Pink Floyd Tops Bill in China’s Education Farce
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Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- China’s surreal and uneasyrelationship with Hong Kong is a story you just have to love.
The latest chapter: the mainland government’s campaign toforce-feed “patriotic education” to Hong Kong’s students,extolling the genius of the Communist Party and all it has donefor China and humanity. That mind-numbing phrase evokes a wealthof literary -- not to mention rock ’n’ roll -- references thatparents, teachers and students rallied around as the school yearstarted.