FILE PHOTO - Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the guests during a gift handover ceremony at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) - China cemented President Xi Jinping's position as the "core" of the Communist Party on Monday, making it part of ideological teaching in colleges and universities as Beijing tightens its hold on education.
Political thought and party leadership in China's places of higher learning should "closely revolve around the Chinese Communist Party with comrade Xi Jinping at the core", the State Council, China's Cabinet, said in a document released online.
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