BEIJING -- Peking University, one of China's most prestigious schools, has established "research centers" on President Xi Jinping's eponymous ideology as the ruling Communist Party's leadership clamps down on a potential source of dissent ahead of next fall's twice-a-decade party congress.
The institutes of "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era" have been cropping up around the country, many at top academic institutions. Peking University alone has four, each specializing in a particular field: economy, rule of law, foreign policy and "ecological civilization."
