Universal suffrage is an essential component of Western democracy in the twenty-first century, but the role of education in supporting universal suffrage in Hong Kong is a challenge given its fractured political system and governance, societal divisions about political goals, and democratic aspirations within an authoritarian state. This study…

This paper explores how notions of race, ethnicity, and blood are mobilized in educational texts in Hong Kong. It elaborates how civic identity is racialized as part of a nationalist education operating beneath the surface of expressed commitments to global citizenship, human rights, etc., in curriculum and textbooks. Many have commented on how…

Explores why political education was considered a taboo in Hong Kong. Explains that after China took control of Hong Kong, political education became the means to ensure a smooth change in government. Finds that the General Studies course is a good vehicle to implement political education in Hong Kong. (CMK)

Examines the nature and role of civic education in the formal curriculum of schools in Hong Kong. Provides an overview of civics, citizenship, and political education and an historical background on the changing role of civic education. Reviews the impact of the reunification of Hong Kong with the People's Republic of China. (CMK)

This book takes the position that education in Hong Kong under British rule has been characterized by inequalities, privileges, patronage, discrimination, archaic hierarchies, inadequate planning, and emphasis on quantity over quality. With this colonial heritage and burden, Hong Kong prepares to join China in 1997. Although education in Hong Kong…