Chinese Regime Adds ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ to National Curriculum

From The Epoch Times.com (Aug. 2021):

The Chinese regime has announced that beginning in September, students will be taught “Xi Jinping Thought” from primary school all the way to university—in a bid to “arm” their brains with Marxist belief and communist ideology.

The Ministry of Education issued new guidelines on Aug. 24 incorporating the ideology tied to Chinese leader Xi Jinping into the country’s national curriculum. The measure formalized policies announced earlier this summer.

The move aims to strengthen the “resolve to listen to and follow the Party,” and new teaching materials must “cultivate patriotic feelings,” according to the guidelines.

An official of the Ministry of Education stated during an Aug. 24 press conference that it will introduce “Party-leadership”-related content into the curriculum and teaching materials of schools and universities.

A mandatory textbook, titled “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the New Era,” is to “gradually form” the confidence of the young generation in supporting socialism and the Party’s leadership, the ministry said in a July 8 announcement.

The book will be taught in classrooms starting in September, following the summer break.

Xi’s sweeping efforts to indoctrinate the Chinese youth stem from a desire to build a personality cult similar to that of Mao Zedong, the Chinese regime’s first leader, noted Feng Chongyi, a professor on China studies at the University of Technology Sydney.

Chinese people in the 1950s and 1960s would “be in tears upon seeing Mao Zedong, and would read the ‘Little Red Book’ respectfully,” Feng said, referring to a book of Mao quotes that was required reading for virtually the whole populace during that time. [read more]

Not surprising Xi would do this. But it is surprising he hasn’t done the brainwashing/propaganda sooner.

Another article about China’s socialism: Communist Theocracy in China