# ‘Everyone is just going through the motions’: Five years of Hong Kong’s senior-secondary civic studies

https://mins.news/en/video/39932

- BBC Chinese, 2026-09-01 08:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQtq9_9sKI

> Hong Kong’s senior-secondary schools have used Civic and Social Development in place of Liberal Studies for five years. Mainland study tours have changed from voluntary activities into a compulsory requirement, involving about 50,000 students each academic year. Officials describe them as patriotic education, while students and teachers question their impact.

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