China universities 'must shun Western values'
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"China's education minister has told universities to shun textbooks that promote Western values, state media say. Yuan Guiren said universities should maintain political integrity and keep criticism of China's leaders or political system out of the classroom. (...)
In recent months restrictions on academics appear to have been tightening." BBC News 30 January 2015
Release date: 20.03.2015
Update: 20.03.2015
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