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Xi calls for more 'guidance' on varsity campuses
Published Mon, Dec 29, 2014 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
CHINESE President Xi Jinping has called for greater "ideological guidance" in China's universities and urged the study of Marxism, state media reported on Monday, as the country tightened its control on Western ideology.
Mr Xi's comments are the latest sign of his politically conservative agenda and come amid a ratcheting up of controls over the media, dissidents and the internet.
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