Category: “The Exiles”

The New “Politically Correct” History Exams in Hong Kong Give Little Room for Discussion

May 21, 2022
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Some History teachers wished, that this year, the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) history examination, which took place last Saturday (May 14, 2022), could have returned to normal, after the examination questions last year deviated a lot from those of previous years. I told them this was only wishful thinking, as Iris Luk,…

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Film Review: Sundance ’22: ‘The Exiles,’ Unfinished Business

January 28, 2022
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This film is all about unfinished business. In 1989, documentarian Christine Choy started filming the exiled Chinese student leaders who were trying to continue their movement in America, shortly after the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Since she had not been there in the Square, she did not feel a close connection to her subjects, so when…

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