http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19529867
The proposed curriculum, which consisted of general civics education as well as more controversial lessons on appreciating mainland China, was due to be introduced in primary schools in September and secondary schools in 2013.According to the AFP news agency, course material funded by the government extolled the benefits of one-party rule, equated multi-party democracy to chaos, and glossed over events like the Tiananmen Square crackdown and the mass starvation of Mao Zedong's regime.
That's a lot of gloss.
It's not known how many tens of millions died during the "Great Leap Forward" primarily because China's actual population in the 50s is not known with any great accuracy.
