Australian schoolkids 'indoctrinated by Chinese propaganda'

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Australian schoolkids 'indoctrinated by Chinese propaganda' in taxpayer-subsidised community language schools, expert warns

Critics say footage of students at a Sydney language school referring to China as "the motherland" proves they are being indoctrinated on Australian soil.
Caroline Marcus

February 27, 2023

There are warnings Australian schoolchildren are being indoctrinated with Chinese Communist Party propaganda in taxpayer-subsidised community language schools.

Critics have told Sky News Australia students in the schools are being taught to express loyalty to China over Australia.

Dr Lin Bin has been working as a principal in Chinese community language schools in Sydney for 15 years.

“I know some teachers have still got the membership of the CCP, so they will tell the children to be loyal to the motherland, loyal to China,” Dr Bin said.

“Even though you have Australian nationality, the Australian passport, you’re told you still have to be loyal to the Chinese government.”

Dr Lin, a political science academic who migrated from Hong Kong in 1991, has been a vocal critic of the CCP.

He says he was removed from a Chinese community language school in south Sydney after the Chinese consulate expressed concern over his role as principal.

He has since set up his own independent community school, the Academy of Chinese Culture.

“I believe the Australian government has got limited knowledge about CCP interference,” Dr Lin said.

“I’m concerned about these schools because they use teaching material from China and it only provides the point of view from the CCP.”

But he says the most concerning elements of the schools were the teachers themselves – many of whom are Chinese nationals – and activities the students are encouraged to participate in, including poetry competitions and camps in China that are subsidised by the Chinese government.