Chinese Dean Demoted Over Blog

China's People's University has demoted a dean after the well-known scholar criticized university officials and what he termed the "bureaucratization" of the nation's higher-education system.

The incident started this month when Zhang Ming, dean of political science at People's University, posted comments on his popular personal blog in which he defended a colleague who he said had been overlooked for a promotion by a university review panel. Mr. Zhang said the decision was made by Li

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