Hong Kong DSE history exam: Japanese invasion of China is no subject for a cost-benefit analysis

Not long ago, many people were astonished at how a Hong Kong primary schoolteacher falsely told students that the British waged war with China in the 1840s to “ban opium smoking in China”. In the Diploma of Secondary Education history exam last week, the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) hit a new low by setting a question requiring students to assess whether Japan did more good than harm to China during 1900-1945.The Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation for three…

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