Today’s SATs were delayed about three hours in Hong Kong because the subway system had been shut down by the authorities in response to protests by thousands of citizens opposing the heavy hand of China in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is 12 hours ahead of eastern daylight time.
The Wall Street Journal reported, “Thousands of students from Hong Kong and mainland China take the test each year in a cavernous exposition center near the airport.” Imagine the stresses on these kids as they went in to take their SATs.
If you haven’t been following the protests in Hong Kong, you should be. Why? Because of their effect on China. The protests take place on the weekend and are now in the 18th weekend. They began in opposition to a China-sponsored bill that would have allowed people to be sent for trial in mainland China’s opaque justice system. Additional civil rights demands have been added as the number of protestors has grown to tens of thousands.
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