导读:近日，一篇名为《北京，有2000万人在假生活》的文章在网上引起了热议。事后，作者就这篇文章的不实报道进行了道歉。
An opinion piece describing the growing difficulties of living in Beijing appears to have become the target of Chinese government censorship.
一篇描述北漂困难与日俱增的评论文章似乎成了中国政府审查机构的目标。
The essay, entitled "Beijing has 20 million people pretending to have a life", says industrialisation, migration and rising costs mean that many people in the city merely survive from day to day, rather than enjoying life.
这篇名为《北京，有2000万人在假生活》的文章说道：“工业化、移居、和不断上涨的成本意味着北京有很多人日复一日仅仅是在生存，而非享受生活。”
It spread widely on social media in China after being published last week. Author Zhang Guochen has since issued an apology.
文章在上周出版后就在中国的社交媒体上广泛流传。此后，作者张国臣进行了道歉。
Zhang Guochen (pen name Zhang Wumao) posted his article on 23 July on mobile messenger WeChat.
张国臣（笔名张五毛）于7月23日在移动通讯微信上发表了这篇文章。
According to Sohu News more than seven million people read the article before it was deleted from his WeChat account.
据搜狐新闻报道，在从其微信账户上删除之前，逾700万人阅读了这篇文章。
Mr Zhang told The Economic Observer that his article "has many holes in it" and that it was intended to be just "a piece of mischief, a humorous expression".
张先生向《经济观察报》说道，他的文章“本身有很多漏洞”，它只是个“恶作剧，一个幽默的表达。”
"I made a mistake; most of the media have criticised me, thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain, and to apologise," he said.
他说道：“我犯了一个错误；大部分媒体批评了我，谢谢你们给我解释和道歉的机会。”
