{"id":141242,"date":"2012-08-06T09:03:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=141242"},"modified":"2012-08-06T09:03:40","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:03:40","slug":"directives-from-the-ministry-of-truth-shifang-fallout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/08\/directives-from-the-ministry-of-truth-shifang-fallout\/","title":{"rendered":"Directives from the Ministry of Truth: Shifang Fallout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and\/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to those instructions as \u201cDirectives from the Ministry of Truth.\u201d CDT has collected the selections we translate here from a variety of sources and has checked them against official Chinese media reports to confirm their implementation.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This directive was first published by <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/07\/\u5317\u4eac\uff1a\u5434\u6cd5\u5929\u88ab\u6253\/\">CDT Chinese<\/a> on July 9.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Beijing Municipal Department of Propaganda<\/strong>: Follow the unified specifications of Xinhua News Agency in reporting on the meeting in which China University of Political Science and Law professor <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/07\/mixed-views-fisticuffs-over-shifang-protests\/\">Wu Fatian (real name Wu Danhong) was beaten by the journalist Zhou Yan<\/a>. 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