The Scourge of the Red Guard Reintroduced to Hong Kong.....

Red guard is a term used referring to militias in communist states. The famous Chinese red guard of the mid-1960's....

One of the militant school and college students, wearing red armbands, who were the shock-troops of the Cultural Revolution in China from 1966 to 1969. After killing many party officials and plunging the country into chaos, the Red Guards were outlawed and suppressed by the Chinese leader Mao Zedong.

Secretary for Education and Manpower Arthur Li, and Ma Lik and the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong are promoting a program to instill "patriotism" into young students by...

Li will send over 100 boys to the PLA [note: PLA is the People's Liberation Army]this July so they can ``strengthen their national identity'' and ``cultivate proper perception of national defense.''

But this is for starters. Over 200 students annually will be dispatched to Beijing for a 10-day ``national education'' course. They too ``are required to help teachers to promote national education in schools.''

So, these patriots find the need to send our students to indoctrination camps in China, specifically, the armed services to instill patriotism into these students. Then upon their return, the students are being asked to....

``assist their teachers'' in teaching these lessons to their fellow students.

All of this is just too close for comfort. And if the teachers don't comply, they will be struggled against and forced into the streets wearing dunce caps where they will confess to their anti-revolutionary crimes and they themselves sent to reeducation camps so that they too learn how to be patriotic. The students will also be asked to report on the patriotism of fellow students and keep an eye on the activities of their parents and siblings. Just kidding or am I? Do you want to take a chance with these clowns Arthur Li and Ma Lik?