{"id":147389,"date":"2012-11-29T13:11:09","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=147389"},"modified":"2012-11-30T10:02:16","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T18:02:16","slug":"ministry-of-truth-paeans-to-kim-jong-un-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/ministry-of-truth-paeans-to-kim-jong-un-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Truth: Paeans to Kim Jong-Un and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following examples 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 <a title=\"Posts tagged with journalists\" href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/journalists\/\" rel=\"tag\">journalists<\/a> 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<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_147390\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/ministry-of-truth-paeans-to-kim-jong-un-and-more\/qtttj\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-147390\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147390\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-147390\" title=\"QttTj\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/QttTj-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/QttTj-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/QttTj.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-147390\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;May the radiant sun General Kim Jong-un shine forever!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><em>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 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.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Use only Xinhua wire copy in reporting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/content\/746664.shtml\">North Korea labelling Ri Yong-ho a counter-revolutionary<\/a>. Do not make other reports or commentary. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E6%9D%8E%E8%8B%B1%E6%B5%A9\/\">November 26, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u671d\u9c9c\u5c06\u674e\u82f1\u6d69\u5b9a\u6027\u4e3a\u53cd\u9769\u547d\u5206\u5b50\uff0c\u53ea\u7528\u65b0\u534e\u793e\u901a\u7a3f\uff0c\u4e0d\u4f5c\u5176\u4ed6\u62a5\u9053\u8bc4\u8bba\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Use only Xinhua wire copy with regards to Vietnam passing an anti-corruption bill. Do not make other reports or commentary. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E8%B6%8A%E5%8D%97%E9%80%9A%E8%BF%87%E5%8F%8D%E8%85%90%E6%B3%95%E6%A1%88\/\">November 26, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u8d8a\u5357\u901a\u8fc7\u53cd\u8150\u6cd5\u6848\uff0c\u53ea\u7528\u65b0\u534e\u793e\u901a\u7a3f\uff0c\u4e0d\u4f5c\u5176\u4ed6\u62a5\u9053\u8bc4\u8bba\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Use only Xinhua wire copy with regards to the reopening of the investigation of the cheap sale of Wu Ying\u2019s property. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E5%90%B4%E8%8B%B1%E8%B4%A2%E4%BA%A7%E8%B4%B1%E5%8D%96%E6%A1%88%E9%87%8D%E5%AE%A1\/\">November 26, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u5434\u82f1\u8d22\u4ea7\u8d31\u5356\u6848\u91cd\u5ba1\u53ca\u76f8\u5173\u95ee\u9898\u53ea\u91c7\u7528\u65b0\u534e\u793e\u901a\u7a3f\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Once one of China\u2019s richest business people, Wu Ying was detained in 2007 and eventually convicted of illegal fundraising. Sentenced to death in 2009, <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/05\/former-tycoon-wu-ying-likely-to-escape-execution\/\">a retrial in May changed this to a two-year commuted death sentence, a punishment which often ends with the convicted averted execution<\/a>. Meanwhile, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/house.hexun.com\/2012-11-29\/148499973.html\">Wu Ying argued for herself in court on Tuesday concerning the cheap sale of 14 of her companies\u2019 properties, which she claims was fraudulent<\/a><\/strong> [zh].<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Do not reprint, report, or comment on the female Heilongjiang TV anchor reporting a People\u2019s representative to the authorities. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E9%BB%91%E9%BE%99%E6%B1%9F%E5%A5%B3%E4%B8%BB%E6%92%AD%E4%B8%BE%E6%8A%A5%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8\/\">November 27, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E6%99%82%E5%A0%B1-%E5%A5%B3%E4%B8%BB%E6%92%AD%E8%87%AA%E7%88%86-%E9%81%AD%E4%B8%AD%E5%85%B1%E4%BA%BA%E5%A4%A7%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E6%80%A7%E4%BE%B5\/\">\u9ed1\u9f99\u6c5f\u5973\u4e3b\u64ad\u4e3e\u62a5\u4eba\u5927\u4ee3\u8868<\/a>\u4e00\u4e8b\u4e0d\u8f6c\u4e0d\u62a5\u4e0d\u8bc4\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On November 23, anchor Wang Dechun revealed that she has been sexually assaulted by a representative of the <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/npc\/\">National People\u2019s Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> In reports and commentary on the <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/mining-accident-in-guizhou-kills-18\/\">mine explosion in Xiangshui, Guizhou<\/a>, do not implicate the political system. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E8%B4%B5%E5%B7%9E%E5%93%8D%E6%B0%B4%E7%85%A4%E7%9F%BF%E7%88%86%E7%82%B8%E4%BA%8B%E6%95%85\/\">November 27, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u8d35\u5dde\u54cd\u6c34\u7164\u77ff\u7206\u70b8\u4e8b\u6545\u7684\u62a5\u9053\u8bc4\u8bba\u4e0d\u8054\u7cfb\u4f53\u5236\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Do not reprint, report, or comment on the paean to Kim Jong-un carved into a mountainside by North Korea. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E6%9C%9D%E9%B2%9C%E5%88%BB%E5%86%99%E6%AD%8C%E9%A2%82%E9%87%91%E6%AD%A3%E6%97%A5%E5%A4%A7%E5%B9%85%E6%A0%87%E8%AF%AD\/\">November 27, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u7f51\u4e0a\u6709\u5173<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E3%80%90%E5%96%B7%E5%9A%8F%E5%9B%BE%E5%8D%A620121126%E3%80%91%E8%B5%B0%E4%BD%A0\/\">\u671d\u9c9c\u523b\u5199\u6b4c\u9882\u91d1\u6b63\u6069\u5927\u5e45\u6807\u8bed<\/a>\u4e00\u4e8b\u4e0d\u8f6c\u4e0d\u62a5\u4e0d\u8bc4\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A 548-meter slogan in praise of Kim Jong-un has been carved into a mountain in North Korea. Each word is 20 meters high, spelling out the slogan, &#8220;May the radiant sun General Kim Jong-un shine forever!&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> With regards to online discussion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/chongqing-sex-scandal-may-implicate-wang-lijun\/\">vulgar Chongqing photos<\/a> implicating six other officials, use on information issued by authoritative departments, and do not exaggerate. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E9%87%8D%E5%BA%86%E4%B8%8D%E9%9B%85%E7%85%A7%E8%BF%98%E6%B6%89%E5%8F%8A%E5%85%B6%E4%BB%966%E5%90%8D%E5%AE%98%E5%91%98\/\">November 27, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u7f51\u4f20\u91cd\u5e86\u4e0d\u96c5\u7167\u8fd8\u6d89\u53ca\u5176\u4ed66\u540d\u5b98\u5458\uff0c\u53ea\u91c7\u7528\u6743\u5a01\u90e8\u95e8\u53d1\u5e03\u7684\u4fe1\u606f\uff0c\u4e0d\u7092\u4f5c\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> All media are to maintain a positive spin on the national civil service examination. Do not independently report or comment on the situation surrounding test-taker Xuan Hai (who is visually impaired). (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E5%9B%BD%E5%AE%B6%E5%85%AC%E5%8A%A1%E5%91%98%E8%80%83%E8%AF%95\/\">November 27, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u56fd\u5bb6\u516c\u52a1\u5458\u8003\u8bd5\uff0c\u5404\u5a92\u4f53\u8981\u575a\u6301\u6b63\u9762\u5ba3\u4f20\uff0c\u5bf9\u8003\u751f\u5ba3\u6d77\uff08\u89c6\u529b\u6709\u969c\u788d\uff09\u53c2\u52a0\u8003\u8bd5\u76f8\u5173\u60c5\u51b5\uff0c\u4e0d\u5355\u72ec\u62a5\u9053\u8bc4\u8bba\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Traditional media are not to reprint, report, or comment on online rosters of CCP Central Committee member posts. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E4%B8%AD%E5%A4%AE%E5%A7%94%E5%91%98%E7%8E%B0%E4%BB%BB%E8%81%8C%E5%8A%A1%E7%9A%84%E7%9B%98%E7%82%B9\/\">November 28, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u7f51\u4e0a\u5173\u4e8e\u4e2d\u592e\u59d4\u5458\u73b0\u4efb\u804c\u52a1\u7684\u76d8\u70b9\uff0c\u4f20\u7edf\u5a92\u4f53\u4e0d\u8f6c\u8f7d\u4e0d\u62a5\u9053\u4e0d\u8bc4\u8bba\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> Do not reprint or report on <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/10\/larry-hsien-ping-lang-how-to-survive-the-economic-downturn\/\">Larry Hsien Ping Lang<\/a>\u2019s idea of China\u2019s economy facing <a href=\"http:\/\/view.news.qq.com\/a\/20080104\/000026.htm\">eight major crises<\/a> [zh]. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E9%83%8E%E5%92%B8%E5%B9%B3%E6%9C%89%E5%85%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E7%BB%8F%E6%B5%8E%E9%9D%A2%E4%B8%B4%E5%85%AB%E5%A4%A7%E5%8D%B1%E6%9C%BA%E7%9A%84%E8%A7%82%E7%82%B9\/\">November 28, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u90ce\u54b8\u5e73\u6709\u5173\u4e2d\u56fd\u7ecf\u6d4e\u9762\u4e34\u516b\u5927\u5371\u673a\u7684\u89c2\u70b9\u4e0d\u8f6c\u8f7d\u4e0d\u62a5\u9053\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> All media are not to report, reprint, or comment on the State Council <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E5%A2%99%E5%A4%96%E6%A5%BC-%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%8E%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%84%E6%94%B9%E9%9D%A9%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88%EF%BC%88%E7%BD%91%E4%BC%A0%E7%89%88%EF%BC%89\/\">\u201cplan for organizational reform\u201d spread online<\/a> [zh]. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%8E%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%84%E6%94%B9%E9%9D%A9%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88\/\">November 28, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u7f51\u4f20<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E5%A2%99%E5%A4%96%E6%A5%BC-%E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB%E5%A4%A7%E5%90%8E%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%9C%BA%E6%9E%84%E6%94%B9%E9%9D%A9%E6%96%B9%E6%A1%88%EF%BC%88%E7%BD%91%E4%BC%A0%E7%89%88%EF%BC%89\/\">\u7684\u56fd\u52a1\u9662\u673a\u6784\u6539\u9769\u65b9\u6848<\/a>\uff0c\u5404\u5a92\u4f53\u4e0d\u62a5\u9053\u4e0d\u8f6c\u8f7d\u4e0d\u8bc4\u8bba\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> All media are to report in accordance with the scope of Xinhua copy the death of <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/china-lands-fighter-jet-in-show-of-force\/\">J-15<\/a> Chief Designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2012-11\/26\/content_15960636.htm\">Luo Yang<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2012\/11\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E7%BD%97%E9%98%B3%E9%80%9D%E4%B8%96\/\">November 28, 2012<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5bf9\u6b7c-15\u98de\u673a\u603b\u8bbe\u8ba1\u5e08\u7f57\u9633\u901d\u4e16\u4e00\u4e8b\uff0c\u5404\u5a92\u4f53\u6309\u65b0\u534e\u793e\u7a3f\u7684\u53e3\u5f84\u62a5\u9053\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following examples 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":991,"featured_media":147390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[99,2,7,10,14745,14746,5806,100,5,4202],"tags":[3876,53,13508,6387,7358,15778,15456,6369,13611,330,5917,690,3800,6389,4455,6390],"class_list":["post-147389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cdt-highlights","category-economy","category-information-revolution","category-law","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-focus","category-politics","category-society","category-translation","tag-ccp-central-committee","tag-censorship","tag-central-propaganda-department","tag-chongqing","tag-civil-service","tag-civil-service-examination","tag-directives-from-the-ministry-of-truth","tag-heilongjiang","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-media-censorship","tag-north-korea","tag-propaganda","tag-state-council","tag-vietnam","tag-wu-ying","tag-xinhua","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ministry of Truth: Paeans to Kim Jong-Un and More<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/11\/ministry-of-truth-paeans-to-kim-jong-un-and-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ministry of Truth: Paeans to Kim Jong-Un and More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following examples 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. 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