Couples in #Shanghai refused to be shipped to quarantine camps. An official threatened: “You would be taken away by force, which will be marked in your record and affect your next 3 generations.” The young man said: “We’re the last generation. Thanks.” He was applauded…
…by many young netizens, who started a #LastGeneration movement online.
“…an ultimate declaration. Either such a life ends in our generation, or we are ended by this life.”
“(Student protester in) 1989: ‘This is my duty.’
“2022: ‘We are the last generation.’”
#ChinaLockdown
“…an ultimate declaration. Either such a life ends in our generation, or we are ended by this life.”
“(Student protester in) 1989: ‘This is my duty.’
“2022: ‘We are the last generation.’”
#ChinaLockdown
#LastGeneration hashtag was soon banned on Weibo.
But its fierce defiance has encouraged many young people.
But its fierce defiance has encouraged many young people.
Having offspring is considered an important duty of young people to their parents. The pandemic has seen a sharp decline in the birthrate, but it is mostly due to financial concern, until #LastGeneration appears as a political protest, first by feminists, now young men, too.
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