Xi Jinping’s 2018 Speech Warns Against Western Influence on Chinese Youth, Calls for Boosted Ideological Education

Excerpts from a 2018 speech by Xi Jinping, recently released, served as a rallying cry against external influences aimed at 'westernizing' Chinese young people. During a conference on education, Xi accused Western powers 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 "destructive" external elements attempting to sway the young people of China, by publishing snippets of a speech delivered by Chinese President Xi Jinping six years earlier.

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