BEIJING (AP) — Western values are a “ticket to hell,” a newspaper published by China’s Communist Party said in a recent editorial that held up Ukraine and some Arab countries as examples of outside ideas causing turmoil.
Last week, the party tabloid Global Times laid into well-known blogger Ren Zhiqiang for questioning official warnings against Western values infiltrating Chinese college classrooms.
While Cold War brickbats such as “running dogs of the American imperialists” have yet to return, there’s been an overall revival of tough language laying down the party’s bottom line and seeking to undermine opposing arguments.
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Source: San Francisco Chronicle
