Chinese Youth & Society: Drugs, Violence, and Decadence

An August 28 news article by a journalist from Huashang newspaper received a lot of attention when it was first reposted on NetEase (163.com), and especially after it spread to other major websites like QQ and the Mop BBS forums. It is a story about drugs, violence, and about China’s young people.

[English Translation]

90s young girl reveals many drug use pictures on the internet

This is a cold QQ homepage, pure black colors, white font, decadent expression…its owner is a girl who has just turned 18 years old. Gradually delving into the homepage’s content, a bone-chilling coldness can be felt, surrounding the body.  Drugs, fighting…makes people want to ask: Just what kind of lifestyle dominates this girl’s youth?

“Come see how frightening today’s children are. Not only do they do drugs, they take pictures of it too, and upload them for the public to see.” Last night, a netizen contacted this newspaper, providing a link to a homepage.

Her homepage shocked the netizen

After clicking into the website, I first heard the intense music of a DJ playing in a nightclub, accompanied by the groaning and heavy breathing of a man imitating a woman. Looking further, everything was shocking.

“The room has been booked, the foil placed, the ice pipe prepared. The fire is burning, the ice is running, let’s start, shall we?” This was a caption at the top of the homepage’s front page. From her profile information, her name screen name is “Lost Heart,” she was born in May 1990, only recently turned 18 years old, and her hobby is “tragic weeping.”

Everything she shares about herself only makes one feel heavy and sad.

Graduated From: Jail
…
Signature: Decadent, lonely beauty, heartbreaking…. Chose the dark night, chose loneliness, select decadence, doomed to a one person world, I chose degenerate.

In her hobbies, she writes that her best music instrument is the gun, and that she likes “triad/gang/black society violence” movies.

Her pictures include many scenes of drug use and fights

Looking at her pictures, there is a high probability that she did indeed graduate from jail. …Amongst her photos is a “Wanted” picture, the head on which appears to be her’s. Looking at the album’s other directories, everything is shocking.

There are 10 albums in her folders, amongst them two were called “ice” and “high powder, want fashion,” both of which were viewable by the public.

Inside, we can see some scenes were taken at home, and some scenes were in KTV rooms. In some pictures, there are plates/trays with straws placed on coffee tables, with dozens of small bags of white powder and stacks of hundred RMB notes next to them. Some pictures have pipes with water for filtering the ice and the tubes used to inhale the fumes, with people looking intoxicated. It is said: they are using specialized tools for doing ice. Other pictures include two very young girls sharing a tray using straws to do drugs. Some of these girls doing drugs, in some pictures, are scantily dressed or even naked.

In the other folder named “triad/gang/black society,” the pictures include men with various tattoos on their bodies, in various poses. Some are holding knives or guns pointed at each other, some look like they are fighting, and some pictures show injuries from fights, not a single picture is without violence. Amongst these pictures is a guy “Lost Heart” refers to as “My beloved.” He can also be found doing drugs in many of the other pictures.

Her diary talked about committing suicide

I tried to get in touch with this girl, but I did not receive any replies, so there is no way to understand her inner feelings, we can only see what her QQ diary reveals. Aside from some topics about emotions, her diary has some content like these: “China triad/gang/black society boss name list”, “I am not a virgin, I am simply self-righteous”, “Adult Theatre” and so on. Through some of the content, you can see how she has changed over time (Note: deletions):

2008, May 16

He said on the phone that in two more hours, he can be at my side. I am very excited. Meeting in person is a lot more real than seeing each other over webcam, it feels like we have known each other for so long, I feel like I am the world’s luckiest girl. No matter what happens, no matter how many girls he has, I still believe that when he is in my arms, in his heart is only me. I dare not demand that I am the only girl he likes, only hope to be the one girl has trusts to keep no secrets from, whom he can talk about anything with.

2008, June 23

Life recently has been very tiring, lonely, and helpless. Everyday I go online to find happiness, but where is my happiness? To tell the truth, when I am alone at home, I really want to die, want to disappear forever, never to appear again. I want the whole world to leave me alone.

2008, August 1

Recently several things that happened one after another that have made me numb, hehe, ever since I met him, my life has been as he said: colorful, or as my older sister says, the stuff of movies. Hehe, there is nothing I can do. Once I have chosen, I cannot go back. I will bravely face what comes next, bravely push through. People have to walk so many paths, no one can foresee what will happen next.

I trust him, that he has his reasons for whatever he does, so I will support him. Only after meeting him have I known what is love, and will always remember in my heart. Our unspoken relationship is one only you and I know.

2008, August 14

Never have I smoked until I have gotten dizzy or drank until I wanted to vomit, but yesterday I really drank too much, But it was not intentional, I only wanted to use alcohol to forget some things. But I was wrong, it actually made me hurt more, alone on a bed crying. Without hearing from you, it felt like I had returned to before. It again made me afraid, my world reduced to waiting. Do not know if this kind of waiting, this kind of worry, this kind of fear will last for how long, I only know that I might soon collapse, that soon I can no longer bear it anymore.

The news article is long and continues but mostly about other drug users, doctors, sociologists, parents, police, etc. and what they think, not really about “Lost Heart” anymore.

At one point, however, the journalist talks about the video of Cantonese teenagers beating and humiliating a young girl that I also posted here on chinaSMACK before:

Another hoax born?

July, the internet had a widespread video known as the “Kaiping seven minutes,” though later it was confirmed that it was just a hoax to attract traffic. This time, there are also netizens who suspect that “Lost Heart’s” drug use and fight pictures published on her QQ homepage are all just a hoax as well.

“Besieged by 10 people’s cruel perversion, the young girl could only choose silence, subjecting herself to those ignorant, arrogant youths ravaging, humiliation, beating, and kicking….” This was the general view of the video that spread on the internet in July, “Kaiping seven minutes.” That video met an internet uproar and netizen outrage, starting up the human flesh search engines to find those brutal students. But ultimately the truth was that it was a malicious hoax made by several children and designed to attract internet visitor traffic.

Bullshit.

Whatever. Anyway, a lot of Chinese netizens responded to this article about young people taking drugs, being violent, and doing other “dangerous, unhealthy, or bad” things.

From Mop:

Today’s youth…sigh~

I am part of the 90s generation. We also have schoolmates that do drugs…they call it “hitting sand.” It is really hard to believe that they have all graduated from high school. While we are rushing towards the future, they have taken a completely different road.

I am also of the 90s generation but look at how good I am. I do not smoke~!
Nowadays, society cannot even be considered messy, it is simply rotten. Who can we blame? Who can we blame???

I support her.
China has too many people. They are contributing. The sooner they die, the less population strain there is on China and on the planet.

Every society has trash!

To use a famous saying by white Americans: As long as it is not in my neighborhood, it is none of my motherfucking business.

You are wasting your energy, this kind of person is not worthy of your care and concern…they want to die, right? Then let them do their thing.

What is her QQ number?

This is indeed the current situation in China, decadent young people, corrupt leadership.

That is K, not whatever “V.” If you do not know, do not open your mouth. If you went out to the nightclubs, you would know there is a lot of that stuff.
[The user who posted the article on Mop.com changed some of the words of the article, replacing "ice" with "viper." "K" = king, king fen, or ketamine.]

If the kid is bad, blame the father! If they are going to end up like this, might as well ejaculate on the wall instead!

Damn, too ridiculous, being so blatant is just asking for trouble. She should be more low-key.

Since they are already like this, then they might as well just die…they are still trash if they stay in this world.
These damn black societies all deserve to die, they are the rats harming society…parasites on society. Even in this day and age, they are still getting tattoos, forming gangs, wake up please! A bunch of trash that does not even know who they are!!!

Latest update, this girl’s homepage pictures are definitely real.
In fact, she has a lot of connections!
This girl should be from Jilin province! And has connections with the government.
This girl’s homepage pictures are from some lackey called rui991748.
This person has a homepage at 51.com, and it seems like he has connections wih Jiling province’s government, has done pretty well for himself.

http://home.51.com/home.php?user=rui991748

His homepage speaks for itself: This person is dangerous! …
You can tell from this guy’s homepage his connections there are not those of a normal person’s.

To avoid having this information deleted, everyone quickly spread this and post it onto other websites! Start the human flesh search engines! This kind of degenerate person and those behind him must be found and brought down!
[This poster is suggesting that all black society people can only exist because of corrupt government officials, so they must all be discovered, denounced, and punished.]

All of these pictures are supposedly from the websites of the people involved in this news story. They were found and posted in the the comment on Mop.

From QQ:

Sending her directly to prison would be the right move!

China’s national football team harms life, but you can quit it.
Drugs also harm life, but it is very difficult to quit that.
The above two items suggest that normal people should not try either.

If this was all done just to get people’s attention, then this kind of person is least deserving of sympathy. I am also of the 90s generation, and as a third year college student, I feel sorry for her.

I am a 14 year old girl’s parent, I can tell you all that this is real, and as I say this my heart hurts because my daughter has done drugs before, telling me that K powder is not addictive, but I persisted in restraining her. Today’s society has a lot of 13-14 year old girls, boys who are a bit older, I hope everyone can help and not abandon.

Some of those photos must have been copied from other people, right? Today’s kids all like new and stimulating stuff.

If this is real, we should not criticize her so much, we can only use selfless love to help those who need it. Friends, please do not discard those brothers and sisters who have walked the wrong road before or are still walking on the wrong road. Use our love to help them move to the right path, let them once again have life’s hope, and enjoy life’s brilliance.

No matter what, I am still me, keeping my head down, working, lift my head only to look at the wall clock. This other world is very far from me. I will continue in my world, you continue in your world.

I do not know what to think…this kind of person is worthless. Wasting youth, endangering society.

Guys do drugs because of girls, girls do drugs because of guys, if you do drugs, please do not try to find an excuse.

I do not know why decadent, “fei zhu liu“, have all become the word for the 90s generation. Is this the so-called peaceful fashion personality?

Really heart-broken, today’s parents really have no sense of responsibility…

What right you have to criticize? What is wrong with the 90s generation? Under the surface, no one is much better than anyone else.

Boring, all of this stuff is old news. Getting a room and doing drugs is too normal. The reporter who wrote this is pretty out of fashion.

From NetEase:

I am going to faint, something this small can be a headline? Go to a bar these days and 70% of the people are like this. It would be weird if there were less….

Yes! Let war baptize them all once! Let the 90s generation all take the battlefield!

Heh heh…even fooling around is a lifestyle…
Even though you guys think we are human trash…
There is so much you guys do not know…
I am one of the guys with a gun in those pictures…
We are not playing a hoax trying to get attention [with these pictures]…it was just us friends joking around together when we were bored.
Did not think that a reporter would expose us.

This country should stop drugs at the source. As long as there is drug trafficking discovered, those people should be summarily executed. There will no more problems after that.

There are a lot of “fei zhu liu” in the coastal cities. If they do not go to nightclubs or KTVs, then they will go to internet bars. Their homework everyday is to find stimulation. They will try anything. I know people like this, these type of people cannot live out in the open, mainstream society would look down upon them. Vanity and an inexhaustible void is what occupies their mind.

Just a few days ago I fucked a 17 year old girl~~it felt great!!!

This kind of human trash might as well just die. They are just wasting air.

In the suburbs of Guilin, K powder has already become a type of fashion! A lot of young people are all snorting it! It is no longer a secret! K powder are all 80s and 90s young people! Really! It is already uncontrollable…I am really afraid what it will be like in a few years!!

You do not know how crazy the kids of the 80-90s generation are! Go to the nightclubs and see, drugs and sex, they have played everything!

Regardless, their life is in their hands. Black society is fine, white powder is fine, no one can stop you from happily destroying your own life.

This is so common! The reporter is so out of touch with reality! Just go to a nightclub after 9pm and you will find plenty of this kind of trash…

Everyone be careful when visiting a prostitute, avoid getting AIDS.

Today’s reporters are so bored, they make something as trivial as a fart sound like an alien invasion.

Who said the Kaiping 7 minute video was a hoax? This reporter dares to publish articles without even doing his basic homework?!

Her diary revealed suicidal thoughts .
I think it would be better if she did commit suicide, as that would actually contribute more to society.

See more posts about young people in China:

• Anhui Kids (“Fei Zhu Liu”) Are Mental Retards
• Teenage Boy Shows How to Get a Snake Tongue
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