【禁聞】《京華週刊》停刊 官方否認引質疑

【新唐人2011年11月11日訊】本月中國記者節，運作不到一年的《京華週刊》傳出停刊消息。《京華時報》總機證實屬實。但《京華時報》官方微博卻表示：停刊消息純屬謠言。業內人士認為，中宣部可能怕輿論激起新聞界的憤怒，趕緊往回收，不承認事件的存在。

11月8號中國記者節當天，傳出北京《京華時報》打造的《京華週刊》停刊消息，很多網友感嘆《京華週刊》記者過不了記者節，要自謀生路了。

《紐約時報》合約攝影師杜斌：「像這樣一個媒體倒掉的話很正常，原因是從今年以來，整個的形勢都收緊了。尤其是國外的像茉莉花革命，非洲發生的這些事情（民主抗議）已經讓政府恐慌了。所以它覺得最容易製造噪音的就是媒體，把一些敢說話的媒體搞掉。」

杜斌表示，因為北京是首都，北京市官員認為首都應該作為全國典範，不應有任何噪音出來，所以出來一個就消滅一個。

今年九月份，北京的《新京報》和《京華週刊》的母報《京華時報》，開始劃歸中共北京市委宣傳部主管。自由撰稿人西貝在《德國之聲》撰文透露，原因是現任中共北京市委宣傳部的部長魯煒，不想讓自己的轄區充斥負面新聞，因此終結兩報對北京的所謂媒體「監督」。

大陸資深媒體人高瑜指出，《京華時報》從歸屬上，已經從中央報刊劃歸為北京市報刊，也就是化為地方報刊，她認為，新成立的《京華週刊》被停刊，是中共嚴控媒體的一系列動作之一。

高瑜：「從六種全會以後，對所謂的文化發展大戰略，它其中有一段是專門對付新聞和網路的。加上新華社是80週年，現在就是要用主旋律來嚴控媒體。所以，在這個問題上，週刊被停，那就是很正常的事了。」

2010年10月底，「記者無國界」組織發佈的2010年度「全球新聞自由度報告」，在178個國家和地區當中，中國排名第171位。報告說，儘管中國的媒體和互聯網目前十分活躍，但是新聞審查和壓制仍持續不斷。

外媒記者：「中宣部那邊要求比以前多了。對新聞媒體的要求是不報這個，不要報這個。最近的人大代表獨立參選人的事情，這個事情（中宣部要求）不要報的了。中宣部控制媒體以前就有，只是現在控制的力量增加了。」

對於《京華週刊》停刊風波，《京華時報》在官方微博寫有：本刊從未停刊，而後又寫：停刊消息純屬謠言。有網友質疑，週刊微博從11月2號之後沒有再更新，之前幾乎每天更新，這不得不讓人產生聯想。也有人認為，沒有停刊，並不代表沒有重大變故。

前北京《中國改革雜誌社》新聞部主任趙岩：「不管停與不停，如果是來自上面的壓力，導致這個刊物停的話，那就說明你前面六中全會，剛剛開完說要加強文化的創新，要大發展，要把握國際話語權，你就以這種方式來做，新聞界稍微使用一點監督的權利，有一點監督的力度，完了你就一棍子打過去，不讓新聞界有更大輿論的空間，那麼你這的文化怎麼能大發展？」

杜斌表示，凡是容易引起全國人民關注的事情，中共總是遮住眼睛，把這個事情搪塞過去。

新唐人記者梁欣、唐睿、孫寧採訪報導。

Beijing Weekly』 Shut Down, CCP Denies It

On November 8, China』s Reporters』 Day, news came that

new magazine Beijing Weekly will close down.

The Beijing Times attendant confirmed the news, but the

Beijing Times official micro-blog said the news was false.

Experts believe, afraid of angering the media industry,

the Central Propaganda Department reversed the order.

During China』s Reporter』s Day, news came of the closure

of Beijing Weekly magazine, started by Beijing Times.

Many netizens exclaimed that Beijing Weekly

reporters must find new jobs.

Du Bin (Photographer, New York Times): “It』s normal for

media to go, because the situation is pretty tense right now.

Especially after the Jasmine revolution and the things

in North Africa, the government (Chinese regime) is scared.

It wants to get rid of media that tends to speak up.”

Du Bin expressed that since Beijing is the capital,

officials in Beijing want to set an example.

They don』t want any noise coming out,

so they try to eliminate noisemakers one by one.

In September, Beijing Times, publisher of Beijing News and

Beijing Weekly, fell under control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Beijing Publicity Bureau.

Freelancer Xibei told Voice of Germany that this was done

because CCP Beijing Publicity Bureau Director, Lu Wei, didn』t want “negative news.”

Senior media staff, Gao Yu, pointed out that Beijing Times

transitioned from a CCP national paper to Beijing City paper.

She believe, shutting down Beijing Weekly is part of CCP』s

new measures to strictly censor media.

Gao Yu: “After the six CCP meetings, regarding development

of culture, much of it is targeting control of press and internet.

In addition to the 80th anniversary of Xinhua, it (CCP) tries

to boost it』s official paper by strictly censoring other media.

On this regard, a magazine shutting down is normal.

It must be due to the Beijing City, Beijing Publicity Bureau,

and the Propaganda Office wanting to shut it down.”

At the end of October 2010, Reporters Without Borders

published the 2010 annual Global Press Freedom Report.

Among the 178 countries in the report,

China ranked number 171.

The report mentioned that media and social media are very

active, but press is constantly censored and suppressed.

Foreign Media Correspondents: “The restrictions from

the Central Propaganda Bureau have increased.

In the past, they would order entities to not report on this,

not report on that.

Recently, they were not allowed to report on the independent

candidates of the Nataional People』s Congress election.

The Central Propaganda Bureau always controlled media,

but the control efforts have increased recently.”

Regarding the Beijing Weekend incident, Beijing Times』s

official micro-blog said, “Our magazine has not stopped publishing.”

Later they added, “News of shutdown is completely false.”

Netizens noticed that the Beijing Times』s micro-blog stopped

updating since November 2, though it posted daily before that.

Some suggest, even if it doesn』t shut down,

there might be major changes.

Ren Zhaoyan (Former News Director, Beijing Reform Mag):

“Whether it shuts down due to pressure from above,

the 6th CCP』 Plenum talked about cultural rejuvination.

To develop an international voice.

This is what they meant by that.

If the press gains a little bit of freedom, then you (CCP)

suppress it immediately, how do you develop culture this way?”

杜斌表示，凡是容易引起全國人民關注的事情，中共總是遮住眼睛，把這個事情搪塞過去。

Du Bin said that anything attracting public attention

will be covered up and hidden away by the CCP.

NTD reporters Liang Xin, Tang Rui and Sun Ning