http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-7-7/30120.html

CCTV Signal Interrupted by News of Communist Party Withdrawals
By Li Dan and Liu Dingyi
The Epoch Times
Jul 07, 2005

The withdrawals and defections from the Chinese Communist
Party, influenced by the "Nine Commentaries," have astounded
overseas Chinese. But within China the CCP has maintained
strict censorship. This is a car in Los Angeles broadcasting
the "Nine Commentaries" along with information about
Party withdrawals. (The Epoch Times)

Once again, Mainland China's news blockade has been challenged.
According to sources in China, around 8:44 p.m. on the night
of July 3rd the Chinese Central Television (CCTV) station's signal
was interrupted by news of the "Nine Commentaries" and
withdrawals from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The CCP-controlled media has blocked all information
about the "Nine Commentaries" and withdrawals from
reaching the general populace. Wide Scale Broadcast Interruption

According to the Associated Press (AP), the spokesperson
for APT Satellite Company Limited, Hong Kong (APT), said
that the broadcast interrupted 25 television channels, including
13 China Central News TV channels and 12 provincial channels.
The spokesperson said that they could not find the source
of the interrupting signal. The regions included Shanghai city,
Shenzhen city, Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia,
Ningxia, and Zhejiang provinces.

The spokesperson said that the interruption was supposed
to be an hour long, but only 14.5 minutes of footage were actually shown.
The spokesperson refused to reveal the contents of the broadcast.
The official Chinese media also declined to reveal the contents
of the broadcast. However, reports criticized "Falun Gong"
for interrupting the signal.

According to a reader's report from the Northwestern
region of China, "Around 9:30 p.m. on the evening of July
3rd, I was watching the Gansu provincial channel, when it
suddenly changed to a special news program. There was
a video of parades and lectures. The broadcast appeared
to be celebrating the withdrawals from the CCP.
It said that more than two million people have already
withdrawn from the Party. It also reported on overseas
defectors and about a list of 1,000 Communist spies in
Australia that one defector gave either the Australian or
American the government."

"After this introduction, calls to quit the Chinese Communist
Party came on the screen. One caption said: 'Heaven will
Punish the CCP, Withdrawing from the CCP will
Guarantee Your Safety.' I could not see the details of the
sentence. However, when the screen settled, the caption
was very clear: 'Only Without the Communist Party,
Can There Be a New China.' This went on for at least
two minutes, and then the screen went black."
According to the reader, she changed the channel more
than 10 times but every channel was black, which lasted
until 10:00 p.m.

The reader said: "The Mainland Chinese audience who
saw the broadcast were very excited. Although many
people were extremely happy, they were also afraid,
and would only discuss it in private. If there were more
such broadcasts, people would not be afraid anymore."
The CCP has always censored news on the "Nine
Commentaries" and the great wave of people denouncing
their membership from the CCP with 2.8 million withdrawals to date.

The CCP has established a strict information blockade.
For international events that the government does not
want its citizens to know about, like the large-scale 2003
march in Hong Kong, government officials cut the stories
from the international channels broadcasting it.

According to previous reports, the editor for political law
at The World Economic Herald, Mr. Zhang Weiguo
believes that the broadcast interruption was in reaction
to the Chinese media's suppression of freedom. The Chinese
government is the roots of all its own problems, he believes.

The broadcast interruption is a breakthrough for anyone
who wants to bring freedom back into Chinese news.
Advanced technology is the new weapon in the battle a
gainst the domination and control of the Communist government.
Mr. Zhang Weiguo believes that control over public opinion
is imperative for the CCP's ability to pursue its interests.
The government manipulates or manufactures "public opinion"
to demoralize and repress the population. Thus, the people
have tried many ways to topple their dominating control.

The renowned writer Hu Ping believes that there is
lawlessness only when all people are fully complying
with the law. "When people have been denied their
freedom of speech, a television broadcast interruption
is necessary and lawful."

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WOW !!!!!

"KendrakeR7" wrote
http://english.epochtimes.com/news/5-7-7/30120.html

CCTV Signal Interrupted by News of Communist Party Withdrawals


Read through the entire 3 page thread for a good synopsis. Including a
propaganda by a CCP plant.

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread131954/pg1

By the way, you will often hear Falun Gong mentioned. Falun Gong is a
"passive" non-violent religious branch of Taoism. It is not a "cult". If
you live in N.Y.C or San Fran. or any city with a large population of
Chinese you can meet Falun Gong practitioners yourself and get a breath of
fresh air from their kind and gentle nature. Most of them are elderly folks
concerned about their health and enjoy the exercises they perform in a group
early mornings in the parks. Benign folks in every way.

Ever since the CCP banned Falun Gong (They had obtained a very large
following, too large for the CCP's comfort.) the CCP has used their massive
propaganda abilities on a global scale to continue to refer to it as a
"cult" and publish false stories. They went so far as to televise a fake
suicide by an alleged Falun Gong practitioner dousing himself with petrol
and setting himself on fire in Tianenmen Square. It was found to be a
complete fake.

Be very careful, the CCP is a master of propaganda and plants news stories
and pro-CCP stories in the most unexpected places. They have a fairly large
department which does nothing but monitor blogs, groups, etc. and post
pro-CCP comments on the internet.
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The revelation that China's army of censors and monitors of the media and
the internet have been instructed to intervene in internet discussions under
false names and lead the discussion toward the sort of conclusions of which
the party would approve is an index of the desperation of the authorities.
Mere excision or suppression, of which there has been and still is plenty,
is apparently no longer enough. Now the debates arising among the nearly l00
million net users in China are to be infiltrated by cultural double agents.
....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/web...508316,00.html

China's secret internet police target critics with web of propaganda

"In the information age and the internet age, the most important and
critical mission in front of us is how to seize the initiative on internet
opinion and how to seize the high point of internet opinion," the paper
quoted the deputy director of the local propaganda department, Zhang
Fenglin, as saying.

Applicants for the job - mostly drawn from the propaganda and police
departments - were told they had to understand government policies, know
political theory, be politically reliable and understand internet
technology. Successful candidates have been offered classes in Marxist
theory, propaganda techniques and updates on the development of the internet
around the world.

A summary of objectives declared that commentators should "be proactive in
developing discussion, increase control, accentuate the good, avoid the bad,
and use internet debate to our advantage."
....
http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/stor...506016,00.html

China's secret internet police target critics with web of propaganda

China's communist authorities have intensified their campaign against the
party's biggest potential enemy - the internet - with the recruitment of a
growing army of secret web commentators, sophisticated new monitoring
software and a warning that all bloggers and bulletin board operators must
register with the government or be closed down and fined.
...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/new...505988,00.html