“Xi Jinping Thought" Enters Hong Kong Classrooms - China's Regime Continues Push for “Patriotic Education”
As the 2024-2025 academic year begins, Hong Kong's educational landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. The Hong Kong Education Bureau has announced the integration of “patriotic education” (ęåęč²) and “Xi Jinping Thought” (ēæčæå¹³ęę³) into the junior high school curriculum. Since the crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2019-2020 and the adoption of the National Security Law (NSL) in June 2020, the Hong Kong Education Bureau has been laying the groundwork for a shift in the school curriculum to bring it in line with the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On October 24, 2023, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing passed the “Patriotic Education Law of the People's Republic of China" (äøåäŗŗę°å
±åå½ē±å½äø»ä¹ęč²ę³). The law, which came into effect on January 1, 2024, aims to promote patriotism, national unity and security, as well as cultural identity among the citizens. In his 2023 Policy Address delivered on October 25, the Beijing-app