University students are being threatened with forced labor and expulsion from school should they complain too loudly about strict parade drills being forced upon them, reports say. As Beijing authorities gear up for the 60-year celebration of the Chinese Communist Party seizing power, they are anxious to keep a lid on any simmering tensions.

Some Beijing students burned their uniforms in public and refused to endure the drills for the upcoming Oct. 1 parade, according to a recent article in Hong Kong’s Chengming Magazine.

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