The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.
Do not hype the article “Arrest Authorized for Chang’an Insurance Vice-Chairman Liu Zhi for Involvement in Defrauding 178 Million Yuan in Investment Funds.”
Video hosting websites take note and delete the following video content: “Who Made Us the Proletariat?“, “Where Has the Taxpayer’s Money Gone?” and “Who Speaks on Our Behalf?” (May 7, 2014)
《长安保险副董事长刘智被批捕涉诈骗1.78亿投资款》一文不要炒作。
视频网站注意查删以下视频内容：《谁让我们成为无产阶级》，《纳税人的钱哪儿去了》，《谁为我们代言》。
The Caijing article “Arrest Authorized for Chang’an Insurance Vice-Chairman Liu Zhi…” [Chinese] cites earlier coverage from the Economic Observer [Chinese] which noted that Liu had evaded police apprehension on April 8 by “wearing makeup, a peaked cap and glasses to disguise himself as elderly” (刘智当时化了妆，戴着鸭舌帽、大眼镜，扮成了一个老年人).
The three videos ordered for deletion were all produced by popular short video company Ming’en Media (明恩传媒). CDT has translated and explained the video “Who Made Us the Proletariat?,” while the other two can be seen via CDT Chinese.
CDT collects 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.
