China university says wont let students graduate unless political views are approved

University officials from Xinjiang said their institutions were a frontline in a life and death struggle for the peoples hearts and a main front in the battle against separatism,the ruling Communist Partys official newspaper in the region,the Xinjiang Daily,reported on Tuesday.

Students whose political qualifications are not up to par must absolutely not graduate,even if their professional course work is excellent, said Xu Yuanzhi,the party secretary at Kashgar Teachers College in southern Xinjiang,an epicentre for ethnic unrest.

It is unclear if such a policy has been officially implemented throughout the region.