BEIJING (Bloomberg): China’s Ministry of Education has ordered a state-owned publisher to change illustrations in a set of its primary school textbooks after widespread public criticism that the pictures were ugly, pornographic and racist.
People’s Education Press must "rectify and reform” the publications, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday (May 28). The publisher of educational books was told to redesign the illustrations and ensure the new ones are in place by the fall semester, after they are reviewed and approved by the ministry, according to the statement.
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