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Ministry approves new ‘brainwashing’ curriculum


Activists hold signs outside the Ministry of Education in Taipei yesterday as they protest the ministry’s alleged plans to “de-Taiwanize” high-school curriculums on Chinese literature and social sciences.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times

Groups yesterday protested the Ministry of Education’s bid to “slightly adjust” the national high-school curriculum, calling the move part of a “brainwashing” policy that would see the new curriculum reflect a more China-oriented perspective.

Despite the groups’ opposition, the ministry later formally approved a new curriculum on Chinese literature and social sciences.

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CDC issues alert after H10N8 bird flu found in China

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) cautioned travelers planning to visit China to avoid coming into contact with fowl, after the country reported the world’s second confirmed case of avian influenza strain H10N8 infecting a human.

The CDC said it confirmed with Chinese health authorities that the second case of H10N8 was detected in Jiangxi Province, which is where the first-ever incident of a human contracting the bird flu subtype was reported in November last year.

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Newsflash

Several activists staged a “Rather Nude than Nuke” rally on Ketagalan Boulevard in front of the Presidential Office yesterday to coincide with the 25th -anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster today.

The protesters urged President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to implement a national energy policy and to take proactive action to prevent nuclear disasters.

The protest, led by former -Taiwan Environmental Protection Union (TEPU) secretary-general Ho Tsung-hsun (何宗勳), started with the activists singing the rally’s theme song.