She has been working on legalizing same-sex marriage and has sent letters to NPC deputies every year since 2003, but was either informed that those proposals could not be sent to the legislature because deputies could not get the required 30 signatures from other delegates, or she simply received no response.

“Even if the proposal gets sent to the NPC, it might be buried under a pile of proposals from other deputies,” Li Yinhe said.

[… S]kepticism remains, even among gay couples. “If gay marriage was one day allowed in China, I wouldn’t dare get married with my lover here, because I could not predict how people would look at me and I wouldn’t be sure whether my future career would be affected by this disclosure,” college student Zhou Lü, who is planning to get married in the UK, told the Global Times, adding that regardless of policies or influences from the West, he is skeptical China’s traditional culture will ever really accept gay people.

Another initiative to raise the issue at the NPC came in a petition from almost 200 parents of gays and lesbians organized by a Guangzhou-based rights group. From Kaijing Xiao at ABC News:

In the open letter, the parents wrote: “Some of our children have been with their same-sex partners for almost 10 years; they care for and love each other deeply, but they are unable to legally authorize medical treatment for their partners when they are ill and in need of an operation. As the parents of homosexuals, we are often worried, because they cannot legally marry, and this impacts to various degrees their ability to adopt; authorize necessary medical treatment; inherit their partner’s assets, or even buy an apartment.”

[…] “We have followed the government’s one-child-policy,” Wang said in a phone interview. “My son doesn’t have any siblings. I don’t depend on the government to take care me when I’m old, so how can I trust the government would take care of my son when he is old? He wouldn’t have anyone to authorize medical treatment for him after I die.

“My child and many other gay kids are wonderful people,” she insisted. “They should have the right to get married and adopt children.”

See more on gay marriage in China via CDT.

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“They are fake parties, just a mirage created for the benefit of ordinary people, although most people are not fooled,” said Jin Zhong, editor in chief of Open Magazine, a Hong Kong political journal. “People who join them have a fantasy that they can influence the Communist Party.”

Such sentiments are vehemently rejected by the organizations’ leaders, who say the system works just fine, providing the government with detailed proposals and measured advice from those outside the Communist Party. Asked whether he hoped China might one day embrace multiparty elections, Wan Exiang, chairman of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, said such questions betrayed a Western fixation with electoral democracy.

[…] Zhou Zhongxiao, 30, an executive at an online dating site in Beijing, said his participation in the China Democratic League had provided an outlet for promoting his pet project: the preservation of traditional wedding rituals. “We provide a useful service by helping the ruling party govern the country,” he said, adding with impatience, “Why does a party always have to be seeking political power?”

Reuters’ new Connected China site provides a brief primer on the parties and their place in China’s political system:

China has eight so-called “democratic parties” but they don’t interfere with the dominance of the Communist Party. According to the government’s official website, “the CPC is the sole party exercising political leadership in this system of multi-party cooperation,” which has been “generally accepted by various parties and people across the country after decades of practice.”

The parties’ influence is limited and is “window dressing” that allows the government to say they listen to outside views, China observer Willy Lam told the BBC. Their membership rolls are comparatively minuscule, and they are barred from challenging the Communist Party’s leadership.

Heads of the parties hold vice-chairman positions on the National People’s Congress or the Chinese People’s Consultative Conference (CPPCC), according to pro-Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po. There has only been one non-Communist Party minister since China’s opening up – China Zhi Gong Dang (Party for Public Interests) chairman Wan Gang (万钢), who was appointed Minister of Science and Technology in 2007.

See more at Connected China via its glossary entry on the eight parties.

More influential than these eight formal parties are the unofficial factions and alliances within the CCP. At China Media Project, Wu Jiaxiang discusses these in terms of a liberal ‘market faction’, a conservative ‘Cultural Revolution faction’ and a mainstream ‘state planning faction’, while at BBC News last November, Cheng Li described the Party’s internal politics in terms of ‘populist’ and ‘elitist’ coalitions.

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The ministerial-level body, due to be approved within days at the annual session of the National People’s Congress, will follow the example of the US Food and Drug Administration.

It will integrate regulation and law enforcement in one agency.

[…] Despite numerous nationwide crackdowns, consumer confidence in the mainland’s food and drug industry has been shattered. The current system is tangled in red tape, with up to 13 government agencies controlling food and drug regulation and supervision.

The industrial and commerce authority, for example, is responsible for packaging, while the Ministry of Health handles food safety standards.

The Ministry of Agriculture steps in if animals are involved.

Academics and food safety watchdogs have long complained that the numerous agencies create blind spots and overlaps of power that contribute to the chaos.

Super-sized ministries may not fulfill their promised efficiency gains, however, as The Economist (via CDT) recently explained.

The structure of Chinese food production is also highly fragmented. Here, too, consolidation seems likely, as huge numbers of small-scale suppliers give way to a much smaller number of industrial-scale farms. While big agribusiness can bring its own problems, this trend is expected to greatly simplify food production chains and ease monitoring and enforcement of food safety.

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Central Propaganda Department: Matters Needing Attention During the Two Sessions: (1) Without exception, do not report on officials’ financial disclosure during the Two Sessions; do not comment; do not republish reports from foreign media. (2) During the Two Sessions, coverage of sudden incidents or mass incidents in Shaanxi Province must go through the Propaganda Department and then listen to planned reports. (3) For the time being, regional media must cease monitoring public opinion outside the borders of their jurisdiction. (4) Without exception, all information on the issue of anti-corruption which has not been verified by the discipline inspection commissions of your respective jurisdiction must not be reported. (5) Reduce the number of negative articles on home pages. The Internet Information Office [probably of the State Council Information Office] requests timely management of this task. Particularly ensure that social networking sites are taken care of. (6) Media personnel must not post information which is harmful to the government on their Weibo accounts. All weibos posted by media organizations, reporters, and editors must represent their respective work units. (7) Report less on interaction among the leadership. Do not report “shocking” news on representatives. Do not turn reporting on the Two Sessions into entertainment. Report more on the voices of grassroots representatives and committee members. (8) Reuse reports from authoritative media sources and complete coordinated reports [with these sources]. (9) Reports on learning from Lei Feng must not veer off course or have a negative influence. (10)  Coverage of congress amenities and work style and the Clean Plate Campaign must focus on new accomplishments, but reign in the scope [or reporting]. (March 3, 2013)

中 宣部：两会期间报道注意事项：1）涉及官员财产公示报道，两会期间一律不报道，不评论，不转发境外媒体报道。2）两会期间陕西突发事件及群体性事件，需报 经宣传部后，听从安排报道。3）各地媒体暂时停止跨地域舆论监督。4）所有未经各地党委纪律检查委员会证实的各类反腐信息，一律不要报道。5）减少首页负 面稿件数目，网络信息办公室要求处置的要及时处理，重点管理好社交网络。6）媒体从业人员微博不得发布对政治有害消息，媒体法人，记者，编辑微博所发内容 代表单位名义。7）少报道领导互动，不报道代表委员“雷人雷语”，不把两会报道娱乐化，多报道基层代表和委员声音。8）转发来源使用权威媒体报道，配合性 报道要做足。9）学雷锋报道不得偏离方向，出现负面影响。10）会风，作风，光盘行动报道重点在取得新的成就，但要把握好尺度。

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

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

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The upcoming NPC meeting will give the newly empowered Xi-Li duo a chance to reveal their objectives and new administration. Since being granted their power at the 18th Party Congress in November of last year, pledges have been made to crackdown on corruption and limit extravagance in the party, curb the nation’s massive pollution problem through green energy policies, and deepen economic reform. A piece from Bloomberg Businessweek comprehensively outlines what is to be expected at the NPC, noting that the nation Xi and Li inherit is much different than it was when Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao convened the 10th NPC as new leaders a decade ago:

As they try to deliver on [their] promises, Xi and Li face an unprecedented level of public scrutiny, with China’s online community expanding more than eight-fold since their predecessors took power 10 years ago. At stake is their ability to maintain the ruling Communist Party’s legitimacy as it adjusts to slower economic growth after an average of 10.5 percent expansion over the past decade.

“Xi and Li take over a nation characterized by far more large-scale corruption, inequality of wealth and environmental degradation than was the case a decade ago,” said Kenneth Lieberthal, director of the Brookings Institution’s John L. Thornton China Center. “The population is now demanding that the government treat it with greater respect.”

[...]China’s citizens have used the Internet to increasingly express discontent over issues from pollution to graft to income disparities. China added 51 million web users last year to bring the total to 564 million, underscoring the challenge faced by Xi and Li in ensuring the government’s message remains dominant.

As the party holds supreme power in the PRC, real policy decisions are usually made at plenary meetings of the CCP’s central committee, while the NPC (with help from the mass media) has acted more as a mechanism to guide public opinion. However, Brookings scholar Cheng Li thinks that the upcoming NPC will have more policy implications than in the past. Wall Street Journal reports:

First, there is a sense of urgency on the part of Mr. Xi to lift public confidence by initiating major policy changes, especially to please the middle class and to do so now rather than waiting another seven months.

Second, Mr. Xi is now in his “honeymoon period,” and he should cash in his political capital to carry out new policies promptly.

Third, in contrast to the previous 10 years when there was often policy deadlock resulting from the factional infighting of the top leadership, Mr. Xi now has a six-to-one concentration of power in the Politburo Standing Committee — a great advantage that should allow him to do substantive things .

And fourth, Li Keqiang is under tremendous pressure to demonstrate his leadership ability. Evidence seems to suggest Messrs. Xi and Li understand very well their need to support each other. Their different policy preferences can also complement each other, resonating well in different sectors and with different classes throughout the country.

In the lead-up to the NPC, there have been attempts to urge leaders into addressing sensitive topics at the NPC. Deutsche-Welle reports on an open letter calling for China to ratify a UN human rights treaty; and Channel News Asia notes that, after much public discussion and media coverage, the controversial re-education through labor system may be discussed.

For more on the soon-to-be-complete leadership transition, see Patrick Chovanec’s perpetually helpful primer, which includes an overview of the separation of powers in China.

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As part of Gu’s strategy, dozens of Yage staffers spent the workday surfing the Internet in search of negative news, comments and postings about government officials. Any official whose reputation seemed to be threatened would be contacted and offered Yage’s services as soon as negative information surfaced online.

High season for Yage’s business with local government clients was usually just before the National People’s Congress and China People’s Political Consultative Conference held every March in Beijing. It’s around conference time that officials typically come under attack from whistleblowers. It’s also when these officials are often willing to pay a premium to see negative publicity vanish.

[…] Arrested with Gu was Hu Chunyu, the financial news channel chief at Qianlong, a website tied to state-run media including the Beijing Daily newspaper, the Beijing Radio Station and Beijing TV. The site is managed by the Propaganda Department at the Beijing Municipality’s Communist Party Committee.

A few years after its founding in 2000, Qianlong started outsourcing part of its news production to public relations companies. In 2009, Yage won a more than 100,000 yuan-a-year contract to supply business channel content. Yage also won the right to post and delete articles on that web page.

[…] “We think Qianlong is shameless,” [a] source said. “But you really can’t cross it. It’s still one of the Beijing government’s official propaganda portals.”

Four Baidu employees were fired in July last year for carrying out paid deletions, and three of the four were subsequently arrested. At the time, Marbridge Consulting’s Mark Natkin told The Wall Street Journal that the problem was far more widespread: “There’s no major Chinese Internet company that has been able to completely avoid this sort of thing. It’s just very difficult to police everybody all the time.”

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping has urged all official organs to keep a frugal lifestyle and resolutely oppose extravagance.

Xi, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made the written comment on recent news reporting, noting that the fine Chinese tradition of “being diligent and thrifty” and the idea of “honor to frugality and shame to extravagance” should be promoted among all walks of life.

The masses have posed strong opposition to extravagance, Xi said, expressing deep sorrow when he thought of many people in poverty.

All government organs, institutions, state-owned enterprises and non-profit organizations as well as officials at various levels should set exemplary examples of putting an end to extravagance, Xi said.

In the lead up to the first session of the 12th National People’s Congress set to commence on March 5, Xinhua announces that extravagance will indeed be curtailed at this first meeting of China’s new parliament:

The NPC Standing Committee statement said expenditures will be tightened for the first session of 12th NPC. The intensity and duration of traffic controls during the session should be properly limited and road closures should be kept to a minimum.

There will be no flowers in NPC deputies’ hotel rooms and no welcoming ceremonies at the airport or railway stations, according to the statement.

All deputies will eat at buffets without expensive food or alcohol, while extravagant galas, gifts and performances will not be arranged.

NPC deputies will be encouraged to focus on key issues and avoid empty talk, while the media will be encouraged to report more on deputies from grassroots areas.

In an article summarizing state media coverage of the pledge, Reuters briefly describes NPC meetings of the past, and Xi’s campaign to improve official conduct:

Normally a bastion of sycophancy, as the hand-picked delegates seek to out-compete each other in lauding the Communist Party, the official Xinhua news agency said that would change when the largely rubber stamp parliament meets in March.

Incoming president Xi Jinping has made cutting back on extravagance and waste a key theme of his first few weeks in office since becoming party chief in November, seeking to assuage anger at corruption and restore faith in the party.

[...]Parliament is unlikely to be dull this year in any case, as it will mark Xi’s formal assumption of the title of president and the beginning of a new generation of leaders taking on the reins of state power.

Xi has already told officials to end their normal practice of giving stultifying speeches and pre-arranging fawning welcomes from local people and banished alcohol from military functions, as he tries to project a man-of-the-people image.

The party, which has shown no sign of giving up its tight grip on power, has struggled to contain public wrath at a seemingly endless stream of corruption scandals, particularly when officials are seen as abusing their posts to amass wealth.

See prior CDT coverage of the “seemingly endless stream of corruption scandals” that may have encouraged campaigns against extravagance.

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

1 March 2007, 16:04

All websites: Concerning the issue of unlawful construction in Qinglongtou Village, Fangshan District, there may be no reports.

2 March 2007, 17:10:17

All websites: Please appoint a special person to report situations daily during the “Two Sessions” period.

All websites: The national “Two Sessions” will convene tomorrow, during the period of the “Two Sessions,” all websites are requested to appoint a special person to report that day’s propaganda and reporting situation concerning the “Two Sessions” to the Network Management Office Network Management Section. Content reported by portal websites must include the number of articles (including pictures) issued between 12:00 the previous day and 12:00 of the day in question, the situation of content increase in the “Two Sessions” special subject, newly set-up columns, undertaken VIP interviews and titles, and audiovisual real-time report situations; websites other than portal websites may report all sorts of propaganda and reporting related to the content of the “Two Sessions” in integration with the specialties of that website. All websites are requested to report the above content before 14:00 of every day to Huang Jing at the Network Management Office Network Management Section (e-mail: huangjing@bjwgb.gov.cn, telephone: 671966780). All websites are requested to start reporting the situations starting from 12:00 this Sunday, when reporting matters, ensure that these are succinct and correct.

4 March 2007, 13:35

All websites: please link to the live broadcast URL of Qianlong Net (http://live.qianlong.com/live/news/2007/3/1920/2@1920.htm) on the main page of websites, with the title “The ‘2007 New Spring Well-Wishing Text Message Recommendation Selection Event Award Ceremony’ to Be Held at 15:00 Today” (on a red background), and begin transmitting the award ceremony at 15:00.

5 March 2007: 9:25

All websites: during the “Two Sessions” period, all websites are requested to appoint a special person to report that day’s propaganda and reporting situation concerning the “Two Sessions” to the Network Management Office Network Management Section. Content reported by portal websites must include the number of articles (including pictures) issued between 12:00 the previous day and 12:00 of the day in question, the situation of content increase in the “Two Sessions” special subject, newly set-up columns, undertaken VIP interviews and titles, and audiovisual real-time report situations; websites other than portal websites may report all sorts of propaganda and reporting related to the content of the “Two Sessions” in integration with the specialties of that website. All websites are requested to report the above content before 14:00 of every day to Huang Jing at the Network Management Office Network Management Section (e-mail: huangjing@bjwgb.gov.cn, telephone: 671966780). All websites are requested to start reporting the situations starting from 12:00 this Sunday, when reporting matters, ensure that these are succinct and correct.

5 March 2007, 13:59

I. (1) Please remove all column forms about the Two Sessions concerning “I have a question to ask the Premier, to ask the Foreign Minister, advice to offer,” etc., that directly create an interactive relationship with netizens to within the special subject on the Two Sessions, it is not permitted to directly put them on front pages and the important news section of news centers. (2) Netizens’ making statements shall first register and then make statements, anonymous statements are not permitted.

II. First Finance and Southern Metropolis Daily are non-standard copy sources, it is stressed again that from this day, they may not be reprinted, including that it is not permitted to reprint First Finance copy from International Online, Eastern Net and other focus news websites or Southern Metropolis Daily copy reprinted on Southern News Net of Southern Newspaper Net. If copy related to the national Two Sessions has been reprinted, please delete it.

III. All websites: Concerning the matter of the person who petitioned the Hebei Provincial Government, Ping Shuangxi’s “Journalist notification conference accusing the Hebei Public Security organs of persecuting petitioning masses,” no website may reprint this, interactive segments are not to disseminate or discuss this.

6 March 2007, 21:09

Concerning the matter of Chen Liangyu still being an NPC representative, do not open trackers without exception. Where they are open, please close them, thank you.

13 March 2007, 16:43

All websites: Please close trackers on images concerning “Tyranny on Chang’an Avenue During the Two Sessions Period” and corresponding information, push it to the back stage at the same time.

13 March 2007, 17:33

All websites: Foreign hostile forces disseminate “Son of a Bitch,” “Kill Kill Kill,” “Avenging the People,” and other harmful audiovisual information on foreign websites, all websites are requested to not reprint corresponding information, forums and blogs are not to reprint or discuss this.

15 March 2007, 14:51

All websites: Please immediately cease advertising and propaganda articles related to “Ant Strength God” capsules.

16 March 2007, 18:36:01, Chen Hua

The data concerning netizens’ questions to Premier Wen provided at Premier Wen’s press conference of this morning is corrected as follows: “Only on the Internet, more than 100,000 questions were asked to Premier Wen, the number of individual clicks exceeded 26 million.” All websites are requested to rapidly correct this.

2007年3月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）

2007年3月1日16时04分

各网:关于房山区青龙头村违法建设问题不得报道.
2007-03-02 17:10:17

各网：请指定专人在“两会”期间每天上报报道情况

各网：全国“两会”将于明天召开，在“两会”举行期间，请各网指定一名专人将当天“两会”宣传报道的情况上报网管办网管处。 门户网站上报的内容要包括前日12时至当日12时新闻发稿（含图片）的条数，“两会”专题里内容的增添情况、新开设的栏目、所开展的嘉宾访谈及题目、音视 频实时报道的情况； 门户以外的网站可以上报结合本站特点开展的与“两会”内容相关的各种形式的宣传、活动。 以上内容请各网在每天14时前，传网管办网管处黄婧（邮箱：huangjing@bjwgb.gov.cn 电话：67196678 ） 请各网从本周日12时前开始上报情况，上报时办求简短、准确。
2007年3月4日13时35分

各网:请在本网站首页以《“2007年新春祝福短信推荐评选活动抽奖仪式”今日15时举行》为标题（套红），链接千龙网的直播地址 （http://live.qianlong.com/live/news/2007/3/1920/2@1920.htm），并在15时准时开始转播抽 奖仪式。
2007年3月5日09时25分

各网：在“两会”举行期间，请各网指定一名专人将当天“两会”宣传报道的情况上报网管办网管处。 门户网站上报的内容要包括前日12时至当日12时新闻发稿（含图片）的条数，“两会”专题里内容的设置情况、新开设的栏目、所开展的嘉宾访谈及题目、音视 频实时报道的情况； 门户以外的网站可以上报结合本站特点开展的与“两会”内容相关的各种形式的宣传、活动。 以上内容请各网在每天14时前，传网管办网管处黄婧（邮箱：huangjing@bjwgb.gov.cn 电话：67196678 ） 请各网从今天14:00前开始上报情况，上报时办求简短、准确。
2007年3月5日13时59分

一．1、请把两会中关于“我有问题问总理、问外长、建言献策”等直接和网友发生互动关系的各个栏目形式，一律撤到两会专题页内，不允许直接放到首页和新闻中心要闻区。 2、网民发言应当是先注册后发言，不允许匿名发言。

二．第一财经和南方都市报为非规范稿源，再次强调，从即日起，不得转载，包括不得转载国际在线或东方网等重点新闻网站转的第一财经稿件、南方新闻网或南方报业网转的南方都市报稿件。有关全国两会的稿件，如已转载，请删除。

三．各网：有关河北省上访人员冯双喜“控诉河北公安机关迫害上访群众记者通报会”一事，各网站不要转载，互动环节不传播、不讨论。
2007年3月6日21时08分

关于陈良宇仍为人大代表一事一律不开跟帖.已开的，请关闭，谢谢
2007年3月13日16时43分

各网:关于”两会期间在长安街横行霸道！”的图片及相关信息请关闭跟帖,同时压后台
2007年3月13日17时33分

各网：境外敌对势力在境外网站传播”狗崽子”、”杀杀杀”、”为人民报仇”等有害视听信息，请各网站不要转载相关信息，论坛、博客、播客不转发、不讨论。
2007年3月15日14时51分

各网：请立即停止”蚁力神”胶囊的相关广告及宣传文章。
2007年03月16日 18:36:01 陈华

今天上午温总理记者招待会上有关网民向总理提问题的数据更正如下：“单就互联网上向总理提问题的已经超过10万多条，点击的人数超过2600万人次。”请各网站速更正。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 18, 2012 (here). This post is the 41st in the series.

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

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

28 February 2006

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

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

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

Please acknowledge receipt, thank you.

21 February 2006

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

A notice from Fan Tao was received:

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

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

17 February 2006

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

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

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

10 February 2006

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

10 February 2006

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

9 February 2006

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

9 February 2006

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

5 February 2006

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

 

2006年2月北京网管办发出的禁令
2006-02-28

“辽宁抚顺警察醉酒打死出租车司机抛尸荒野被判死刑”的报道，明天请撤到后台。

有关广州华南新城业主维权一事，如论坛中有煽动群体性事件的有害信息，请删除。

各网站要认真执行不围绕“两会”搞网民调查、不与传统媒体搞报道联动的要求。

收到请回复，谢谢。
2006-02-21

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

接范涛通知：

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

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

1、关于邮政体制改革和邮政法修订工作的报道通知

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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China’s top leaders have been choosing Western business suits over the native-grown Mao suit, or Sun Yat-sen suit as it is known in China (after the founding father of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen), ever since Hu Yaobang, top man in the Communist Party from 1981 until 1987, wore them. China’s most reformist leader, Hu tried to bring accountability and transparency to the government, requiring Han Chinese in Tibet to learn Tibetan and even supporting the use of forks instead of chopsticks. So it’s no surprise that he was the first major Chinese leader to choose a suit and tie. His liberalism brought his ouster, but the preference for Western dress stuck. As the 1980s and 1990s wore on, fewer and fewer photos depicted leaders wearing the Mao suit. Hu Jintao only deployed it for military parades, and it’s unlikely that incoming President Xi Jinping will favor the look, which he might associate with the suffering he and his peers experienced during the Cultural Revolution.

[…] There really may be no good option for officials when it comes to style. Given their fragile relationship with the governed and the high-stakes race with colleagues to achieve higher rank — a race in which success comes from avoiding controversy and building consensus — the current cloaks of invisibility may be their best choice. Hermès ties or Armani suits would probably invite accusations of graft, while Mao suits seem a dangerous throwback. In the end, it’s just better to be boring.

Reactions to some of the outfits at the Two Sessions meetings in March illustrate the point. CPPCC delegate Li Xiaolin, for example, wore a $2,000 salmon pink Emilio Pucci suit, photos of which were shared online paired with a picture of ragged, barefoot rural children. Ministry of Tofu collected over a dozen images of delegates’ luxury clothing and accessories, together with netizens’ scathing comments about how someone wearing a thousand-dollar belt could represent the masses.

While most at the 18th Party Congress dressed to blend in, a few stood out. The standard dress code did not apply to delegates belonging to China’s ethnic minorities, whose traditional dress and headgear made an ostentatious point of the congress’ diversity even as, according to Human Rights Watch’s Nicholas Bequelin, minority representation on the Party’s Central Committee dropped to the lowest level ever.

With much of the congress and its implications thickly wrapped in secrecy, observers drove the reading of sartorial tea leaves to new heights at the unveiling of the new Party leadership on Thursday.

Notice how the tie colors get more muted at the ends of the row?Xi gets the brightest red one.

— Andrew Jacobs (@AndrewJacobsNYT) November 15, 2012

@mcgregorrichard @gadyepstein Tis. And Zhang Gaoli’s bold tie pattern signals his reformist desires, checkered with the red of the Party.

— Isaac Stone Fish (@isaacstonefish) November 15, 2012

“Xi begins new era for China.” 1st Chinese leader in 23 years without ridiculous glasses

— Peter Schloss (@peterschloss) November 16, 2012

(In his Foreign Policy article, Frye notes the growing popularity of contact lenses and laser eye surgery.)

Colour-coded conformism does not stop at clothing and accessories:

Fleet of black Audis spotted from window in Great Hall of the People twitter.com/TomLasseter/st…

— Tom Lasseter (@TomLasseter) November 14, 2012

unbelievable, Zhu Rongji in this pic here w/ undyed hair (gray), that’s extraordinary in Chinese officialdom bit.ly/TvFyQH #18PC

— Michael Zhao (@MkZhao) November 8, 2012

@granitestudio Probably right.

— Michael Zhao (@MkZhao) November 8, 2012

Finally:

A source says our fashion piece neglected to mention that at least two of the men in the PBSC use brow-liner. FP regrets the omission.

— Isaac Stone Fish (@isaacstonefish) November 14, 2012

Behold yr new leaders wth pride!Their ties red&hair nicely dyed/The imperious looks/on a lineup of crooks/A perpwalk where none will b tried

— Leo Lewis (@Urbandirt) November 15, 2012

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Now,  a Weibo joke making the rounds:

trai·tor [trey-ter] 1. Someone who wields power in China but secretly stashes their money in the West; 2. Someone who holds a foreign passport but shamelessly represents the Chinese people at the Two Sessions.*

汉奸：1. 在中国掌权，在西方秘密存钱的人；2. 拿外国护照，依然在政协和人大恬不知耻地代表着中国人民的人。

* Some representatives at the National People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference are rumored to have foreign citizenship, even though China does not recognize dual nationality. Actress Gong Li emigrated to Singapore in 2008, after she left the National People’s Congress. Actor Zhao Benshan, also a former People’s Congress representative, is rumored to have emigrated to Canada, a charge he denies.

Translation by Josh Rudolph.

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Last April, Ai Weiwei was detained while boarding a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong. He was held secretly for 81 days before returning home. Article 73 legalizes this type of kidnapping.

Read more of the original Weibo posts here.

SellingCigarettes&Winemy_angel: If this criminal law article passes, the consequences are serious! Anyone could be detained because they “endangered national security.” Suddenly disappeared! Be careful making online comments! Where are human rights?

DesolateFogTheSoleReward: If Article 73 were to pass… immediately delete all microblogs, I’m scared.

AuthorJinManlou: March 14 will be the vote on changing Criminal Procedural Law. Article 73, Article 83, Article 188, endangering national security, secret detention, there will always be one that suits you. Now it’s the dark night of March 11. There’s still 48 hours. Repost! All the roads to North Korea are cast in silence! No one can escape!

YiChenSinaVerifiedByMe: What can you do in the name of national security? The answer is anything.

JiangnanMetropolisDailyLiuZuobao: One day you don’t come home from work. Your family, friends, classmates, co-workers–no one knows where you are. There’s not a single clue. The police courteously record a missing person report. Then one day, out of the blue, they send your family a bag of ashes. They say that because you were “harming national security” you were arrested. While in detention you died of a heart condition. It was natural. Keeping the body wasn’t convenient, so the government cremated you. This is not a fairy tale, this is the Criminal Procedure Law.

Size48Feet: More and more like the Nazis.

Golden800Million: Here’s a joke: A Chinese person is run over by the wheels of history. Before he can get to his feet,  he finds out history’s backing up.

OpinionCOOZIC: I smell a conquered nation.

EmpireIsEmpty: They’re quickly burying political power.

CantChangeUsAgain: After the family hears the news they kneel before their government comrades and say, “Thanks to the Party and the government for covering the cost of the bullet for us!”

XiyePhoto: Article 73, Article 83, Article 188, endangering national security, secret detention. There will always be one that suits you.

BearTrainingCloud: You don’t go along with the global standards of civility advocated by the United Nations. Instead, you raise the possibility of secret detentions as the will of the nation. As China moves down the road toward an open society, an atmosphere of terror increases, everyone finds themselves in danger and the country’s image is damaged. This is the only significance of Article 73.

SongZude: Only when the people are safe is the nation safe! If there are no people, there is no nation. The kind of laws passed exemplifies the level of the government in power. Zude thinks: dictatorship is dangerous. Laws must be passed prudently!!!

HopeSilenceTurnsGood: There’s more than just the case of changes to Criminal Procedural Law. Draft Law 109: people with mental illness must be forcibly treated by the government.

IWantExtraordinary: Isn’t that all you have to do is disobey the government’s dictatorship to endanger national security?

Southerner’s Song: “Murder Me”

Please, quickly, secretly, arrest me and murder me
I don’t want to be a traitor, don’t want to sell my country
And don’t want to start anything violent

You won’t wear red when you come to get me
You’ll either wear black or gray
You’ve betrayed your color
You’ve bared your souls
Hopeless and cold, and I cannot

Come on, quickly, kill me
I am ready
Use fresh blood to renew the color of life
Use death in place of the Sinful Motherland’s atonement

–March 12, 2012

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酱油委员 (jiàngyóu wěiyuán): soy sauce committee members

Derived from the phrase “get soy sauce”: One who is “getting soy sauce” is just a spectator, listening without making substantive comments or contributions.

Many Chinese citizens have complained that the structure and bloated size of the National People’s Congress (around 3,000 members) render most of its members powerless. Many proposals are supported by over 99% of the votes cast.

During the 2011 Two Sessions, people dubbed committee members who did nothing beside apply their rubber stamp “soy sauce representatives.” This video references “soy sauce representatives” who either do nothing or who “just sit around on the toilet waiting for inspiration to come to them.”

Man on dais: Representative Liu Xiang, what proposals do you have for this year's Two Sessions? Liu Xiang: I dunno, I'm just passing by to get soy sauce.

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