Deadline yanked for ‘moral’ education; thousands protest
Posted: September 9, 2012 at 5:08 a.m.
Faced with tens of thousands of protesters contending that a Beijing-backed plan for “moral and national education” amounted to brainwashing and political indoctrination, Hong Kong’s chief executive backpedaled somewhat on Saturday and revoked a 2015 deadline for every school to start teaching the subject.
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