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| Subject: Ridiculous: School Parade in Taiwan Featuring Swastikas and Nazis Unleashes Uproar Wed Dec 28, 2016 11:32 pm | |
| TAIPEI, Taiwan — A high school parade in Taiwan in which students dressed as Nazi soldiers and carried swastika banners has created a storm of criticism in one of Asia’s most open societies.
Hsinchu Kuang-Fu High School in Hsinchu City held the parade, which focused on Adolf Hitler, as part of the school’s anniversary celebrations on Friday. The parade also featured cardboard tanks. The students chose the theme, according to local news reports.
Photographs of the event spread quickly online, creating a backlash, with the unofficial diplomatic missions of Israel and Germany issuing letters of protest.
The episode resulted in the resignation of the school’s principal, Cheng Hsiao-ming, this week.
Mr. Cheng said that he took responsibility, adding that the primary issue was “our education’s problem,” according to local news reports. “It wasn’t necessarily a problem created by the children.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/world/asia/taiwan-nazi-hitler-parade.html?ribbon-ad-idx=5&rref=world/asia&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Asia%20Pacific&pgtype=article |
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