初The no-tell motels that China’s young people are going to: “If the linens are too dirty, you will lose your deposit.” General Electric imagines a 30 second love story in rural China. It’s not the dating that’s hard, it’s paying for the meal: rumors of AIDS kebabs in Xinjiang barbecues reach every China Mobile phone. A debunking of the de facto […]
初The no-tell motels that China’s young people are going to: “If the linens are too dirty, you will lose your deposit.” General Electric imagines a 30 second love story in rural China. It’s not the dating that’s hard, it’s paying for the meal: rumors of AIDS kebabs in Xinjiang barbecues reach every China Mobile phone. A debunking of the de facto anti-Muslim rumor, which had Xinjiang Agricultural University students resolving “to eat street food as little as possible.” An internet campaign celebrating Taiwan’s new president: strip if you support Chen Shui Bian, with photos of course. Sex scandals happen, but not with your daughter: a Hong Kong Toy King offers HK$100 million to clear his girl’s name: “My whole family are Christians,” she says. “I would never do such a thing.” So why aren’t China’s young people the new Cold War Kids? While 40-somethings are most willing to challenge the government, China’s loyal youth are “the most patriotic, establishment-supporting people you’ll meet.”
That article about Chinese “educated” youth is so right on! Great find! I’ve been living in China for a long time and I’ve found that the Red Guards still hide out in the hidden recesses of the internet, always patrolling, always trolling, lurking until they find a position upon which to launch their battery of party-crafted slogans and talking-points. They flood message boards and chatrooms, trying to intimidate rational, critical thinking Chinese people into submission or at least silence. I agree that we will have to wait at least five to ten years before this horribly sheltered generation can pull their heads out of their bias and see the world reality for what it is. And the sad thing is, I know people may respond to this angrily, with their slogans and talking-points as they always do, and they will not say anything new. It’s sad, but it makes predicting the future a piece of cake!