“I also turned down their demand for the original version of those already exposed clips, for the safety of the person from Chongqing’s police bureau who fed me the information,” said Zhu, adding that he is not ready to publish the remaining evidence, as time is needed to authenticate them.

The negotiations came after Zhu claimed some local officials involved in the scandal haven’t yet been netted and accused local police of a coverup and destroying evidence.

[…] Si Weijiang, a Shanghai-based lawyer, told the Global Times there is no crime of withholding evidence, and that the process to compel Zhu to be a witness is not clear. The police have no right to forcibly request the evidence, he said.

The videos were recorded as part of an extortion racket targeting a number of Chongqing officials, 11 of whom have now been dismissed as a result. Former Chongqing Party chief Bo Xilai and his police chief Wang Lijun reportedly covered up an earlier investigation into the case. While Zhu says that his source is associated with the Chongqing police, the police now claim that he may have obtained the videos from a member of the gang itself.

The Washington Post’s Wang Juan highlighted Zhu’s use of social media for protection:

Zhu’s lawyer, Li, said he believed the policemen originally intended to detain Zhu when they tried to get into his house Sunday night but were forced to change their plan once Zhu’s online posts for help and calls to Chinese and foreign media drew widespread attention.

[…] Before leaving his home for the police station on Monday, Zhu posted a picture online of a signed legal document. The document named several people he was officially authorizing as his lawyers and representatives and said that any confession or change of lawyers after he is imprisoned would likely be made under duress. Mindful of several recent high-profile cases in which detainees have been cut off entirely from the outside world and with their lawyers switched out for government-friendly ones, Zhu said in the document that the lawyers he named are the only ones he wants, “even if I later write a letter in blood asking for a change of lawyers.”

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Top: We’re here to check the water meter! Bottom: He says their water meter is outside.

The Word of the Week comes from China Digital Space’s Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online “resistance discourse,” used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness.

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抄水表 (chāo shuǐbiǎo): check the water meter

A euphemism for a house call from the police. Instead of demanding to be let in, the police simply pretend to be from the water utility and coerce the resident to open the door. This may also appear as 查水表 (chá shuǐbiǎo), which has the same meaning.

See also drink tea.

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Chen’s lawyer, He Huixin, wrote a lengthy defense of his client, citing an argument put forward in support of Chen Duxiu, a Communist Party co-founder charged with similar crimes by Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist regime in 1933: that criticism doesn’t necessarily equate to subversion. The government’s case against Chen didn’t seem to prove that he sought to bring down the system, says [Joshua] Rosenzweig: “The underlying weakness was the underlying weakness in most inciting subversion cases—the tendency to see criticism of the Communist Party and its polices as an attempt to undermine the entire political system.”

[…] Still, a widespread relaxation in the way China handles such sensitive cases appears unlikely. “Chinese courts don’t set precedent in the way they do in common-law jurisdictions, so the way this case is handled doesn’t necessarily bind [other] judges,” says Rosenzweig. Sadly, the Chen verdict may prove to be a rare happy outcome.

In a previous report in September, Ramzy described some of Chen’s writings:

[…] Prosecutors in Lanzhou identified 34 in particular as evidence of the charge of inciting subversion. The titles include “I Can’t Bear Humiliation in Silence,” “The Call to Overthrow the Dictators Has Sounded” and “I Want Freedom, Respect and to Live Like a Normal Person.” They all bear the distinct voice of an educated man who once held a respected position in society enraged by the abuse he endures as an outcast hustling for a living on the streets. “Yesterday I saw a gang of fierce, imposing chengguan who drove away a middle-aged shoeshine man,” he wrote in a 2010 essay called “A Weasel Serves the Chickens.” “That shoeshine man wasn’t doing anything to inconvenience pedestrians, so why did they drive him off? If it weren’t for family difficulties or a lack of money, who would subserviently shine shoes like that?”

Chen places much of the blame for the injustices he faced on authoritarian system, and by endorsing the Arab Spring last year he made himself a target for the crackdown that followed in China. In an essay from February 2011, titled “Study the Egyptians, We Don’t Want to Be Fooled Again,” he wrote, “I’m convinced that if we didn’t have the [Communist] Party’s leadership, this society would finally be harmonious and peaceful.” […]

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1 August 2006, 10:12, Yang Le

All websites must bring up the special subject of propaganda on the Long March, put it at the top of the important news section, put it side by side with the scientific development view, and jointly line up the three matters of the scientific development view, running the web in a civilized manner and the 70th anniversary of the victorious Long March.

1 August 2006, 11:00, Yang Le

All websites are to transmit the People’s Daily Online articles on the Long March, march carrying the special subject, the position is to be the second line of the important news section.

http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/68298/68550/index.html

1 August 2006, 14:24, Chen Hua

On information related to the grave illness of Cuban leader Castro and corresponding matters, websites are only to reissue Xinhua articles, they are not to set up news trackers, and those already having news trackers must delete them as quickly as possible.

2 August 2006, 22:36, On-Duty MSN of the Internet Management Office

Concerning the People’s Daily Online article on “Zhou Jinhuo” (the Fujian Provincial People’s Congress Standing Committee has dismissed Zhou Jinhuo from his duties as a National People’s Representative), all websites are not to reprint this on the main page of the website or the important news section of their news centers, do not set up trackers, do not make corresponding news links, do not send short messages, do not handle it prominently, it may be put at the bottom of the domestic news sections of news centers.

7 August 2006, 9:00 Yang Le

All “Two Years Count-Down to the Beijing Olympics” special subject sections are to go online today in the morning, put them on the front page of websites and the second line of the main news page, lay this out in red colors, timely reprint corresponding reports from all news media.

7 August 2006, 19:22 Chen Hua

Everyone, concerning the matter of the Beijing police successfully dealing with the case of hijacking long-distance passengers with guns and explosives today, do not send short messages without exceptions, do not write articles from the time being, wait until our office wires copy before issuing matters.

7 August 2006, 19:30

Everyone: (1) Approaching 15 August, please handle management of Japan-related news and posts according to the following principles: do not disseminate posts related to anti-Japan signing activities; block up all information on anti-Japan activities having a mass action nature; do not disseminate activities conducted by anti-Japan groups that might easily attract attention; if related activities occur, do not make reports without exception, do not issue short mobile messages; if activities of the type of important cabinet members visiting the Yasukuni Shrine occur on the Japanese side, adopt Xinhua copy without exception, do not issue short mobile messages; strengthen management over news tracking, extreme language must be deleted.

(2) Don’t continue to play up recent news related to the government hitting dogs, pay attention to the use scope and source of relevant news, corresponding images are to be deleted without exception.

(3) Henceforth, if epidemics occur in provinces and regions close to Beijing, all websites must wait for notification, and report this according to the instructions propagated by our Office.

(4) Do not report and do not disseminate the matter of Zou Tao running for the Luohu District People’s Congress.

7 August 2006, 20:38, Chai Yao

Do not issue the article that was just notified on the Beijing police successfully uncovering the West Station Case, tomorrow morning, wait for information from Qianlong Net. Requirements: not appearing on main pages of websites, the position on news centers is in the lower half of the domestic news section, do not make special arrangements, manage forums well, it is not permitted to send short messages.

8 August 2006, 14:20, Internet Supervision Office

(1) At the internal CCTV party (the complete version of The East Is Red)

(2) River Elegy (full text)

(3) Flash minigames … Koizumi falls to death.

Information with the following content is not allowed to be carried, please self-examine, if these articles are present, they must be deleted.

8 August 2006, 17:14, Chai Yue (Internet Management Office)

Concerning the matter of Yue Chengtong challenging Peking University’s attracting false talents, please do not play this up, it may not be recommended on the main page of forums or main page of blogs, if there are too many forum posts, they must be deleted.

9 August 2006, 15:21, Chai Yue (Internet Management Office)

Make “China’s Third Reform Controversy and Its Trends” into a keyword, please clean it up if it is reprinted.

If it appears on forums, please delete it.

9 August 2006, 17:34, Chai Yue (Internet Management Office)

All websites are requested to not reprint the article of Red Online “The Mass Public Order Incident of 25 July in Xiangyue County Has Been Put Down, Urban Order is Normal, People’s Lives are Stable.”

2006年8月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）

2006年8月1日10时12分 杨乐

各网今天长征宣传的专题要上来，放在要闻区上部，与科学发展观并排，共列出科学发展观、文明办网、长征胜利70周年三个。
2006年8月1日11时00分 杨乐

各网站转发人民网长征稿，带着专题走，位置在要闻区二条

http://politics.people.com.cn/GB/8198/68298/68550/index.html
2006年8月1日14时24分陈华

有关古巴领导人卡斯特罗病重及相关消息，网上只转发新华社稿件，不开设新闻跟帖，已有跟帖要尽快删除。
2006年8月2日22时36分 网管办值班MSN

关于人民网“周金伙”（福建省人大常委罢免周金伙全国人大代表职务）一稿，各网站不发网站首页和新闻中心要闻区，不开跟贴，不作相关新闻链接，不发短信，不作突出处理，可放在新闻中心国内新闻区下部
2006年8月7日09时00分 杨乐

各家“北京奥运倒计时2周年”专题今天上午上线，放在网站首页和新闻首页2条位置，套红处理，及时转载各媒体的相关报道。
2006年8月7日19时22分 陈华

各位，关于今天北京警方成功处置一起持枪和爆炸物劫持长途乘客案件一事，一律不发短信，先不发稿，等我办通稿再发。
2006年8月7日19时30分

各位，1、临近8.15，有关涉日新闻与帖文的管理，请按照以下原则处理：不传播有关反日签名活动的帖文；对所有带有群体行动性质的反日活动信息进 行封堵；不传播反日群体所进行的容易引起关注的活动；如果有相关活动发生，一律不做报道，不发手机短信；日本方面如果有类似于重要内阁成员参拜靖国神社的 活动发生，一律采用新华社稿件，不发手机短信；加强对新闻跟帖的管理，过激言论要删除。

2、近期与政府打狗有关的新闻不再炒作，有关新闻注意使用规范稿源，相关图片一律删除。

3、今后，北京周边省市与地区如果有疫情发生，各网站要等候通知，并根据我办宣传提示进行报道。

4、对邹涛竞选罗湖区人大代表一事，不报道，不传播。
2006年8月7日20时38分 柴钥

刚才通知的北京警方成功破获西客站案件的稿子，今天不发了，明早等千龙网的消息。要求：网站首页不出现，新闻中心的放置位置在国内新闻下半部，不做特殊处理，管理好论坛，不允许发手机短信。
2006年8月8日14时20分 网监处

1.CCTV的内部晚会(东方红时空完整版)上

2.河*殇(全文）-

3.FLASH小游戏…………….摔死小泉

以上内容的信息都不让登,请自查一下,如果有这几篇文章，要作删除处理
2006年8月8日17时14分 柴玥（网管办）

关于丘成桐质疑北大引进假人才事，请勿炒作，论坛首页、博客首页不要推荐，论坛帖文太多的要删除。
2006年8月9日15时21分 柴玥（网管办）

把“中国第三次改革大争论及其走向”设为关键字，还有转载的请清理一下

如果论坛有发，请删除
2006年8月9日17时34分柴玥（网管办）

请各网不要转载红网播发的《湘阴县7·25群体治安事件已平息，城区秩序正常，人民生活安定》一稿。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 2, 2012 (here).

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12 July 2006, 17:09, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Everyone, the Century China Century Salon Forum will be closed according to the law, no website may report this without exception, forums, trackers, blogs and mobile phone messages may without exception not be published.

14 July 2006, 17:18, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Everyone, concerning the matter of Houma criminal police hitting traffic police, three requirements:

(1) only use Xinhua copy;

(2) do not open trackers, no discussion;

(3) posts that maliciously exaggerate the influence of the matter to be deleted without exception.

15 July 2006, 14:50, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Today, the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe stated in a press conference today that he had received a threatening letter from Hong Kong, warning him not to go and worship at the Yasukuni Shrine. In view of the fact that this matter involves the issue of the Yasukuni Shrine, its sensitivity is high, blog networks may not play up this matter, only use Xinhua copy for corresponding reports, do not set up news trackers, do not  put it on the main page or on the important news section of the news center. Management over forums, blogs and other interactive columns must be strengthened, timely block and delete all sorts of harmful information that does not conform to the above requirements.

17 July 2006, 18:16, Network Management Office, Duty manager

On the evening of the 17th, Xinhua will issue an article of relevant responsible persons from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security responding to questions from journalists on the income allocation system. All websites are requested to timely transmit this article, the interview article may be put on the website and in the important news section of the new column, but do not make it into a header and do not set up news trackers. Forum discussions must be guided and grasped, discussions that seize the opportunity to attack the Party and the government must be timely deleted.

18 July 2006, 13:42, Chen Hua

Everyone, today, 21st Century reported “Taiyuexi Boss Liu Jun Detained, Shock in Beijing Real Estate Circles,” do not reprint this without exception. Forums and blogs are not to discuss this, do not report this matter for the time being, please notify all your real estate, finance and economics channels.

19 July 2006, 9:56, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Please make “Zhou Jinhuo” into a keyword, and block it.

20 July 2006, 14:52, Network Management Office, Duty manager

The Guizhou Metropolitan Daily Published an article “A Few Hundreds of People Surround Police Station, Riot Police Dispatched Deep At Night,” all websites are requested to no longer reprint this article, where it has been reprinted, it must be immediately removed, forums, news trackers, blogs and other interactive trackers may not disseminate this sort of information.

21 July 2006, 21:22, Network Management Office, Duty manager

All websites are requested to completely remove negative reports concerning Wen Jiabao and his family members, this will be inspected within two days, and websites where this sort of reporting is discovered will be subject to severe punishment.

2006年7月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2006年7月12日17时09分网管办值班

各位，世纪中国·世纪沙龙论坛，将依法被关闭，各网站一律不要报道，论坛、跟贴、博客、手机短信一律不准登载。
06年7月14日17时18分 网管办值班

各位，关于侯马刑警打交警的事，三点要求：

1、只用新华社的通稿

2、不开跟贴，不讨论

3、对于恶意扩大事情影响的贴文一律删除
2006年7月15日14时50分 网管办值班

近日，日本官房长官安倍晋三在记者招待会上称收到来自香港的恐吓信，警告其不要参拜靖国神社。鉴于此事牵扯靖国神社问题，敏感度高，博客网不得炒作 此事，相关报道只使用新华社通稿，不开设新闻跟帖，不在网站和新闻中心首页要闻区摆放。要加强对论坛、博客等互动栏目的管理，及时封堵删除与上述要求不符 的各类有害信息。
2006年7月17日18时16分 网管办值班

17日晚，新华社将发人事部、财政部、民政部、劳动和社会保障部有关负责人就改革收入分配制度答记者问稿件。请各网站及时转发此稿，答问稿可放网站及新闻栏目要闻区，但不作头条，不开设新闻跟贴。对论坛讨论要引导和把握，对借机攻击党和政府的言论要及时删除。
2006年7月18日13时42分 陈华

各位，今天21世纪报道的“泰跃系掌门人刘军被押 北京房产界巨震进行时”，一律不转。 论坛博客不讨论，关于此事暂不报道，请务必通知到各自房产类、财经类频道。
2006年7月19日09时56分 网管办值班

请将“周金火”设为关键字，屏蔽
2006年7月20日14时52分网管办值班

贵州都市报刊载了《几百人围住派出所 防暴警察深夜出动》一文，请各网站不再转载此文，已转载的要立即撤除，论坛、新闻跟贴、博客等互动栏目中也不得传播此类消息。
2006年7月21日21时22分 网管办值班

请各网站全面清理关于温家宝及其家属的负面报道，两天后检查，发现有此类报道的网站将受严厉处罚

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 30, 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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21 March 2006

Please immediately delete “Nationwide, 109 Professors Issue Open Letter to Call for Resistance Against Academic Corruption.”

20 March 2006

Please immediately delete the article about a doctoral supervisor at Wuhan University who is suspected to be involved in plagiarism.  Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

20 March 2006

Information Office Notice (Fan Tao): Please immediately delete the article “Strike Incident of More than 200 Shops in Beijing Yashow Fashion Market.”

19 March 2006

Concerning reports on the “Yuan Baojing Hired Murder Case” are not to be played up by all websites, corresponding information is to be pushed to the back stage without exception, close news trackers, forums are also not to discuss this. The concrete implementation is: it may be reported on channels, columns, communities and banners, but not put on the front page; forums may issue standard or simplified copy from Xinhua Net, etc., items playing this up or inciting matters are to be deleted.

18 March 2006

Everyone, according to Japanese media reports, a number of Japanese members of parliament are planning to inspect the Diaoyu Islands on 20 March, this matter remains to be verified, and is not to be reported for the moment without exception, for relevant reporting, use Xinhua copy without exception, forums and blogs are not to discuss this matter, do not send short messages.

18 March 2006

Supervision and management information notice from the Information Office: everyone, concerning the case of a Japanese female student being attacked yesterday evening at Beijing Language and Culture University, there is to be no reporting without exception, forums are not to discuss this, please at the same time notify all blogs and search engines.

18 March 2006

Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Office notice: Brothers, very sorry, tomorrow, focus on supervising and controlling information on Japan, and information on assemblies and demonstrations related to Japan. If it is there, immediately call 85223522.

17 March 2006

On the case of consumers suing the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, and requiring to convene a special hearing on “dispute settlement on water resources and water pricing,” please do not put it on the main page of web sites and the main page of news centres, and close trackers. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

17 March 2006

Please delete articles corresponding to “Wen Jiabao Attends East Asia Summit and Responds to Stupid Ichiro Koizumi’s Tough Speech, Shock!!!!!!” or “Of China’s Present 599 Intercontinental Nuclear Missiles, 299 Nuclear Missiles Are Aimed At Japan,” if you see them afterwards, because their content involves State secrets.

16 March 2006

The source of the article “During the Two Sessions, Beijing Puts In 165,000 Police Man Hours and Sends Away 2000 Beggars” is incorrect, please delete it.

15 March 2006

Please do not put the Beijing News article “Special Interview with Huangfu Ping: Guard Against Denying Reform Under the Name of Revisionism” on the front page of websites, in the important news area, putting it in the domestic news section will do, at the same time, close trackers on this news. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

12 March 2006

Please do not put the case of “an explosion in a house in Leye District, Guangxi, killing nine and injuring four” on the front page of websites and in the important news section, do not set up special subjects.

It is stressed again that the case of the strange death of Milosevic is not to be played up.

2006年3月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）
2006-03-21

“全国109名教授发公开信呼吁抵制学术腐败”，请立即删除。
2006-03-20

武汉大学博导涉嫌抄袭原北大教师论文被起诉一文，请予删除。收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-03-20

新闻办通知（范涛）：“北京岳秀服装市场发生200多户商户罢市事件”一文，请立即删除。
2006-03-19

有关“袁宝景雇凶杀人案”的报道，各网站不要炒作，相关消息一律压至后台，关闭新闻跟帖，论坛也不讨论。具体执行为：频道、专栏、公社、动力可报道但不推首页；论坛可发新华网等正规或简化报道，炒作及煽动性的删。
2006-03-18

各位，据日本媒体报道，日一些议员拟于3月20日视察钓鱼岛，此事尚有待证实，暂一律不得报道，有关报道，一律采用新华社通稿，论坛、博客不讨论此事，不发短信
2006-03-18

新闻办的监管信息通知：各位，关于昨晚北京语言大学一日本女留学生遇袭事件，一律不报道，论坛不讨论，请同时通知各自的博客，搜索。
2006-03-18

北京市公安局网监处通知：兄弟们，辛苦了，明天重点监控涉日信息，涉日集会、游行的信息。有就立刻打电话　85223522
2006-03-17

消费者状告北京市发改委，要求召开“自行解决水资源水价”听证会一事，请不要放在网站首页和新闻中心首页，关闭跟贴。收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-03-17

“温总理出席东亚峰会回应小犬蠢一郎强硬发言，震撼！！！！！！” 或者是“中国现有的五百九十九枚州际核导弹中的二百九十九枚核导弹是对准日本的” 由于个中内容涉及国家机密，请以后看到相关的文章请予删除。

2006-03-16

“两会北京投入警力16.5万人次遣散2000乞讨人员”一文，稿源不对，请删除。
2006-03-15

新京报稿件《专访皇甫平：警惕以反思之名否定改革》，请不要发网站首页、新闻要闻区，放置在国内新闻区即可，同时关闭此新闻的跟帖。收到请回复，谢谢。

2006-03-12

“广西乐业县民房发生爆炸9人死亡4人受伤”一事及后续报道，请不要放在网站首页和新闻中心要闻区，不要开设专题；

再次强调米洛舍维奇死亡一事，不要炒作。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 18, 2012 (here).

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

9 March 2006

Concerning reports on the reform of the Beijing Qianmen area, please do not reprint matters, where they are already reprinted, please immediately delete them. Forums are also not to discuss this matter.

Reports on the university student Wu Yujie being imprisoned for engaging in ticket scalping activities, are not to be discussed. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

9 March 2006

Please speedily delete “Man Leaving Crime Scene Beaten to Death, Bystanders Seek Help from Police Without Response.” Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

9 March 2006

News Notice (Fan Tao): Please make “Yujie” (personal name) into a keyword, filter all articles about this person.  Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

8 March 2006

News Notice (Chen Hua): Yesterday, after minister of foreign affairs Li Zhaoxing organized a press conference, Japan put forward an impertinent protest against us, websites are requested to strengthen management, do not disseminate information or comments about this matter, forums, trackers, blogs, etc., are not permitted to carry discussions of this kind.

9 March 2006

Everyone:

Please delete reports on the matter of serial murder of children in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang as soon as possible;

The text “The Chinese Communist Party Must Know How to Control the New Bourgeoisie” must not be permitted to appear on websites;

If there are online articles smearing the Lei Feng Spirit, especially the text “The Truth about One Corrupt Element: Lei Feng,” they must be firmly deleted;

If there are blogs set up by the earlier China Public Opinion Supervision Net leading person Li Xinde on your website, please delete them;

For reprinting the case of the only daughter of a Tsinghua University professor being throttled to death by a public transport ticket seller, please wait for our notification, do not reprint anything before then.

6 March 2006

Network Supervision notice: Focus supervision and control points from 4 March until 10 March:

(1) Online information trends concerning the national “Two Sessions”;

(2) Clues on activities of a number of retired military personnel, bank personnel “bought out of seniority,” households moved away because of confiscation, house owners and other groups planning, organizing and linking up for petitioning and “rights defense” activities, etc.;

(3) Domestic and foreign hostile forces playing up the “relay fasting activity” started by Gao Zhisheng and other situations.

(4) Pay attention to finding and dealing with the “Online Publication of an ‘Open Letter’ Incident” of People’s Policeman Wu Youming from Huangshi, Hebei and corresponding information;

(5) Pay attention to finding and dealing with information related to “the incident of Hui-Han clashes in Xinzheng, Henan,” as well as “Terrorist Suitcase Bomb Construction Plan.”

Explanation: the first item is a focus target for attention, delete negative reports on and attacking content concerning the Two Sessions! Items 2-5 are to be immediately deleted when found.

6 March 2006

Please delete the articles on Premier Wen opening a blog according to requirements.

6 March 2006

News notice:

(1) The matter of “serial killing of children happening in Jiamusi, Heilongjiang,” please do not put it on the main page of websites or the main news page. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

(2) Please remove surveys stating that 67% of citizens believe that the current amount of civil servants should be reduced from front pages and main news center pages of websites. Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

Attention: if it is not on the front page, it may be reported.

6 March 2006

Network Supervision Office notification: Articles on Wang Xiaoya having a dubious relationship with some high Ministry of Public Security official, Minister Zhou or Minister Zhou Yongkang may not be issued without exception, existing ones are to be all deleted.

4 March 2006

Information Office notice: Everyone, the Political Consultative Committee member Wu Bowei stating that receiving read envelopes may make doctor-patient relations more harmonious, no website may report this without exception, existing matters must be deleted as soon as possible, it may also not be discussed in forums.

3 March 2006

Please immediately delete the following content:

(1) Police ban unlicensed dispensaries creating havoc for villagers in 200 villages, villagers state unlicensed dispensaries’ prices are reasonable;

(2) A batch of improper professional personnel is to be repatriated during the Two Sessions period;

(3) Shenzhen deals with ringleaders unlawfully gathering crowds.

3 March 2006

Recently, a piece of news has circulated on the Internet, entitled “Beijing Railway Station Traffic Police Inspect Driver Violating Regulations Are Blocked – And Kneel Before 70 Year Old Lady In Street.” The said new has had great repercussions in society. Some netizens have seized the opportunity to slander Beijing police, vainly attempting to play up this matter, and creating an opposing situation between the masses and the police.

On the instruction of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau director, your company is requested to strengthen supervision strength, and news or comments related to “Beijing Railway Station Traffic Police Inspect Driver Violating Regulations Are Blocked – And Kneel Before 70 Year Old Lady In Street” are to be deleted without exception.

2 March 2006

Information Office notice (Chen Hua): In the case of four students jumping off buildings in the Huanan Agricultural University in Guangdong, websites are no longer to reprint reports and copy on this, existing copy is to be transferred to the back stage, forums and trackers are no longer to track this sort of posts

2 March 2006

Concerning the dispute  of Qiu Chengtong with professor Tian Gang, no online reporting is to occur without exception.

2 March 2006

Grasp the few matters needing attention in online forum discussions concerning Chen Shui-bian “ending his term.”

(1) Forums and other interactive columns must be strictly grasped according to relevant principles and policies of the Center on Taiwan, ideologies and actions are to be unified around the spirit of the Center, it is necessary to let the broad masses believe the Center has the determination, the capacity and the ways to smash “Taiwanese independence” forces’ plotting to split the motherland, and move the grand cause of reunification of the motherland forward.

(2) Online discussion must fully reflect that the realization of peaceful unification of the two shores, and stimulate the grand rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, is the common wish of the sons and daughters of China inside and outside the country, including Taiwan compatriots. The malicious nature of “Taiwanese independence” causing quarrels in the peace in the Taiwan Straits and causing stress in the relationships between the two shores must be deeply exposed, and it must be put forward that the line of Chen Shui-bian in insisting on “Taiwanese Independence” completely instigates opposition and conflict within Taiwan and between the two shores, and can only bring disaster to Taiwanese society.

(3) Interpretation of the important statements of our Party and State leaders must be strengthened, fully and deeply propagate the principles and policies of the Chinese side well.

(4) Declarations of foreign governments and overseas personalities that are beneficial to us must be timely transmitted.

(5) Discussions of netizens on “military unification,” “sending soldiers,” etc., must be earnestly grasped, they are not to be excessively concentrated, this sort of posts may not be more than two on the main page of forums and trackers.

(6) Articles or posts seizing the opportunity to attack or censure the Party and government, or attack the Central principles, policies and uniform deployment concerning Taiwan must be firmly blocked or deleted. Discussions seizing the opportunity to incite uproar or destroy social stability may not be encouraged to be signed or passed on online, illegal activities may not be encouraged.

(7) Strictly implement requirements on the scope of reprinting, do not gather news yourself, corresponding VIP interviews must be approved.

2 March 2006

Please inspect whether or not the content “Complete Notes and Pictures on the Appalling News of Cannibalism in Guangdong” is present on your website, if it is, please delete it. Furthermore, please notify the full-time public opinion officers to receive a message in his own mailbox, if they do not understand, let them contact us. Thank you.

2006年3月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）

2006-03-09

有关北京前门地区改造的报道，请不要转载，已经转载的，请立即删除。论坛也不讨论此事。

对从事倒票活动大学生武玉杰被刑拘一事不报道，不讨论。收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-03-09

“男子搬迁现场被打死 旁人向警察求助无回应”请迅速删除。收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-03-09

新闻通知（范涛）：请将“余杰”（人名）将为关键词，过滤此人的所有文章。收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-03-08

新闻通知（陈华）：昨天李肇星外长举行记者招待会后，日本对我提出无礼抗议，请网站加强管理，不传播有关此事的消息、评论，论坛、跟帖、博客等也不允许刊发此类言论
2006-03-09

各位：

黑龙江佳木斯发生杀童连环案”一事的报道，请尽快删除；

《中国共产党要懂得驾驭新资产阶级》一文，不要让其在网站中出现；

如果网上有污蔑雷锋精神的文章，特别是《一个贪污分子的真相?D?D雷锋》一文，要坚决删除；

在自己网站中，如果有原中国舆论监督网负责人李新德开设的博客，请删除；

清华大学教授独生女被公交售票员掐死一案的转载，请等候我的通知，此前不要转载。

2006-03-06

网监通知：3月4日至3月10日监控重点

1、网上有关全国“两会”的信息动态；

2、部分军队退役人员、银行“买断工龄”职工、征地拆迁户、房产业主等群体策划、组织、串联上访“维权”等活动线索；

3、境内外敌对势力针对高智晟发起的“接力绝食活动”等进行炒作的情况。

4、对湖北省黄石市民警吴幼明“网上发表‘公开信’事件”及相关信息注意发现处置；

5、对“河南新郑市回汉冲突事件”以及“恐怖分子皮箱炸弹构造图”相关信息注意发现处置。

说明：第1项为重点关注对象，对于两会负面报道攻击性强的内容删除！第2-5项为审核时发现立即删除。

2006-03-06

请将要求温总理开博客的文章删除
2006-03-06

新闻通知

1、”黑龙江佳木斯发生杀童连环案”一事，请不要放在网站首页和新闻首页。收到请回复，谢谢。

2、调查称67%公众认为现有公务员数量应该减少，请从网站首页、新闻中心首页撤下。收到请回复，谢谢。

注意：是不上首页，可报道。

2006-03-06
网监处通知：有王小丫与公安部某高官或周部长、周永康部长关系暧昧的文章一律不发，已有的都删除.
2006-03-04

新闻办通知: 各位，政协委员吴博威称收红包可令医患关系更和谐的消息，各网站一律不得报道，已有的要尽快删除，论坛中也不得讨论。
2006-03-03

请立即删除下列内容――

1、警方取缔无证诊所遭200村民围困，村民称无证诊所价格合理

2、两会期间将集中遣返一批无正当职业人员

3、深圳处理违法聚众首要分子
2006-03-03

最近互联网上流行一则新闻，题为《北京站交警查违章司机受阻当街向70岁老太下跪》。该新闻在社会上产生很大反响。有些网民借机诋毁北京警方，妄图将此事炒大，造成民众与警方的对立局势。

经北京市公安局局长批示，请贵公司加强监控力度，对涉及《北京站交警查违章司机受阻当街向70岁老太下跪》相关的新闻、评论一律删除。
2006-03-02

新闻办通知（陈华）：广东华南农业大学连续发生4起学生跳楼事件一事，网站不再转发此类报道稿件，已有稿件转至后台，论坛、跟帖不再贴发此类帖文
2006-03-02

有关丘成桐与田刚教授的争论，网上一律不报道。

2006-03-02

把握好网上论坛有关陈水扁”终统”讨论几点注意事项

1、论坛等互动栏目要严格按照中央有关对台方针政策把握，将思想和行动统一到中央精神上来，要让广大群众相信中央有决心、有能力、有办法粉碎”台独”势力分裂祖国的图谋，推进祖国统一大业。

2、网上讨论要充分反映实现两岸和平统一、促进中华民族伟大复兴，是包括台湾同胞在内的海内外中华儿女的共同心声。要深入揭露陈水扁恶意挑衅台海和 平、制造两岸关系紧张的”台独”本质，指出陈水扁执意推行”台独”路线，在台湾内部和两岸之间全面挑起对抗冲突，只能为台湾社会带来灾难。

3、对我党和国家领导人重要表态要加强解读，充分深入宣传好中央的方针政策。

4、对外国政府和海外人士对我有利的表态要及时转发。

5、对网民”武力统一”、”出兵”等言论要认真把握，不过于集中，此类贴文在论坛和跟帖主页面不多于两条。

6、对借机攻击指责党和政府、攻击中央对台方针政策和统一部署的文章、帖文,坚决封堵和删除借机煽动闹事、破坏社会稳定的言论，不得在网上鼓动签名、串联和鼓动非法活动。

7、严格执行转载范围的要求，不得自采，相关嘉宾访谈必须经批准。
2006-03-02

请检查网站有无“广东人吃人骇闻全记录组图”内容，如有，请予删除。另外，请通知专职舆情员到自己的邮箱收一个邮件，如有不明白，让他们与我联系。谢谢。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 17, 2012 (here).

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SneezeBloid: Guizhou TV Operations Center Director @GuizhouTVZhangYi has revealed that Guizhou Satellite TV completely stopped airing commercials for Japanese businesses as of September 13. This move has stirred a bit of controversy online. Some netizens strongly favor the station’s action, while others note that camcorders and a lot of other TV equipment are all Japanese products.

【贵州卫视停播所有日本企业广告】据贵州电视台广告运营中心主任@贵州电视台张毅 透露，贵州卫视从13日开始，停播所有日本企业的广告。此举引起一些争议，有网友表示强烈支持；也有网友称，电视台包括摄像机在内的诸多设备都是日本产品。

Over the Wall: @helleon: Like livestock… //@Billows1975: I sneaked into a protest that was tightly controlled by the police. They were giving out free mineral water at the entrance, but they took back all the bottles before letting you past the police cordon. Some people held megaphones, eagerly waiting to shout the slogans printed out and provided. We were divided into four groups of about 100 people each. Under the police’s instruction, one group would shout the slogans, then let the next group move forward and do the same. There were several hundred police officers, as well as Beijing’s few helicopters circling overhead. Reporting from the Japanese embassy in Anjialou, Beijing.

纠 结滴无: 这和养牲口一样啊…… //@海涛1975: 我混入了抗议队伍，由警察的严密监控，入口处可以免费领取矿泉水，但进入警戒线之前水全部收回，有事先打印出来的口号，有人拿喇叭引领喊口号。分成四排一 百人左右一组，一组一组在警方的监控下去喊口号，之后追散下一组跟上。警察有几百人，北京唯一一架警用直升机在上空盘旋。安家楼日本使馆讯。

One Weibo cartoonist offers comic relief from the strange reports of Japanese cars burned and vandalized. A samurai presses the “flip car button” (an island in the Sea of Japan), turning over Japanese cars on the mainland and revealing the yellow stars of the Chinese flag. Meanwhile, Taiwan breaks into a sweat:

AmazeNews: @x2room: In the car flipping game, when you push the “flip car button,” the cars on the other side automatically flip over. It’s worked in multiple tests. Fun!

@设屋攻業X2R:《翻车键》翻车游戏，一按“翻车键”，就隔岸遥控自动翻车，万试万灵。好玩！

Read more about the ongoing Diaoyu dispute from CDT.

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An special police officer in Taiyuan.

Update: Additional photos added at end of article.

Mainland media outlet Hexun reports a display of police might in Taiyuan, Shanxi in preparation for this October’s leadership transition:

On the evening of August 22, 2012, the Taiyuan Municipal Police Department in Shanxi Province launched a “provincial capital public security and public incident prevention and control combined patrol demonstration” at the Taiyuan Coal Business Center.

The combined patrol officially started at 8 p.m. Taiyuan’s armed police, patrol police, special police, traffic police and all other divisions and units formed an all-weather, all-terrain 103-unit strong “golden shield” patrol squad. This high-density force has been set up to patrol public incident prevention and control activities and police checkpoints, as well to as aid the masses. It will maintain public order in Taiyuan during the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th session of the National People’s Congress.

2012年8月22日晚，山西省太原市公安局“省城治安防控联合巡逻启动仪式”在太原煤炭交易中心举行。

此次联合巡逻从8月22日晚20时正式开始，太原市的武警、巡警、特警、交警、各公安分局和派出所共同组成103支“金盾”巡逻分队，开展全天候、全方位、高密度的联勤联动、巡逻防控、设卡盘查和救助群众，保障党的“十八大”期间的太原社会治安稳定。

During the National People’s Congress, new leaders will ascend to the Politburo Standing Committee, the presidency and premiership. Xi Jinping is expected to take over from Hu Jintao as president and general secretary of the Communist Party. A reduction in the number of Standing Committee members from nine to seven is also anticipated. Authorities are particularly wary of unrest during the Congress in the wake of the Bo Xilai scandal.

Some of the images from this demonstration bear eery resemblance to Tiananmen. From Xinhua News Agency:

Read more about the upcoming leadership transition from CDT.

Translation by Harriet Xu.

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Following the clashes, the local police said in their microblog that the pipeline from the paper mill, which belongs to Japanese company Oji Paper, would be “permanently closed” and called on the demonstrators to go home.

[… A protester named ] Qin said there were 50,000 demonstrators, while a microblogger using the name Qidong Longhuisheng estimated numbers at 100,000.

“There are people everywhere, on walls, cars, rooftops, in streets,” said another microblog user writing under the name Jiaojiaotaotailang, adding that “the air is filled with the smell of alcohol, and there are sounds of breaking glass”.

Searches including “Qidong” were blocked Saturday on Sina Weibo, which has more than 250 million subscribers.

On Twitter, NPR’s Louisa Lim recounted weibo reports that the Qidong mayor and another official had been stripped naked (or at least shirtless) by protestors. Despite this, and in contrast with recent protests in Shifang, police appear so far to have reacted with considerable restraint [See update below]. This has been commended by some netizens, including one quoted by Offbeat China:

“[The mayor] didn’t call for tear gas or tanks to crack down the protesters. It’s an improvement. This mayor deserves some applause. Even better, he immediately announced that the project was permanently canceled.”

A local resident told Global Times on Thursday, however, that efforts to resolve the situation by other means had already proven unsuccessful:

“We have applied for a protest permit but the local government has refused to approve it. We will still walk the streets to express our opinion,” Gu [Bin] said, adding that the government has also refused repeated request to make public the environmental assessment report.

[…] “We have been demanding an answer for three years but every effort ended in vain. We won’t believe the government until they make clear what measures they will take to stop pollution from harming our health,” Gu said in an interview on Thursday.

Offbeat China’s post also includes photos of the crowds, police, ransacked offices, an overturned police car and the unclothed mayor; more photos can be found at QQ.com and at CDT Chinese. See more on the trend of environmental protests in China, including Han Han’s take on ‘The Liberation of Shifang’, via CDT.

[Updated at 16:40 PST]: At The New York Times, Jane Perlez explains the Qidong protests’ context:

The city is part of the vast Yangtze Delta region that has been an engine of China’s manufacturing power in the past decade.

Last year, Qidong was connected to Shanghai by a nearly 40-mile-long bridge, making the local economic enterprise zone, established by the local government to attract business, even more appealing to investors.

One of the most profitable industries in Qidong is the exporting of fish, including processed lobster and shrimp, to the United States. The city boasts freezers certified by the European Union for the export of fish to Europe.

Some of the protesters argued that the wastewater plant would discharge effluent into the sea and harm the fishing industry. But most seemed to be concerned about drinking water.

Reports circulated on Saturday evening of a crackdown in Qidong. A dramatic photograph by the AP’s Eugene Hoshiko showed massed riot police in place of the conventionally uniformed officers pictured earlier in the day. These armoured police reportedly arrived late on Saturday to guard government offices.

Chinese netizens reporting crackdown in qidong, hospitals full of injured, special police brought in from nantong, Internet/cellphones down

— Louisa Lim (@limlouisa) July 28, 2012

Source said the Qi Dong hospital is filled with ppl beaten hard by police. Several ppl dead in the afternoon.

— XQ (@MissXQ) July 28, 2012

At TIME, Austin Ramzy suggested that the violence could prompt harsher responses to future protests elsewhere, even as the pipeline’s cancellation encourages others to take their complaints to the streets.

The success in blocking the pipeline project in Qidong will undoubtedly inspire further environmental protests around the country, just as the success of the Shifang protest earlier this month inspired demonstrators in Qidong. But the scenes of violence and officials humiliated and injured in the streets could also heighten authorities’ fears of activism, and may lead to tough measures to dampen future protests.

“Whenever you have any violent confrontations, people may feel the repercussions politically,” says Dali Yang, an expert on Chinese politics at the University of Chicago. “But I do think it will stimulate reflection in terms of public policy making, particularly for those kinds of projects that affect many people, to allow for public comment. Having public participation is extremely important, and things would have not have gone this far in Qidong if they had done so.”

Having failed to satisfy the public through engagement, the local government instead tried to head off the protests with mass text messaging. (Their systems for this are apparently more advanced than the Beijing Meteorological Bureau’s.) Tea Leaf Nation translated some of these warning messages:

“Dear parents, after receiving instructions from superiors, we ask that, in order to maintain a harmonious and stable environment in Qidong, you do not organize, participate in, support or stand around to watch the group protests that have no permission from the government. We ask this so that you do not suffer any unnecessary harm! We ask that you cooperate! After you receive this please respond promptly with ‘Child’s name+Name of guardian+Acknowledgement+Guarantee to not organize, participate in, support or stand around to watch.’ We thank you for your understanding of our work.”

“All Students: We hope that during the summer you will respect and follow the law, obey traffic regulations, watch out for your personal safety, finish your summer schoolwork; with regard to that certain movement organized by society persons, strictly adopt the stance of not being curious, not participating, not supporting, not standing around to watch. Have a cultured, safe and meaningful summer vacation. Zhegui [Middle] School Administration.”

Local authorities have not received all the blame, however. Those of the protesters who turned to violence and vandalism have prompted deep unease among observers. Jian Shuo Wang, for example, wrote on Weibo (via Bill Bishop at Sinocism):

Seeing the development of the situation today, felt the pain. We crossed the line, seriously crossed the line, and started a bad beginning, not as restrained as Xiamen [the site of protests against a PX plant in 2007]. If you use violence to get what you want, you will get addicted to violence. Other party’s wrong deed is not the reason of your own wrong deed. Right goal always cannot prove the rightness of process. If we continue to follow the current thinking too far, China may enter into the next terrible violence-ruled circle.

Here is a boxun video on Liveleak:

See also a large collection of photos from Qidong taken by netizens and collected by CDT Chinese.

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ShifangSpecialPolice: #ADayInThePoliceStation Special Police Record: An exhausting morning, finally time for shift change and lunch. We are seriously hungry.

Josh Rudolph has translated a selection from this CDT Chinese screenshot. The original post now has close to 3000 comments.

YelangIsArrogant: Dogs.

WestWindChaseChaseChase: Dogs.

UnpolishedStone: Don’t be lackeys to the local despot!

HedongXugong: Three meals a day is the fundamental right of dogs, too!

DuanduanduanHelperResurrection:  Are you really from Shifang? If so, aren’t your parents and loved ones among the people? How can you commit crimes so casually? How can you brandish iron clubs? How can you raise your guns against the people?

PamperedSon_Insane: Once you’re full you can beat women and children to death. Eat up!

VictoriosLioftheFlowersandTrees: When our embassy was bombed, you protested; when America sold arms to Taiwan, you protested; when India started oil exploration in the South China Sea, you still protested; when Japan arrested a Chinese ship captain, you repeatedly protested; when the Philippines wanted to occupy the Scarborough Shoal, dammit, you still just protested. But when the people of Shifang threw a bottle of mineral water at you, only then did you raise your weapons.

Soul-stirring2011: Eat shit!

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The policeman yanked the black hood over Ai Weiwei’s head. It was suffocating. Written in white across the outside was a cryptic phrase: “Suspect 1.7.”

At the rear of a white van, one policeman sat on each side of Mr. Ai, China’s most famous artist and provocateur. They clutched his arms. Four more men sat in the front rows.

“Until that moment I still had spirit, because it didn’t look real,” Mr. Ai said. “It was more like a performance. Why was it so dramatic?”

On the morning of April 3, 2011, the policemen drove Mr. Ai, one of the most outspoken critics of the Communist Party, to a rural detention center from Beijing Capital International Airport, where Mr. Ai had planned to fly to Hong Kong and Taiwan on business. So began one of the most closely watched human rights dramas in China of the past year.

See more on Ai Weiwei, his detention and subsequent skirmishes with the authorities via CDT, and look for a nearby screening of Alison Klayman’s documentary, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry.

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