Hong Kong Students to Be Taught to ‘Correctly Understand’ Chinese History in Curriculum Redo

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.