Beijing, July 25 (Reuters): Government directives demanding journalists not question official accounts of a deadly high-speed train crash in eastern China are fuelling public anger.
Saturday night’s crash killed at least 38 people and was China’s deadliest rail disaster since 2008. The central propaganda department issued directives to media yesterday for coverage of the accident.
“The major theme for the Wenzhou bullet train case from now on will be known as ‘in the face of great tragedy, there’s great love’,” the department said, according to a copy of the directives posted on a website called the “ministry of truth”, that regularly posts copies of government orders. “Do not question, do not elaborate.” Accounts of the media controls soon found their way onto the Internet, sparking debate and demands from ordinary Chinese for answers to questions not found in the official accounts. “We have the right to know the truth!”
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