CHINA-INTERNAL: IDEOLOGICAL EDUCATION
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The South China Morning Post reported on September 22, 2017, that China’s top universities are encouraging academics and students to write online articles promoting socialist values, with some offering authors the same academic credits they would get for papers published in journals. According to a notice issued this month by Zhejiang University, content that is widely circulated online, that shows “core socialist values” and influences public opinion with “correct thinking and culture” now carries the same weight as an academic paper – whether it is in the form of an essay, video or animation. The notice said that content that is posted on the websites and social media platforms of party mouthpieces such as People’s Daily and Xinhua would receive the most credits.
(Comment: The policy, which follows calls made by President Xi Jinping late last year for academics to become advocates of socialist values and firm supporters of Communist Party rule.)
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