National Chiayi Senior High School has updated the lyrics of its anthem ahead of its 100th anniversary. One of the verses that used to say “building a new China” has been changed to “marching into a new era.” References to the Three Principles of the People by Sun Yat-sen have also been removed.

The school says the adaptation is not politically motivated. It says the update was approved by a school council, after complaints from alumni who said the lyrics were out of touch with the times. Another lyric that was changed pertains to the admission of girls to the formerly all-boys school. The verse “boys are very ambitious” has been rewritten to “the students at Chiayi Senior High are very ambitious.”

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