Ministry of Truth
From China Digital Space
真理部 (Zhēnlǐ Bù): Ministry of Truth
The Central Propaganda Department ensures that media and cultural content follow the official line as mandated by the Chinese Communist Party. Below the Central Propaganda Department is the State Council Information Office (SCIO), which in turn manages the Internet Affairs Bureau, responsible for overseeing all websites that publish news. The Internet Affairs Bureau sends out specific instructions to all large news websites daily, often multiple times per day. These instructions can take several forms: they may be directives to not report a certain event, to restrict reporting to Xinhua News wires or to not “play up” a certain event.
The “Ministry of Truth” has its origin in George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which Ministry’s mission is to rewrite history and manufacture “truth.”
China Digital Times publishes leaked “directives” from the “Ministry of Truth.”
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Sensitive: Wrongly Convicted Released in Fujian
20 May 2013, by Anne Henochowicz
Ministry of Truth: Death and Burial in Guangdong
19 May 2013, by Anne Henochowicz
Ministry of Truth: Kunming Environmental Protest
16 May 2013, by Anne Henochowicz
Ministry of Truth: Occupiers, Workers, Molesters
16 May 2013, by Anne Henochowicz
Sensitive Words: Black Jails, Red Bandits
15 May 2013, by Anne Henochowicz
