China launches an app to teach schoolkids socialist theory and 'belief in the party'
Hong Kong Kids in the United States may be busy playing Fortnite and Apex Legends, but their Chinese counterparts are getting into socialist theory.
At least that's the intention of a new app launched under the auspices of the Ministry of Education and the Communist Party's Young Pioneers association. According to the state-run Global Times, the new app and website is designed to help elementary and middle school-aged children"learn about new socialist thought and Chinese classics as part of a campaign to consolidate their belief in the party and inspire them to be reliable socialist successors.
— 𝕛𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕤 𝕘𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕗𝕚𝕥𝕙𝕤 🇭🇰🏴 April 8, 2019 Read MoreGlobal Times said the app was launched as part of a campaign begun in January by the Ministry of Education to"allow students to better understand socialism in the new era through reading Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New...
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