Second Hong Kong teacher sacked, this time for Opium War blunder as lawmaker says punishment too harsh
A Hong Kong primary school teacher who gave pupils a factually incorrect account of the Sino-British Opium War has been barred from the profession, the second educator in recent weeks to incur such a punishment.The teacher involved in the latest case taught at Ho Lap Primary School, and told Primary Two students in an online class that Britain waged the First Opium War of 1839-42 in an attempt to destroy opium in China’s territories.The opposite was the case: Britain sought to sell massive amounts of opium in China while Qing dynasty officials tried to ban it. The war led to the foundation of ...