Commentary
Recently, a non-binding bill was proposed to make Chinese history compulsory in senior secondary schools. It was passed after an amendment to delete the word “compulsory” and make the subject a mandatory learning experience. As there are already four compulsory subjects in senior secondary schools in Hong Kong, leaving no room for more, the outcome of the discussion has been expected.
However, it came with an unexpected twist. Legislator Stanley Ng Chau-pei, concurrently a member of the Executive Council and president of the pro-Beijing Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions, argued for the importance of Chinese history by demonizing Western history. He said that the history of ancient Greece and Rome was “fabricated” and that the modern history of the West was “extremely evil” because it was full of wars and invasions….
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