Hong Kong says school children sang anthem too softly

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Hong Kong officials have singled out at least two schools for singing the Chinese national anthem “too softly”. Teachers at a third school have been asked to help students “cultivate habit and confidence” in singing it.  Hong Kong has redoubled the emphasis on “patriotic” education since 2020 when China cracked down on the city’s pro-democracy movement.  Officials said students’ voices at the Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church Primary School were “soft and weak” and “should be strengthened”. At Yan Chai Hospital Lim Por Yen Secondary School, teachers were told to “help students develop the habit of singing the national anthem loudly in unison”.

Turning into north Korea little by little
Nah, they’ve been forcing kids to sing the anthem every morning almost as long as the US, where they got the idea from.

Nah.

The term “forcing” implies punishment for not obeying.

Stay mad 🤷

The term “forcing” implies punishment for not obeying.

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