Students form human chain outside the Maryknoll Convent School in Hong Kong, on Sept. 6, 2019, when mass pro-democracy protests were held in the city. AP Photo/Kin Cheung
Hong Kong authorities are aiming to strengthen “national identity” among school children through a new curriculum issued on Tuesday.
Branded as “brainwashing” by critics, the 89-page revised framework on civic values, titled the “Values Education Curriculum Framework,” was issued to all schools in the city.
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
