How Hong Kong Textbooks Changed After 2019: ‘Liberal Studies’ vs ‘Citizenship & Social Development’

After introducing the National Security Law following the 2019 Hong Kong protests, China’s government revamped the Liberal Studies curriculum that secondary students are taught, to Citizenship and Social Development - focusing on law, national security and the principle of ‘One Country, Two Systems’.

Insight producer Jersusha Soh explores the differences found in the first volumes of the old and the new textbooks.

00:00 Education revamp after the National Security Law
02:28 Change in content emphasis
03:28 The Hong Kong identity
04:12 Was Hong Kong a British colony?
04:46 Criticism of the Chinese government
06:07 Importance of national symbols
06:54 Rules of participating in social movements
08:12 Mixed reactions to the curriculum shift

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