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Chinese Children Coerced to ‘Motivate’ Grandparents to Get COVID Jabs

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Chinese Children Coerced to ‘Motivate’ Grandparents to Get COVID Jabs
Children prepare to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination site in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, on Nov. 18, 2021. Getty Images
Sophia Lam
Sophia Lam
7/13/2022|Updated: 7/13/2022
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An official notice encouraging children to promote vaccine use among elderly relatives that was published by a district educational body of China’s Beihai City on July 6 has triggered widespread criticism among Chinese netizens.

The online notice, titled “A Special Summer Vacation Homework Assignment,” requires young students, including kindergarten children, “to motivate paternal and maternal grandparents of 60 and above to take their first COVID jab successfully.”

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Sophia Lam joined The Epoch Times in 2021 and covers China-related topics.
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