Secret orders for Chinese media on Xi's visit to Finland

The Chinese government has issued a set of detailed guidelines for media coverage of Chinese President Xi Xinping’s visit to Finland, reports the national broadcaster Yle.

Yle Beijing correspondent Mika Mäkeläinen got his hands on a copy of the instructions sent to Chinese journalists from one of the China’s best-known media organisations, adding that the Chinese media have dubbed such decrees “Ministry of Truth instructions”, said the report.

"Publish this article as is in a visible location on your website and mobile applications as well as your special websites and keep it visible until 2.00pm on 5.4," the order reads.

The guidelines originally referenced an article publicised on Chinese Central Television CCTV, which used a prominent graphic to highlight President Xi’s visit to Finland and the United States.

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