Young people were a regular part of the political vanguard until the late 1980s, when activism was perceived to be threatening stability and undermining market reforms. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
A century on from the May Fourth protests, Chinese youths are in a state of crisis
- China’s young people, once at the forefront of politics, are increasingly disenfranchised, and part of a worrying generational gap as a result of the nation’s unprecedented cultural and economic development
Young people were a regular part of the political vanguard until the late 1980s, when activism was perceived to be threatening stability and undermining market reforms. Photo: AFP
