How to cover the Beijing Olympics if you are a Chinese broadcaster or newspaper? China 's propaganda bureau has produced a frank 21-point plan instructing its own media how to behave.
The edicts range from the understandable,
5. We have to put special emphasis on ethnic equality. Any perceived racist terms as "black athlete" or "white athlete" is not allowed ...
... to the predictable,
7. As for the pro-Tibetan independence and East Turkistan movements, no coverage is allowed.
... to the scary (especially for those drinking the stuff):
8. All food saftey issues, such as cancer-causing mineral water, is off-limits.
No mention of avoiding seven-year-old girls with imperfect teeth or using CGI to replicate firework displays, but I suppose there has to be some scope for innovation in propaganda. See the full list on the Sydney Morning Herald website.
