The student protesters had been so young and carefree, he thought, he could easily have imagined himself there. Questions began racing through his mind: Why had he not learned about this before? What were the names of the victims? “We were always told that this is a new era, we have left history behind and we have a good life,” Badiucao said in an interview from Melbourne, Australia, where he now lives. Badiucao is also an example of how some young Chinese — who are better educated and expect a fairer and more just society — are willing to take action in pursuit of such ideals, as have a group of Marxist students whose fight for labor rights has run into trouble.

Source: New York Times June 04, 2019 12:30 UTC