China rewrites history of Hong Kong with textbooks that deny British rule

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Hong Kong schools are set to teach students that the city was never a British colony 📚

imposed in 2020, which criminalised almost any criticism of the Chinese state following mass pro-democracy protests in 2019.

Another book repeated a conspiracy theory that opposition and separatist groups had asked foreign forces to interfere in Hong Kong’s affairs. The Global Times, a Chinese state-tabloid, described the result as “chaos”. The new textbooks and syllabus issued by the Hong Kong Education Bureau means teachers “will no longer be able to convey their wrong and poisonous political views to students when teaching this course,” according to the article.

The new curriculum will teach children as young as six about the National Security Law and also requires all students to take a trip to mainland China.Critics have said the changes are part of an increasingly insidious attempt to “brainwash” children with Beijing propaganda.

 

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Langley02_ China is used to be history revisionist

Will America rewrite its history that it was never a British colony too. And they are unique native Indian people.

No one is proud to say that my country was conquered by the British! So it’s better that we don’t talk about it! Britain did nothing to the countries they colonised but stole from them!!!!! I praise HK”s move 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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