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Hong Kong: School Girl Punished for Mean Earthquake Comment

Categories: East Asia, China, Hong Kong (China), Education, Freedom of Speech, Media & Journalism, Youth

A school girl wrote down her lack of feelings on the Sichuan earthquake in her blog. Netizens found out her identity and she was force to make public apology. Her school also decided give her a demerit. The incident is recorded at evchk [1] [zh]. Yeung Sir (a teacher) wrote at inmediahk.net that people shouldn't blame the children for their lack of feelings [2], but should ask why the adult world has created such environment for our kids.