The history of the university entrance exam this year gave two references: a document relating to the agreement between the Japanese government and the Qing Dynasty in 1905 to send Chinese students to Japan to study abroad. and a loan agreement between the ROC government and Mitsui Company. Students relying on this together with their own knowledge expressed their views around the idea: "In the period 1900-1945 Japan gave China more benefits than damage."
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately responded by posting on Facebook: "Hong Kong’s education sector must not become a" roofless chicken coop "(similar to Chief Executive Lam Trinh Nguyet Nga when it came to a recent interview). here, to talk about the situation where some schools lack management, facilitating the activities of spreading false ideas) ”.
The question asked to express opinion (circled in red) received a backlash - Photo: SCMP
Heavier, the Global Times (the People’s Daily newspaper - the mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party) criticized: "The question that makes students become traitors." Xinhua News Agency calls this the "poisoning" question of students.
Hong Kong Department of Education on May 15 asked the agency in charge of the examinations to explain. The Hong Kong Teachers association commented that the Department of Education only cares about politics but does not care to create conditions for students to debate through the test.
Compared to mainland China, Hong Kong education system is more free and encourages debate and analysis. People in the special zone in 2012 once held a protest against the central government’s intention to impose "Chinese-style" education.
