‘Tragically ugly’ school textbook causes social media outcry in China
by Helen Davidson in Taipei from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZSPK)
Education ministry orders publisher to rectify illustrations of children deemed inappropriate
China's education ministry has ordered a state-owned publisher to rectify a school textbook that went viral owing to what social media users described as tragically ugly" and inappropriate depictions of children.
The mathematics books published by the People's Education Press contain illustrations of people with distorted faces and bulging pants. Boys are seen grabbing girls' skirts and one child appears to have a leg tattoo.
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