This week in mainland China, most people are discussing one short video popped out on Nov, 15th. A young couple from Zhengzhou, Henan province were beat up by the guards of Sunac China Holding limited when they were reclaiming the promotional bonus promised by the developer before. Every element in this news is actually not new at all in China. The reason why this couple got so much attention is that they are simply banal. In other words, they are the average of the average, an epitome of common Chinese young couple.So, what’s a common Chinese young couple like?Liang liang and Liju, these two people both grew up in poor villages from the same province. They went into low quality Specialty training college after high school, which was already the best that could be afforded by their families. From then on, they had to earn their living on their own. So the two got to know each other in the campus during their preparation to upgrade their educational certificates from Specialty to Undergraduate. Like every campus romance, they fell in love and got married when they graduated from the college. Then they began to work and made a monthly salary around 4000 RMB (560$) each, and 10,000 RMB (1400$) altogether. The last step, they bought an apartment in 2021 with a mortgage of 7500 (1050$) every month in order to settle down in the city. Their path of life is the perfect example of what traditional parents expect from their kids. And you know China, a lot of kids follow their parents’ order.In other words, couples like Liangliang and Liju are the most obedient civilian under Chinese Communist regime, they did what the ruling class exactly expected likes tens of millions of people do in China, and most of them are young. Too young and too naive, I can’t help recalling the remark left by the ex-ex-leader of China, Jiang Deming who died two years ago.

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