The Archive · 1938

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All Anti-Japanese Matter To Be Deleted Peiping, Sept. 11.

According to the Tientsin "Yung Pao," the commission for the compilation and examination of Chinese text books in primary and middle schools has completed the compilation of 185 text books covering all subjects taught in Chinese middle and primary schools.

The paper says that in undertaking this task the editors of the commission have been guided by the following principles:

To eliminate all anti-Japanese material and replace it with matter dwelling on friendship between China, Japan and Manchoukuo.

2. To make a clean sweep of all Kuomintang education 2. To revive the old morality of China and the teachings of ancient scholars, and 4. To encourage the study of science Dr. Tang, Erh-ho, Minister of Education, is chairman of the commission, but the editor-in-chief of the commission is a Japanese specially detailed for such work by the Ministry of Education in Tokyo.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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