{"id":160460,"date":"2013-07-26T09:08:18","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T16:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=160460"},"modified":"2013-07-26T09:09:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T16:09:40","slug":"ministry-of-truth-the-bo-xilai-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/07\/ministry-of-truth-the-bo-xilai-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of Truth: The Bo Xilai Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The following\u00a0<a title=\"Posts tagged with censorship\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/censorship\/\" rel=\"tag\">censorship<\/a>\u00a0instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.\u00a0<\/em><em>Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as \u201c<a title=\"Posts tagged with Directives from the Ministry of Truth\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/directives-from-the-ministry-of-truth\/\" rel=\"tag\">Directives from the Ministry of Truth<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Central Propaganda Department:<\/strong> In coverage of the Bo Xilai trial, the media must use Xinhua wire copy without exception. Do not independently investigate and do not use material from other sources. (<a href=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/chinese\/2013\/07\/%E4%B8%AD%E5%AE%A3%E9%83%A8%EF%BC%9A%E8%96%84%E7%86%99%E6%9D%A5%E6%A1%88%E6%8A%A5%E9%81%93\/\">July 25, 2013<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>\u4e2d\u5ba3\u90e8\uff1a\u5a92\u4f53\u5bf9\u4e8e\u8584\u7199\u6765\u6848\u62a5\u9053\u7684\u4e00\u5f8b\u91c7\u7528\u65b0\u534e\u793e\u901a\u7a3f\uff0c\u4e0d\u5f97\u81ea\u884c\u91c7\u8bbf\uff0c\u4e0d\u5f97\u91c7\u7528\u5176\u4ed6\u6765\u6e90\u7684\u6d88\u606f\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>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><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 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/MiniTrue-%E7%9C%9F%E7%90%86%E9%83%A8.jpg\" data-slb-group=\"158601\" data-slb-active=\"1\" data-slb-internal=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"WAR IS PEACE \u2022 FREEDOM IS SLAVERY \u2022 IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH\" alt=\"MiniTrue \u771f\u7406\u90e8\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/MiniTrue-%E7%9C%9F%E7%90%86%E9%83%A8.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ministry_of_Truth#Description\">WAR IS PEACE \u2022 FREEDOM IS SLAVERY \u2022 IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following\u00a0censorship\u00a0instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.\u00a0Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to these instructions as \u201cDirectives from the Ministry of Truth.\u201d Central Propaganda Department: In coverage of the Bo Xilai trial, the media must use Xinhua wire copy without exception. 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