'Xi thoughts' now taught in Chinese schools

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 02, 2021 1:00 am

BEIJING: Chinese pupils returned to school on Wednesday with new textbooks peppered with 'Xi Jinping thought' as the Communist Party aims to extend his personality cult to children as young as seven and rear a new generation of patriots.

The education ministry has said it will incorporate Xi's vaguely defined political ideology into the national curriculum - from primary schools to graduate programs - at the start of the new school year on Wednesday.

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