The following propaganda directive was first published by Reporters Without Borders.
State Council Information Office: All websites shall delete information about Deng Pufang fleeing China. (June 29, 2013)
国新办：各网删除邓朴方出逃的信息。
Boxun, an overseas Chinese news website, reported in late June that Deng Xiaoping’s son Deng Pufang had absconded with 100 million US dollars [zh]. The report is unsubstantiated. Activists Cao Yaxue and Hu Ping weighed in:
Wild rumors: Deng Pufang, son of Deng Xiaoping “escaped” fm China w a large fortune.Whereabouts unknown. Daughters & grandson disappeared 2.
— Yaxue Cao (@YaxueCao) June 26, 2013
邓朴方出逃的消息不可信，但诡异的是，在百度上打进邓朴方三字，出来一大堆关于邓朴方携款出逃的消息，已有多日，不见网管删去。@yancaiwm @aboluowang 邓小平长女“辟谣”弟弟没有出逃(图): 近日网上有人炒作邓小平之子邓朴方携千亿美元逃离中国，邓家子孙也同时失踪。。。
— Hu Ping胡平 (@HuPing1) July 5, 2013
You can’t trust the story of Deng Pufang fleeing [the country], but the strange thing is that when you type in “Deng Pufang” on Baidu, a whole pile of pages appears about Deng running off with money. It’s already been a few days and I don’t see Internet management removing this information. @yancaiwm @aboluowang Deng Xiaoping’s eldest daughter “denies the rumor” that her younger brother has fled (photos): Speculation has recently circulated online that Deng Xiaoping’s son Deng Pufang has fled China with a large sum of money, and that Deng’s grandson has gone missing…
Translation by Mengyu Dong.
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