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Historical revisionism in Hong Kong refers to allegations of Hong Kong Government or Chinese Government attempting to reinterpret or revise the history of Hong Kong. The move was criticised as resembling Ministry of Truth in the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and creating pseudohistory (偽歷史).[1][2]
The revisionism can be traced back to China, where propaganda and disinformation were said to be spreading through manipulated media to serve political end.[3] The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) also wield schoolbooks to write a new version of Chinese history better suited to the party's needs.[4] After the handover of Hong Kong which saw the city under the control of China, the accusations grew stronger as textbooks for students involving politics were heavily amended and edited. After the protest sparked in 2019, the authorities were accused of creating "an alternate history of events in which prodemocracy protesters are the villains, bringing suffering on everyone else".[5]