Xi Jinping’s 2018 Speech Excerpts Reveal Call to Counter Western Influence on Chinese Youth

In a speech delivered at an education conference in 2018, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged vigilance against efforts by foreign entities to influence China's young population with Western values. The recently released excerpts from his speech accused Western nations of orchestrating a 'color revolution' and emphasized the need for enhanced ideological education.

The leading theoretical publication of the Communist Party has underscored the danger posed by "destabilizing" external elements aiming to sway the young minds of China, by sharing snippets from a speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping six years earlier.

During his address at the 2018 National Education Conference, Xi criticized certain groups for attempting to "Westernize" Chinese youth and orchestrating a "color revolution." He emphasized the importance of ideological education in schools.