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.
Absolutely do not report on any news related to “Chinese-funded enterprises in Vietnam being attacked by Vietnamese.” Do not republish foreign coverage. Stringently find and delete related news, commentary, and images on interactive [Web] platforms. (May 14, 2014)
所有涉及“在越中资企业被越南人冲击”相关消息一律不得报道，不得转载境外报道。严格查删互动环节出现的相关信息、言论和图片。
Protesters in southern Vietnam, angered by the confrontation between their navy and a Chinese oil vessel in the South China Sea, have set fire to several factories. Many of the businesses targeted by rioters are actually Taiwanese. A propaganda directive issued last week requires websites to “find and delete coverage of ‘the collision of Vietnamese naval ships and Chinese [oil] exploration vessels’ and ‘confrontation between a large number of Chinese and Vietnamese coast guard boats.'”
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.
