Communist Party orders 'core socialist values' on the curriculum

Educational institutions - from primary schools to universities - will be a major target of a sweeping Marxist education campaign announced yesterday by the Communist Party.

Pupils harvest vegetables under a sign featuring former leader Mao Zedong outside a school in Henan. Photo: Reuters

Educational institutions - from primary schools to universities - will be a major target of a sweeping Marxist education campaign announced yesterday by the Communist Party.

The unusually detailed action plan released by the ruling party's General Office was seen as an attempt by party boss and President Xi Jinping to fight against public scepticism and fill a perceived moral vacuum opened by decades of breakneck economic growth.

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