SHANGHAI, Dec 19 ― One of China's top universities has removed references to “freedom of thought” from its official charter, triggering a rare act of student defiance, while two other institutions have moved to strengthen their allegiance to President Xi Jinping. A video that circulated this...
Thursday, 19 Dec 2019 02:49 PM MYT
A video that circulated this week showed students at Shanghai's Fudan University gathering to sing the school song ― which extols “academic independence and freedom of thought” ― in an apparent protest against the move. It also obliges the school's faculty and teachers to adhere to “core socialist values” and for the institution to build a campus environment that is “harmonious” ― a word typically used as code for the elimination of any anti-government sentiment.
Xi's government has moved aggressively to throttle activists and other critics while pushing Communist ideological dogma through all aspects of society, from politics to culture and entertainment.But even Marxist students have faced a backlash, as police cracked down on some who supported a labour rights movement last year.
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