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Sundials for Security

Hong Kong’s Education Bureau updated its National Security Education Curriculum Framework, requiring national security concepts across subjects from mathematics to physical education.
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Media outlets in Hong Kong, including InMedia HK and HK01, have reported that Hong Kong’s Education Bureau has updated its National Security Education Curriculum Framework to align with China’s Patriotic Education Law and emphasize “comprehensive security” (大安全). The framework now requires national security concepts in Hong Kong schools in subjects ranging from mathematics to physical education. Primary students must learn about the Hong Kong National Security Law (香港國安法) and the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance (維護國家安全條例), while secondary students will devote more time to the study of China’s political system, including the leadership role of the Chinese Communist Party. Physical education lessons will teach students about traditional Chinese sports like shuttlecock. Mathematics classes, meanwhile, will explore such devices as ancient Chinese sundials in order to build “awareness of protecting cultural security.”

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