【新唐人2013年01月08日訊】法廣：中宣部嚴厲定性南周事件
《南方週末》新年特刊獻辭遭篡改而引發的爭端繼續發展，在數百民眾到南方報業集團總部外集會獻花聲援《南周》的同時，中共中宣部發出通知，力挺宣傳官員庹震。
據《法國國際廣播電臺》報導，中共中宣部對事件進行了嚴厲定性，強調了三個要點，首先，中共黨管媒體是不可動搖的基本原則﹔第二，《南方週末》這次出版事故與庹震無關；最後，此事有境外敵對勢力介入。
報導說，中宣部除禁止媒體人在網上發言支持抗爭，還要求各地媒體、網站1月8號全文刊發一篇《環球時報》的評論，似乎將掀起一波揭批《南方週末》的小運動。
《南方週末》員工對前景悲觀
據英國廣播公司BBC中文網報導，中共中宣部對南周事件的定性，讓《南方週末》的員工感到絕望，認為《南周》必死無疑。
報導引述消息人士的話說，「雖然《南周》這份報紙應該還會存在，但可能就會成了一份黨報，從前的好東西都會沒了。」同時，這位消息人士還擔心《南周》接下來會發生人員清洗。
英媒：南周事件關乎未來中國走向
南周事件最近幾天的發展，也引起全球主流媒體關注。英國《泰晤士報》指出，過去幾週以來，中共政府的審查行為顯示，他們對外界的批評比過去更為敏感。
《每日電訊報》則引述香港大學中國傳媒研究計劃（China Media Project）研究員班志遠（David Bandurski）的話說，南周事件對習近平領導下的中國大陸未來走向，有很嚴重的質疑，他認為，這不只是一個媒體的報導而已，更關乎未來中國的走向。而且從目前很多跡象看來，情況是倒退而不是前進。
停止勞教制度 為「新政」作態？
據大陸多家媒體報導，中共政法委書記孟建柱1月7號宣佈，中共將在今年停止使用勞教制度。在一些民眾為廢除惡法歡呼的同時，大陸多位法學專家則對此表示審慎樂觀。
據《德國之聲》報導，知名法學學者滕彪指出，孟建柱宣佈的關鍵信息是，中共當局並沒有宣佈廢止而是停止使用勞教制度。
滕彪認為，勞教制度即使現在停止，也不是執政者釋放出的善意改革信號，而是官方在勞教受害者的抗爭、法學學者、律師一直以來的呼籲、公眾的壓力下作出的姿態。
滕彪說，勞教惡法即使徹底取消，中共的法外之法也依然存在，對於現在被勞教的對像，中共當局仍然還有黑監獄、居所外監視居住、軟禁、強制旅遊、被精神病、被救助站、強迫失蹤、學習班等辦法，可以彌補勞教停止後的功能。
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Propaganda Department Holds Stern Position
on Southern Weekly Incident
The message that “Southern Weekly’s" New Year special
issue was tampered with has triggered endless disputes.
Hundreds of people went to to the headquarters of the
Southern Newspaper Group with flowers to show their support.
The Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese
Communist Party (CCP) issued a notice firmly supporting Tuo Zheng, the Propaganda Department Minister.
“Radio France Internationale” reported the CCP Central
Propaganda Department confirmed three things about the incident.
1.The CCP’s media is unshakable.
2. The Southern Weekly incident has nothing to do with Tuo Zheng.
3. There were hostile forces from outsides trying to interfere.
The report said the Central Propaganda Department stopped
the media people speaking in support of the protest.
It also urged all media to post a review in the
Global Times on January 8th.
It seems to set off a wave of exposing and criticizing the
Southern Weekly.
“Southern Weekly" Employees Are
Pessimistic about the Future
The BBC report said, the Central Propaganda Department
gave a qualitative assessment of the Southern Weekly incident.
The staff of Southern Weekly are too desperate to believe
there is any chance for the Southern Weekly to survive.
The report quoted sources as saying, “Southern Weekly
newspaper would probably continue to exist.
However it would most likely turn into the Party’s newspaper,
with all the good stuff lost.
At the same time, the sources also worried about the internal
staff being cleansed within the “Southern Weekly.”
Southern Weekly Incident Points to
the Future of China’s Media
The unfolding of the “Southern Weekly Incident"
recently also has caught global mainstream media attention.
The British Times Newspaper pointed out that,
in the past few weeks,
the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) monitoring behavior
showed it is more sensitive than in the past to outside criticism.
The “Daily Telegraph” quoted David Bandurskit, researcher of
the China Media Research Program, University of Hong Kong,
He said said the Southern Weekly incident creates serious
doubt about China under the leadership of Xi Jinping.
David believes that it was not about media coverage,
but it is more about the future direction of China.
Looking at many events, he thinks that China is a step
backwards rather than forward.
Is Stopping Reeducation through Labor Camps
Actually a New Political System?
According to many Mainland media reports,
Meng Jianzhu secretary of the Politics and Law Committee
of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced on Jan. 7th that
the CCP will stop using the reeducation through labor system.
While some people have cheered for the abolition of the evil
law, Mainland legal experts have expressed cautious optimism.
According to the Deutsche Welle reports,
well-known legal scholar Teng Biao pointed out that
key information from Meng Jianzhu showed that the
CCP would stop the use of reeducation through labor system, but not elimination of it.
Teng Biao believes that even if reeducation through
labor system now stops, it is not a well-intentioned reform signal released by the rulers.
It is only a reaction to the continuous protests from the victims,
calls from law scholars and lawyers, and public pressure.
Teng Biao said that if re-education through labor laws were
completely eliminated, the CCP’s extrajudicial laws still exist.
The CCP still has black jails, residential surveillance,
house arrest,
forced transportation to a mental clinic or rescue shelter,
forced disappearances, and brainwashing classes,
which all make up for the functions of a labor camp.
All these methods and places are ready for people
who are in the forced labor camps right now.
