The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.
State Council Information Office: Please delete the Caijing article “New Year’s Gala Audience: Either Rich or Official; Showing Their Faces for One Second or One Million.” Do not republish or stir up related content. (January 22, 2014)
国信办：请删除财经网《揭春晚现场观众：非官即富 露脸一秒或百万》一文，有关内容不转载不炒作。
Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these as “Directives from the Ministry of Truth.”
CDT collects these directives from a variety of sources and checks them against official Chinese media reports to confirm their implementation.
Since directives are sometimes communicated orally to journalists and editors, who then leak them online, the wording published here may not be exact. The original publication date on CDT Chinese is noted after the directives; the date given may indicate when the directive was leaked, rather than when it was issued. CDT does its utmost to verify dates and wording, but also takes precautions to protect the source.
