Dr. Du Xiaoxin graduated from the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong. Her academic interests are focused on political studies in China, citizenship education, students affairs and young scholars’ mobility in higher education. She finished her Bachelor’s and Masters’ degrees in Political Science at Fudan University, China. From 2017 to 2020, she worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at National Institutes of Educational Policy Research in East China Normal University. Now she is a research assistant professor at Fudan Development Institute, Fudan University.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Chinese Higher Education and Its Political Task.- Chapter 2 Theoretical Perspectives: Political Socialization and Higher Education.- Chapter 3Historical Review on JU (1903-2013): A Wrestle Between Political Restriction and University Autonomy in Chinese Higher Education.- Chapter 4  Different Players’ Deduction on Political Task.- Chapter 5 The University’s Practices to Ensure the Complement of Political Task.- Chapter 6 Practices to Seek for Academic Freedom and Critical Thinking Under Political Restriction.- Chapter 7 Practices to Look for Flexibility and Alternative Space Under Political Restriction.- Chapter 8 Political Socialization in Chinese Higher Education: Role Differentiation as a Strategy.