China's school textbooks reflect the rise of Xi Jinping's personality cult
- Written by Shih-Wen Sue Chen, Senior Lecturer in Writing and Literature, Deakin University
ShutterstockWhen students in China returned to classrooms in September 2021, they were provided with a new series of textbooks outlining China’s president Xi Jinping, or “Grandpa Xi’s”, political philosophy.
Each textbook on “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for the New Era”, as...





