The Way We Censor Now

“No negative news allowed on the front pages of newspapers or the headline news sections of Web sites… Do not feature news reports on major incidents in Beijing during the two meetings, including ‘staffer at Xidan Books Building hacks manager to death’ or ‘accident at Shunyi car showroom, one man dies.’ Do not highlight the timing of these events… Do not report on cases of detention center inmates dying during sleep.”
–A list of media guidelines that China’s Communist Party propaganda department and Bureau of Internet Affairs sent to editors of state-run publications leaked to the internet recently. These translated excerpts are fascinating.