{"id":175051,"date":"2014-07-13T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T01:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=175051"},"modified":"2014-07-27T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-27T22:35:23","slug":"minitrue-li-chengpeng-murong-xuecun-essays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2014\/07\/minitrue-li-chengpeng-murong-xuecun-essays\/","title":{"rendered":"Minitrue: Li Chengpeng, Murong Xuecun Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.\u00a0The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.<\/em><\/p>\n Take note and delete the following essays\/articles and related content:<\/p>\n 1) Li Chengpeng’s “Speak<\/a>.”<\/p>\n 2) Murong Xuecun’s “Statement of Surrender<\/a>.” (July 13, 2014<\/a>)<\/p>\n \u6ce8\u610f\u67e5\u5220\u4ee5\u4e0b\u6587\u7ae0\u548c\u6709\u5173\u5185\u5bb9\uff1a<\/span><\/p>\n 1,\u00a0\u674e\u627f\u9e4f\u300a\u8bf4\u8bdd\u300b<\/span><\/p>\n 2,\u00a0\u6155\u5bb9\u96ea\u6751\u300a\u6295\u6848\u4e66\u300b<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Outspoken social commentator Li Chengpeng recently saw his widely followed Weibo and blog accounts deleted\u00a0from Sina<\/a>. Li’s ouster from the world of Chinese social media comes\u00a0as the central government has been steadily reigning in control over online public opinion<\/a>\u00a0during\u00a0the past year, and state-run media issued editorials warning liberal intellectuals to know the “boundaries” of allowable expression on the Internet<\/a>. Netizens scorned Li’s expulsion and the following\u00a0state media commentary<\/a>. In 2012, Li read the\u00a0essay “Speak<\/a>” (on\u00a0the erosion of free\u00a0speech in China,\u00a0translated in full by Liz Carter<\/a>)\u00a0to Beijing University students.<\/p>\n Another\u00a0public intellectual, writer Murong Xuecun, has recently been in the spotlight. Last weekend, Murong released a “Statement of Surrender<\/a>,” standing\u00a0true to his previous promise\u00a0to turn himself in to police<\/a> after returning to China from a trip abroad. Murong Xuecun had been in Australia during the May 3 Tiananmen commemoration event that three of his friends were\u00a0later detained for attending<\/a>, but an essay he wrote\u00a0for the gathering was\u00a0read in his absence. The author did spend last Tuesday night\u00a0in police custody<\/a>, and later\u00a0told the New York Times details about his brief time in detention<\/a>.<\/p>\n Since directives are sometimes communicated orally to journalists and editors, who then leak them online, the wording published here may not be exact. 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