중국의 출판 검열 메커니즘과 양상 ― 《차이나 붐》의 번역 검열 사례를 중심으로 = Mechanisms and Aspects of Publishing Censorship in China - Focusing on the case of translation censorship in “China Boom”

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Censorship of publications in China has a long historical tradition. The tradition of censorship and banned books is no stranger to China's authoritarian regime today. China's censorship system is designed to block sensitive information from both domestic and foreign sources and to maintain the stability of the regime. The system consists of a three-layered mechanism that serves both preventive and punitive functions. Publications in China go through this mechanism to have their content removed, distorted, or altered. At the top of the censorship mechanism is the Publicity Department of the Central Committee of the CCP, which directs censorship through various ordinances, regulations, and implicit instructions. The second layer is the local government's press and publication administration. When a publisher submits a publication that deals with the historical or political issues, the local authorities' censors review the content against the regulations and guidelines. The third layer of censorship is at the publisher's own editorial level. Editors monitor politically sensitive content and delete or replace all potentially problematic words, sentences, paragraphs, etc. This in turn influences the self-censorship of scholars and writers inside and outside of China. The third layer of censorship is at the publisher's own editorial level. Editors monitor politically sensitive content and delete or replace all potentially problematic words, sentences, paragraphs, etc. This in turn influences the self-censorship of scholars, writers and translators inside and outside of China. In the case of the publication of Ho-fung Hung's China Boom: Why China Will not Rule the World, the Chinese authorities deleted, distorted, or altered sections of the book that dealt with sensitive historical events such as the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and the Cultural Revolution, the repressive nature of the system, policy errors, former and current top leadership. The censorship system in China is characterized by an ongoing tension between the party-state's pursuit of absolute control and the fundamental human rights to freedom of thought and expression.