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• In Syria, a Rare Chinese Foray into Foreign Policy
• 中宣部：温家宝总理出访
• Grads Face Tough Job Market
• Chongqing, a Slippery Stepping Stone
• Photo: Forbidden Detail, by Mark Hobbs
• Ministry of Truth: Power and Air
• Ministry of Truth: Spirit of the 18th Party Congress
• Word of the Week: Soy Sauce
• Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (14)
• The Key to Bringing Democracy to China
• Ministry of Truth: Death of Runaways in Guizhou

In Syria, a Rare Chinese Foray into Foreign Policy Posted: 21 Nov 2012 10:31 PM PST After vetoing a resolution that would have imposed sanctions on the administration of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, China has offered a four-point plan to try to end an ongoing civil conflict there. Presented on October 31, the plan has four main points, as summarized by U.S. News and World Report: The Syrian government and rebel fighters should make every effort to maintain a ceasefire and work with Brahimi's mediation efforts; Both sides should appoint interlocutors who can negotiate a political transition and maintain governmental stability; The international community should increase support for Brahimi's efforts and other mediation initiatives, such as "relevant Security Council resolutions"; The international community should increase humanitarian assistance to conflict regions in Syria. The Washington Post reports on the international response to the proposal: The U.N. has welcomed the effort, but there hasn't been much international discussion of it. Observers have found it vague, and likely aimed at bolstering China's reputation following criticism of its moves to join Russia in blocking U.N. resolutions aimed at ending Syria's bloodshed, including calls for Syrian leader Bashar Assad to step down. China's proposal leaves open the possibility of Assad staying on in a power-sharing agreement, and does not significantly add to past peace plans that have failed. "But then this statement isn't so much about setting forward a concrete proposal for action as about the messaging that underpins it," said Sarah Raine, a consulting fellow for Chinese foreign and security policy at the International Institute for Strategic Studies. "It has become increasingly clear that Beijing is worried about the reputational damage its relative intransigence on Syria has been doing to other important relationships, in particular in the Middle East." The Council on Foreign Relations blog explains further why the impact of the proposal is likely to be limited: The new plan seems to reflect China's acceptance of the deteriorating situation in Syria and of the possibility of Assad's downfall. By calling for a political transition, the new plan jettisons the traditional Chinese foreign policy terminology in favor of language more in line with current international opinion. It is a noticeable departure from China's six-point peace plan released in March, which demanded the international community "respect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of Syria" and expressed its disapproval of Western attempts at regime change. Despite these apparent changes in strategy, however, the plan simply reiterates old points and fails to provide a comprehensive path to peace. China continues to leave off the table the possibility of sanctions or other punitive measures as a way to convince the regime to stop the violence. Without them, the Syrian government has no reason to end the bloodshed: it has the upper hand both militarily and politically, and it has more sophisticated equipment and control of government institutions. While the proposal is unlikely to change the global dynamics surrounding the situation in Syria, Ian Bremmer argues that the existence of the proposal itself is significant because it signifies a new attitude from China toward its role in conflicts outside its borders. From Reuters: This is what happens in a G-Zero world — a world without any specific country or bloc of countries in charge. China has long been content to watch world events play out and then react, trusting that another country would step in to put volatile situations to rest. But that's not happening with the Syrian conflict and its spillover into the broader Middle East. Americans feel that the issue doesn't affect them enough to intervene. Europeans, as a Union, don't seem to be particularly interested, even if some smaller countries are. And with those powers on the sidelines, suddenly the Chinese have a much bigger problem — a civil war that could metastasize into regional instability. The Chinese have far too much at stake in Iraq and Iran for that to happen: 11 percent of China's oil imports come from Iran, and it is on track to be the chief importer of Iraqi oil by 2030. And so China stepped in, offering a peace plan. The details — cease-fire, a committee that negotiates a political solution to the war, etc. — are not as important as the plan's mere existence. It's symptomatic of China's new approach, one that Hu Jintao hinted at in one of his final addresses as Chinese president. He said China would "get more actively involved in international affairs, (and) play its due role of a major responsible country." In the wake of downturns in the West, there is a new diplomatic structure emerging. China is determined to be one of its architects. This doesn't mean China necessarily knows what it's doing. Diplomacy is new for the Chinese, who have really only interjected themselves in regional politics and through economic investment abroad. Intervening in other countries' affairs is a tricky thing for a Chinese government that so resolutely believes sovereignty is supreme, even if human rights are being trampled. Beijing tries not to infringe on other countries' sovereignty because it would not allow others to infringe on its own. Read more about China and Syria via CDT. For another perspective on China's relationship to the al-Assad regime, see Hexie Farm's latest contribution to his CDT series. © Sophie Beach for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: diplomacy, foreign policy, Syria, UNSC Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

中宣部：温家宝总理出访 Posted: 21 Nov 2012 06:53 AM PST 中宣部：有关温家宝总理出访的报道一律严格按新华社通稿刊播。 【数字时代真理部系列："在这里，了解祖国" "真理部"是网民对中国共产党中央委员会宣传部和其下属的各省宣传部，以及国家级的国务院新闻办公室，中央文明办，国家广播电影电视总局，出版总署，文化部等一系列言论出版审查机构的总称。】 © Xiao Qiang for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: 温家宝, 真理部指令, 禁令 Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Grads Face Tough Job Market Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:22 PM PST On-campus recruitment ad from cell phone manufacturer Xiaomi. As China's breakneck rate of economic growth finally begins to slow, some analysts are holding their breath for the country's "hard landing." There are signs that direct foreign investment, consumption and other important indicators are on a downturn. For the country's college students, their future after graduation is uncertain. On top of all this, the government may be under-reporting the slowdown: You know, China's an enormous country with a lot of regional variations. But one economist based in Tsinghua University, Patrick Chovanec, says that in some areas, he thinks that growth for the whole year might only be 4 to 5 percent; that in fact, these official numbers don't reflect the extent of the slowdown. The anonymous BBS forum post below describes a sharp decline in on-campus recruiting at Nankai University in Tianjin, a coastal city not far from Beijing. It compounds Chovanec's concern, adding that the media have remained upbeat in order to smooth the path for "The Meeting" (last week's 18th Party Congress). The post seems to no longer be available on NewSMTH.net (水木社区), where it first appeared. But if the censors decided it painted to bleak a picture, then it has years of post-graduation struggle to erase: On November 7, a report on the employment situation from the Nankai University Employment Counseling Center circulated online. The report shows that Nankai graduates are facing very serious difficulties finding jobs this year. Netizens speculate that college graduates across the nation are also facing formidable challenges. This year's employment situation is unusually grim in that: (1) The number of employers recruiting on campus has decreased by more than 40% compared with this time last year. The number of employers that have reserved space for on-campus recruitment in November and December has also declined sharply compared to previous years. (2) In previous years, several non-local talent-hunting fairs would organize employers to come to our school and other universities for recruitment. More than a hundred employers would eagerly sign up. But this year, it is generally difficult to find just ten employers to participate. (3) We learned through communication with some conglomerates that many viable enterprises are recruiting less because they face mergers and reorganization. For example, ZTE used to easily make dozens of job offers at our school, but made only three this year. Because of The Meeting and other reasons, the media haven't reported too negatively on the situations of the economy and employment this year. But just as the Employment Counseling Center has seen, the reality is the worst in the last eight years. Even during the financial crisis of 2008-2009, we did not experience such an impact. Read more about the Chinese economy from CDT. Via NewSMTH.net. Translation by Mengyu Dong. © Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: 18th party congress, college graduate joblessness, hard landing, Nankai University, patrick chovanec, Tianjin, Xiaomi, ZTE Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Chongqing, a Slippery Stepping Stone Posted: 21 Nov 2012 02:08 PM PST The CPC Central Committee has appointed Sun Zhengcai to fill Bo Xilai's former position as Chongqing's Party chief, following interim secretary Zhang Dejiang's appointment to the Politburo Standing Committee last week. Sun, 49, was elected as a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee after the 18th CPC National Congress last week. Born in Shandong Province, he served as Minister of [agri]Culture for three years before being transferred to Northeast China in 2009 as secretary of the CPC Jilin Provincial Committee. Zhang Dejiang, vice premier and former member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, covered Bo's position from March as secretary of the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee, after Bo's wife Bogu Kailai was found to have been involved in the murder of British citizen Neil Heywood. […] According to media reports, Zhang had been trying to differ from Bo's tenure by redirecting Chongqing's economic and social development in a low-profile manner. Bo's red song campaign was also discontinued. Zhang urged Party officials to draw lessons from the Bo scandal, take better care of their spouses, children and staff and ensure they are held to the highest standards. With the transition to a new generation of leadership still underway, Sun's assignment will prepare and test him for an anticipated key role in the next. From Brian Spegele at The Wall Street Journal: The appointment of Mr. Sun, a former agriculture minister and party chief of northeast Jilin province, is an early indication that rising party leaders will be given reins of some of the country's most important—and most problematic—areas, analysts say. In Chongqing, for example, Mr. Sun will face deeply vested business interests, continuing concerns over organized crime and still-strong support for the ousted Mr. Bo. The appointment—and a number of others that are expected to follow in the coming days and weeks—points to a major shuffling at the top ranks of China's ruling party following last week's Communist Party Congress, where Xi Jinping succeeded President Hu Jintao as party chief. That shuffle will provide important insight into a generation of rising cadres—known as the sixth generation, following the Xi-led fifth generation—who are expected to lead the party when Mr. Xi and other newly appointed leaders likely retire a decade from now. The outlook of the new generation could be significantly different from the previous. Unlike Mr. Xi's generation, which came of age during the chaos of the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Sun and his contemporaries grew up during the period of relative openness following economic reforms launched by Deng Xiaoping in 1978. Cheng Li's biographical entry on Sun at The Brookings Institution highlights his PhD, a year spent studying in the U.K., and a "humble" family background, another difference between him and princelings like Bo and Xi. […] There have been different explanations for the quick rise of Sun Zhengcai and his relationships with senior leaders. Some believe that Sun has been Jia Qinglin's protégé, as he advanced his career largely in Beijing, where Jia served as mayor and party secretary from 1996 through 2002. It also has been speculated that Sun is a protégé of Wen Jiabao, who played a direct role in Sun's promotion to minister of agriculture and then party secretary of Jilin Province. Both explanations, however, may be correct. Modest background is shared by Hu Chunhua, or "Little Hu". Both men have just received seats on the "outer" Politburo, are relatively young at 49, and are strongly tipped for future leadership. From Cheng Li at Brookings: Hu Chunhua established his patron-mentor relationship with Hu Jintao in Tibet when the latter served as party secretary there (1988–1992). Hu Chunhua has been widely regarded as "a carbon copy of Hu Jintao" [to whom he is not related]. Both come from humble family backgrounds, both were student leaders in their college years, both advanced their political careers primarily through the CCYL, both worked in arduous work environments such as Tibet, both served as provincial party secretaries at a relatively young age, and both have low-profile personalities. Hu Chunhua's parents were farmers in a poor village and he has six siblings. Hu got married in Tibet and the couple have one daughter. Hu the Younger's current role is as Party secretary for Inner Mongolia: see 'Little Hu and the Mining of the Grasslands' on CDT. He is now widely expected to take over as Guangdong Party head, though it was rumoured last month that he was also a contender for the Chongqing position. Both he and Sun may then rise to the Politburo Standing Committee in 2017, when five of the seven current members are due to retire. Last week, Bloomberg traced their likely trajectories. If the two do assume top leadership posts 10 years from now, their advancement within the party's top echelons may follow the path of Hu Jintao, whose grooming began when he was named to the Politburo's Standing Committee at age 49 in 1992, said Bo Zhiyue, senior research fellow at the National University of Singapore's East Asia Institute who has written a research paper on Hu Chunhua and Sun. By contrast, Xi Jinping, who was named Communist Party general secretary […], and Li Keqiang, who is forecast to take over from Premier Wen Jiabao in March, were elevated into the Politburo Standing Committee in 2007 without serving in the broader Politburo. Communist Party leaders may have decided the next generation will need more time to prepare, Bo said. "I think this time around they are doing a better job of bringing younger people into the Politburo so they can start this grooming process," Bo said in a phone interview. "In the case of Hu Jintao it was 10 years, but in the case of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang it was only five years. In Chinese politics five years seems a little bit rushed." Nothing about future leadership transitions can be taken for granted, however, as the current Party secretary in Guangdong and Sun's predecessor in Chongqing might attest. © Samuel Wade for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: 18th party congress, Bo Xilai, CCP 6th generation, Chongqing, Cultural Revolution, gu kailai, Hu Chunhua, Hu Jintao, Inner Mongolia, jilin, leadership transition, Neil Heywood, Politburo, Politburo Standing Committee, princelings, Sun Zhengcai, Tibet, Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping, zhang dejiang Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Photo: Forbidden Detail, by Mark Hobbs Posted: 21 Nov 2012 01:30 PM PST Forbidden Detail © Samuel Wade for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Ministry of Truth: Power and Air Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:53 PM PST 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 "Directives from the Ministry of Truth." 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. 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. Guandong Propaganda Department: The media must not continue to report on Taiwan being cast as the imaginary enemy at the Zhuhai Air Show. (November 19, 2012) 广东省委宣传部：媒体上不可再出现有关珠海航展模拟把台湾当成假想敌的相关报道。 Guandong Propaganda Department: The Panyu County government has again issued public announcements and public participation advertisements for the launch of the environmental impact assessment of the Guangzhou No. 4 Natural Resources and Thermal Power Plant (formerly the Panyu Life Waste Incineration Power Plant). All media are to report in accordance with news wire copy provided by Panyu. To not comment on or hype the story. (November 19, 2012) 广东省委宣传部：番禺区政府再次发布广州市第四资源热力电厂（原番禺生活垃圾焚烧发电厂）进入项目环评第二次公示和公众参与阶段的公告，各媒按番禺区提供的新闻通稿内容报道，不评论，不炒作。 © Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: censorship, Directives from the Ministry of Truth, Guangdong, Guangdong Propaganda Department, Guangzhou, media censorship, Ministry of Truth, Panyu, propaganda, Taiwan, Zhuhai Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Ministry of Truth: Spirit of the 18th Party Congress Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to those instructions as "Directives from the Ministry of Truth." 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. 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. Central Propaganda Department: As the Politburo undertakes its first collective study session of the implementation of the spirit of the 18th Party Congress, all media will use Xinhua wire copy and report the meeting prominently. Headlines must not be changed. (November 18, 2012) 中宣部：中央政治局就深入学习贯彻党的十八大精神进行第一次集体学习，各媒体用新华社通稿，作突出报道，标题不得改动。 © Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: 18th party congress, censorship, central propaganda department, Directives from the Ministry of Truth, media censorship, Ministry of Truth, Politburo, propaganda, Xinhua Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Word of the Week: Soy Sauce Posted: 21 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST Editor's Note: The CDT Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon is a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China's online "resistance discourse," used to mock and subvert the official language around censorship and political correctness. The Word of the Week features Lexicon entries old, new and timely. If you are interested in participating in this project by submitting and/or translating terms, please contact the CDT editors at CDT [at] chinadigitaltimes [dot] net. "What the f**k does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce." 打酱油 (dǎ jiàngyóu): getting soy sauce This means "no comment" or "none of my business." It is a humorous way for netizens to distance themselves from a sensitive or political topic. The word came into popular usage after Guangzhou Television interviewed a local resident about the Edison Chen photo scandal. The man answered, "What the f**k does it have to do with me? I was just out buying soy sauce." See also soy sauce committee members. © Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: grass-mud horse lexicon, soy sauce, word of the week Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (14) Posted: 21 Nov 2012 11:04 AM PST In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the "Beijing Internet Instructions" series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005 to 2007. According to Canyu, the directives were issued by the Beijing Municipal Network Propaganda Management Office and the State Council Internet management departments and provided to to Canyu by insiders. China Copyright and Media has not verified the source. The translations are by Rogier Creemers of China Copyright and Media. 17 April 2006, 9:36, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao The result of the Harbin Tianjia Medical Expense: Party Committee Secretary and others dismissed from position – if the first source of this article is Caijing, please completely delete it. 18 April 2006 (Tuesday), 9:05 The new Canadian Foreign Minister says there are 1,000 Chinese spies in his country – this article comes from the Straits Metropolitan Daily, and is not within the scope of reprinting, please speedily delete it. 18 April 2006, 9:00 Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao (1) Today, the visit of Hu Jintao to the United States has begun, all websites are requested to strictly use standard copy, at present, there still are articles from Dongfang Net, please immediately delete them. (2) All websites are requested to speedily reprint the following articles in the special section on beginning the trend of network civilization: Youth Who Lost Their Way Accuse Network Poison – 300 Website Editors Are Deeply Shocked (http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9050.htm, http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9037.htm) High-school students strive to abide by honesty and become "Network Civilization Disseminators" and "Examination Supervision Exempt Class," Huiwen High School Students Fix Eyes upon Practicing the View of Honour and Dishonour," (http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9041.htm, http: //epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9052.htm) (3) "Run the Web in a Civilized Manner, Use the Web in a Civilized Manner" Arouses Huge Social Reverberations, The New Wind of Network Civilization Is Rising Up and Flourishing" Beijing: Give Networks a Clear Space (http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/?pageStart=0&pageEnd=10&currentpage=0) – This is a special contribution to a special section, please reprint the entire article. Please indicate the source, Beijing Daily Net – Beijing Daily when reprinting the above articles. 18 April 2006, 9:55, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao The article "China Maritime Bureau: Sailing Prohibition During Period of East Sea Oilfield Expansion Works" from today's Jinghua Times is an untrue report, please speedily delete it. 18 April 2006, 9:58, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao Beijing Taxi drivers: our greatest ideal is driving black cars – please speedily push this to the back stage. 18 April 2006, 21:44, Chen Hua Everyone, information concerning this edition of the American Pulitzer News Prize and "Female German Chancellor Changes Clothing in Public" is not to be reprinted or reported without exception by all website, where it has been reprinted, delete it. 19 April 2006, 9:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao If "Japan Brings Up the Incident of a Diplomat Committing Suicide for Illicit Love Again – States Our Diplomats to Be Summoned to Court" appears, please delete it with the highest speed. 19 April 2006, 11:31, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao Please note: please change all articles concerning the Beijing taxi price increase without exception into copy from the Beijing Daily: http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060419/200604/t14298.htm, http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060419/200604/t14303.htm. Please indicate that the source is Beijing Daily, please acknowledge receipt, thank you. Please speedily change them. 19 April 2006, 12:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao Reports concerning the matter of Beijing taxi price adjustment, news trackers may now be opened, apart from discussions attacking the government not being permitted to be published, positive and negative opinions may both be posted. 19 April 2006, 21:49, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao Please reprint the Qianlong Net information "Taxi Price Adjustment Hearing Representative Discussion- Attacking Black Cars Becomes Focus Point," (http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/04/19/134@3128582.htm). 19 April 2006, 12:00, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao All websites are requested to reprint this article in the network civilization special subject section: http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/19/content_4449507.htm. 20 April 2006, 11:27, Beijing Municipal Information Office, Fan Tao Please timely reprint the People's Daily People's Commentary in the special subject section: "What Is It that Shocked 300 Network Editors?"（http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/40604/4314195.html). Please acknowledge receipt. 2006年4月北京网管办发出的禁令（二） 2006年4月17日9时36分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 哈尔滨天价医费案结果公布：党委书记等被撤职——此稿如果稿源是第一财经的，请全部删除。 2006-4-18 (星期二) 9:05 加拿大新外长称本国有千名中国间谍—— 此稿为海峡都市报的，不在转载范围，请迅速删除。 2006年4月18日9时 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 1、今天胡锦涛访美开始，请各网严格使用规范稿源，目前还有用东方网的稿件，请立即删除。 2、请各网在大兴网络文明之风专题内迅速转载以下文章：失足少年控诉网络毒害三百网站编辑深受震撼 （http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9050.htm、http: //epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9037.htm） 高中生争作"网络文明传播者""考试免监班"信守诚信 汇文中学学生小处着眼践行荣辱观（http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9041.htm、http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/200604/t9052.htm） 3、"文明办网、文明上网"激起巨大社会反响，网络文明新风正在蔚然兴起 北京：还网络一个洁净空间 （http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060418/?pageStart=0&pageEnd=10&currentpage=0）——这是一个特稿专版，请转载全部文章。 以上稿件在转载时，请注明出处京报网——北京日报 2006年4月18日9时55分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 今天京华时报的稿件《中国海事局：东海油田扩建作业期间禁航》为不实报道，请迅速删除。 2006年4月18日9时58分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 北京出租车司机：我最大的理想是开上黑车——请迅速压到后台。 2006年4月18日21时44分 陈华 各位，关于本届美国普利策新闻奖和"德国女总理当众换衣"的消息，各网站一律不转载报道，已转的删除 2006年4月19日9 时 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 如有"日本重提外交官桃色自杀事件 称将传唤我外交官"请以最快速度删除。 2006年 4月19日11时 31分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 请注意：关于北京出租车涨价的稿件，请一律换为北京日报的稿件：http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060419 /200604/t14298.htm http://epaper.bjd.com.cn/rb/20060419/200604/t14303.htm请注明来源为北京日报，收到请回复，谢 谢。请迅速更换。 2006年4月19日12时 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 关于北京出租车调价一事的报道，现在可以打开跟贴，除攻击政府的言论不准放行外，正反意见均允许上贴。 2006年4月19日21 时 49 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 请在新闻中心首页要闻区中下位置转载千龙网消息《出租车价调整听证代表质询 打击黑车成焦点 》（http://beijing.qianlong.com/3825/2006/04/19/134@3128582.htm） 2006年4月19日12时 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 请各网站在文明办网专题转载：http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2006-04/19/content_4449507.htm 此文章 2006年4月20日11时27 分 北京市新闻办公室 范涛 请及时在专题内转载人民日报人民时评：《让三百名网络编辑震撼的，是什么 》（http://opinion.people.com.cn/GB/40604/4314195.html）收到请回复，谢谢。 These translated directives were first posted by Rogier Creemers on China Copyright and Media on November 21, 2012 (here). © Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Beijing, Beijing Daily, Beijing Internet Instructions, Caijing, Canada, Canyu, censorship, Censorship Vault, Chen Hua, China Copyright and Media, Directives from the Ministry of Truth, Fan Tao, Harbin, Hu Jintao, Internet censorship, Japan, Ministry of Truth, people's daily Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

The Key to Bringing Democracy to China Posted: 21 Nov 2012 10:32 AM PST At Foreign Policy, MIT's Yasheng Huang suggests that the best way to promote democracy in China would be to stress elite self-interest over moral values. Huang also challenges the argument that asking China to democratise after thirty years of massive economic growth under Party rule is, in Eric X. Li's words, "like asking Apple to turn itself into RIM." It's time for the United States to pivot to a new approach toward influencing China's political future: explaining that democracy produces concrete benefits such as balanced growth, stability, and personal security — even for top Communist Party officials. This performance-based argument will resonate with many of China's economic and intellectual elites and may have a chance to influence the thinking of Xi Jinping and his fellow top officials. But first, it's necessary to dispel the widespread myth that China's current political and economic system is uniquely responsible for China's growth. Yes, in the last 30 years, China has done a remarkable job of lifting hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, but we must keep this achievement in perspective. One reason the post-Mao leadership lifted so many people out of poverty is because Mao Zedong kept so many Chinese poor. (In 1979, showing remarkable candor, the Chinese Communist Party itself publicly acknowledged that per capita grain consumption of Chinese remained stagnant between 1957 and 1978.) Second, the poverty threshold is commonly defined as living under $1 a day. Living above that line is an improvement — not prosperity. Based on data provided by the World Bank in 2008, roughly 30 percent of China's population, or 390 million people, lived below $2 a day. By this measure, China has a comparable percentage of people living in poverty as Honduras, a country that never experienced China's rapid GDP growth. […] Chinese political elites implicitly understand that democracies provide security of property and of persons. When ousted by Bo, Wang Lijun, the former police chief of Chongqing, did not turn to the Chinese Ministry of Justice but the U.S. consulate in Chengdu. Other Chinese elites outsource their personal security by sending their family members to study and to reside in the United States; wouldn't they like a little more of that security closer to home? For democracy to work for China, it has to work for China's most powerful. There is no other way. Huang also explored whether democracy stifles economic growth in a 2011 TED talk. The question of Chinese democracy has been debated recently by Martin Jacques and Zhang Weiwei versus Anson Chan and Jonathan Mirsky at Intelligence Squared, and by Eric X. Li versus Minxin Pei at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Li has been a particularly vocal defender of the Party's record in English-language media, and explained to Rachel Beitarie earlier this year why he believes democracy is not the answer for China. Equally vigorous discussion has centred on the degree of meritocracy in China's current system. © Samuel Wade for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | 2 comments | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: Anson Chan, Bo Xilai, democracy, economic growth, eric x. li, jonathan mirsky, Mao Zedong, meritocracy, Minxin Pei, poverty, United States, Wang Lijun, Yasheng Huang, Zhang Wei-Wei Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

Ministry of Truth: Death of Runaways in Guizhou Posted: 21 Nov 2012 07:03 AM PST The following example of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, has been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and bloggers often refer to those instructions as "Directives from the Ministry of Truth." 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. The dumpster where the bodies of five boys were found last week. 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. Central Propaganda Department: Concerning the five boys who froze to death in Bijie, Guizhou, you may report moderately on the incident according to Xinhua wire copy and authoritative information released by the local government. Do not put this news on the front page, do not lure readers to the story, do not link to the story, to do not comment on it, and do not dispatch journalists to the scene. (November 20, 2012) 中宣部：贵州毕节5名男童冻死事件可按新华社通稿和当地政府部门发布的权威信息适度报道，不上头版、导读，不链接，不评论，不派记者到事发地采访。 Last Friday, the bodies of five boys between the ages of nine and 13 were found in a dumpster in the city of Bijie, Guizhou, China's poorest province. Most sources report the children died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a fire they lit inside to keep warm. Their parents had been searching for them weeks before they were found. Several local officials and two school masters have been fired following the incident. © Anne.Henochowicz for China Digital Times (CDT), 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: censorship, central propaganda department, Directives from the Ministry of Truth, foreign investment in media, Guizhou, Ministry of Truth, Xinhua Download Tools to Circumvent the Great Firewall

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