Even China’s soft-power triumphs, such as the 2008 Beijing Olympics, have quickly turned stale. Not long after the last international athletes had departed, China’s domestic crackdown on human rights activists undercut its soft power gains. Again in 2009, the Shanghai Expo was a great success, but it was followed by the jailing of Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo and screens were dominated by scenes of an empty chair at the Oslo ceremonies. Putin might likewise count on a soft power boost from the Sochi Olympics, but if he continues to repress dissent, he, too, is likely to step on his own message.

China and Russia make the mistake of thinking that government is the main instrument of soft power. In today’s world, information is not scarce but attention is, and attention depends on credibility. Government propaganda is rarely credible. The best propaganda is not propaganda. For all the efforts to turn Xinhua and China Central Television into competitors to CNN and the BBC, there is little international audience for brittle propaganda. As the Economist noted about China, “the party has not bought into Mr. Nye’s view that soft power springs largely from individuals, the private sector, and civil society. So the government has taken to promoting ancient cultural icons whom it thinks might have global appeal.” But soft power doesn’t work that way. As Pang Zhongying of Renmin University put it, it highlights “a poverty of thought” among Chinese leaders.

Nye’s Economist quote is from a 2011 article on ‘Sun Tzu & The Art of Soft Power‘ which was previously featured, with additional commentary, on CDT.

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A Party member and chief engineer for a State-owned enterprise in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, died in suspicious circumstances Tuesday while being held for investigation by the city’s commission for discipline inspection.

The People’s Procuratorate of Wenzhou said the man, Yu Qiyi, “suffered an accident” Monday night and died in hospital at 3:15 am on Tuesday. However, Yu’s family slammed claims his death was accidental, insisting photos circulated online [see Shanghaiist] show he had bruises and appeared to have been bitten.

[…] On Monday night, staff from Yu Qiyi’s company rang his family to inform them he had been hospitalized and his life hung in the balance. Family and friends rushed to the hospital, only to learn Yu junior had died and had bruising over much of his upper-body.

[…] The hospital listed the cause of Yu’s death as drowning, noting he was unconscious when admitted for treatment, his father said.

Another disputed shuanggui death occurred in September, when the family of a retired official from Hunan rejected official claims that he had committed suicide. Photos of his apparently bruised body led to speculation that he had been beaten and murdered: “Inspectors,” one netizen commented, “you guys are as fierce as Japanese bandits!”

The Dui Hua Foundation noted in 2011 that shuanggui—whose name refers to the “dual designation” of the time and place of an investigation—enjoys some popular support, fed by anger at official corruption and other abuses of power. “Sadly,” it added, “acceptance of shuanggui seems to have seeped into international human rights circles and resulted in a dearth of relevant research and advocacy.” But The Guardian’s Jonathan Kaiman reported that state media coverage of Yu’s death might signal positive, if limited, change:

Critics say shuanggui detainees, bereft of legal protection, are particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses. According to Flora Sapio, a law professor at the University of Hong Kong who has written a book on the subject, Xinhua’s sympathetic coverage could represent a high-level decision to begin addressing the rights of detainees while leaving the system fundamentally unchanged.

“What they’re trying to do is get people in the system to treat criminal suspects in a different way,” she said. “At the same time you, as the party state, want to be the only voice with the power to talk on matters of justice.”

The vast majority of shuanggui detainees stand no chance of rescuing their careers and many kill themselves in detention. Most cases are eventually transferred to the judiciary, where they usually end in death sentences or long imprisonments. Bo Xilai, the disgraced Chongqing party chief, spent 10 months under such detention before his case was sent to the courts in January. He has yet to be formally tried.

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At around 4pm on January 19, a Chinese naval frigate, while conducting routine training in relevant waters in the East China Sea, spotted an approaching ship-borne helicopter of JSDF. The frigate kept normal observation and alert, and fire control radar was not used.

At around 9am on January 30, a Chinese naval ship found itself closely followed and monitored by JSDF destroyer Yudachi while conducting routine training in relevant waters in the East China Sea. The radars on the Chinese naval ship kept normal observation and alert, and fire control radar was not used. Therefore, the Japanese side’s remarks were against the facts, said the statement.

What needs to be pointed out is that in recent years, Japanese warships and airplanes often conduct long time and close-in monitoring and surveillance of China’s naval ships and airplanes. This is the root cause to air and maritime safety issues between China and Japan. China has lodged representations to the Japanese side on a lot of occasions, said the statement.

Shang Jun summed up Chinese reactions at Xinhua:

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made another attempt on Friday to mislead the international community by demanding China apologize for the recent radar incident.

If there is an apology to be made for the latest unease in China-Japan relations, it should be from the Japanese side.

[…] By spreading false accusation and posing as a poor victim, Japan had intended to tarnish China’s image so as to gain sympathy and support, but a lie does not help.

A Chinese saying goes that “it is better for the doer to undo what he has done.” It is time for Japan to make sincere efforts to rectify its wrongdoing and mend relations with China, rather than playing petty tricks and stirring up tension.

Japan insisted that its own account was accurate, however, with the government reportedly “considering the extent of what can be disclosed” in terms of supporting evidence. From the AFP:

In reply, Kawai told the ambassador Japan expected Beijing to “sincerely fulfil its responsibility for an explanation” and take measures to prevent similar incidents, a statement said.

“We have made a cautious and elaborate analysis of this incident at the defence ministry and we have confirmed it,” Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said earlier.

“We told the Chinese side we cannot accept their argument and asked them for a sincere response,” he said.

Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said on Friday the public announcements had been made “after a special unit analysed data on the radar contact and confirmed it. There is no mistake about it”.

Still, one analyst found China’s denial encouraging, if not convincing. From Chris Buckley at The New York Times:

For all China’s vehemence, the statement by its Defense Ministry suggested that senior officials in Beijing wanted to avoid an escalating quarrel, said Denny Roy, a senior fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu who researches security issues.

“I think it’s a positive development that the Chinese would deny doing this, as opposed to saying, ‘Yes we did it, and we’ll do it again,’ ” Mr. Roy said. “For the Chinese to not want to be portrayed as an aggressor, I think, is a good sign.”

Many have wondered, particularly after it emerged that Abe was not informed of the incident for almost a week, exactly who is in charge of events around the islands. The Economist considered two possible answers:

Oddly, the January 30th incident came just as tensions seemed to be easing. There was talk of a fence-mending summit between Mr Abe, who took office in December, and Xi Jinping, China’s new leader. China has been using mainly civilian agencies rather than the navy to patrol the islands. And the Chinese press has not been uniformly bellicose. In Global Times, a Communist Party newspaper whose default mode is tub-thumping nationalism, two commentators this week separately urged caution, recalling China’s history of being set back in its development by Japanese aggression—in the 1890s and again in the 1930s and 1940s.

As a result, some Japanese politicians believe the provocation must have been a low-level decision by a commander on the ship. Katsuyuki Kawai, a foreign-affairs spokesman for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, thinks the incident would have embarrassed China, since “it gives the impression that China is a rogue state”. He says that the idea that China’s forces are out of control is the Japanese government’s “biggest fear”.

The alternative, however—that this is a deliberate policy sanctioned at the highest level—may be even scarier. And a new study of China’s foreign policy by Linda Jakobson of the Lowy Institute, an Australian think-tank, argues that Chinese treatment of the islands is in fact tightly co-ordinated, with Mr Xi in direct charge as the head of a new office set up to deal with the crisis. She cites an anonymous official involved in the decision-making, who suggests that Mr Xi knows the dangers but is being given “exaggerated assessments” by underlings keen that he should take a tough stance.

From Jakobson herself at The Diplomat:

From Beijing’s perspective, the decision by the Japanese government last September to purchase the islands from their private owner signaled the nationalization of the islands, an unacceptable change in the status quo. According to my sources, a step-by-step plan was devised by the new Diaoyu task force and then approved by Xi to deal with each possible contingency. The plan’s goal is to force the Japanese government to at a minimum acknowledge that the sovereignty of the islands is disputed. Japan’s current stance is that there is no dispute – the islands belong to Japan. A change in Japan’s stance would open up the possibility for both sides to use diplomatic channels to agree that vessels of each respective nation would patrol the disputed waters on alternate days to assert sovereignty. More importantly, it could facilitate discussions on sharing fishing rights in the disputed waters. Fishermen have been at the center of several disputes which have led to an escalation of tensions between the two countries.

The chain of events since Tokyo’s purchase of the islands would appear to confirm that a plan of this nature was drawn up. Beijing began sending civilian law enforcement vessels to patrol the area around the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands, crossing into the 12- nautical-mile territorial zone around the islands, with the intention of “protecting” China’s sovereignty. Next, aircraft of these law enforcement agencies were sent to patrol the islands, prompting Japan to send fighter jets to intercept what Tokyo views as intruders. It wasn’t long before Chinese and Japanese jets were both engaging one another over the islands. It is not known whether the most recent action by China, the locking of radar onto a Japanese vessel, was the next step in the task force’s plan, but it seems plausible.

The episode has prompted renewed calls for emergency communication protocols between governments in the region. From Michael Martina at Reuters:

“What we need in the South China Sea is a mechanism that prevents us turning our diplomacy over to young majors and young (naval) commanders … to make decisions at sea that cause a problem (that escalates) into a military conflict that we might not be able to control,” Admiral Samuel Locklear [commander of U.S. forces in the Asia-Pacific] told a conference in the Indonesian capital.

[…] Locklear said governments and their leaders had to understand the potential for things to get out of hand.

“In this case, I think that point has been made pretty clear,” he said in reference to international reaction to the dispute between China and Japan.

According to the Asahi Shimbun, plans for such protocols between China and Japan ran aground on the Diaoyu issue itself:

Plans included establishing communication links between high-level officials, including those at the Cabinet level, and agreeing which language and radio frequencies to use when aircraft pilots or warship commanders need to contact those on the other side.

In June, China and Japan agreed to try to put initial measures in place by the end of 2012. But the agreement was never signed because relations soured following Tokyo’s decision in September to put in state ownership three of the Senkaku Islands, five islets held by Japan but claimed by China.

[…] A senior official at the Defense Ministry said Beijing has dodged all requests for negotiations since September. The Chinese side typically cites “scheduling complications,” the official said.

“Beijing will not respond to our calls,” said a senior Foreign Ministry official.

Even before the alleged radar incident was made public, The Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman warned of the risk that a minor incident might spiral out of control: “The obvious danger” given America’s security guarantees to Japan “is that, as in 1914, a small incident could invoke alliance commitments that lead to a wider war.” Responding at Foreign Policy, Stephen M. Walt argued that Rachman’s account of World War I’s origins exaggerated the danger, but raised a different fear of his own.

[… T]he key point is that the European powers did not go to war in 1914 because a minor incident suddenly and uncontrollably escalated into a hegemonic war. The real lesson of 1914 for the present day, therefore, is to ask whether any Asian powers are interested in deliberately launching a preventive war intended to establish regional hegemony, as Germany sought to do a century ago.

The good news is that this seems most unlikely. […]

There is one feature of the East Asian security environment that is worrisome, however, though it bears little resemblance to pre-war conditions in 1914. Today, conflict in East Asia might be encouraged by the belief that it could be confined to a naval or air clash over distant (and not very valuable) territories and thus not touch any state’s home territory or domestic population. All Asian countries would be exceedingly leery of attacking each other’s homelands, but naval and air battles over distant islands are precisely the sort of military exchange one might use to demonstrate resolve and capability but at little or no risk of escalation. That’s the scenario that I worry about, but that is not what happened back in July 1914.

At least one source of potential trouble has reportedly been eliminated. Authorities in Beijing had ‘Tokyo Big Explosion’-branded fireworks removed from store shelves ahead of the New Year celebrations. From Keiko Yoshioka at the Asahi Shimbun:

“The Chinese are on a path of peaceful development,” the official quoted authorities as saying. “The Japanese could allege otherwise if they exploit this firework.”

[…] The official said the company has no political intentions and chooses names for its fireworks purely with a view to sales.

A firework named “I Love Diaoyu” remains on sale. Other options include “Ultraman,” “Aircraft Carrier that Boosts National Prestige,” and “Beijing Style,” a play on the title of a popular South Korean music track named “Gangnam Style,” by singer Psy.

Moreover, the official said the firework was a good thing because it gave purchasers a way to express their “rational nationalism” by venting feelings “without actually setting Tokyo on fire.”

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@XinhuaViewpoint: [Xi Jinping: CPC should put up with sharp criticism] At a February 6 Spring Festival event with non-Party members, Xi Jinping said, “We must continue to strengthen democratic supervision. The CPC should be able to put up with sharp criticism, correct mistakes if it has committed them and avoid them if it has not. Non-CPC personages should meanwhile have the courage to tell the truth, speak words jarring on the ear, and truthfully reflect public aspirations. We must reach the point where people say everything they know and speak without reservations.”

@ 新华视点：【习近平：对中国共产党而言，要容得下尖锐批评】习近平6日下午与党外人士共迎新春时说，要继续加强民主监督。对中国共产党而言，要容得下尖锐 批评，做到有则改之、无则加勉；对党外人士而言，要敢于讲真话，敢于讲逆耳之言，真实反映群众心声，做到知无不言、言无不尽。

While known liberals left comments, CEOs, professors, and other people with more to lose have also criticized Xi. Journalist Xia Youzhi (@夏佑至) suggests an end to “entrapment,” while property developer Ren Zhiqiang (@任志强) recommends “not sending those who offend you to re-education through labor.” The government’s penchant for punishing its critics leaves many questioning Xi’s motives for this call for “sharp criticism.”

For now, dissenting comments left for Xinhua Viewpoint have simply been silenced. Only praise and thumbs-up emoticons remain:

Via CDT Chinese.

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Wang has become the poster boy for the reformist camp in the party and a darling of the media. His image as a reformer has endured even as the reputations of both Hu and Premier Wen Jiabao have taken a beating: over the past decade, Hu has shown himself willing to use repression to “maintain social stability”, no matter the damage to society and the political and legal systems, while Wen’s image as a clean and upright politician has suffered after the devastating media reports on his family’s wealth.

There’s no doubt Wang stands out among senior party officials for his quick mind and lack of affectation. He was expressive, and knew how to dress up bureaucratic rhetoric to make it more palatable. He should also be credited for creating some room for debate on reform with his call to “liberate people’s thinking” and his push to strengthen civil society.

But as a member of the Guangdong press, I saw how Wang set back the media during his five-year rule. Freedom of speech is the foundation of all political and democratic reform. From this perspective, we can hardly give his performance a good appraisal.

One of the strikes against Wang, Chang argues, is the appointment during his tenure of Tuo Zhen as provincial propaganda chief. Tuo’s alleged conservatism and inflexibility are said to have taken hold gradually during his thirty-year climb from a start as a “crusading” reporter documenting the plight of the poor. From Teddy Ng at South China Morning Post:

Tuo, 52, started his career as a reporter at the Economic Daily in 1982, and went on to become the newspaper’s chief editor in 2005. In 2011, he was made a vice-president of Xinhua, and he moved to Guangdong in May last year.

He gained early fame for an award-winning story he wrote in 1983 about an engineer who lived in a dilapidated home and worked for a boss who owned four apartments.

Tuo was named one of China’s 10 most outstanding young people in 1993 and was made a senior reporter for the Economic Daily in 1994.

During his time at the newspaper, Tuo was involved in a series of reports on reforms launched in Tongling , Anhui province, when former Guangdong Communist Party chief Wang Yang was the city’s mayor.

He once said the fairness and objectivity of journalists should not be challenged, and the trust bestowed upon journalists by ordinary citizens should be a strong motivation.

By the time he reached Guangdong last year, the transformation appeared complete. At South China Morning Post’s Locustland blog, John Kennedy translated a Weibo post from a purported employee of the Nanfang Media Group, owner of the wayward Nanfang Zhoumo (Southern Weekly, or Southern Weekend) newspaper:

Rumour has it when Tuo arrived in Guangdong, he called up the heads of each newspaper for one-on-one chats, saying the party has entrusted them to hold the line on permitted speech together, that any lost ground will be lost for good.

Then he came out with a series of mortal blows: forbidding Guangdong media from reporting on corruption in other provinces, banning any commentary on negative news in far-off locations, constantly requiring that only the People’s Daily or Xinhua version of news be allowed to run. Southern Weekly in particular has been ordered to get prior approval for every story from the provincial propaganda department, which won’t let each issue go to print until it’s seen all major reports.

This week, Tuo apparently vindicated Chang’s comments by rewriting Southern Weekly’s traditional New Year greeting, without so much as informing the newspaper’s editors. The original article, Dai Zhiyong’s strident call for fulfilling “the dream of constitutionalism in China”, was replaced with anodyne sentiments about how close to fulfilling its dreams China had come. From David Bandurski at China Media Project:

Only if constitutionalism is realized and power effectively checked can citizens voice their criticisms of power loudly and confidently, and only then can every person believe in their hearts that they are free to live their own lives. Only then can we build a truly free and strong nation. . .

According to chatter on Weibo, there were three versions of the letter. The first was the original by Dai Zhiyong, from which the above translation comes. The second was the draft from editors at the newspaper. The third, the version that eventually went to print, contains further changes now being attributed to Tuo Zhen (庹震), Guangdong’s provincial propaganda chief, as well as an introductory message from Tuo Zhen.

[…] The full story here is not yet clear. But it looks as though two egregious violations of propaganda protocol are involved here. First, Tuo Zhen seems to have single-handedly made changes to the second version of the “New Year’s Greeting” after editors responded to his objections to the original. The result is Tuo Zhen’s version three. Second, Tuo Zhen seems to have added his own separate text unilaterally to the paper by penning the “Pursuing Our Dreams” message.

While the original editorial is strongly worded, voicing the hope that China’s Constitution will “cut its teeth” and become the real foundation of freedom in the country, the final version is entirely toothless.

A reference to legendary ruler Yu the Great added insult to injury, suggesting that he tamed disastrous floods not 4,000 but 2,000 years ago. A group of former Southern Weekly journalists expressed their anger in an open letter, accusing Tuo of undermining the central government’s credibility and urging his forced resignation. From a translation at China Media Project:

It is our view that Minister Tuo Zhen’s actions overstep the bounds (越界之举), that they are dictatorial (擅权之举), that they are ignorant and excessive.

It is our view that in this era in which hope is necessary, he is obliterating hope; in this era in which equality is yearned for, his actions are haughty and condescending; in this era of growing open-mindedness, his actions are foolish and careless; in this era that cares for learning and refinement, his actions are crude and thoughtless.

In recent days, the general attitude at home and overseas following the 18th National Congress has been one of optimism over China’s prospects. This optimism is grounded in the outlook and policy direction of the new leadership. That policy direction includes: Unswervingly pushing ahead with reform and opening, persevering in exercising power under the sunlight [i.e., in an open manner], firmly insisting on the basic principles of the Constitution, and resolutely opposing corruption and bureaucratism (官僚主义).

The actions of Minister Tuo Zhen, in Guangzhou and on the very front lines of reform and opening, are entirely contrary to this policy orientation.

By Saturday, South China Morning Post’s Teddy Ng reported, similar letters and statements had come from Southern Weekly’s editorial staff, more than fifty former interns, and Nanjing University’s journalism school. From Keith Richburg at The Washington Post:

Media experts said the demands for Tuo’s ouster set up a challenge that will be difficult for the government to ignore. “There is little room for the two sides to negotiate,” Zhang Lifan, a political commentator, wrote on his weibo account Friday. “The incident will testify to the direction of political reform.”

[…] Asked about the Southern Weekly controversy Friday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she did not know the specifics of the situation, which she noted did not pertain to foreign affairs. But she added: “In China, no so-called news censorship system exists. The Chinese government protects journalistic freedom according to the law.”

Discussion of the case on Weibo has been suppressed by blocks on relevant search terms already documented at CDT. In addition, some current Southern Weekly staff have seen their Weibo accounts suspended, according to the former employees’ letter. Both central and local authorities have sought to rein in media coverage of the issue: a Central Propaganda Department directive obtained by CDT ordered:

Urgent notice: Upon receipt of this message, controlling departments in all locales must immediately inform all reporters and editors that they may not discuss the Southern Weekend New Year’s greeting on any public platforms. (January 3, 2013)

The Chinese-language Global Times did comment on Thursday, urging cool heads. From a translation at Fei Chang Dao:

The truth be told, many media outlets have had the experience of taking certain opinions from the government on important reports. Having the government provide certain specific instructions on important reports is one device that is woven into the fabric of China’s news management. Overall, China’s reporting is increasingly open, and the general trend is a gradual reduction in the specific instructions from the government, but at the same time, there has been no change in the larger structure of media management.

The Chinese-language editorial was swiftly deleted, but a similar one remains on the English edition’s site:

The reality is that old media regulatory policies cannot go on as they are now. The society is progressing, and the management should evolve. Traditional media is integrating intimately with new media in China, resulting in frequent migration of professionals and different ways for them to pursue their personal interests. All these means the traditional regulation mechanisms no longer fit the new environment

But no matter how the Chinese media is regulated, they will never become the same as their Western counterparts. This should be the basic judgment of Chinese media professionals. China’s political system differs from the West’s, and the media cannot separate itself from a country’s political reality. The only way that fits the development of Chinese media is one that can suit the country’s development path.

While the controversy continued to rage, The Economist’s James Miles commented on its Analects blog on the constitutionalist current to which the original New Year greeting was intended to contribute.

The appeals for the party to respect the constitution’s provisions are part of what appears to be a new tactic by Chinese liberals to push for faster political change. On November 16th, a day after the party’s new leadership was installed, Yanhuang Chunqiu and academics from Peking University jointly organised a meeting in Beijing of around 100 intellectuals as well as a sprinkling of retired officials to discuss the constitution and the importance of upholding it […]. At the meeting a draft was circulated of what was called a “Proposal for a Consensus on Reform”. The thrust of its message was that if only the constitution were to be respected, China would become far more democratic. The document was made public on December 25th, with the names of 72 academics and lawyers attached.

The liberals’ decision to appeal to the constitution is likely to gather wide support among intellectuals, many of whom fear that any more overt challenge to the party could provoke a backlash. A petition for radical political reform issued four years ago resulted in police harassment of many of the thousands of people who signed it, as well as the sentencing of its chief author, Liu Xiaobo, to 11 years in prison. This time the authorities will find it harder to crack down. Thanks to the rapid growth of social media, especially microblogs, in the last couple of years, the liberals’ message is likely to spread.

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The rules had been heralded by a series of editorials in state media, including one from People’s Daily Online which framed the issue of internet regulation in terms of rule of law. From David Bandurski’s translation at China Media Project:

The internet is public space, and public order and good customs require the common efforts of web users, demanding that each web users “purify themselves” (自我净化), recognizing from the bottom of their hearts that the internet is not a utopia where they can do as they please, that it is not a “Garden of Peaches of Immortality” [i.e., a paradise] existing outside the law. But on this massive platform comprising 538 million web users and more than a billion mobile users, it is impossible byrelying on self-discipline alone to achieve regulation and order (规范有序) and to eliminate every single person with ulterior motives (别有用心者) or every doer of mischief (恶作剧者).

Without wings, the bird of freedom cannot fly high. Without rule of law, a free internet cannot go far. Today’s society reveres rule of law, and just as our actual society needs rule of law, so does our virtual society need rule of law. Cleaning up the online world demands the self-discipline of web users, but even more it demands the interventionist discipline (他律) of rule of law. Only by putting the “binds” of rule of law on the internet, by stipulating the lines of conduct and adding supervision according to the law (厘定行为边界，依法加以监管), only by making violators of the law bear the burden of illegality [as opposed to victims of crimes], only then can we possibly restrain irresponsible rumors, restrain the leakage of personal information, and make the internet clean again.

Following the Standing Committee’s decision, state media have emphasised provisions to protect privacy, and denied that the rules are aimed at suppressing netizens’ celebrated exposure of official wrongdoing. From Gui Tao and Huang Xin at Xinhua:

Online muckraking is not necessarily incompatible with a requirement to provide genuine identification. Many whistleblowers prefer to use their real names, as they feel this will give their claims more weight.

Other reports state that the identity policy will clamp down on the freedom of speech in Chinese cyberspace. But the accusers should know that freedom without limits or responsibility is chaotic and dangerous. No one should enjoy the freedom to spread malicious rumors or libel, even online. The rule should only be feared by slanderers who wish to take advantage of online anonymity.

For law-abiding netizens, the rules passed on Friday will only better safeguard their lawful rights and privacy. The rules, which stress the protection of Internet users’ privacy, stipulate that citizens have the rights to demand service providers to delete online information that discloses their identities or infringes upon their own rights.

[…] Instead of depriving netizens’ freedom and entitlement, the rules protect the legal rights of every Internet user. The rules will ultimately help to create a better online environment in China.

Global Times aimed for a similarly reassuring tone:

Overall, the Chinese Internet is free and responsible, but also has moments of chaos and illegal activity. Infringements upon people’s rights and privacy can easily be found on the Internet. The new legislation, in this regard, is likely to become a turning point in terms of online regulation. Most of its 12 articles respond to the high expectations of the public for changes to the Chinese Internet.

Of course, there are concerns. Despite its chaotic nature, the Internet has been playing a role as a supervisor of the government from the bottom up. As a truly effective and tough supervision mechanism has yet to be formed within the system, supervision from the Internet is important to make up for it. This is a huge contribution the Internet has made to China’s construction of democracy, and no one wants to see it weakened.

In reality, there is no crackdown on the public’s supervision via the Internet, because this wouldn’t help China’s progress.

But meanwhile, we cannot simply cover up all the problems of the Internet just because it dares to criticize. There is urgent need for the Internet to have order, and this cannot be achieved through moral self-discipline only, but requires assistance from the law.

Xinhua’s Gui and Huang also played down the significance of the new real-name rules, arguing that many such requirements already exist. But according to The New York Times’ Keith Bradsher, they are now likely to become both more widespread and more strictly enforced.

Any entity providing Internet access, including over fixed-line or mobile phones, “should when signing agreements with users or confirming provision of services, demand that users provide true information about their identities,” the committee ordered.

[…] The regulations issued Friday build on a series of similar administrative guidelines and municipal rules issued over the past year. China’s mostly private Internet service providers have been slow to comply with them, fearing the reactions of their customers. The committee’s decision has much greater legal force, and puts far more pressure on Chinese Internet providers to comply more quickly and more comprehensively, Internet specialists said.

[…] The requirement for real names appeared to be aimed particularly at cellphone companies and other providers of mobile Internet access. At the news conference, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Zhao Zhiguo, said that nearly all fixed-line services now had real-name registration, but that only about 70 percent of mobile phones were registered under real names.

Whether or not the new rules stem the flow of online exposés, argued NPR’s Frank Langfitt, “it’s also clear that muckrakers can only aim so high.”

LANGFITT: […] Luo Changping is deputy editor of Caijing, one of China’s more aggressive and independent magazines. Earlier this month, he posted on his Chinese Twitter account allegations about a high-ranking official in Beijing. Luo said the official had fabricated his masters’ degree and helped defraud Chinese banks. So far, Luo says, the charges have gone nowhere. […] Many domestic media are not allowed to report on this case, he said, and frankly, Luo was hesitant to discuss it.

CHANGPING: (Through translator) My phones certainly have been monitored, including my office phone, home phone and cell phone. I can feel that. Sometimes phones will be cut off, and you can hear echoes.

LANGFITT: Luo says without the rule of law and a truly open press, piecemeal exposes can only do so much. He’s not optimistic. […] If there are no systematic changes, he says, I think fighting corruption on a case-by-case basis doesn’t have much effect. It’s really just a power struggle between officials.

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Pictionary Curse: Fish (鱼 yú) plus veggie chicken (素鸡 sùjī) plus 7-Up (七喜 Qīxǐ) may sound like it equals a delicious meal, but in Shanghai dialect, it spells “Go die, Secretary Yu.” This and many images like it have been pulled off the Internet.

As of December 25, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function):

Studies in Leadership: Xinhua launched a profile series of China’s new central leadership this Sunday, showcasing the human side of incoming president Xi Jinping and Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) members Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, and Yu Zhengsheng. Netizens are going after the egregious Photoshopping of Li Keqiang, glaring omissions from Yu Zhengsheng’s story, and an outlandish statement attributed to Zhang.

- Li Keqiang + PS (李克强+PS): “PS” can mean “Photoshop” or “to Photoshop.” A 2004 image of Li accompanying his profile is clearly Photoshopped.
- Xinhua + PS (新华社+PS)
- Yu Zhengsheng + older brother (俞正声+哥哥): Yu Qiangsheng’s defection to the United States in 1986 has become a hot topic following the release of the Yu Zhengsheng profile.
- Yu Zhengsheng + family (俞正声+家族)
- Veggie chicken (素鸡): “Fish Veggie Chicken” emerged as a nickname for Yu Zhengsheng during his tenure as Party secretary of Shanghai. The nickname alludes to “Secretary Yu” (俞书记) pronounced in a Shanghai accent. “Fish Veggie Chicken” was first blocked in early September, when word that Yu could be nominated to the PSC began to circulate.
- Zhang Dejiang + power car (张德江+动车): Power cars are used in high-speed trains. The Xinhua profile of Zhang states that after the July 2011 high-speed rail crash in Wenzhou, Zhang “gave a clear instruction that no one should bury the wreckage.”

Church of Almighty God: Authorities continue the crackdown on this cult, which saw a resurgence of activity around Mayan “Doomsday” predictions.
- Almighty God (全能神)
- Real God (实际神)
- Eastern Lightening (东方闪电)

Other:
- seven Standing Committee members (七常委)
- often atrophy (常萎 cháng wěi): Sounds the same as “Standing Committee members” (常委)
- long atophy (长萎): Same as above.
- elders (长老): Refers to the PSC.
- River Elegy (河殇): The groundbreaking 1988 CCTV documentary about the decline of Chinese civilization.

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

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

You can see all of CDT’s collected sensitive words in this bilingual Google spreadsheet.

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Growing unrest in Qinghai province in recent months apparently is worrying local leaders. Earlier self-immolations had been largely concentrated in the adjacent province of Sichuan. The uptick in tensions in Tibetan portions of Qinghai suggests deepening distrust of local party leaders. Tibetans activists lament what they describe as forced cultural assimilation, political and religious repression and environmental degradation as some of the problems that underlay the self-immolations and wider unrest across the region.

Authorities in Huangnan are also pledging to “block harmful outside information,” according to Thursday’s state media report. It said authorities had already begun dismantling satellite and other equipment used to broadcast overseas programming. Authorities described the programming—much of it produced with the backing of Western governments—as “anti-Chinese” and vowed to increase access to Chinese state-backed programming instead.

Reuters reports that 300 monasteries have been affected by the TV seizures:

The government in Huangnan said its approach in tackling self-immolations comprised of “guiding public opinion on the Dalai issue”, increasing patrols and “blocking outside harmful information”, according to the news agency, which is managed by the Qinghai government.

“At this critical moment for maintaining social stability in Huangnan prefecture … (we must) strengthen measures and fully fight the special battle against self-immolations,” the article said.

“We do not know anything about it,” an official from the Huangnan prefecture government told Reuters by telephone, when asked to confirm the report, before hanging up.

The efforts to guide public opinion have included a series of articles and videos distributed abroad through blocked services like Twitter and YouTube. A representative China Daily article, ‘Monks vent anger at self-immolation‘, stressed the effects of self-immolations on local businesses, shocked passers-by, and scarred and reportedly repentant survivors, whom it portrayed as innocent dupes of the Dalai Lama and his manipulative and villainous agents:

People used to gather and watch the acts of self-immolation, but now the act has been disguised, said Ngarnang, director of Aba county’s information office. “We have seen a trend whereby the location of these acts has moved from the county seat to the countryside, because it is less public. After all, the Dalai Lama and his followers just need the photographs and videos to use in their propaganda campaign. They know they won’t get any support from the local people.”

[…] Lorang Konchok took advantage of his position as a Geshe, a name given to monks who hold an exclusive degree in Buddhist studies. He told local monks and followers that self-immolation was not against Buddhist doctrine and that those who performed the act were “heroes”.

However, he admitted that he had no intention of becoming a “hero” himself. “I won’t self-immolate because I am scared of the pain,” said Lorang Konchok at the detention center in Aba prefecture in early December. “I didn’t regard them (self-immolators) as heroes until two other monks, Samdam and Dorah, told me so. They also told me they could help publicize those who set themselves on fire.”

[…] Police later discovered that Lorang Konchok was behind five other acts of self-immolation this year, including that of a young man who also took his own life in March. Two people were also forced to flee their hometown to avoid Lorang Konchok, who harassed them and urged them to commit self-immolation. They did not return to their homes until Lorang Konchok and Lorang Tsering were apprehended by the police.

Facts about the self-immolations in Tibetan Areas of Ngapayoutube.com/watch?v=ID1hI5…

— Xinhua News Agency (@XHNews) December 26, 2012

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Unmasking an “Internet criminal” with the real-name registration system. (Guangming Daily)

Central Propaganda Department: In the near future, Xinhua News Agency, People’s Daily, and other central media outlets will successively report typical cases of threats to Internet safety and infringement on citizens’ personal information. All media and websites are kindly asked to republish these documents in their entirety. Do not modify titles or content. Do not voluntarily collect reports and commentary related to Internet safety management, especially those voices which challenge Internet safety management. (December 19, 2012)中宣部：近期新华社、人民日报等中央媒体陆续刊播危害网络安全侵犯公民个人信息的典型案例，请各级媒体和网站全文转载，不改动标题内容，不自行组织有关涉网络安全管理的报道评论，尤其是刊播质疑网络管理的声音。

Central Propaganda Department: Do not sensationalize the issue of insufficient funds for pensions in urban areas reported in the Academy of Social Sciences China Pension Report 2012. (December 19, 2012)

中宣部：不炒作中国社科院《中国养老金发展报告2012》中有关城镇职工养老金收不抵支的问题。

Central Propaganda Department: All media outlets are asked to prominently carry “Internet a Major Disaster Zone for Leakage of Private Information” from the People’s Daily and “Punish Internet Criminals, Strengthen Online Information Protection and Management” from Xinhua’s “Letter from a Journalist” series. (December 19, 2012)

中宣部：请各媒体20日在重要版面转载人民日报《个人信息泄露，网络是重灾区》和新华社“记者来信”的《惩治网络违法犯罪，依法加强网络信息保护和管理》两篇稿件。

These censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to those 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 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 translations are by Rogier Creemers of China Copyright and Media.

10 January 2007, 18:45

All websites: Concerning our enterprises buying energy abroad and the activities of strategic resource enterprises, only reprint information from People’s Daily, Xinhua and other main central news work units for online reporting, deal with it in a low-key manner, it is prohibited to play this up. Forums and blogs may not discuss this.

10 January 2007, 18:45

All search engines: Please ensure that there are no search results for the following keywords: “Beijing Television General Editor,” “Beijing Television General Editor Zhang Xiao,” ” Beijing Television Vice-General Editor,” “Beijing Television Forbidden City Film Company President Zhang Qiang,” “Forbidden City Film Company President Zhang Qiang,” “Cai Wenyan” [Translator's note: four different combinations of characters pronounced "Cai Wenyan" are given].

10 January 2007, 19:00

All search engines, please ensure that there are no search results for the following keywords: “Beijing Television General Editor,” “Beijing Television General Editor Zhang Xiao,” ” Beijing Television Vice-General Editor,” “Beijing Television Vice-General Editor Zhang Qiang,” “Beijing Television Forbidden City Film Company President Zhang Qiang,” “Forbidden City Film Company President,” “Beijing Forbidden City Film Company President Zhang Qiang,” “Forbidden City Film Company President Zhang Qiang,” ” Cai Wenyan” [Translator's note: four different combinations of characters pronounced "Cai Wenyan" are given].

Please acknowledge receipt!

10 January 2007, 19:14

“Beijing Propaganda Department Director Cai,” “Beijing Propaganda Department – Cai,” “Beijing Propaganda Department Director,” “general offensive against corruption,” “Central Discipline Inspection Committee – Beijing – Cai,” “Jia – in charge,” ‘Beijing’s general offensive against corruption begins”, “Cai’s successful official career,” “Beijing’s general offensive against corruption,” please make the above into keywords for screening so there are no search results.

16 January 2007, 16:10

All websites: please delete the China News Agency article “Zhang Shougong Replaces Jiang Zehui as Director of the Chinese Academy of Forestry,” wait for official copy from Xinhua, when reprinting Xinhua copy, please close trackers.

11 January 2007, 17:50

All websites, please make “Beijing, Propaganda Department Director” and “Liu Xiangzhong” into keywords for screening, ensure that there are no search results.

13 January 2007, 17:31

On the visit of the United States Deputy Secretary of State, only use Xinhua copy, do not engage in online interviews; for the United Nations decision to sanction Burma, only use Xinhua copy, do not play up opposition between China and the U.S.; on the kidnapping of Chinese citizens in Nigeria, only use Xinhua copy, do not conduct interviews, do not report the Nigerian declarations; concerning the matter of the United States threatening sanctions against companies cooperating with Iran, only use Xinhua copy, do not make comment-type articles, do not open trackers, forums are not to discuss this. All the above must be watered down.

13 January 2007, 22:51, Beijing Municipal Network Management Department, Zhang Lei

All information concerning the New Academic Club in Henan is to be deleted immediately upon discovery, forums and blogs are not to discuss this.

15 January 2007: 10:42, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

All websites: the United States Department of Defense has published a game, its name is “A Stronger Force,” there are to be no reports without exception about this game, existing reports are to be removed without exception.

16 January 2007, 10:26, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

Recently some websites posted harmful information that a lecturer at Peking University disseminated on a so-called Liu Hulan was beheaded by a fellow villager, leading to a negative influence. All websites are requested to remove related articles and discussions as soon as possible from all columns and editions.

17 January 2007, 11:21, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

A batch of new keywords is to be added:

“Cai Fuchao under investigation on the one hand and shows face on the other, displays that the force of corruption puts up stubborn resistance,” “under investigation on the one hand and shows face on the other – puts up stubborn resistance,” “Cai Fuchao under investigation on the one hand,” “Cai Fuchao – under investigation on the one hand and shows face,” “Cai Fuchao – under investigation on the one hand,” “Cai Fuchao – shows face on the other,” “under investigation on the one hand and shows face on the other,” “displays that the force of corruption puts up stubborn resistance,” “the force of corruption puts up stubborn resistance,” “force of corruption – puts up stubborn resistance,” “corruption – puts up stubborn resistance,, “Cai Fuchao – the force of corruption,” Cai Fuchao – puts up stubborn resistance,” “Beijing Municipal Committee Standing Committee – Central Discipline Inspection Committee,” “Beijing Municipal Committee Standing Committee – under investigation,” “Beijing Municipal Committee Standing Committee – investigation,” “Cai Fuchao – investigation,” “Beijing Municipal Committee Standing Committee – economic problems,” “Cai Fuchao – economic problems,” “Cai Fuchao – something happened,” “Cai Fuchao – Duowei,” “Beijing Municipal Committee Standing Committee – Duowei,” “Central Discipline Inspection Committee – Cai Fuchao – economic problems,” “Beijing Municipal Committee Standing Committee – Cai Fuchao – economic problems,” “Propaganda Department director – economic problems,” “Beijing Propaganda Department director – economic problems,” “Cai Fuchao – Ma Zhipeng,” “Ma Zhipeng – Cai Fuchao – economic problems.”

17 January 2007, 18:31, Beijing Municipal Internet Management Office Internet Propaganda Management Service Platform

“Ministry of Communication’s Letter of Response to Professor Gao Jiawei” is false news, all websites are requested to delete corresponding information as soon as possible, forums, blogs and other columns are not to repost or discuss this. Websites’ duty managing comrades receiving this, please acknowledge, and please deal with this immediately.

17 January 2007, 17:25:46

Pay high attention to the situation concerning “Gao Qinrong,” it is said that Gao will be a guest at Yahoo, Sina, Sohu, and other portal websites to “talk about the facts of his injustice,” please admonish all websites that invite Gao to be a guest on that website.

16 January 2007, 18:03:32

All websites: Please pay attention to the following points in reports concerning the previous Thai prime minister Thaksin: (1) Do not report the situation of the activities in China of Thaksin and his family members; (2) Do not comment on situations in Thailand related to Thaksin; (3) Do not play up Thaksin’s coming to China, do not set up special subjects for content related to Thaksin.

17 January 2007, 20:17

The newest notice: Concerning China University of Politics and Law professor Gao Jiawei’s letter to the Ministry of Communications on the issue of the Ministry of Communication’s levying road tax as well as the false news “Ministry of Communication’s Letter of Response to Professor Gao Jiawei,” there is to be no reporting without exception. Please deal with this immediately!

15 January 2007, 09:04:03

Add a few keywords, please ensure similarly that there are no search results.

Add the instructed content: “Asia Weekly,” “News Eye,” “Asia Weekly News Eye,” “Asia Weekly – News Eye.”

2007年1月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）

2007年1月10日18时45分

各网：关于我企业在境外并购能源、战略性资源类企业 活动，网上报道只转发人民日报、新华社等中央主要新闻单位 消息，低调处理，禁止炒作。论坛和博客不得讨论。
2007年1月10日18时45分

各搜索引擎:请将以下关键词设为搜索无结果,”北京电视台总编辑”,”北京电视台总编辑张晓”,”北京电视台副编辑”,”北京紫金城影业公司总经理张强”,”紫金城影业公司总经理张强”,”蔡文艳”,”蔡文燕”,”蔡雯燕”,”蔡雯艳”.
2007年1月10日19时00分

各搜索引擎：请将以下关键词设为搜索无结果–”北京电视台总编辑”、”北京电视台总编辑张晓”、”北京电视台副总编辑”、”北京电视台副总编辑张 强”、”北京紫荆城影业公司总经理”、”紫荆城影业公司总经理”、”北京紫荆城影业公司总经理张强”、”紫荆城影业公司总经理张强”、”北京紫金城影业公 司总经理”、”紫金城影业公司总经理”、”北京紫金城影业公司总经理张强”、”紫金城影业公司总经理张强”、”蔡文艳”、”蔡文燕”、”蔡雯艳”、”蔡雯 燕”。

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2007年1月10日19时14分

“北京宣传部长蔡”、”北京宣传部长 蔡”、”北京市宣传部长”、”反腐总攻”、”中纪委 北京 蔡”、”贾 主政”、”北京反腐总攻开始”、”蔡官运亨通”、”北京反腐总攻”，请将以上关键词屏蔽为搜索无结果。
2007年1月11日16时10分

各网：请将中新社“张守攻接替江泽慧出任中国林科院院长”一稿删除，等新华社的正式稿件，转载新华社稿件时请关闭跟帖。
2007年1月11日17时50分

各网：请将“北京，宣传部长”、“刘向忠”设为关键词屏蔽，设成搜索无结果。
2007年1月13日17时31分

美副国务卿来访，只用新华社通稿，不做在线访谈；联合国表决制裁缅甸，只用新华社通稿，不要炒作中美对抗；对中国公民在尼被劫，只用新华社通稿，不 做访谈，对尼方表态不报；对美国扬言制裁与伊朗合作公司一事，只用新华社通稿，不发评论性稿件，不开跟贴论坛不讨论。以上均要淡化处理。
2007年1月13日22时51分 北京市网管办张磊

关于河南新学术俱乐部的一切信息发现后立即删除，论坛、博客不讨论。
2007年1月15日10时42分 北京市新闻办扬乐

各网:美国国防部推出一款游戏,名为”更强的力量”,关于这款游戏一律不报道,已有的报道一律删除.
2007年1月16日10时26分 北京市新闻办扬乐

近日，一些网站贴发北大一教师散布的所谓刘胡兰死在乡亲铡刀下的不良信息，导致负面影响。请各网站尽快从各栏目和版块将有关文章和言论删除。
2007年1月17日11时21分北京市新闻办扬乐

增设一批新的关键词

“蔡赴朝边被查边露面，显示腐败势力正负隅顽抗”、“边被查边露面 负隅顽抗”、“蔡赴朝边被查边露面”、“蔡赴朝 边被查边露面”、“蔡赴朝 边被查”、“蔡赴朝 边露面”、“边被查边露面”、“边被查 边露面”、“显示腐败势力正负隅顽抗”、“腐败势力正负隅顽抗”、“腐败势力 负隅顽抗”、“腐败 负隅顽抗”、“蔡赴朝 腐败势力”、“蔡赴朝 负隅顽抗”、“北京市委常委 中纪委”、“北京市委常委 被调查”、“北京市委常委 调查”、“蔡赴朝 调查”、“北京市委常委 经济问题”、“蔡赴朝 经济问题”、“蔡赴朝 出事”、“蔡赴朝 多维”、“北京市委常委 多维”、“中纪委 蔡赴朝 经济问题”、“北京市委常委 蔡赴朝 经济问题”、“宣传部长 经济问题”、“北京宣传部长 经济问题”、“蔡赴朝 马志鹏”、“马志鹏 蔡赴朝 经济问题”
2007年1月17日18时31分 北京市网管办互联网宣传管理服务平台

“交通部给高家伟教授的回信”是虚假新闻，请各网站尽快删除相关信息，论坛和博客等栏目不转贴、不讨论。网站值班同志收到请回复，请立即处理
2007-01-17 17:25:46

高度关注“高勤荣”的有关情况，据说高要作客雅虎、新浪、搜狐等门户网站“诉说冤情”，请务必告诫各网邀请高勤荣做客本网站。
2007-01-16 18:03:32

各网：关于泰国前总理他信在华的报道请注意以下几点?? 1，不要报道他信及家人在华活动的情况； 2，对与他信有关的泰国局势不做评论； 3，不炒做他信来华，不就他信的相关内容建立专题。
2007年1月17日20：17

最新通知：关于中国政法大学教授高家伟就交通部征收养路费问题致交通部的信以及广州日报的虚假新闻“交通部给高家伟教授的回信”一律不报道。请立即处理！
2007-01-15 09:04:03

追加几个关键词，请同样设为搜索无结果

追加指令内容： “亚洲周刊”、“新闻眼”、“亚洲周刊新闻眼”、“亚洲周刊 新闻眼”

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 12, 2012 (here).

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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 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.

Central Propaganda Department: Regarding personnel changes and the disclosure of personal finances of officials at the provincial level and above, without exception employ Xinhua wire copy, do not change headlines, and do not independently produce other reports or commentary. (December 4, 2012)

中宣部：对省部级以上官员工作岗位职务变动以及官员财产申报相关问题，一律采用新华社通稿，不改标题，不自行作其他报道评论。

Central Propaganda Department: In covering international issues, especially those involving Japan and North Korea, strictly adhere to the approach of Xinhua wire copy and declarations by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Do not voluntarily investigate or comment these issues. (December 4, 2012)

中宣部：对国际问题特别是涉日、朝的报道严格按新华社通稿和外交部对外表态口径刊播，不自采自评。

Central Propaganda Department: Follow previous notices and requests in reporting on Mo Yan’s trip to Sweden to receive the [Nobel] prize. Utilize copy from Xinhua, CCTV and similar major media outlets. Do not reuse related information from online sources or foreign media. (December 7, 2012)

中宣部：对莫言赴瑞典领奖的报道按此前通知要求，采用新华社、央视等中央主要媒体的稿件，不转载网上和境外媒体相关消息。

Central Propaganda Department: All media are not to republish, report, or comment on the report issued by the civic group Beijing Xing which says 90% of migrant workers in the construction industry do not have contracts or insurance. (December 7, 2012)

中宣部：对民间组织北京行发布报告称九成建筑业农民工无合同无保险，各媒体不转载不报道不评论。

Central Propaganda Department: All media are not to republish, report, or comment on the online rumor that Beijing Traffic Management Bureau Director Song Jianguo has been investigated. (December 7, 2012)

中宣部：对网传北京交管局长宋建国被调查，各媒体不转载不报道不评论。

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An angry employee set fire to a Shantou factory on December 4. 14 people died in the blaze.

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 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.

Guangdong Propaganda Department: Without exception, do not report or comment on the villager sit-in at the municipal government in Liantang Township, Shantou on the afternoon of December 3. (December 4, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：12月3日上午汕头莲塘镇部分村民到市委门前聚集静坐一事，一律不做报道评论。

Guangdong Propaganda Department: This afternoon (December 4) a fire broke out in a lingerie factory in Xinxixi Village, Zhendian Township, Chaonan District, Shantou City. If reporting on this incident, all media are to publish and broadcast according to the wire copy issued by the Shantou Municipal Propaganda Department. Do not exaggerate or play up the story. (December 4, 2012)

广东省委宣传部：今天（4日）下午汕头市朝南区陈店镇新溪西村乡一文胸厂发生火灾，造成人员伤亡。各媒体如报道，按汕头市委宣传部发布的通稿刊播，不渲染炒作。

Central Propaganda Department: Regarding the serious aviation accident in the Jinping district of Shantou City on December 4, all media are to report strictly according to Xinhua wire copy. Do not put this news on the front page and do not lure readers to the story. Do not accompany reports with photos. Do not produce any other form of report or commentary on this. (December 4, 2012)

中宣部：4日汕头市金平区严重飞行事故，各媒体及网站严格按新华社通稿刊播，不上头版导读，不配照片，不做其他任何形式的报道评论。

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Socialism with Chinese characteristics.

In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005 to 2007. According to Canyu, the directives were issued by the Beijing Municipal Network Propaganda Management Office and the State Council Internet management departments and provided to to Canyu by insiders. China Copyright and Media has not verified the source.

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

23 October 2006, 19:00, Beijing Municipal Network Management Office, Duty manager

Please do not reprint the Lookout Oriental Weekly article “Chongqing Civil Servants Write Short Messages Remonstrating Against Present-Day Evils to More than One Hundred People for Survey,” where it has been reprinted, please immediately remove it. This article may also not be posted in forums or blogs.

24 October 2006, 9:08, Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau Network Supervision Office, Sun Ying

Delete the video concerning the Jiangxi Gan River Academy students making trouble, please delete text and images after backing up and investigate IPs.

24 October 2006, 15:30, Network Management Office, Duty manager

Mass-type student events successively occurred in the Jiangxi Gan River Vocational Academy, the Jiangxi Apparel Academy and other people-run academies, this matter is still extending, all websites are requested to strengthen management, it is prohibited to post text, images or video information in forums, news trackers or blogs concerning the mass-type student incidents in Jiangxi higher education institutes, please earnestly inspect online situations, timely delete this sort of information.

24 October 2006, 13:27, Beijing Municipal Information Office

I. All websites are to remove news concerning SK-2 cosmetics to the back stages, this is no longer to be discussed in forums and blogs.

II. News of beautiful women collecting pictures of the lower body half of men online, is no longer to be played up, remove it to the back stage, do not guide discussions in forums and blogs.

24 October 2006, Haidian Bureau Science, Technology and Information Communication Office

Notice concerning Guaranteeing Internet Information Security during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Period

All websites:

The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Beijing Summit will be convened from 1 November to 5 November in Beijing, more than 3400 delegates from more than 40 will participate in this summit, which is one of the major foreign affairs events in our country this year, in order to provide a good and harmonious network atmosphere for the Forum, and guarantee Internet network information security during the period of the Forum in our district, the following work requirements are hereby notified:

(1) All work units are requested to strictly implement network security management systems, formulate emergency guarantee plans for the Forum period, immediately implement a specialist duty management structure, and report the name and contact telephone number of the duty manager to our office before 30 October through e-mail (e-mail: hdwj@263.net.cn);

(2) In order to guarantee that management is conducted even better over websites having established forums, chat rooms, BBS, electronic announcement columns, and other service programs, and effectively prevent the occurrence of sudden incidents, all websites providing forum services are requested to open up super-user management powers for our office’s network supervision and inspection office (being the powers to delete content), and report this to our office before 30 October through e-mail;

(3) During the Forum period, it is necessary to persist in an approval first and posting later system for posts, focus supervision and control on sensitive topics and active columns, vigorously discover harmful information, and especially where situations such as mass-type public order incidents, Falun Gong, etc., occur, it must be achieved that as soon as they are discovered, they are immediately deleted, and attention must be paid to timely preserving clues and timely reporting our office. Contact telephone: 82571260, contact person: Yu Haiyang.

Haidian Bureau Science, Technology and Information Communication Bureau

24 October 2006

15 October 2006, 10:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office

All websites’ articles concerning SK-2 are no longer to be reprinted in the important news section of the news center, posts are not to be recommended on the front page, no longer produce new special subjects or special columns, existing special subjects must be put on the back stage, new report articles are no longer to link to the original special subject.

26 October 2006, 10:51, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chai Yue

All websites are requested to immediately delete the text content of “Masterstroke Confuses Bureau” issued in the “News Investigation” column of CCTV on 23 October. Related higher education institute mass-type incidents may not be reported without exception, and management over forums, blogs, instant communication and other interactive columns must be strengthened, delete all corresponding text, image and video content.

26 October 2006, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Notice concerning Further Doing Online Propaganda and Reporting Work of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress Well

All websites: Studying, propagating, and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress is an important political task in the present and future periods’ Internet news and propaganda work, Qianlong Net and all main commercial portal websites must further do propaganda, reporting, and management work concerning the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress well, and strive to create a harmonious online public opinion atmosphere.

I. General requirements

Earnestly implement the general requirements and uniform deployment of the Center, fully give rein to the superiority and characteristics of the Internet, deeply propagate the spirit of the important speech of General Secretary Hu Jintao at the Plenum, deeply propagate the “CCP Central Committee Decision concerning Some Major Issues in Building a Harmonious Society” (hereafter simply named “Decision”), promote studying and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Committee, create a strong online public opinion atmosphere for welcoming the victorious convention of the 17th Party Congress, building a Socialist harmonious society, completely constructing a relatively well-off society, and initiating a new picture for the undertaking of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, further enhance recognition and understanding of the outside world of all of our principles and policies, work measures and China’s development progress situation.

II, Propaganda focus points

Strengthen online propaganda and reporting on the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, the key is to grasp the following points well and achieve the seven deeps: first, deeply propagate the spirit of General Secretary Hu Jintao’s important speech and the major significance of the “Decision”. Propagate the deep elaboration of General Secretary Hu Jintao concerning building a Socialist harmonious society, the important deployment to implement the spirit of the Plenum, as well as the correct requirements put forward to do the present work well. Propagate the guiding ideology, objectives and tasks, work principles and major deployments on building a Socialist harmonious society put forward in the “Decision.” Second, deeply propagate the importance and urgency of building a Socialist harmonious society. Propagate that social harmony is an essential property of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is an important guarantee for the country’s wealth and strength, the vitalization of the nation and the happiness of the people. Third, deeply propagate the guiding ideology, objectives, tasks, and principles for building a Socialist harmonious society. Fourth, deeply propagate the series of important measures of the Center concerning building a Socialist harmonious society. Fifth, deeply propagate the strengthening of Party leadership over the construction of a Socialist harmonious society. Sixth, deeply propagate the real actions of the entire party and the people of all ethnicities in the entire country in deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the Plenum and welcoming the victorious convention of the 17th Party Congress. Seventh, deeply propagate the fine aspirations and real actions of the Chinese Communist Party and the Chinese government in persisting in marching the peaceful development path, and proposing the construction of a peaceful world.

III. Propaganda arrangements

(1) All websites are to set up “6th Plenum” and “Harmonious Society Construction” special subjects. On the main page of websites and main news pages, continuously strengthen reporting of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress. The special subjects must be maintained in the first position of the focus special subjects, and real-time news is to be used in the important news section to create a special subject entry point; after all websites roll out a real-time news special section, they shall put real-time news on the 6th Plenum in the first position, and make it into a special subject entry point.

(2) Timely reprint focus articles and focus reports from focus Central news and network media. The People’s Daily, Xinhua, and other main Central news media will successively publish a series of theoretical articles, expert interviews, hot spot interpretations, comments, and discussions in the near future, and roll out a batch of advanced models in building a harmonious society, websites must timely follow up, and prominently, timely, and correctly reprint these reports.

(3) Meticulously design special subject column content, strengthen attractiveness and infectiousness. All websites must earnestly plan special subjects, ensure that propaganda on home pages and main pages and special subject or special column propaganda is mutually coordinated and mutually resonating, and fully use text, images, audiovisuals, and many other propaganda methods to shape momentum and shape influence.

(4) Open up an online study and tutoring garden. All websites are to give rein to the dissemination superiority of the Internet, and provide online study and tutoring support for the propaganda of the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Committee. They must provide inquiry services for important documents, materials, and data to netizens, and may invite expert academics for online interviews under the condition of asking the Municipal Network Management Office for permission, to provide theoretical and policy tutorial services.

(5) Arrange propaganda on forums, blogs, and other interactive columns well. Constructive discussion topics may be set up, strengthen propaganda through VIP interviews, special subject discussion, excellent article recommendations, hot spot listings, online article soliciting, and other methods, to vigorously and actively guide netizen discussion.

(6) Strengthen reports on studying and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress in Beijing. Qianlong Net will set up a special Beijing column, and strengthen reports concerning Beijing City studying the spirit of General Secretary Hu Jintao’s important speech and the “Decision,” and timely reprints important articles and reports from the Beijing Daily and other municipally-subordinate traditional media; all other commercial websites must appropriately strengthen reports on all walks of life studying, propagating, and implementing the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress.

IV. Strengthen guidance and management over online public opinion. In the near future, public opinion guidance work in the following few areas must be stressed, all websites are to strengthen management over trackers and forums with reference to them. First, the nature and deep connotations of the Socialist harmonious society must be completely elaborated. Second, it must be fully explained that building a harmonious society reflects the Party’s persistent putting the basic interest of the broadest people as the starting point and stopover point for all Party and government work. Third, it must be deeply elaborated that the Party and government pay even more attention to the development of social undertakings, pay even more attention to resolving the problems of imbalanced development, and promote the coordinated development of economy and society. Fourth, guidance must be strengthened over social security, labor, and employment, education fairness, healthcare and hygiene services, and other hot sports and issues that the masses are concerned about. Fifth, public opinion guidance over running the web in a civilized manner and using the web in a civilized manner must be continuously strengthened, forcefully build an online harmonious culture.

V. Assessment and rewards. In order to encourage all websites to do propaganda and reporting of the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, the Municipal Network Management Office will conduct assessment and rewards of all websites’ propaganda situation concerning the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress. At the end of November, the Municipal Network Management Office will organize experts, to comprehensively mark all websites’ arrangement of special subject positions, special subject content, propaganda forms, propaganda and public opinion guidance in interactive columns, website and news front pages, management situations, etc., and the first three sites will be given material and spiritual awards, those with insufficient propaganda are criticized (comparative assessment and award standards are notified separately).

VI. Propaganda requirements. First, training for website editors concerning the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress must be strengthened. The Municipal Network Management Office will organize and convene special subject lectures to study the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress. All websites must also internally organize editors to focus on studying the spirit of General Secretary Hu Jintao’s important speech and the spirit of the “Decision,” to raise their understanding of the spirit of the 6th Plenum of the 16th Party Congress, raise the level of online propaganda work, and realistically implement online management work measures. Second, a harmonious network must be forcefully built, and harmonious culture construction stimulated. All websites must strictly implement laws, regulations and rules, standardize news sources, and resist false news; correctly grasp well the propaganda specifications, proportions, strength, and rhythm. The major theoretical viewpoints and major policy deployments put forward by the Plenum must on the one hand be propagated on a grand scale, and on the other hand, it is necessary to strive in terms of complete understanding and correct grasping, to assist the broad cadres and masses to deeply comprehend the new viewpoints, new thoughts, new measures, and new requirements put forward by the Plenum. Third, network management must be grasped, creating harmonious online public opinion. Propaganda and reporting of the spirit of the 6th Plenum has a strong political nature, policy nature, and theoretical nature, all websites must strengthen management and strictly abide by propaganda discipline. They must pay close attention to online public opinion, strengthen management over forums, news trackers, blogs, mobile phone messages, and search engine services, they must timely and firmly block and delete harmful information that seizes the opportunity to attack the Party and the government, attack the Socialist system, disseminate so-called major personnel arrangement rumors, disseminate illegal mass incidents and activities, incite incidents influencing social stability, destroy the unity of the nation, violate State religious policies, etc. For uncertain cases, instructions must be sought from the Network Management Office, and it must be examined first and issued afterwards.

Beijing Municipal Internet Propaganda Management Office

26 October 2006, 11:53, Beijing Municipal Network Management Office

(1) Concerning the Jinghua Times news “19 Melon Growers Claim Damages From Ministry of Agriculture,” this has been verified, the said report is inaccurate, all websites already having this news are to push this to the back stage without exception.

(2) Starting tomorrow, look for articles concerning traffic control during the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation period every day, and issue it in in the important news section.

26 October 2006, 12:43, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chai Yue

All websites are not to use the word “live” for the Chirac speech.

26 October 2006, 18:08, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

Concerning discussions on real-name systems for blogs, do not make this into special subjects, do not publish headers on blog pages, do not conduct surveys, do not engage in contention, controversy, name-signing, etc.; forums are not to actively set up topics. Concerning these topics, they are to be removed without exception from main pages of websites and main news pages, the main pages of blogs and forums, approving voices must occupy the mainstream.

27 October 2006, 14:23, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

Instructions concerning the news “Tickets May Be Purchased with a Real-Name System on Tieliu Net ” published by the Chongqing Evening News, this has been verified, and the said news report is inaccurate, all websites that have already published this, please delete it.

27 October 2006, 14:23, Beijing Municipal Information Office

(1) Instructions concerning the news “Tickets May Be Purchased with a Real-Name System on Tieliu Net ” published by the Chongqing Evening News, this has been verified, and the said news report is inaccurate, all websites that have already published this, please delete it.

(2) All websites are requested to immediately delete the content of the text “Masterstroke Confuses Bureau” published in the “News Survey” column of CCTV on 23 October. Concerning the mass incidents in higher education institutes, no reports are to be made without exception, and strengthen management over forums, blogs, instant communications, and other interactive columns, delete all relevant text, image, and video content.

27 October 2006, 15:41, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

Concerning the Xinhua Net news flash “145 Measurable Earthquakes Occurred in the Three Gorges Reservoir Since Filling up with Water,” all websites are requested to push this to the back stage without exception.

27 October 2006, 15:41, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

The information on “70% of Beijing Olympic Ticket Sale Estimate of 7 Million for Domestic Market” reported by the Beijing Evening News on 17 October is incorrect, websites are requested not to reprint it, where it has been reprinted, please delete it.

30 October 2006, 14:36, Beijing Municipal Information Office

If articles with content similar to this are discovered, please delete them immediately (the State Council Information Office is currently investigating this issue) http://bbs.people.com.cn/bbs/ReadFile?whichfile=13123062&typeid=14.

30 October 2006, 15:12, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites: In recent days, some websites reprinted reports from Caijing magazine, etc., concerning the Guomei Group chairman Huang Guangyu, which do not conform to provisions on news reprint sources. All websites must strictly implement corresponding regulations, and may not reprint information from sources not conform to regulations, where it has been reprinted, it must be immediately deleted.

30 October 2006, 17:21, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites: please reprint this text on the main page of news centers: http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2006-10/30/content_11572323.htm.

31 October 2006, 17:31, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

(1) All websites: Recently, the well-known sexologist Li Yinhe has successively published discussions on the legality of “wife-swapping” and “incest,” all websites are requested to immediately delete corresponding reports, and to push special subjects that are being discussed to the back stage.

(2) Today, some websites have reprinted the Zhang Yimou article “West Lake Impressions” on destruction of the ecological environment, which triggered netizen discussion. According to the opinion of Hangzhou City, these articles diverge relatively largely from facts, all websites are requested to immediately delete corresponding articles. Online forums and blogs are no longer to discuss this.

31 October 2006, 17:58, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites, please delete the article “‘Glamor Community’s Selection Being Questioned – Community Streets Solicit Votes by Giving Gifts” published by the Jinghua Times today.

2006年10月北京网管办发出的禁令（二）

2006年10月23日19时00分 北京市网管办值班

《瞭望东方周刊》“重庆公务员编写短信针砭时弊致上百人遭调查”稿件，请不要转载，已转载的请即撤除。论坛、博客也不要贴发此稿件。
2006年10月24日09时08分 北京市公安局网监处孙颖

删除涉及江西赣江学院学生闹事的视频，文字和图片，请备份后删除，并查ip
2006年10月24日15时30分 网管办值班

江西赣江职业学院、江西服装学院等民办学院相继发生学生群体性事件,此事仍在蔓延，请各网站加强管理,禁止在论坛、新闻跟帖、博客中贴发关于江西高校学生群体性事件 文字、图片、视频信息，请认真检查网上情况，及时删除此类信息。
2006年10月24日13时27分 北京市新闻办

一：各网站，将sk2化妆品的新闻都撤到后台，论坛博客中不再讨论。

二：美女网上征集男子下体图的新闻，不再炒作，撤到后台，论坛博客中不引导讨论。
202006年10月24日 海淀分局科技信息通信处

关于在中非论坛期间保障互联网信息安全的通知

各网站：

中非合作论坛北京峰会将于11月1日至5日在北京召开，届时将有40多个国家的3400余名代表参加，是今年我国重大的外事活动之一，为给中非论坛创造一个良好和谐的网络氛围，保障论坛期间我区互联网网络信息安全，现提出如下工作要求：

1、请各单位严格落实网络安全管理制度，制定中非论坛期间应急保障方案，并立即落实专人值班制度，将值班员的姓名、联系电话于10月30日前通过电子邮件（e-mail:hdwj@263.net.cn）上报我处；

2、为保证对设有论坛、聊天室、BBS、电子公告栏等服务项目的网站更好的进行管理，有效防止突发事件的发生，请各提供论坛服务的网站为我处网络监察中心开通超级用户管理权限（即删贴权限），并在10月30日前通过电子邮件上报我处；

3、在中非论坛期间要坚持对帖子的先审后贴制度，重点监控敏感话题、活跃栏目，积极发现有害信息，特别对出现的群体性治安事件、法轮功等情况，要做到第一时间发现、立即予以删除并注意及时保存线索并及时上报我处。联系电话：82571260，联系人：于海洋。

海淀分局科技信息通信处

202006年10月24日
2006年10月25日10时00分 北京市新闻办

各网站有关SK-II稿件不在新闻中心要闻区转载,贴文不在首页推荐,不再制作新专题\专栏,已有专题要放至后台,新报道稿件不再与原先专题链接.
2006年10月26日10时51分 北京市新闻办柴玥

请各网站立即删除中央电视台10月23日在《新闻调查》栏目播发的《高招迷局》文字内容。有关高校群体性事件一律不得报道，并加强论坛、博客和即时通讯等互动栏目的管理，删除所有相关文字、图片和视频内容。
2006年10月26日10时51分 北京市新闻办

关于进一步做好党的十六届六中全会精神网上宣传报道工作的通知

各网站：学习、宣传、贯彻党的十六届六中全会精神，是当前和今后一个时期互联网新闻宣传工作的一项重要政治任务，千龙网和各主要商业门户网站要进一步做好十六届六中全会精神的网上宣传报道和管理工作，努力营造和谐的网上舆论氛围。

一、总体要求认真贯彻执行中央的总体要求和统一部署，充分发挥互联网的优势和特点，深入宣传胡锦涛总书记在全会上的重要讲话精神，深入宣传《中共中 央关于构建社会主义和谐社会若干重大问题的决定》（以下简称《决定》），推动十六届六中全会精神的学习和贯彻，为迎接党的十七大胜利召开、构建社会主义和 谐社会、全面建设小康社会、开创中国特色社会主义事业新局面营造浓厚的网上舆论氛围，进一步增进国外对我各项方针政策、工作举措和中国发展进步情况的认识 理解。

二、宣传重点加强十六届六中全会网上宣传报道，关键是要把握好以下重点，做到七个深入：一是深入宣传胡锦涛总书记重要讲话精神和《决定》的重大意 义。宣传胡锦涛总书记关于构建社会主义和谐社会的深刻阐述，关于贯彻落实全会精神的重要部署，以及对做好当前工作提出的明确要求。宣传《决定》提出的构建 社会主义和谐社会的指导思想、目标任务、工作原则和重大部署。二是深入宣传构建社会主义和谐社会的重要性和紧迫性。宣传社会和谐是中国特色社会主义的本质 属性，是国家富强、民族振兴、人民幸福的重要保证。三是深入宣传构建社会主义和谐社会的指导思想、目标任务和原则。四是深入宣传中央关于构建社会主义和谐 社会的一系列重要举措。五是深入宣传加强党对构建社会主义和谐社会的领导。六是深入宣传全党全国各族人民深入学习贯彻全会精神、迎接十七大胜利召开的实际 行动。七是深入宣传中国共产党和中国政府坚持走和平发展道路、倡导建设和谐世界的良好愿望和实际行动。

三、宣传安排

(一)各网站办好“六中全会”或“和谐社会建设”专题。在网站首页和新闻首页继续加强对十六届六中全会精神的报道。专题要保持在焦点专题第一的位置，在要闻区内用实时新闻作专题入口；各网站推出时政新闻专区后，将六中全会实时报道放在第一位置，并作为专题入口。

（二）及时转发中央重点新闻和网络媒体的重点文章和重点报道。人民日报、新华社等中央主要新闻媒体，将在近期陆续刊发系列理论文章、专家专访、热点解读、评论言论，推出一批建设和谐社会的先进典型，网站要及时跟进，突出、及时、准确转发好这些报道。

（三）精心设计专题专栏内容，增强吸引力和感染力。各网站要认真策划专题，使主页、首页的宣传与专题、专栏宣传相互配合、相互呼应，充分利用文字、图片、音视频等多种宣传手段形成声势、形成影响。

（四）开办网上学习辅导园地。各网站发挥互联网传播优势，为十六届六中全会精神的宣传提供网上学习辅导支持。要为网民提供重要文件、文献、资料查询服务，可在请示市网管办许可的情况下邀请专家学者在线访谈，提供理论、政策辅导服务。

（五）安排好论坛、博客等互动栏目的宣传。可开设建设性话题，通过嘉宾访谈、专题讨论、优秀文章推荐、热点排行、网上征文等形式加强宣传，积极主动引导网民讨论。

（六）加强对北京学习、贯彻十六届六中全会精神的报道。千龙网要开设北京专栏，加强对北京市学习胡锦涛总书记讲话和《决定》精神的报道，及时转载 《北京日报》等市属传统媒体的重要文章和报道；其它各商业网站要适当加强对北京市各界学习、宣传、贯彻落实十六届六中精神的报道。

四、加强对网上舆论的引导和管理近期要着重做好以下几个方面的舆论引导工作，各网站参照加强对跟贴和论坛的管理。一是要全面阐释社会主义和谐社会的 性质和深刻内涵。二是要充分说明构建和谐社会体现了党始终把最广大人民的根本利益作为党和政府一切工作的出发点和落脚点。三是要深入阐明党和政府更加注重 社会事业的发展，更加注重解决发展不平衡问题，推动经济社会协调发展。四是要加强对社会保障、劳动就业、教育公平、医疗卫生服务等群众关心的热点问题的引 导。五是要继续加强文明办网、文明上网的舆论引导，大力建设网上和谐文化。

五、评比表彰为鼓励各网站做好十六届六中全会精神的宣传报道，市网管办将对各网站开展十六届六中全会精神宣传情况进行评比表彰。 11月底，市网管办将组织专家，依据各网站安排专题位置、专题内容、宣传形式、互动栏目、网站和新闻首页宣传、舆论引导、管理情况进行综合打分，对前三名 予以物质和精神奖励，对宣传不到位者予以批评（具体评比和奖励标准另行通知）。

六、宣传要求一是要加强对网站编辑人员十六届六中全会精神的培训。市网管办将组织开展学习十六届六中全会精神的专题讲座。各网站也要在内部组织编辑 重点学习胡锦涛总书记重要讲话和《决定》精神，提高对十六届六中全会精神的理解力，提高网上宣传工作水平，切实落实网上管理工作措施。二是要大力构建和谐 网络，促进和谐文化建设。各网站要严格执行法律法规和规章，规范新闻来源，抵制虚假新闻；准确把握好宣传的口径、分寸、力度和节奏。对全会提出的重大理论 观点和重大决策部署，一方面要大张旗鼓地进行宣传，另一方面要在全面理解、准确把握上下功夫，帮助广大干部群众深刻领会全会提出的新观点、新思想、新举 措、新要求。三是要抓好网络管理，营造和谐网上舆论。六中全会精神的宣传报道，政治性、政策性、理论性很强，各网站要加强管理，严格遵守宣传纪律。要密切 关注网上舆情，加强对论坛、新闻跟帖、博客、手机短信、搜索引擎服务的管理，对借机攻击党和政府、攻击社会主义制度、散布所谓重大人事安排谣言、传播非法 群体事件活动、煽动影响社会稳定事件、破坏民族团结、违反国家宗教政策等有害信息，要及时、坚决地封堵和删除。拿不准的问题要请示市网管办先审后发。

北京市互联网宣传管理办公室
2006年10月26日11时53分 北京市新闻办

1.关于京华时报《十九户瓜农向农业部索赔》的新闻，经核实，该报道失实，各网站已有新闻一律压到后台。

2.从明天起每天从千龙上找关于中非论坛期间交通管制的稿子发要闻区
2006年10月26日12时43分 北京市新闻办柴玥

希拉克演讲，请各网不要用“直播”字眼
2006年10月26日18时08分 北京市新闻办陈华

关于博客实名制的讨论，不做专题，不发博客页面的头条，不做调查，不做争鸣、交锋、签名等；论坛不主动设置话题。关于这类话题，一律撤出网站首页、闻首，博客、论坛的首页，赞同的声音要占主流。
2006年10月27日14时23分 北京市新闻办扬乐

关于重庆晚报刊登的“铁流网可以实名制购票”的新闻提示，经核实，该新闻报道失实，各网站已经刊登的予以删除。
2006年10月27日14时23分 北京市新闻办
1. 关于重庆晚报刊登的“铁流网可以实名制购票”的新闻提示，经核实，改新闻报道失实，各网站已经刊登的予以删除。

2. 请各网站立即删除中央电视台10月23日在《新闻调查》栏目播发的《高招迷局》文字内容。有关高校群体性事件一律不得报道，并加强论坛、博客和即时通讯等互动栏目的管理，删除所有相关文字、图片和视频内容。
2006年10月27日15时41分 北京市新闻办扬乐

关于新华网快讯“三峡库区自蓄水以来发生能定位的地震145次”，各网一率压到后台
2006年10月27日15时41分 北京市新闻办陈华

10月27日《北京晚报》报道的”北京奥运门票预计将售700万张70%面向国内”消息不准确，请网站不要转载，已转载的请删除。
06年10月30日14时36分 北京市新闻办

若有发现跟这篇内容相同的文章，请立即删除（国新办正在查这个问题）http://bbs.people.com.cn/bbs/ReadFile?whichfile=13123062&typeid=14
06年10月30日15时12分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网站：近日，一些网站转载《财经》杂志等有关国美集团董事长黄光裕的报道，不符合新闻转载来源的规定。各网站要严格执行相关规定，对不符合规定来源的消息不得转载，已转载的要立即撤除。
06年10月30日17时21分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请在新闻中心首页转发此文：http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2006-10/30/content_11572323.htm
06年10月31日17时31分 北京市新闻办黄婧

1. 各网：近期，著名性学家李银河相继发表了“换妻”、“乱伦”合法的言论，请各网马上删除相关报道，并将讨论的专题压到后台。

2. 近日，一些网站转载了张艺谋”印象西湖”破坏生态环境的文章，并引发网民的讨论。据杭州市的意见，这些文章与事实出入较大，请网站马上删除相关文章。网上论坛、博客中不再讨论。
06年10月31日17时58分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请删除京华时报今日刊发的《”魅力社区”评选遭质疑 社区街头以送礼方式拉票一稿》。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 9, 2012 (here).

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In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005 to 2007. According to Canyu, the directives were issued by the Beijing Municipal Network Propaganda Management Office and the State Council Internet management departments and provided to to Canyu by insiders. China Copyright and Media has not verified the source.

Afternoon Tea, 2004. A directive from October 11, 2006 asked Beijing websites to remove images of Shi Xinning‘s oil paintings of Mao Zedong with actresses and other famous figures.

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

9 October 2006, 11:45, Chen Hua

Everyone, a short briefing, on the matter of the North Korean nuclear tests, it is strictly prohibited to transmit foreign dispatches, standardize copy sources, do not gather news by yourself (VIP interviews, news lines, etc.).

9 October 2006, 16:06, Huang Jing

Everyone, recently, some websites reprinted the posts “Laid-Off Workers’ Song of Eternal Sorrow,” please notify all websites to thoroughly investigate their website forums, news trackers and other interactive columns, if this sort of information is discovered, it is to be deleted without exception.

9 October 2006, 19:09, Chen Hua

Concerning the North Korean nuclear tests, only use People’s Daily and Xinhua copy, earlier China News copy is to be completely deleted and may not be used again, everyone is requested to rapidly adjust their pages.

10 October 2006, 8:50, Chen Hua

All websites, please immediately delete the text “Experts: the Six Party Talks May Go from Coma to Death.”

9 October 2006, 12:43, Beijing Municipal Information Office

I. For news on North Korea’s nuclear tests, only copy from Xinhua and People’s Daily can be used, it is not permitted to use that of China News Net. Open trackers, but they must be managed well, in managing trackers, some principles shall be persisted in: (1) Our country’s persistent position of “non-nuclearization” on the Korean peninsula; (2) The hope of return to the Six Party Talks; (3) All sides deal with this matter soberly; (4) Do not disseminate rumors, do not engage in pointless guessing concerning nuclear pollution.

II. Concerning reporting the case of the Beijing City Vice-Mayor Liu Zhihua, including the process of the case, work units and individuals involved in the case, as well as targets of investigation, etc., only official copy from Xinhua and People’s Daily is to be transmitted online, it is strictly prohibited to use copy from other sources. Strengthen management over forums, news trackers, blogs and mobile telephone messages, all information not conforming to these requirements must be firmly deleted. Situations of non-earnest implementation of these requirements will be severely dealt with.

III. All websites, the 6th Plenum will be organized from the 8th until the 11th. During this time, negative news from all localities and all departments may not appear in the important news section, do not report on sudden malicious incidents and production security accidents.

IV. Abe’s visit to China has an important significance, propaganda and reporting must coordinate with the large picture of our country’s foreign affairs; all websites must timely delete provoking and inciting discussions, and the source of harmful information must be tracked down. For reports concerning the South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Abe visiting China soon, please use Xinhua and People’s Daily copy without exception, and it is not permitted to issue this in the heading position of the important news section; if separate articles are issued on the visits to China by these two people, the information on Roh shall be before information on Abe, and they may respectively be placed in the second and third position of the important news section; if the visit to China of the two persons is reported in one article, the name of Roh must appear before the name of Abe, and it may be placed in the second position of the important news section; trackers and forums must be managed well, it is not permitted to have extreme discussions.

11 October 2006, 10:43, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites, recently after the complete inspection and earnest re-examination by the Hunan provincial, municipal and county judicial departments, it has been ascertained that the accusation in the original case of the original defendant Yang Mingyin, a farmer from Cili County, of the crime of plundering has not been established. In this regard, some websites have engaged in excessive reporting, which was not beneficial to safeguarding social stability in that locality. All relevant websites are requested to speedily calm down their existing reporting, and will immediately push articles to the back stage, they may not play this up, and may no longer publish new reports.

11 October 2006, 10:48, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Yang Le

All websites are to clean up and delete images of the oil paintings “Chairman Mao Living Today” and “Chairman Mao and Actresses” in forums, blogs and other interactive segments, search engines are to set up keywords to shield corresponding links.

11 October 2006, 16:42, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Huang Jing

All websites, please reprint the following articles in the domestic news section of the news center.

Title: Li Chang: We Were Deceived by Li Hongzhang! Address: http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t8783.htm

Title: Wang Zhiwen: How Was “25 April” Arranged. Address: http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t9064.htm

Please pay attention to transferring this from Kaiwind.

12 October 2006, 18:37, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Everyone, please immediately put the special subject on the 70th anniversary of the Long March on the main page of websites and the second position of the news page, and report the speeches of Central leading comrades at the opening ceremony of the “Magnificent Feat, Glorious Process – Exhibition Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Victorious Long March of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” on 16 October.

12 October 2006, 23:11, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Chen Hua

The matter concerning the case of a suicide by jumping off the Tiananmen building today in the afternoon, and the matter of a person burning a gasoline can tonight in Tiananmen Square are not to be reported, interactive segments are not to discuss this.

12 October 2006, 18:37, Beijing Municipal Information Office

Do the propaganda for the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Long March well, the special subject must be put on the main page and on the second position of the news page, timely disseminate focus articles.

13 October 2006, 15;57, Beijing Municipal Information Office

All websites: please set up the title “Central Party School Social Science Department Professor Qin Gang Talks About Building Harmonious Society” in the “Building a Harmonious Society” special subject header, link to http://www.xj71.com/show_video.php?id=31682&type=video. At the same time, the “Building a Harmonious Society” special subject is to be restored to the important news section.

13 October 2006, 20:50, Network Management Office, Duty manager 2

In recent days, there have been relatively many discussions online concerning cancelling Chinese medicine and Chinese drugs, which is not beneficial to protecting the excellent traditional culture of the nation, is not beneficial to the development of our country’s Chinese medicine and Chinese drug undertaking, and is not beneficial to guaranteeing the people’s health. All websites may no longer reprint or post comments concerning cancelling Chinese medicine or Chinese drugs, and may also not set up corresponding topics to guide netizens’ discussions. Where existing content on forums and blogs plays up the cancellation of Chinese medicine and Chinese drugs, measures must be adopted to curb this. All localities’  foreign propaganda offices are requested to notify websites to implement this.

13 October 2006, 20:50, Network Management Office, Duty Manager 2

Please make “Yesterday Reappeared” into keywords and screen searches. Also, the said article may not be reprinted.

13 October 2006, 0:24

Immediately delete articles with the following content on websites (focus on inspecting searches and blog articles), make the following four words into keywords for screening.

A. Born as Renjie B. Li Renjie C. Renjie Reappears D. Renjie and Weihong Reappear

15 October 2006, 22:24, Network Management Office, Duty manager 2

Notice: on the matter of a number of Jilin Agricultural University Visual Arts Faculty teachers having put forward resignations because they are dissatisfied with the school merging faculties and the corresponding incidents triggered by this matter are all to be not reported, where it has been reported, it is to be immediately deleted, forums and blogs are also not to discuss this matter.

2006年10月北京网管办发出的禁令（一）
2006年10月09日11时45分 陈华

各位，提示一下，朝鲜核试验一事，严禁转外电，规范稿源，不要自采（嘉宾访谈，连线等）
2006年10月09日16时06分 黄婧

各网：近期，一些网站转载了《下岗工人长恨歌》的帖文，请即通知各网站彻底清查网站论坛、新闻跟帖等互动性栏目，发现此类信息，一律删除。
2006年10月09日19时09分 陈华

关于朝鲜核试验，只用人民，新华的，此前中新的全部删除并不得再用，请各位速调整各自页面。
2006年10月10日8时50分 陈华

各网，请马上删除《专家：六方会谈可能从休克走向死亡》一文。
2006年10月09日12时43分 北京市新闻办

一：对于朝鲜核试验的新闻，只能用新华、人民的稿件，不允许用中新网。开放跟贴，但要管好，在管理跟贴中应当坚持几个原则：1、我国坚持朝鲜半岛“无核化”的立场；2、希望重新回到六方会谈中来；3、各方冷静处理此事；4、不传播谣言，不对核污染进行无谓的猜测。

二：关于北京市原副市长刘志华案的网上报道包括案件进展、案件涉及到的单位和个人，以及被调查对象等，网站只转发新华社和《人民日报》的正式稿件， 严禁使用其它来源的稿件。 加强对论坛、新闻跟帖、博客、手机短信息的管理，凡与此要求不符的信息必须坚决删除。对不认真执行要求的情况，将要严肃处理。

三：各网：六中全会于8日到11日举行。在此期间,要闻区不要出现各地方、各部门的负面新闻，不报道突发的恶性事件和安全生产事故。

四：安倍访华具有重要意义,宣传报道要配合我国外交大局;各网要及时删除挑动和煽动性言论,对有害信息要查源头。 关于韩国总统卢武铉、日本首相安倍即将访华报道,请一律用新华、人民网稿件,并不得发在要闻区头条位置;如两人访华消息是分别发稿,卢的消息应在安倍消息 之前,可分别放在要闻区二、三条位置;如两人访华是一条消息发布,则卢的名字须在安倍之前,可放在要闻区二条位置；务必管理好跟帖和论坛,不得有过激言 论。
2006年10月11日10时43分 北京市新闻办 黄婧

各网:近期，经湖南省、市、县政法部门全面审查和认真复核，查明原案指控原审被告人慈利县农民杨明银抢劫罪不成立。对此，有的网站做了过量报道，不利于维护当地社会稳定。请有关网站对已有的报道要迅速淡化处理，将稿件立即压至后台，不得炒作，不再刊发新的报道。
2006年10月11日10时48分 北京市新闻办杨乐

各网站清理删除在论坛、博客等互动环节中的油画图片”毛主席活在今天”，”毛主席和女演员”，搜索引擎设关键词屏蔽相关链接。
2006年10月11日16时42分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请在新闻中心国内新闻位置转发以下文章，

标题：李昌：我们被李洪志蒙蔽了！　网址：http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t8783.htm

标题：王治文:“4?25”是这样安排下去的　网址：http://www.kaiwind.com/xlzt/flzx/200609/t9064.htm

请注明转自凯风网。
2006年10月12日18时37分 北京市新闻办

各位，请马上将长征70周年专题放在网站首页和闻首二条位置，并报好10月16日中央领导同志在”伟大壮举 光辉历程-纪念中国工农红军长征胜利70周年展览”开幕式上的致辞。
2006年10月12日23时11分 北京市新闻办 陈华：

关于今天下午在天安门城楼坠楼一事及今晚一人在天安门广场燃汽油桶一事，一律不报道、互动环节不讨论。
2006年10月12日18时37分 北京市新闻办

做好长征70周年胜利的宣传，专题要放首页和闻首二条位置，重点稿件及时发布。
2006年10月13日15时57分 北京市新闻办黄婧

各网：请在“构建和谐社会”专题头条位置以“中央党校科社部教授秦刚谈构建和谐社会”为题，链接http://www.xj71.com/show_video.php?id=31682&type=video。同时将“构建和谐社会”专题在要闻区恢复。
2006年10月13日20时50分 网管办值班2

近日，网上有关取消中医中药的言论比较多，不利于保护民族优秀传统文化，不利于我国中医药事业的发展，也不利于保障人民健康。各网站不要再转载、贴 发关于取消中医中药的评论，也不要设置相关话题引导网民讨论。对论坛、博客中现有的取消中医中药炒作，要采取措施予以制止。请各地外宣办通知网站执行。

2006年10月13日20时50分 网管办值班2

请将《昨日重现》设为关键字进行搜索删除。并不要转载该文章
202006年10月13日0：24

立即删除网站内含有以下内容的文章（重点检查搜索博客文章），把以下四个词设置为关键词屏蔽。

A.生当作人杰 B.李人杰 C.人杰重现 D.人杰伟鸿重现
2006年10月15日22时24分 网管办值班2

通知：就吉林农业大学视觉艺术学院部分教师因对学校合并院系不满而提出辞职一事及由此事引起的相关事件均不做报道，已报道的立即删除，论坛和博客也不讨论此事。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 8, 2012 (here).

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

20 September 2006, 10:32, Chai Yue

All websites, interactive segments are requested not to set up discussion themes on the coup in Thailand, tidy up existing themes.

20 September 2006, 17:08, Chai Yue

Please close trackers on articles related to the appointment of Shinzo Abe as the Prime Minister of Japan. This may also not be discussed in forums, etc.

21 September 2006, 10:49, Municipal Network Management Office

(1) In recent days, posts on “Shanghai Anchorperson’s Divorce History” circulated online, all websites are requested to earnestly clean this up, timely delete this post and posts with similar content.

(2) On the Thailand military coup and follow-up reporting, only transmit reporting of facts and articles with objective circumstances, do not make comments. Online reports must clearly indicate the source of the information, it is strictly prohibited to gather news by oneself, it is strictly prohibited to directly edit or translate foreign media information, it is strictly prohibited to post foreign media information on forums and blogs.

22 September 2006, 8:10, Chai Yue

All websites, please immediately delete the article “Female University Student Confessions: My Affair with ‘Three-Treasure Minister’ Zhang Zonghai.”

25 September 2006, 13:17, Yang Le

All websites, concerning the matter of Chen Liangyu being removed from office, only transmit Xinhua and People’s Daily Net copy; it may be placed in the second or third position of the important news section, do not make it into a large header; do not make special subjects; do not open trackers.

25 September 2006, 13:34, Yang Le

Trackers may be opened on the matter of Chen Liangyu, and it may be discussed in forums, but:

(1) It is not permitted to attack the Party or the government;

(2) It is not permitted to wildly guess at reasons, or guess without limit;

(3) It is not permitted to sow discord or contradiction between the Central government and local governments;

(4) It is not permitted to sow discord and contradictions between Central leaders,

(5) It is not permitted to sow discord and contradictions between Central leaders and past Central leaders;

(6) It is not permitted to sow discord and contradictions between Central leaders and local leaders.

25 September 2006, 15:37, Yang Le

All websites: Please immediately remove the photo of Chen Liangyu from the news content page.

25 September 2006, 16:14, Yang Le

All websites: When transmitting information about Chen Liangyu being removed from office, please do not link to or transmit the CV of Chen Liangyu. Please process this immediately. Delete his photo.

26 September 2006, 14:09, Yang Le

All websites, on the Gan Yisheng answers to the questions of Reuters of this morning, please use the article as revised by China Net as standard, renovate it after revision.

28 September 2006, 17:07, Yang Le

All websites:

(1) For reports concerning SK-II, Landai and other Japanese cosmetics, reports from non-standard sources may not be reprinted.

(2) Corresponding reports are not to be put on the main page of websites, are not to be reprinted in the important news section of news centers (channels, columns), forums and blogs are no longer to actively discuss this topic, this sort of articles and posts is not to be recommended on the front page.

(3) No longer produce special subjects or columns on this matter, please push existing special subjects to the back stage, newly reported articles are no longer to link to the original special subject.

2006年9月北京网管办发出的禁令（三）

2006年9月20日10时32分 柴玥

各网：互动环节请不要设置泰国政变讨论主题，已有话题清理一下
2006年9月20日17时08分 柴玥

安倍晋三将任日本首相的有关稿件，请关闭跟帖。论坛等也不要讨论。
2006年9月21日10时49分 市网管办

一：近日在网上流传有《上海主持人的离婚史》的帖文，请各网站认真清查、及时删除此帖文及类似内容帖文。

二：泰国军事政变及后续报道，只转发报道事实及客观情况的稿件，不作评论。网上报道要清楚注明消息来源，严禁自采新闻，严禁直接编译境外媒体消息，严禁将境外媒体消息贴发在论坛、博客之中。
2006年9月22日8时10分 柴玥

各网：请马上删除《女大学生忏悔录：我与“三宝部长”张宗海的情事》一稿。
2006年9月25日13时17分 杨乐

各网：关于陈良宇被免职一事，只转新华网、人民网的稿件；可放要闻二三条位置，不放大头条；不做专题；不开跟帖。
2006年9月25日13时34分 杨乐

陈良宇的事，可以开跟贴，论坛中可以讨论，但

1、不准攻击党和政府，

2、不准乱猜测原因、无端猜测、

3、不准挑拨中央政府和地方政府之间矛盾；

4、不准挑拨现任中央领导之间矛盾；

5、不准挑拨现任中央领导与以往中央领导之间矛盾；

6、不准挑拨中央领导与地方领导之间矛盾
2006年9月25日15时37分 杨乐

各网：请马上把陈良宇的照片从新闻内容页面上撤下来。
2006年9月25日16时14分 杨乐

各网：转发陈良宇免职消息时请不要链接或转载陈良宇的简历。请马上处理。删除他的照片
2006年9月26日14时09分 杨乐

各网：今天上午干以胜对路透社提问的回答，请按照中国网修改后的稿子为准,修改后刷新一下。
2006年9月28日17时07分 杨乐

各网：

一、关于SK-Ⅱ和兰黛等日本化妆品的报道不得转载非规范稿源报道。

二、相关报道不上网站首页，不在新闻中心（频道、栏目）要闻区转载，论坛、博客不再作主动讨论话题，此类文章、帖文不向首页推荐。

三、不再就此事制作专题、专栏，已有专题请压至后台，新的报道稿件不再与原先专题链接。

These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on December 7, 2012 (here).

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