BEIJING: After admitting last year that political education for university students in China was outdated and unfashionable, the education minister changed track and said the classes were now so popular, seats were as hard to get as train tickets at lunar new year.
Beijing has campaigned against the spread of “Western values” at universities, and the ruling Communist Party’s anti-corruption watchdog has sent inspectors to monitor teachers for “improper” remarks in class.
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