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the Mainland. The Anti-Extradition Bill Concern However, it is questionable whether internships in
Group of the Chinese University of Hong Kong mainland China are irreplaceable. Ka-wai says some con-
(CUHK) organised the “All Rise for the Liberation of tent of the internship, such as the quality control of pro-
CUHK” march on September 12, 2019, to raise con- prietary Chinese medicines and prescription dispensing,
cerns over programs that require students to go to overlaps with lectures she had in Hong Kong.
China and urge the school to protect students. In light of the current situation in Hong Kong, Ka-wai
thinks it is risky for students to complete their internship
The debate over the necessity of lessons and in the Mainland. She thinks the idea of completing an
internship arrangements in China. internship in the Mainland may not be welcomed since
Ka-wai, a fresh graduate of the Bachelor of Phar- many university students are involved in the social move-
macy (Hons) in Chinese Medicine Programme of ment and they may have safety or political concerns.
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) who de- “The Mainland internship arrangement is sustainable
clines to reveal her full name, describes her com- only with the harmonious relationship between Hong
pulsory internship experience in summer 2018 as a Kong and China, but now the animosity between Main-
short vacation with her classmates where she also
met friendly mainland professors and students.
Ka-wai says contact with mainland China is in- The Mainland internship
evitable for Chinese medicine pharmacy students.
“It is pretty normal and necessary for us to have an arrangement is sustainable only
internship in mainland China as Chinese medicine with the harmonious relationship
is from mainland China after all,” she says. She also
points out it is more convenient for the school to between Hong Kong and China,
educate on the operation of Chinese medicine hos-
pitals, which cannot be found in Hong Kong.

Table 1: Course details from Schools of Chinese Medicine
of HKBU, CUHK and HKU’s websites