Peking University gets extra dose of Xi ideology with new centers

Communist Party keeps careful eye on former bastion of activism

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, waves during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party. © Reuters

TSUKASA HADANO, Nikkei staff writer

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.

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