) It is strictly prohibited to gather news or translate foreign news dispatches about the attack on United Nations observers, manage posts and forums well; (5) do not play up the incident of the Italian woman who was murdered in Chaoyang Park.

26 July 2006, 14:06

Propaganda and reporting requirements for activities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake.

I. Give prominence to propaganda and reporting focus points. Propagate the magnificent achievements of the recovery and rebuilding in Tangshan in the 30 years since the earthquake and changes in economic and social development, propagate the “quake-proof spirit” of “being selfless in official duty, going through tough times together, keeping fighting in spite of setbacks and advancing bravely.”

II. Report important events online well. On 27 and 28 July, Xinhua and the People’s Daily will respectively transmit news reports reflecting the huge developments and changes in Tangshan’s economy and society in the 30 years since the Tangshan earthquake and especially since the 16th Party Congress; on 28 July, Xinhua will transmit copy concerning a large remembrance conference for the 30th anniversary of the Tangshan earthquake of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government; on 28 July, China National Radio and China Central Television will respectively produce and broadcast special subject programs, reflecting the huge economic and social developments and changes in the 30 years since the Tangshan earthquake and especially since the 16th Party Congress; at the end of July, main Central news work units will issue information about Hebei provincial leaders meeting with and consoling orphans who survived the Tangshan earthquake and people who were disabled. All websites must timely and fully report the important above activities well, and must timely transmit information, comment and remembrance articles from the People’s Daily, Xinhua and other main central news work units.

III. Strengthen online public opinion guidance and management. For all websites’ corresponding copy, only copy from main central news work units and main Hebei provincial news work units may be used, important copy must be checked and inspected by the responsible person himself, it is strictly prohibited to translate and issue foreign media copy, instructions must be requested for issues of uncertainty. A good atmosphere must be created for remembrance activities, do not discuss and do not play up predictions of the Tangshan earthquake in that year, the level of the earthquake, the refusal to accept foreign aid, the fact that casualty numbers have not been officially published, etc., prevent that there are people who slander the image of the Party and there government under the guise of so-called “rethinking” “uncovering,” etc. Management over forums, blogs, news trackers and other interactive columns must be strengthened, timely block and delete rumors, attacks, distortions and all other kinds of harmful information.

26 July 2006, 17:31, Network Management Office

Concerning the matter of the closure of Century China, is not to be reprinted or discussed without exception.

26 July 2006, 21:04, Network Management Office

Everyone: Concerning the matter of Chinese peacekeeping personnel being killed in Israeli air raids, pay attention to grasping the following six points in reporting:

(1) Strictly use standard sources, it is prohibited to self-gather news, do not engage in VIP chats, continuous interviews, etc.

(2) Strictly manage posts, do not point fingers at the Israeli people.

(3) Focus on reporting our leaders’ comforting and caring for the killed personnel and their relatives.

(4) Confirm the spirit of our peacekeepers of devotion to duty in the chaos of war, and brave contributions and sacrifices, as well as the contribution made in preserving peace.

(5) According to the central theme of the talks of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, condemn the action of bombing. Pay attention not to point fingers at the Israeli people.

(6) Objectively report the declarations of the United Nations and relevant countries.

27 July 2006, 20:55, Network Management Office, Duty Manager MSN

“The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Infrastructure Operation Situation Is Good, There Are A Few Sections Where the Trackbed Subsides”

(1) Do not issue it in the important news section.

(2) Do not issue it on the main page of websites.

(3) Do not open trackers.

(4) No longer send short messages.

(5) Deal with this in a low-key manner.

Please immediately deal with this.

28 July 2006, 16:20, Network Management Office, Duty Manager

“Beijing Puts Forward Design Plan for a Capital of Five Colors – Central Park to Be Built in Wangfujing,” this articles is only an internal discussion paper, and is not the final plan, reports are inaccurate. All websites are requested to immediately delete it.

31 July 2006, 18:51, Network Management Office, Duty Manager

(1) All websites will make “democracy course” and “democracy course – electronic version” into keywords and block it.

(2) Concerning reporting on the periodical elections of district and county people’s congresses, all websites are only to report matters once, do not set up special subjects.

(3) Continue to earnestly block and screen out the article Nine Criticisms of the Communist Party.

31 July 2006, 21:10, Network Management Office, Duty Manager

NetEase Community: Concerning the survey of the ethnic emotions in China in the near future, there are 11 problems in total, please delete it, other websites may not reprint it.

2006年7月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）
2006年7月23日14时30分 新闻办 陈华

《21世纪经济报道》“32亿问题借款张荣坤落马”一律不转载，论坛不讨论。博客也不能放。发现立即删除。在博客网将“张荣坤”设置为关键词。论坛、专栏、个人博客均不得出现相关内容。
2006年7月25日10时00分网管办值班

请把“胡海清”，“郎咸平”搜到的全部结果指向新闻网站，清理关于此二人的全部信息，包括论坛，博客，都要清理，只保留新闻网站的内容
2006年7月26日10时11分 陈华

1、关于朝鲜核危机问题，论坛不再主动设置讨论话题；2、关于金正日家事、反韩言论不要炒作，论坛降温3、第一财经日报关于事业单位改革的报道请撤 出新闻首页和网站首页4、联合国观察员遇袭事件，严禁自采、编译外电，管好跟贴和论坛5、意大利女子朝阳公园被害事件，不要炒作
2006年7月26日14时06分

唐山地震30周年纪念活动网上宣传报道要求：

一、突出宣传报道重点。宣传唐山地震30年来唐山市恢复重建的巨大成就和经济社会发展变化，宣传”公而忘私、患难与共、百折不挠、勇往直前”的”抗震精神”。

二、做好重要活动网上报道。7月27日和28日，新华社和人民日报将先后播发反映唐山地震30年来特别是十六大以来唐山经济社会巨大发展变化的通 讯；7月28日，新华社将播发河北省委、省政府举行唐山地震30周年纪念大会通稿；7月28日前后，中央电台、中央电视台将分别制作播出专题节目，反映唐 山地震30年来特别是十六大以来经济社会巨大发展变化；7月底，中央主要新闻单位将刊播河北省领导走访慰问唐山地震中幸存孤儿和伤残人员的消息。各网站要 及时、充分地报道好上述重要活动，要及时转发人民日报、新华社等中央主要新闻单位刊发的消息、评论和纪念文章。

三、加强网上舆论引导和管理。各网站相关稿件只转发中央主要新闻单位和河北省主要新闻单位稿件，重要稿件要由负责人亲自把关审发，严禁编译转发境外 媒体稿件，拿不准的问题要及时请示。要为纪念活动营造良好氛围，对当年唐山地震预报、地震级别、拒收外援和未正式公布伤亡数字等问题不争论、不炒作，防止 有人借所谓”反思”、”揭秘”之名诋毁党和政府的形象。要加强对论坛、博客和新闻跟帖等互动栏目的管理，及时封堵和删除造谣、攻击、歪曲等各类有害信息。
2006年7月26日17时31分 网管办

关于世纪中国被关闭一事，一律不转载不讨论。
2006年7月26日21时04分 新闻办

各位：对中国维和人员在以色列空袭中遇难一事，在报道中请注意把握以下六点：

1、严格规范稿源，严禁自采，不搞嘉宾聊天和连线访谈等。

2、严格管理跟贴，不得将矛头指向以色列人民。

3、重点报道我领导人对遇难人员和家属的慰问和关怀。

4、肯定我维和军人在战乱中忠于职守、勇于奉献和牺牲的精神，以及为维护和平做出的贡献。

5、按外交部发言人谈话的基调，对轰炸行径予以谴责。注意不要将矛头指向以色列人民。

6、对联合国和有关国家对此事的表态客观报道。
2006年7月27日20时55分 新闻办值班MSN

青藏铁路设备运行情况良好 有个别地段路基下沉”

1、不发要闻区；

2、不发网站首页；

3、不开跟贴；

4、不再发短信；

5、低调处理

请即刻进行处理
2006年7月28日16时20分 网管办值班

“北京提五色之都设计方案 王府井建中央公园”，该稿件只是内部讨论稿，并不是最后方案，报道失实。请各网站立即删除
2006年7月31日18时51分 网管办值班

1、各网将“民主教程”、“民主教程电子版”涉为关键词屏蔽；

2、关于区县人大换届选举的报道，各网只一事一报，不要搞专题；

3、继续认真屏蔽、清查《九评共产党》一文

 

2006年7月31日21时10分 网管办值班

网易社区：关于中国近期民族情绪的调查，共有11个问题，请删除，其他网站不要转载。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 1, 2012 (here).

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22 May 2006, 14:00

Everyone, (1) Guangdong Province will deal with the relevant responsible persons of the grave illegal incident of 6 December in the Shanwei Red Bay Open Economic Zone where a small number of people incited villagers to beat, smash and loot a wind power station and violently attack law enforcement cadres and police, and open the court session to try relevant troublemakers. On this matter, the main Guangdong provincial newspapers, Southern News Network, Jinyang net, Dayang net and Shenzhen News Net will respectively on 24 and 25 May issue relevant information. Apart from the above mentioned media, other regional website are not to reprint or report relevant information without exception, it is also not to be discussed on forums, blogs, trackers and other interactive segments.

(2) Concerning the matter of inviting tenders for land use rights for land use in public construction and apartment programs in Datun Beiding Village, Chaoyang District, Beijing (the original Morgan Center Program), no reports are made for the time being.

23 May 2006, 17:00 Fan Tao, Municipal Information Office.

Fan Tao (Municipal Information Office / Municipal Network Office: 65278473) says:

All websites are requested to reprint the following to articles in the special subject section on initiating the wind of network civilization: More than 800 Beijing Internet Cafés Are Ordered to Rectify (replace the existing title, http://news.xinhuanet.com/it/2006-05/22/content_4582202.htm) and Training of All Legal Representatives of Internet Cafés in the Entire City of Beijing Completed, (address: http://news.xinhuanet.com/it/2006-05/23/content_4587208.htm), please acknowledge receipt.

24 May 2006, 1:10, Chen Hua

Everyone, please put these two articles in the content of running the web in a civilized manner: More than 800 Beijing Internet Cafés Are Ordered to Rectify, and  Training of All Legal Representatives of Internet Cafés in the Entire City of Beijing Completed, this is present on the news centers of Sina, Sohu and NetEase.

25 May 2006, 0:10, Chen Hua

Everyone, please put this article 200 Netizens Become The First Batch of Special Network Supervisors in Beijing on the main pages of websites, and at the same time, put it in the running the web in a civilized manner section of the important news section of the news center, juxtapose it with the People’s Representative Gao Gang’s talk about running the web in a civilized manner, and at the same time, put Call for Initiating a New Network Civilization on Exhibition in the footer of the important news section on running the web in a civilized manner, juxtapose it with Beijing’s dealing with 800 Internet Cafés, other articles on running the web in a civilized manner are to be put in the special subject section.

25 April 2006, 16:15, Fan Tao, Municipal Information Office

Sear Engines are requested to shield the following website addresses: www.lairi.cn, waptx.cn/bbs/, www.1238888.net, www.13434433770.cn.

26 May 2006, 15:49, Fan Tao

Today, a number of domestic websites and forums have disseminated posts concerning teachers in the Chongqing Three Gorges Normal School and teachers in many schools in Jintang County, Chongqing, respectively organizing student strike activities. No website may report this sort of information, existing information must be immediately removed. Please acknowledge receipt!

28 May 2006, 8:55, Lu Chao, Network Supervision Office

Today, a tax driver has committed suicide over dissatisfaction about rising fuel prices, news departments are notified that the municipal government will not let news and comment be uploaded (pay attention to secrecy).

29 May 2006, 13:54, Network Supervision Office, Duty Manager 1

Everyone, concerning the case of Huiji District, Zhengzhou being “The world’s first district government” and “the world’s largest district government,” please delete corresponding reports, trackers, blogs, posts and other interactive segments.

29 May 2006, 14:32, Network Supervision Office, Duty Manager 1

Everyone, this is demanded again, after the earthquake in Java Province, Indonesia, our country’s government has sent a message of condolences and provided emergency relief aid. A small number of netizens has published attacking or abusive discussions that are against the spirit of humanitarianism on forums and news trackers, maliciously irritating Sino-Indonesian relations. All websites, (1) close news trackers; (2) discussion on forums, blogs, etc., on this must reflect the sympathy, condolences and aid of our country’s government and people towards Indonesia and other southeast Asian countries suffering from the earthquake, benefit the friendly relationships of China with Indonesia and other southeast Asian countries and benefit our country’s good international image; (3) all sorts of harmful information must be timely deleted.

30 May 2006, 16:12, Chen Hua

Everyone, those two articles that are now on front pages or important news sections on running the web in a civilized manner may be removed to the special subject section, the title of this section is to be civilized into “initiating the wind of network civilization, run the Web in a civilized manner, use the Web in a civilized manner,” it is still to be put in the second position, and directly link to the special subject section on running the web in a civilized manner.

30 May 2006, 18:56

Everyone, concerning the matter of the female news anchor dying in the house of the vice-mayor, do not play this up, do no issue any new article, existing article are to be pushed to the back stage, forums, blogs and trackers are not to discuss this matter, please acknowledge.

31 May 2006, 0:00, Chen Hua

There are trackers online calling for Agricultural Bank workers to strike, all are requested to delete or remove this, especially on all relevant forums.

31 May 2006, 20:07

Do not report the “True Love Cup” article soliciting activities and related matters, interactive segments are not to play this up or discuss this.

31 May 2006, 22:46, Chen Hua

Concerning the People’s Art Theater performance “White Deer,” only issue Beijing Daily copy, all online segments are not to discuss this.

2006年5月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）
2006年5月22日14时 分

各位，1、广东省将对去年12月6日汕尾红海湾开发区少数人煽动村民对风力发电厂打砸抢及对执法干警暴力袭击严重违法事件有关责任人进行处理，并开庭审理 有关肇事者。此事广东省内主要报纸和南方新闻网、金羊网、大洋网、深圳新闻网将分别于5月24日和25日发布有关消息。除上述媒体外，其他地区网站一律不 转载、报道有关消息，论坛博客贴吧等互动环节也不讨论。

2、关于北京市朝阳区大屯北顶村公建及公寓项目用地（原摩根中心项目）国有土地使用权出让招标一事暂不做报道。

2006年5月22日14时47分 陈华

各位，1、广东省将对去年12月6日汕尾红海湾开发区少数人煽动村民对风力发电厂打砸抢及对执法干警暴力袭击严重违法事件有关责任人进行处理，并开庭审理 有关肇事者。此事广东省内主要报纸和南方新闻网、金羊网、大洋网、深圳新闻网将分别于5月24日和25日发布有关消息。除上述媒体外，其他地区网站一律不 转载、报道有关消息，论坛博客贴吧等互动环节也不讨论。

2、关于北京市朝阳区大屯北顶村公建及公寓项目用地（原摩根中心项目）国有土地使用权出让招标一事暂不做报道。

2006年5月23日17时 分 范涛 市网宣办

范 涛 （市政府新闻办/市网管办：65278473） 说:

请各网在大兴网络文明之风专题中，转载以下两篇稿件：北京800余家网吧被责令整改 （替换现头条，http://news.xinhuanet.com/it/2006-05/22/content_4582202.htm）北京市全市 网吧法人代表培训完成（地址http://news.xinhuanet.com/it/2006-05/23 /content_4587208.htm）收到请回复。

2006年5月24日1时10分 陈华

各位 请把这两条在文明办网内容的位置上放 北京800余家网吧被责令整改
北京全市网吧法人代表培训完成 在新浪搜狐网易新闻中心的要闻区都有

2006年5月25日0时10分 陈华

各位，请将此条“200网民成为北京首批特约网络监督员”http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/05/24 /1060@3192405.htm发网站首页，同是，发新闻中心要闻区的文明办网区域中，与人大高钢谈文明办网并列，同时，将“大兴网络文明唱响科博 会”http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/05/24/1060@3192408.htm放入新闻中要闻区文明 办网的小腿中，与北京治理800网吧并列，其他文明办网稿件放入专题中。

2006年5月25日16时15分 范涛 市网宣办

请有搜索引擎的网站屏蔽以下地址：www.lairi.cn waptx.cn/bbs/ www.1238888.net www.13434433770.cn

2006年5月26日15时49分 范 涛

近日，境内一些网站论坛中传播有关重庆三峡师范学校教师和四川金堂县多所学校教师分别举行罢课活动的帖文。各网站不得传播此类消息，已有的要立即清除。 收到请回复！

2006年5月28日8时55分 卢超 网监处

今天有一出租车司机因不满油价上涨自杀，通知新闻部门市政府不让上新闻及评论（注意保密）

2006年5月29日13时54分 网管办值班1

各位，关于郑州市惠济区是”世界第一区政府”和”世界最大区政府”一事，相关报道、贴文、博客、贴吧等互动环节请均删除。

2006年5月29日14时32分 网管办值班1

各位，再次要求一下，印尼爪哇省地震，我国政府已致电慰问并提供紧急援助。有少数网民在论坛和新闻跟帖中发表攻击、谩骂等有悖人道主义精神的言论，恶意挑 拨中印关系。各网站1、关闭新闻跟贴；2、论坛、博客等关于此事的讨论要体现我国政府、人民对印尼等东南亚国家遭受地震表示同情、慰问和援助，有利于中国 与印尼等东南亚国家的友好关系，有利于我国良好的国际形象。3、要及时删除各类有害信息。

2006年5月30日16时12分 陈华

各位，现在首页或要闻区文明办网那两条稿可以撤入专题了，此处标题变为“大兴网络文明之风 文明办网 文明上网”，还放在二条位置，直接链着文明办网专题。

2006年5月30日18时56分

各位，关于女主播死于副市长家一事，不炒作，不再发任何新稿，已有稿件撤至后台，论坛，博客，帖吧不再讨论此事，请回复

2006年5月31日0时00分 陈华

网上有号召农行（银行）职工大罢工的贴子，请各自清查删除，尤其是各自相关的论坛。

2006年5月31日20时07分

对“真爱杯”征文活动及有关情况不报导，互动环节不炒作、不讨论。

2006年5月31日22时46分 陈华

关于人艺上演《白鹿原》，只发北京日报稿，各互动环节不讨论。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 25, 2012 (here).

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

31 March 2006

Information on “Minsheng Bank Aims 3 Million Yuan Credit Limit Card at Vice-Ministerial Level Cadres” is a false report, please do not reprint it, where it has been reprinted, delete it immediately. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

30 March 2006

Network Supervision Office notice: everyone: if you see articles concerning the poisoning of the band “Super Mary” (Luo Jing, Han Xuan), if the article attacks the police, delete it.

30 March 2006

Concerning the case of NetEase thanking for a loan in Japanese Yen, the original text may not be distributed, but if there are positive guiding articles on forums, refuting the notion of NetEase’s Japanese Yen loan, they may be distributed and posted on forums, but firmly grasp the extent, they cannot have radical acts, or whatever calls for demonstrations, etc. Attention must also be paid to the fact that reactions in forums concerning this matter cannot be too ardent or animated.

29 March 2006

If reports have already been reprinted about the opening of the trial on the daughter or a Tsinghua University professor being throttled to death by a ticket seller, please delete it immediately.

26 March 2006

The report “Jiangsu Police Hit on the Head with Gun by Colleagues in Bathroom in Violent Attack” is untrue, please delete it immediately.

24 March 2006

Articles that the Information Office notified to be deleted:

(1) Who Burnt the Summer Palace, Has Nothing to Do With Patriotism!

(2) After Chen Yizou Leaves, the Beijing News Does Not Understand Win-Win

22 March 2006

Articles that the Information Office notified to be deleted:

(1) Only Re-Evaluating Mao Zedong Can Strengthen the Masses’ Faith in Reform

(2) “Yang Xiaokai – A Record on Random Thoughts on Chinese Politics”

(3) A Strong Speech by Hu Jintao to Japan that Is Rarely Known by the People!

21 March 2006

(1) Some Japanese members of parliament have inspected the Diaoyu Islands from an airplane, do not report it, forums are also not to discuss it. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you. (Delete)

(2) Please do not reprint the reported text of the Chongqing Morning Times of Chongqing Plans to Build Two More Dams in the Yangtze – The Total Amount of Installations Exceeds the Gezhou Dam, if it has been reprinted, please immediately remove the article. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you. (Delete)

(3) Please delete the text on expert suggestions to change Beijing into a special administrative zone, and expanding the area by eight times. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

 

2006年3月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）
2006-03-31
“民生银行300万元透支卡瞄准副部级干部”的消息，为不实报道，请不要转载，已转的立即删除。 收到请回复，谢谢。

2006-03-30

网监处通知：各位：如果见到关于超级玛丽组合（罗惊、韩萱）中毒的文章，如果文中有攻击警察的就删除。
2006-03-30

有关网易感谢日元贷款一事，原文不得放行，但论坛如有正面引导文章，反驳网易日元贷款观念的可以放行，发在论坛，但要把握度，不能有过激行为，什么号召游行呀等。也要注意论坛里关于此事件的反应不能太热烈和激励。
2006-03-29

如已经转载清华大学教授女儿被售票员掐死一案开庭的报道,请立即删除.
2006-03-26

“江苏警察浴室里遭同行枪顶脑袋暴殴”的报道不实，请立即删除。

2006-03-24

新闻办通知删除的文章

1、圆明园是谁烧的，与爱国无关！

2、程益中走后，《新京报》不懂双赢
2006-03-22

网监通知删的文章

1：重新评价毛泽东才能坚定民众改革信心

2：《杨小凯－－中国政治随想录》

3：一段鲜为人知的胡锦涛对日强硬讲话 ！

 

2006-03-21

1.日本几个议员乘飞机视察钓鱼岛，不报道，论坛也不讨论。收到请回复，谢谢。 （删除）

2.《重庆晨报》“重庆拟在长江再建两大坝 装机总量超葛洲坝”一文，请不要转载报道，已转载的请即撤除稿件。收到请回复，谢谢。(删除）

3.专家建议将北京改为特别行政区 面积扩大8倍一文，请予删除。收到请回复，谢谢。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 19, 2012 (here).

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The online media platform NetEase took a veiled jab at Hu Xijin and his newspaper with an allusive Weibo post:

NetEaseNewsClient: The wheel of history rolls forward. Only the grass that is adept at adjusting its direction can keep sticking to the front of the car. @HuXijin @GlobalTimes

网易新闻客户端：历史车轮滚滚向前，只有那些善于调整方向的草，才能继续粘在车头。@胡锡进 @环球时报

The grass alluded to in word and image is the annual fleabane, known as qiangtoucao (墙头草) or “wall-top grass” in Chinese. Qiangtoucao also means “fence-sitter,” someone who bends to the prevailing political or social winds to stay rooted.

This is a surprising post to come from a Chinese media company, but it is not without precedent. This May, the Beijing News left a cryptic apology on Weibo after publishing an editorial which accused the U.S. government of “scheming” to bring the lawyer Chen Guangcheng to its embassy. That post stayed live for nearly 24 hours before it vanished. It’s unclear how long the NetEase comment lasted, but it, too, has been wiped from Weibo.

Via AmazeNews. NetEase post translated by Mengyu Dong. Hu Xijin quotations from Tea Leaf Nation.

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Chinese society needs to understand that grass-roots activists for Diaoyu are being backed by the State. While there is no open official support of the activists landing on Diaoyu, that does not mean these activists are acting on their own. Their safe trip to Diaoyu, and eventual safe return, are both the result of China’s national strength.

…Meanwhile, Chinese need to be clear that China cannot retrieve the Islands now. This would mean a large-scale war, which is not in China’s interests.

Plenty of netizens are not buying this argument, but they are quickly being shushed. Sina Weibo has disabled the commenting function on some posts linking to this article, including, ironically, on @SinaComment (新浪新闻). (Since the screenshot below was posted, five bland comments have appeared.) NetEase and other portals have also limited discussion.

The comment function (lower left) was disabled on this Weibo post.

CDT Chinese has gathered a few of the more interesting comments on the subject:

BlueNetizen: At the time of maintaining stability dominants everything elses, where do you get the strength to protect the Diaoyu Islands? When the underclass is looking down the barrel of a gun, how can they start a “war?” The subjects of the Celestial Empire need to be clear on this point: this country doesn’t belong to you, it belongs to the “representatives.” “Protecting Diaoyu” just causes trouble for the representatives! I bet as soon as the spotlight moves these protesters will be arrested.

蓝色的网民：稳定压倒一切的时刻，哪儿有精力保钓？！枪口炮口对着贱民，又怎么会发动”战争“？！兲朝人要搞清楚一个事实：这个国家不是你们的，是”代表“们的。你们的所谓”保钓“，是给代表们添乱啊！！我去，风头一过，明儿就抓起来。

LonelyParasolTree: F**k that, it’s not in the interests of a certain Party. Their wives and kids and assets are all in the U.S. Because the U.S. and Japan are on friendly terms, if we go to war with Japan the U.S. will confiscate or freeze all of their assets and take their families hostage.

寂寞梧桐锁清邱：擦，不符合某党的利益吧。老婆孩子资产都在美国呢。因为美日有安保协定，一旦和日本开战了，全被美国充公冻结当人质了。

HelpaBrotherMakeBooze: Reading this article is like swallowing a fly. The whole thing is for a domestic audience. If it isn’t blaming the outsiders it’s making hardline negotiations, like a little shrew of a woman.

赵兄托你帮我整点酒：看了这篇文章像吞了一只苍蝇一般。通篇都是对内的解释，对外不是抗议就是严正交涉，跟个小娘们一般

FaroffQingpingBay: Medvedev can make a show of his visit Kunashir Island. Lee Myung-bak can pay a very public call on Dokdo. Instead of a bunch of ordinary people “backed by the State,” it would be better to send our esteemed Chairman HU to walk around Diaoyu himself and enjoy the sea breeze.

我的遥远的清平湾：梅德韦杰夫可以强势登陆国后岛，李明博亦可以强势访问独岛，与其把几个民间人士登钓鱼岛说成是综合国力的体现，不如让我们敬爱的HU主席亲自到钓鱼岛上走一走吹吹海风。

weiweizi_hw: Oh yeah, all their investment has gone into stability maintenance. There’s nothing left for retrieving the Islands.

weiweizi_hw：嗯，是啊，都投入到维稳当中了，哪还有人去夺岛。

TotalPossession: I demand the chengguan go to Diaoyu. Lend me 3000 chengguan and return the might of China!

左宜右有兮：强烈要求城管登上钓鱼岛，借我三千城管，复我浩荡中华

Via CDT Chinese.

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404dead: The Global Times says that “the job of high school students is only to study; they should not be encouraged to directly take part in matters of national politics. It is immoral for adults to exploit the young for political ends.” Global Times, please explain this picture:

404被消失 ： 《环球时报》称“中学生的任务都是学习，不被鼓励直接参与国家政治性事件。成年人利用未成年人实现政治目的是不道德的。”【请环球时报解释一下这个图】

“Ardently Celebrate the 91st Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party ☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭...”

Translation by Samuel Wade.

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“This user doesn’t exist ”

The New York Times Chinese-language venture, launched this Wednesday, is off to a bumpy start. While the website itself is running, the site’s Sina Weibo account went down just hours after its launch. It was up again on Thursday evening. “Given that the site was brand new, they could not have possibly posted anything controversial,” says Philip Chun at Shanghaiist. But Chun, CDT and other media outlets spoke too soon. @nytchinese is down again.

The Times Weibo account may have been shuttered not for anything it said, but for its mere presence. Times Foreign Editor Joseph Kahn says “We’re not tailoring it to the demands of the Chinese government.” The cn.nytimes.com server is based outside of China. In a blog post announcing the launch, staff writer Christine Haughney notes the Chinese site will adhere to the same standards as the English-language edition.

The Times gained 25,195 followers before the second shut-down. Its Tencent Weibo account is still up, with nearly 7900 followers, but its Sohu and NetEase Weibos are both down.

The Times Chinese edition includes translated articles and original Chinese-language content. It seeks a middle-class, urbane audience, as can be seen from its advertisers: Salvatore Ferragamo, Cartier and other luxury companies. That same audience thirsts for high-quality, incisive reporting. The question is, will the Chinese censors allow it to deliver, or continue to cut off major platforms like Weibo?

As the Times faces pressure to clean up for the authorities, Zhang Zhi’an, an associate professor at the Sun Yat-Sen University School of Communication and Design, sees the paper’s experiment as a litmus test for foreign media in China:

ZhangZhi’an: The New York Times Chinese edition has two issues worth paying attention to: 1) Will the Times translate and publish articles on sensitive subjects or which report negatively on China? 2) Which discrepancies will there be between the English and Chinese versions of the same article? These questions may offer a window onto the monitoring pressure and self-censorship of foreign Chinese-language media.

张志安：「纽约时报中文版」有两个问题值得关注：1、纽约时报那些关于中国的敏感报道、负面报道，能翻译成中文放这么？2、关于中国报道的中文版经「翻译」后和英文版有何差异？从这点或可管窥外媒中文网的监管压力及自我审查。

The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal both have Chinese-language editions, each with fully functional Weibo accounts. It’s unclear what the Times could have done to cross the censors. Hopefully, the paper will get a chance to answer Dr. Zhang’s questions.

Zhang Zhi’an Weibo post via SneezeBloid.

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“Deeply mourning Bin Laden,” wrote Weibo user Jiajia Nuwu in comments echoed widely across the site. “Yet another anti-American hero is lost.”

“Is this real? Excellent!” wrote another. “Now the only terrorist left is the United States!” …

Other Weibo commenters, however, appeared happy about Mr. bin Laden’s death, partly because the terrorist leader’s political agenda was said to pose a direct threat to security in China’s northwestern territory of Xinjiang …

In [an] oblique reference to Chinese politics, a number of Chinese Twitter users passed around a message reading: “Of the ten most evil people in the world, the U.S. has killed one. Now there are nine left.”

Nine is the number of members on the Chinese Communist Party’s ruling Politburo Standing Committee ….

In a more analytical vein, former journalist and prominent political blogger Wen Yunchao argued on his Twitter account that the death of Mr. bin Laden would have consequences for China’s foreign policy.

“In the past, the U.S. needed China to join the fight against terrorism and so made more than a few concessions,” Mr. Wen wrote. “Now that bin Laden is dead, there’s one less constraint. The Free World now has more power to encircle China on the issue of universal values.”

chinaSMACK has translated a selection of reactions to Bin Laden’s death from NetEase, which show a similar diversity of opinion:

网易河南省郑州市网友:

Great America, you are the embodiment of freedom and justice.

网易湖北省武汉市网友:

Laden, rest in peace, you have fallen but there are still millions of you who will stand up! I pay my tribute to you ….

网易北京市网友 [空降兵看不见]:

Forced demolition chengguan claim responsibility for this matter ….

网易安徽省网友:

Long live the United States.

网易广东省网友 [guanghaizhan]: (responding to above)

Impossible! I don’t believe it, please post a photo for us to inspect.

网易广西防城港市网友 [寡妇村牛村长]: (responding to above)

The American media once ago publishes false rumors! Definitely fake news! …

网易广东省深圳市网友 [卖小编户口本]:

Sigh! Bin Laden has died once again!!

On the New Yorker’s blog, Evan Osnos writes about the initial reaction in China to bin Laden’s death:

As news spread Monday, there was some celebration on the Chinese Web, but also a note of chilliness toward the U.S. than I didn’t anticipate. Zhang Xin, the director of the China Central Television’s National Security and Military Channel posted of bin Laden: “As a billionaire, he didn’t want to live a comfortable life, but chose to challenge the superpower, chose to live the life of a caveman. What was he trying to do? Laden was the greatest national hero in Arab history. Using his own power to fight the most powerful country in the world, America….Whether Laden is dead for real or not, it’s not important anymore. He has already become a spirit, an anti-American system of thought.”

Conspiracy theories and anxiety about the U.S. have a long life in Chinese security circles, so perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. More striking is a dark parable that was circulating fast on Monday afternoon, the kind of viral shred of cynicism that could never have spread in 2001:

Al Qaeda once sent five terrorists to China: One was sent to blow up a bus, but he wasn’t able to squeeze onto it; one was sent to blow up a supermarket, but the bomb was stolen from his basket; one was sent to blow up a train, but tickets were sold-out; finally, one succeeded in bombing a coal mine, and hundreds of workers died. He returned to Al Qaeda’s headquarters to await the headlines about his success, but it was never reported by the Chinese press. Al Qaeda executed him for lying.

And the Global Post reports that there has not yet been an official Chinese response to the news and also finds that online reactions are mixed:

In comments that mirrored typical Chinese sentiment about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America, Chinese citizens on popular web platforms ranged from one extreme to the other.

“The great anti-America fighter Bin Laden was murdered by the US! How sad!” wrote one commenter on Sina’s popular Weibo micro-blogging site.

Others were more sympathetic to the American cause, with one saying, “Bin Laden was finally killed by American army. May all people who died in the 9/11 attack rest in peace.

But a commenter named Ti Ten seemed to best capture the attitude of the vast majority of Chinese, who don’t see America’s war on terror and hunt for bin Laden as having anything to do with them.

“This seems doesn’t have one mao [metaphorically a cent] of relation to us,” the poster wrote.

And Taiwan’s Next Media Animation got to work and has already produced an animated and imagined reenactment of how the raid on bin Laden’s compound went down:

Update: China Media Project gives a rundown of Chinese media coverage of bin Laden’s death while Sina compiles a visual of numerous Chinese newspaper front pages.

And the Wall Street Journal reports on the official government reaction to the news:

China hailed the killing as “a milestone and a positive development for the international anti-terrorism efforts.”

“Terrorism is the common enemy of the international community. China has also been a victim of terrorism,” foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying.

Ms. Jiang was referring to China’s restless far western region of Xinjiang, where separatists have been waging a bloody insurgency against Chinese rule.

“China upholds that the international community should step up cooperation in working together to fight terrorism,” Ms. Jiang was quoted as saying.

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I have always had a pretty good relationship with NetEase.*  The news section of their website frequently posts articles I’ve written.  Four years ago I quietly started a blog on NetEase.  Afterwards, a NetEase editor sent me a letter inviting me to start a blog, to which I responded that I already had.  Thereafter, the editor took it upon herself to repost articles from my other blogs.  This practice has continued to the present.  They often promote articles I’ve written on my blog which has greatly increased the number of hits I get.  Because of this, I’ve always felt a great sense of gratitude towards this website.

Going into the latter half of 2009, however, the number of hits on my blog dropped off sharply.  The reason was not clear.  Netizens informed me that when they searched for my blog articles they discovered that “Zhang Lifan” had become a “sensitive word.”  I gave it a try myself.  When I searched [on NetEase] under blog titles for “Zhang Lifan” a window popped up that read: The content you have entered contains a sensitive keyword.  Displaying [the relevant search result] is prohibited!”

On July 20, 2010, my NetEase blog was blocked.  Ten days after I asked around to get a diagnosis, my blog was unblocked.  Since then, blog entries are still continually being screened at the same time as notices appear on my page stating that content on my blog is in violation of the rules and that I can apply online for an expedited review of the matter.  After I click on the button to apply to have the matter reviewed, the lock on my blog is lifted within one or two days.  However, there have also been times when the lock has not been lifted.  Recently, the screening has become more and more serious.  The language informing me that content has been screened has also changed:

“Dear user, because this entry contains content which violates the nation’s “Administration of Internet Information Services Procedures,” we cannot at this time make the content available externally.  We are keenly aware of the effort you have poured into writing this article and are keenly aware of your anxiousness to share this content with your friends.  However, this is in order to be able to continue to provide you with reliable service.  We hope that you will understand.”

The wording is pretty “humane and sympathetic,” but after this friendly reminder the button that once read “apply for review online” has disappeared.  The subtext was clear: when [we] block [you] there is nothing to discuss, and there’s also no way to complain.  I inspected the article myself and found that there was nothing in it that violated the rules.  A lot of articles that I post on my blog have already been published by the print media and can be found on other websites and blogs.  They can also be reposted by other people who have blogs on NetEase.  It looks as though my blog is enjoying “special treatment.”  They are more willing to mistakenly kill a whole article than to let even one character slip by.  An article is run through the filter of “sensitive words” and is automatically blocked if it contains any of those words.

Take my article, “K.P. Chen Sees Through Both Nationalists and Communists” for example.  This article was published in 2010 in issue 37 of New Century.  A number of websites and online forums reposted this article.  NetEase’s news center also reposted this article.  However, this same article was blocked on my personal NetEase blog.

Even though there was no real way to complain, I still had to complain somehow.  After performing a search I discovered that one can complain to the “NetEase Assistant.”  The address is:

http://help.163.com/special/007528M7/xiaoyi_intd.html?a35aqa2

So at around 12:30 on September 10, 2010 I got on this interface.  Below is my conversation with “NetEase Assistant, Little E.”

Zhang Lifan: Posts on my blog are continually being blocked.  Can you tell me whether some filtering setting has been applied [to my blog]?

Little E: Currently there are two main reasons that blogs are being blocked: the content of users’ blogs, and the conduct of users.

Content of users’ blogs: This mainly refers to spreading on one’s blog some content that violates the nation’s laws such as content that is pornographic, gory, violent, etc.  If [your blog] has been screened for this reason, then first delete the illegal content on your blog and then click the link on the message sent to you by the system that reads, “apply online” to resolve the block.

Conduct of users: This mainly refers to certain users that use the blog to send spam or use the blog to engage in personal attacks on other users or other behavior.  It also refers to users who have been reported by other users.  In these instances the system will also block [the reported user’s blog].  Please clean up the illegal content on your blog and then click on the link on the message sent to you by the system that reads, “apply online” to resolve the block.

Zhang Lifan: The content is not illegal, you’re just blocking it based on the fact that it contains certain words that are filtered.  Also, the “apply online” function has disappeared.

Little E: We have recorded your message.  Thank you for your feedback!

Zhang Lifan: The same blog post that is being blocked on my blog is being reposted on the NetEase news center.  Isn’t this a bit ridiculous?

Little E: We have recorded your message.  Thank you for your feedback!

Zhang Lifan: When can I get a real response?  Am I speaking with a robot?

Little E: I don’t understand.  Perhaps you can describe your problem one more time.  When you ask questions, please use correct grammar and avoid using incorrect characters, for example, [don’t say]: “How do blogs change their clothes.” [Note: this is an informal way of saying, “how do I change my blog’s skin, or appearance.”]

Zhang Lifan: I haven’t used incorrect grammar or incorrect characters.  It looks like there is no difference between robots and bureaucrats.  Goodbye.

Little E: Bye Bye ~ If you run into any more problems don’t forget to find me again!

The replies didn’t address my questions.  Besides constantly repeating some precompiled set phrases all I heard was, “We have recorded your message.  Thank you for your feedback.”  I was really speechless.  I could only admire. . .

After this complaint, the article “K.P. Chen Sees Through Both Nationalists and Communists” disappeared from NetEase’s news center.  One week later, the blog post of the same title was unblocked.

Apparently, the robot speaking to me was just a small time gangster; the real mob boss is the robot known as “GFW” [great firewall of China].  The GFW reigns over the virtual “Sensitive Empire of the East.”  This country is experiencing an epidemic of “sensitive-itis.”  The pathogen is a type of “super-filtered virus.”  Every netizen is a carrier of this disease.  Outbreaks are controlled by the programming of the internet.  The scale of the outbreak can be large or small depending on the mood of the mob boss.  At any time, at any place, there is always the possibility of violent outbreaks.

At this point I’m really not sure; is it us that have this disease or is it the empire that has the disease?

September 21, 2010, Wind and Rain Reading Room

* NetEase is a Chinese internet company that operates 163.com, a popular internet portal which supports a search engine, email service, news, and blogs.

** “Little E” is an automatic online interface that attempts to resolve problems people encounter when using NetEase.  The translator has verified that all the replies (and emoticons) given by “little E” are the automatic responses to Zhang Lifan’s queries.

Little E

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NetEase is a veteran of Chinese online gaming, with seven years of industry experience. So it was stunned when a seemingly straight development path suddenly descended into a dark maze after the company sought government permission to operate China’s version of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, an online role-playing game enjoyed by millions of Chinese.

NetEase eventually succeeded. But along the way, the company lost a lot of money and had to play games with a pair of competing bureaucracies that each sought an upper hand in regulating the online gaming business.

Now more than ever, NetEase understands how necessary it is to play the government’s license game and the regulatory contest between the Ministry of Culture and the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP). The company also learned that good government relation is the key to winning in the online gaming sector.

And NetEase is not out of the woods. World of Warcraft is back online after a long blackout, but the dispute between the culture ministry and GAPP over gaming regulation has yet to be settled.

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Recently, the ninth session of the 2009 SCIO Internet News Work Training Session just finished in Beijing. All participants are top editors and managers of major news websites in China. The trainers include:

* Li Wufeng, Bureau Chief of the State Council Information Office Internet Affairs Bureau
* Peng Bo, Deputy Chief of the State Council Information Office Internet Affairs Bureau
* Professor Zhu Feng, Peking University School of International Relations
* Song Fufan, Director of the Ideology and Political Education Teaching and Research Section of the Marxist Theory Research Department at the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
* Zhai Huisheng, Party Secretary of the All China Federation of Working Journalists
* Professor Gao Gang, Secretary of the Party Committee of Renmin University School of Journalism and Communication
* Xia Chenghua, Deputy Chief of the Central Government Stability Preservation Leading Group Office
* Zhou Xisheng, Deputy Chief of Xinhua News Agency, Director-General of Xinhua News Agency

Soon after the training finished, one of the participants released her notes from this session online. CDT has translated the entire collection of notes from this 2009 SCIO Internet News Work training session; in total there are eight articles, which we will publish consecutively in coming days. CDT would like to thank the translator, who wishes to remain anonymous. The first translated installment of notes is here, and this is the second:

Peng Bo, Deputy Chief of the State Council Information Office Internet Affairs Bureau

1, Commercial websites must understand that it is the government that protects the development of domestic websites. If the Chinese internet didn’t have Sina, then Yahoo would have free rein; if there were no Baidu, then Google would have free rein; if there were no QQ, then MSN would have free rein. All of this is because the government is intentionally fostering domestic enterprises.

2, Key news websites and commercial websites should unify their thinking, they should learn to think politically.

Criticize Sina for not thinking politically; when reporting on Obama’s visit to China, they played without authorization a video of Obama speaking in Shanghai.

The most important part of Obama’s visit to China was his speech in Shanghai. The format of this speech was different than the speech format used by past U.S. presidents when visiting China. It was specially designed by the U.S. government to enlarge Obama’s personal influence.

Before Obama visited China, America and China negotiated that websites and television stations would broadcast the event. China accepted their request; however, live television coverage was to be limited to Shanghai area television stations.

These measures were implemented to accord with the Party’s Central Committee‘s desire that people become enthused about China-U.S. relations rather than be enthused about Obama.

Providing a video of Obama’s speech without authorization was done for Sina’s commercial interest and was not done for the nation’s interest. In order to gain a little, a lot was lost.

Criticize Netease for going after sensational stories and not doing a good job of directing public opinion. [Netease's] international news headlines are always things like “New York Mayor Bloomberg Receives Annual Salary of $1”, “Black American Becomes Mayor”, “American Youth Becomes Mayor”. These headlines are sensationalist and cast aspersions [on the Chinese government]. [Netease] has set the wrong direction for public opinion and has not properly fulfilled its role as a guide [of public opinion].

3, Each web organization gets a perfect score for their reporting of the 60th Anniversary National Day celebrations. Liu Yunshan [head of the Central Propaganda Department] has given his comment as evaluation: “it cannot be done better.” This is a classic example of the Internet positively guiding public opinion. I praise everyone’s work and express thanks to each website.

4, As for my expectations and hopes for everyone: magnify positive news stories; to the extent possible don’t report negative news stories. The Internet media should not be influenced by the Western media which thinks bad news is good news.

4.[sic] I’d like to recommend a few books to everybody, and hope that all Internet news editors can take a look at them.

* Samuel Huntington, Political Order in Changing Societies
* Gustave Le Bon, The Crowd
* Zhao Tingyang, Philosophy of the World Order

5, Conclusion: China’s Internet media is only ten years old. It is understandable that some mistakes will be made; however, I hope that everyone can soon become more seasoned in their work.

一、商业网站要明白是政府在保护国内网站的发展。中国的互联网没有新浪，就是雅虎的天下；没有百度，就是谷歌的天下；没有QQ，就是MSN的天下。而这都是政府在有意扶植民族企业。
　　二、重点新闻网站和商业网站要统一思想，要学会讲政治。

　1、批评新浪不讲政治，在报道奥巴马访华的新闻时，擅自放奥巴马在上海演讲的视频。

　　奥巴马访华最重要的部分就是上海演讲，这次的演讲形式不同于以往的美国总统访华的演讲，是美国政府刻意设计的，为了扩大奥巴马的个人影响。

　　奥巴马访华之前，美方和中方交涉要求网站和电视进行转播，中方同意了他们的要求，但是电视直播只在上海地方电视台进行。

　　这些措施是为了符合中央的要求，即要形成中美关系热，而不是奥巴马热。

　　新浪擅自在提供奥巴马演讲视频，是为了自己的商业利益，不是为了国家利益，因小失大，得不偿失。

　　2、批评网易热衷猎奇不做好的舆论引导。国际新闻头条总是放”纽约市长布隆伯格年薪1美元”、”美国黑人当市长”、”美国少年当市长”这样的大惊小怪而又有所影射的标题。舆论导向错误，没有起到正确的引导作用。

　　三、国庆60周年的报道，各网都可以获得一百分。刘云山评价：达到了极致。这是互联网正面引导舆论的典型成绩。表扬大家的表现，并向各网站表示感谢。
　　四、对大家的要求和希望：放大正面新闻，尽可能不报道负面新闻。互联网媒体不能受西方媒体的影响，以为坏消息就是好新闻。
　　四、推荐给大家的几本书，希望所有的网络新闻编辑都看一下。
　　1、亨廷顿《变化社会中的政治秩序》
　　2、勒庞《乌合之众》
　　3、赵汀阳《世界制度哲学导论》
　　五、总结：中国网络媒体才10岁，犯错误也是可以理解的，但是希望大家早点成熟起来。

[To be continued]

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The question seemed innocuous enough when it appeared in an online poll this month on the popular Chinese Internet portal Netease: Would you like to be Chinese in the next life?

It is the answer that proved dangerous. Sixty-four percent of respondents replied no, with some of them commenting that to be Chinese lacked dignity.

Many foreign readers of such news might have felt a sense of surprise by the results. After all, why would such a clear majority of respondents prefer not to be citizens of a country that has progressed so dramatically on so many levels in the last generation? Moreover, with signs of prosperity springing up everywhere, what would motivate a large number of the participants to invoke a lack of dignity in their lives?

The Chinese government supplied the beginnings of an answer in the days that followed the poll. The editor of Netease was removed from his job, effectively banned from meaningful work for having conveyed opinions deemed contrary to the official view. [Full text]

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From The Guardian:

Chinese authorities have shut down an online survey that found most respondents would prefer a different nationality if they were born again. According to the South China Morning Post, two editors of the host website, NetEase, have also been fired in the past few days, prompting speculation that they have been punished for organising the poll.

Electronic surveys are popular in China, but while the authorities tolerate voting for TV pop idols they are uneasy about polls on sensitive political subjects. This did not deter NetEase, which asked readers of its 163.com game site: “Would you like to be Chinese if you had a second life?” [Full text]

See also Wenxuecity.com’s post (translated by CDT):

The survey, started on Sept. 4 and ended on Sept. 10, registered 10,234 votes with 64% saying “don’t want to be a Chinese in the next life.” Unfortunately but not surprisingly, the poll was whitewashed well before its original plan to run through October 11. (Note: the poll page is now pure white, unlike most deleted pages where visitors can see an automated error message.)

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Read the rest of Online survey axed after most reject Chinese identity – Jonathan Watts (149 words)

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