The New York-based New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) on June 7, 2020 reported that a six-page internal document was issued by the CCP Central Committee and the State Council on May 20. The document stipulates a series of 20 political words and actions that are “not allowed” outside the working hours of the party members of the Central Committee and state organs. Below is a partial list from the document of what is “not allowed.”

i) Expressing different opinions, especially making statements that deviate from the ‘two safeguards’ [Editor’s note: the two safeguards (两个维护) means resolutely safeguarding the core position of General Party Secretary Xi Jinping and the core position of the party; safeguarding the authority of the party and its centralized and unified leadership];

ii) Making a “low level compliment or high-level praise with a manipulative or sarcastic undertone (低级红、高级黑)”;

iii) Browsing reactionary websites and listening to or watching foreign reactionary radio and television programs;

iv) Accepting media interviews, especially from foreign media;

v) Publishing “internal” information from work;

vi) Ignoring the demands of the public using non-working hours as the excuse;

vii). Forming an alumni association or a comrade’s association;

viii) Disseminating speech that violates the party’s theories, guidelines, and policies;

ix) Disapproving of the Central Authorities;

x) Discussing or disseminating political rumours and remarks that tarnish the image of the party and the country;

xi) Forming cliques and factions within the party;

xii) Becoming a two-faced person.