Chen Renqi, a teacher of Chinese historical subjects, believes that the current curriculum and textbooks should cooperate with the current political situation and do not allow multi -angle discussions, especially historical events of nationalism.
(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) China History Section of the second grade of Hong Kong Middle School will adopt a new course outline in September this year. New textbooks delete negative descriptions related to the Chinese and English Opium War and the Qing Dynasty.Some teachers have criticized that this shows that the current political situation does not allow multi -angle discussions.
Comprehensive Ming Pao, Radio Hong Kong, etc., compared with the new and old textbooks, when the new version describes the background of the Opium War from 1840 to 1842, deletes the content of the Qing court trade restrictions and the imbalance between China -British trade, and directly enter the British businessman input.Opium is the starting point of the war background.
The new textbook has moved the Qing court trade restrictions and the content of Sino -British negotiations to the "Xili Dongjian" chapter, and added "teaching memo" to remind teachers: "Although the British dissatisfied with the Qing court's implementation of multiple typesTrade restrictions require the Qing court to improve the conditions for business, but these issues are not directly related to the outbreak of the Opium War. "
In addition, the new textbooks have also deleted negative governance descriptions such as "self -duties" and "retreat" and other negative governance descriptions of the Qing Dynasty government.
Chen Renqi, a teacher of Chinese historical subjects, believes that the current curriculum and textbooks should cooperate with the current political situation and do not allow multi -angle discussions, especially historical events of nationalism.Therefore, when the new book tells the background of the Opium War, it emphasizes Britain's invasion of China and to poison the Chinese with opium.
He described that there are currently "red lines" around, "there are other voices in frontline teachers."In order to feel at ease as much as possible, teachers must be taught in class. Future evaluations and personal opinions may gradually decrease.
Huang Jialiang, another Chinese history, said that in the past, there was a view that the Opium War was for the business war for free trade, but historians generally refuted the view.In the past period in the British colonial rule, Hong Kong textbooks were too important to refute, adding British "unreasonable views" into the book, and now emphasize China's views.
The Hong Kong Sika Garden hosted a teacher to introduce students last year. The cause of the Opium War was that Britain was to eliminate opium.The Xinhua News Agency issued a comment on May 1 last year, saying that "the so -called education that directly tampering with history is not only a betrayal of the past, but also not responsible for the future of Hong Kong."Rectify, timely correction to stop wrong.
The textbook of the three new editions of the middle history of the middle of the third version is included in the "June 4th Incident" content
On the other hand, the new version of the middle history of the middle and third version of the middle history has included the relevant content of the "June 7 Riot" and the "June 4th Incident".
When mentioning the "June 4th", the text described that "After the conversation between the central government failed to talk to the student, until the early morning of June 4, the government ordered the army to clear the field to dispel demonstration students and the masses by force, and the movement finally subsided"; depicting "Six Sixth Sixth SixAt the time of seven, "the conflict was intensified later, and the demonstrators even began to place bombs in the downtown, and people in the city were frightened."
Li Zhuoren, chairman of the Hong Kong citizens supporting the Patriotic Democratic Movement Federation, believes that these are "diluted" discussions and did not fully present the truth.Liu Zhipeng, a professor at the Department of History of Lingnan University, believes that the relevant discussions are appropriate and belong to the factual statement, and said that the three degrees of the middle should be easy to understand, rather than "lifting to politics and the high degree of thinking."
