Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:29 PM
by
will
21 Olympic edicts from the Chinese propaganda department
As published by the Sydney Morning Herald. No link to a Chinese version, no citation of a source, and no way of confirming if these are genuine. But they look pretty credible and consistent with prior guidelines from the propaganda bureau. Nothing surprising or extra scandalous, at least from my perspective (your mileage may vary). But interesting to see under the hood if these are real:
- The telecast of sports events will be live [but] in case of
emergencies, no print is allowed to report on it.
- From August 1, most of the previously accessible overseas
websites will be unblocked. No coverage is allowed on this
development. There's also no need to use stories published overseas
on this matter and [website] operators should not provide any
superlinks on their pages.
- Be careful with religious and ethnic subjects.
- Don't make fuss about foreign leaders at the opening
ceremony, especially in relation to seat arrangements or their
private lives.
- We have to put special emphasis on ethnic equality. Any
perceived racist terms as "black athlete" or "white athlete" is not
allowed. During the official telecast, we can refer to Taiwan as
"Chinese Taipei". In ordinary times, refer to Taiwanese athletes as
"those from the precious island Taiwan....." In case of any pro
Taiwan-independence related incident inside the venue, you shall
follow restrictions listed in item 1.
- For those ethnic Chinese coaches and athletes who come back
to Beijing to compete on behalf of other countries, don't play up
their "patriotism" since that could backfire with their adopted
countries.
- As for the Pro-Tibetan independence and East Turkistan
movements, no coverage is allowed. There's also no need to make
fuss about our anti-terrorism efforts.
The remaining fourteen at the SMH site. H/T @niubi via Twitter.
Updated:
Here is the complete SMH story that cited the points. They come originally via the unlinkable South China Morning Post. The Herald refers to them as "stunningly frank". To me they look stunningly usual.