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Chinese academic warns Gaokao reforms risk public vulnerability to pseudo-history

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An academic from Beijing Normal University has expressed concern that reforms to China's Gaokao (college entrance exam) could lead to a weakening of history education. Liu Linhai, dean of the school of history, warned that a decline in students choosing history as an exam subject could make the public more susceptible to pseudo-historical narratives and challenges to the official historical line. This warning comes as state-backed publications, including one from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, are increasingly framing 'pseudo-history' as a form of 'historical nihilism'. AI

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Chinese academic warns Gaokao reforms risk public vulnerability to pseudo-history

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Meredith Chen ·

    Gaokao reforms could leave Chinese public vulnerable to pseudo-history, top academic warns

    China’s secondary school students are dropping history as an exam subject, a trend that could leave the public more vulnerable to distorted narratives in the future, an academic at a top university has warned. The note of caution comes as Beijing steps up efforts to counter “hist…

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