BEIJING: China’s Communist Party is pushing ideological orthodoxy and demanding government officials reconfirm their faith in “socialism with Chinese” characteristics, a newspaper with close ties to the party reported on Monday.

A recent circular from the ruling party’s powerful Orga–nization Department said that officials must be prevented from “being disoriented and losing themselves” to the effect of Western ideals, the Global Times tabloid reported.

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