“How do I encourage my students to think critically while teaching them to obey authority and be loyal to the motherland?” asks one teacher
It was her son cheering for China during the Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021 that tipped her over the edge. That, and being forced to sign an oath pledging fealty to the Hong Kong government and, effectively, the Chinese Communist Party. Never mind that she had worked in the civil service for almost 20 years without ever having to take an oath.
Mrs Choi did not hate China, nor did she want her boys to do so. But, she said, “I don’t want them to grow up being forced at school to love the Communist Party.” And the indoctrination had started. New multiple-choice exam questions in primary school asked students “How do you feel about China?” The only options were positive.
He tells her stories, including about his friends and students who are in jail. His best friend is Eddie Chu, a former pro-democracy politician who has been charged with subversion for taking part in a primary election. He faces life in prison. “I tell her about what happened to Eddie, why the police have put him in jail, whether there is a reason and why people are migrating. I think it is enough to just tell her these stories.
Some parents do not approve of these ceremonies, Mrs Mak says. And most do not believe her when she tells them their children’s futures lie in mainland China. When Britain handed Hong Kong over to China, in 1997, the city’s economy was almost a fifth the size of the mainland’s. Now it is less than 2.5%.
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