Scholarism
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| Formation | 29 May 2011[1] |
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| Type | Student activist group |
| Headquarters | Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island |
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Region served
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Hong Kong |
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Official language
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Cantonese |
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Convenor
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Joshua Wong |
| Website | scholarism |
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Scholarism (Chinese: 學民思潮) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy[3] student activist group active in the fields of Hong Kong's education policy, political reform and youth policy.[4] It currently has around 200 members.[5]
The group is known for its stance on defending the autonomy of Hong Kong's education policy from Beijing's unconstitutional[6] interference.[7][8]
Founded by a number of secondary school students on 29 May 2011, the group first came to media attention when they organised a protest against the “National Education” put forward by the Hong Kong government in 2012. At the height of the event, 120,000 students and members of the public attended the demonstration and forced the government to retract its plans to introduce “National Education” as a compulsory subject in schools.[7]
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History[edit]
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Against pro-Communist "Moral and National Education"[edit]
Originally formed as "Scholarism – The Alliance Against Moral & National Education",[9] Scholarism was the first student pressure group that protested against the "Moral and National Education" school curriculum,[3] which was put forward by the Hong Kong Government in 2012 and widely viewed as being pro-Communist. The controversial subject ignored the Tiananmen massacre and tried to present the Communist Party of China in favourable light.[7] The group was one of the few organisations that took part in the protest outside the Central Government Liaison Office after the 1 July March 2012.[10]
In August 2012 members of Scholarism launched an occupation protest at the Hong Kong government headquarters to force the government to retract its plans to introduce "Moral and National Education" as a compulsory subject. Fifty members occupied the public park beneath the government offices, and three of the protesters began a hunger strike.[11] The protest lasted until September 2012.
Hong Kong Democratic movement[edit]
After rising to prominence during the movement against the "Moral and National Education" the pro-democracy students remained active in the social and democracy movement in Hong Kong.
On 23 June 2013, Scholarism issued a statement which stressed the necessity of civil nomination for the 2017 Chief Executive election.[12] By late August, Scholarism drew up a charter and began lobbying democratic Legislative Councilors to sign it, which would commit their parties to make civil nomination through universal suffrage the number one priority during the coming campaign for the 2017 Chief Executive election. The charter was signed by the People Power, League of Social Democrats, Neo Democrats, and Neighbourhood and Worker's Service Centre.[13] The Civic Party signed on with reservations, and the Democratic Party, Labour Party and Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood refused to sign it as they disagree that public nomination should be the only way to put forward candidates.[14]
See also[edit]
- Lessons in Dissent, a documentary film
References[edit]
- ^ 關於我們. 學民思潮 Scholarism (in Chinese).
- ^ http://www.hkilang.org/NEW_WEB/page/dictionary Association for Conversation of Hong Kong Indigenous Languages Online Dictionary for Hong Kong Hakka and Hong Kong Punti (Weitou dialect)
- ^ a b Wilfred Chan and Yuli Yang, CNN Echoing Tiananmen, 17-year-old Hong Kong student prepares for democracy battle 28 September 2014
- ^ "About Scholarism". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
- ^ Zhao, Shirley (24 May 2015). "Hong Kong student Joshua Wong still willing to lead Scholarism despite pressure to finish education". Hong Kong: South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ "No department of the Central People's Government and no province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government may interfere in the affairs which the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region administers on its own in accordance with this Law.""THE BASIC LAW OF THE HONG KONG (Article 22)". Retrieved 2015-03-13.
- ^ a b c ”(Joshua ) Wong formed a group of students in Hong Kong called Scholarism to stop the territory from implementing a mainland-designed “national education” policy that ignored the Tiananmen massacre and pushed fealty to the Chinese Communist Party.”Beech, Hannah (2014-10-08). "The Voice of a Generation". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
- ^ ” After Hong Kong’s other activists dialled back their opposition to Beijing’s plans for how the city’s (region's) mayor (leader), or chief executive, would be elected, the students stepped in to drive the current protests.” Moore, Malcolm (2014-12-11). "Portrait of Hong Kong’s 18-year-old protest leader". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-03-13.
- ^ 基本資料. 學民思潮 Scholarism (in Chinese).
- ^ "Road closures a flashpoint during tense marches". South China Morning Post. 2 July 2012.
- ^ 70多名學民思潮成員政總外紮營請願 (in Chinese). 30 August 2012.
- ^ 623政改聲明：全民普選 全民提名 重奪政府. Scholarism Facebook (in Chinese). 24 June 2013.
- ^ But, Joshua (26 August 2013). "Pan-democrat divisions on show". South China Morning Post.
- ^ Lam, Jeffie (20 September 2013). "Public nomination shouldn't be the only way to elect CE: think tank". South China Morning Post.
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scholarism. |
- 學民思潮 Scholarism
- Scholarism at Facebook
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