Ministry scrutinizes university textbooks

The Ministry of Education declined to comment on Tuesday on a report that it had launched an investigation into the use of imported textbooks at Chinese universities.

Universities in Beijing and a few other provinces were asked to fill out questionnaires last week detailing their use of foreign materials in teaching, according to media reports in Beijing and Hong Kong on Monday.

Contacted on Tuesday afternoon, Xu Mei, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education, said the ministry had no comment.