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PREVIEW: #HONGKONG: Conversation with Apple Daily director Mark Simon re the CCP pushing propoganda into the primary and secondary schools of Hong Kong, including the private schools -- most all with a picture of Xi. Details tonight.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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PREVIEW: #HONGKONG: Conversation with Apple Daily director Mark Simon re the CCP pushing propoganda into the primary and secondary schools of Hong Kong, including the private schools -- most all with a picture of Xi. Details tonight.

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0:00.0

This is John Bachelor speaking with Mark Simon of Apple Daily, a long time deputy for Jimmy Lye, now incarcerated indefinitely by the Chinese Communist Party government.

0:11.0

We speak of the education system in Hong Kong, crushed the Hong Kong,

0:17.0

bullied Hong Kong. The education system, as it was understood in 2012,

0:24.0

was pushing back against the idea

0:26.0

that the Chinese Communist Party could

0:27.6

distribute its propaganda to school children.

0:30.7

That has changed.

0:32.0

As Mark Simon explains.

0:34.0

She Jin Ping's picture is everywhere and there's more coming.

0:38.0

Mark Simon from Apple Daily from Jimmy Lie about the fate of Hong Kong under the Chinese Communist Party.

0:46.0

More of this later.

0:48.0

Yes, patriotic education is back in full.

0:51.0

It's just came back in in full. There was really no debate about it

0:54.7

this time. So the kids are basically learning them the the education that they

1:01.0

themselves are putting in them. I mean by they themselves are putting in the mean by they themselves the government is putting in it is

1:06.8

starting to creep into the private school system the expatriate school system as well but

1:12.1

no it's full on what the kids, what everybody fought

1:15.2

against in 2012 in patriotic education has been completely lost. It is now

1:20.9

full on even with these little boy scout ceremonies now, it's very much

1:28.3

a communist ceremony now.

1:30.5

You know, she jing pins pictures in most schools.

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