New school books say Hong Kong was never British colony: Report

Hong Kong , June 25 (ANI): New school textbooks in Hong Kong have become a subject of controversy after the learning materials stated the city was an “occupied territory rather than a British colony “, the media report stated. Generally, most of the schoolchildren around the world have long been taught that Hong Kong was once a colony of the British Empire. But now students in Hong Kong will soon learn a different lesson. British had handed over Hong Kong in 1997. Now, as the city prepares to commemorate 25 years since its handover to China on July 1, 1997,…