MCLC: China Digital Times, July 4, 2014

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Anne Henochowicz <anne at chinadigitaltimes.net>
Subject: China Digital Times, July 4, 2104
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This Week on China Digital Times, July 4, 2014
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2014/07/week-cdt-july-4-2014/

This week on CDT, a collection of “Directives from the Ministry of Truth”
and a politician with a piscine nickname:

Following the July 1 protest march in Hong Kong that may have attracted as
many as half a million people,music videos expressing solidarity with Hong
Kong democracy supporters were ordered removed from the Chinese Internet,
including any version of “Do You Hear the People Sing” from the musical
Les Misérables with new Cantonese lyrics.

CY Leung took issue with a Global Times editorial dismissing a referendum
organized by Hong Kong activists. Beijing censors found Leung’s stance
subversive and ordered media outlets to downplay coverage.

Following the revelations that three high-ranking officials were expelled
from the CCP for corruption, censorsordered that coverage of the story
parrot Xinhua wire copy.

In a comical case of alleged dyslexia, Longnan City Party Secretary, Sun
Xuetao donated blood from his left arm but was photographed holding his
right arm. Netizen speculation about the apparent mix-up attracted the
scrutiny of censors whose orders to news media read: do not hype!

Reports on a terror attack in Qaraqash, Xinjiang were deemed too sensitive
for publication, but not before China Youth Net published an article about
local meetings that followed the attack.

Regarding ongoing audits into the financial affairs of government
institutions, censors advise media outlets not to stray from Xinhua
coverage.

The word of the week is “stiff fish,” or the derogatory nickname for Jiang
Yu (姜瑜 Jiāng Yú), former spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MOFA) and a deputy commissioner of MOFA’s Office of the
Commissioner in Hong Kong since 2012.

July 4, 2014 8:37 PM
Posted By: Meredith Godwin