Hong Kong’s Lesson to Schoolchildren: Love China, No Questions Asked

But the goal was only partially to nurture an interest in the past. The central aim of the new curriculum guidelines, unveiled by the Hong Kong government this month, was much more ambitious: to use those historical stories to instill in the city’s youngest residents a deep-rooted affinity for mainland China — and, with it, unwavering loyalty to its leaders and their strong-arm tactics.
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