chinaSMACK » Henan http://www.chinasmack.com Hot internet stories, pictures, & videos in China Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:46:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Caning Corporal Punishment at Chinese Martial Arts School http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/caning-corporal-punishment-at-henan-martial-arts-school.html http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/caning-corporal-punishment-at-henan-martial-arts-school.html#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:30:38 +0000 Paul http://www.chinasmack.com/?p=31143

]]> Students of a martial arts school in Henan, China are gathered to watch some students being disciplined by teachers and trainers.

From QQ:

Students in a martial arts school in Henan province violently beaten, images too horrible to look at

Recently, an online post shocked Chinese netizens by revealing that students in a famous martial arts school in Henan province were violently beaten by the school. They were hit for not observing the school’s rules and regulations, such as smoking, absenteeism, talking after bedtime, using cell phones, etc. According to investigations, 90% of the students who had been beaten did not think of using the weapon of law to protect themselves, only because they were afraid of being even more severely scourged/whipped. According to reports, during the martial arts school’s violent disciplining, trainers mainly use staffs and hit the students in the buttocks because the buttons have more meat and won’t lead to internal injuries. The school would also gather all students to “kill the chicken to scare the monkey” [make it a warning to others].

It has been a well-known secret that trainers in martial arts school beat students. A trainer who is not willing to have his name made public said, “There are many students in the martial arts school, and difficult to manage students are even more. Using verbal discipline doesn’t work most of the time with those who smoke, drink alcohol, or cause mischief. This [using physical punishment] is most direct and effective way, and the most convenient way to manage [discipline]. We too have no choice.”

Students of a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are gathered to watch some students being disciplined by teachers and trainers.

Chinese students of a Henan martial arts school show wounds from being physically disciplined for violations of school rules.

Students at a Henan martial arts school in China show their bruises and welts from being caned as corporal punishment.

Chinese students of a Henan martial arts school show wounds from being physically disciplined for violations of school rules.

Students at a Henan martial arts school in China show their bruises and welts from being caned as corporal punishment.

Chinese students of a Henan martial arts school show wounds from being physically disciplined for violations of school rules.

Students at a Henan martial arts school in China show their bruises and welts from being caned as corporal punishment.

Students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are disciplined with physical punishment in the form of public caning.

Students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are disciplined with physical punishment in the form of public caning.

Students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are disciplined with physical punishment in the form of public caning.

Students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are disciplined with physical punishment in the form of public caning.

Students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are disciplined with physical punishment in the form of public caning.

Students at a Henan martial arts school in China show their bruises and welts from being caned as corporal punishment.

Students at a Chinese martial arts school in Henan, China are disciplined with physical punishment in the form of public caning.

Students at a Henan martial arts school in China show their bruises and welts from being caned as corporal punishment.

Comments from QQ:

腾讯深圳市网友 怀念过去:

This is still acceptable, and I support it. This is a martial arts school, it’s normal, and these days students should be dealt with this way. You also should take a look at some of the incidents that are coming out of normal schools these days, where 10-year-old students beat others even more brutally than adults do. They’re simply out of control without any discipline. I think those of you who go online everyday should also already know this. Everyone needs to look at this from a different angle in order to see a different conclusion.

腾讯手机腾讯网网友 血色青春:

Isn’t this our Tagou Martial Arts School, the number one martial arts school, where I was once a student. I’ve also suffered such beatings before, but if you want to learn real martial arts, you can’t fear pain/suffering, and being hit is also a way of developing your potential. If you want to learn martial arts, you mustn’t fear pain/suffering. “Flowers in a greenhouse can’t stand the wind and the rain”. What [martial arts] can someone who can’t stand pain learn?

腾讯镇江市网友 右边後衛:

Tempering the flesh I don’t oppose, but what will children raised under violent discipline be like mentally/emotionally? What will they be like when they grow up? This is a very serious question.

腾讯四川省网友 缘:

No biggie. Don’t always drag the law into things. In fact, dutiful sons/children and talented people can also be produced under the stick [through physical discipline]. Although it’s not the only way, it is still necessary. Children nowadays aren’t taught respect anymore, not knowing what should be respected, all spoiled into thinking they are the most important and precious. Those who were born before the 1970s, very few escaped being hit by teachers, but now they are all very grateful towards their corporal punishing teachers!

腾讯手机腾讯网网友 精彩生活:

Do you guys think a student who isn’t afraid of his master [teacher], who doesn’t respect even his teacher can be of any use to society? He is still a child but is already full of bad habits! What do you think should be done?!

腾讯天水市网友 &朦胧&:

At a martial arts school, it should be like this. If students become “flowers in a greenhouse”, they will easily break/snap. If we want to raise awareness of martial arts in the world, then suffering hardship and pain is necessary. An old master once told me: “Being beaten by me is better than going out and then being beaten by others!”

腾讯手机腾讯网网友 糖果核:

It was much more brutal when I was in Tagou [Martial Arts School]! One look and I know this is Tagou’s masterpiece [work]. It’s completely normal. The main thing is that the law is imperfect plus Tagou’s influence/power. In short: If you’re in Tagou, one is doomed to be beaten!

腾讯荆州市网友 青苹果乐园:

[I] strongly condemn such corporal punishment. In today’s society that emphasizes human rights, this is even more shocking, and must not be tolerated!

腾讯手机腾讯网网友 精彩生活:

I believe education for children today should be more integrated! We can’t simply deem beatings/physical punishment bad. I too grew up getting physically disciplined by teachers, and I have never hated my teachers. Now I even think they were not strict enough! I agree with the teacher’s methods as a strict teacher produces good students and this saying is definitely not wrong. But integrating physical discipline and patient instruction is better! They’re/we’re all only children!

腾讯泉州市网友 恩恩:

The idea of martial arts schools is learning and having a strong body, not to implement a system of violence like in “black society” organizations [organized crime]. Though we say strict teachers produce good students, this isn’t how they are educated. If I were these children’s parents, I would immediately take my children out of that evil school, and at the same time sue that school.

What do you think about corporal punishment?

 ]]> http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/caning-corporal-punishment-at-henan-martial-arts-school.html/feed 87 Chinese Farmer Giving Away Free Turnips Plundered by Mob http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/henan-farmer-offering-free-turnips-plundered-by-mob.html http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/henan-farmer-offering-free-turnips-plundered-by-mob.html#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:40:45 +0000 Fauna http://www.chinasmack.com/?p=30835

]]> Chinese farmer Han Gang on his vegetable farm in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

From NetEase, QQ, & Mop:

Henan farmer gives away turnips to city residents, is plundered by mob

The over 80 mu of turnips grown by farmer Han Gang on his vegetable farm on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in Henan province yielded a bountiful harvest, but these roughly 1.5kg each turnips suffered from poor sales. Day after day, he contacted buyers, but the buyers would only offer a bulk purchasing price of only 4-5 fen per half kilogram. If people are hired to pick the turnips, he’d then have to spend even more money. After discussing with his family, he decided to stop trying to sell these turnips and instead give them away to the city’s residents for their consumption. Han Gang said: “If social welfare and charity organizations want them, I can give them priority.”

Pieces of turnip discarded and left over by Chinese people who flooded a farm offering free turnips that couldn't be sold on the market.

Han Gang posted his idea online and news media from the provincial capital also published the information on November 25th. On the morning of 2011 November 26th, Han Gang’s turnip field was overrun by city residents there to pick turnips, with groups and groups of people carrying vegetable knives hacking turnips off, tossing aside those they didn’t like and bagging those they did to take home.

Zhengzhou residents with vegetable knives hacking and picking free turnips offered by a local farmer.

For days, over ten thousand city residents came to the field to pick turnips.

Over ten thousand people arrived on Han Gang's farm to pick the unsellable turnips he was giving away.

What Han Gang and his family did not expect was that some people even picked and took away the sweet potatoes he had planted. Given that he was unable to stop them, he could only ferret out the uncivilized behavior by immediately taking out the sweet potatoes that those people had put into their bags.

A group of Chinese women carrying bags of turnips they had picked for free from a farmer's field.

Faced with an uncontrollable situation, Han Gang begged people to be merciful: “Auntie, sister, uncle, brother, leave me some, I still need to send my children to school!”

Cars and vans lined up for kilometers to pick free turnips from a farm in Zhengzhou, Henan province of China.

November 26th, Zhengzhou, the cars and tricycles of the turnip pickers lined up for kilometers.

Even a police van appeared on Han Gang's turnip field.

November 26th, a police vehicle appears on Han Gang’s turnip field.

Various cars and trucks belonging to the masses of Zhengzhou residents who turned up at a farmer's field lured by the promise of free turnips.

Various different types of cars on the scene.

A van that had driven directly onto the farmer's field, running over many young turnips.

A van that drove directly onto the turnip field, the young turnips run over into a mess.

People carrying away free turnips from a farm in Zhengzhou, China.

Using both big bags and small bags to take [the turnips] away.

A line of Zhengzhou residents at a farm to pick free turnips.

Riding a mountain bike to come pick turnips.

Sweet potatoes that were dug up and ruined by people who had arrived at a farm to pick free turnips.

Ruined sweet potatoes.

A Chinese person walking their dog on Han Gang's turnip field.

Photo is of November 26th, of a city resident walking a dog on Han Gang’s turnip field.

Farmer Han Gang amongst the mobs of people who descended upon his farm to take the free turnips he was offering.

Photo is of November 26th, of Han Gang’s turnip field.

Hang Gang's son holding a turnip that had been left over by the mob of Chinese people who plundered his vegetable farm.

November 26th, Han Gang’s son holding a turnip thrown away by city residents.

Comments from Mop:

匿名人士143494:

Someone would dare do this in the Heavenly Kingdom?? Well, he must regret it now…

violencebear:

People who don’t know to be thankful, what is wrong with this society?

陌生的今天:

Truly would’ve been better to let the pigs eat them. At least then you could raise some meat and it would’ve been better than giving them to these animals.

猫耳朵的尖叫:

A people without conscience, taking other people’s kind-heartedness for granted.

Disgusting people.

那个带把的:

This is what Chinese people are like. Don’t believe Chinese people are very noble, it is all talk. How different are we now from the fools of the late Qing dynasty?

hxc2611:

These people have such poor character. He was giving you turnips, and yet you fucking take away other things while you’re at it, too disgusting.

溶液2010:

Human nature truly is a complicated topic. Sometimes greed consumes gratefulness.

huang12506:

Some Chinese people…can you be even more disgusting?!

天降便便:

Don’t be good-hearted in the future. Living in a place like the Heavenly Kingdom, one must not be kind-hearted.

Comments from NetEase:

谁是贼[网易北京市网友]:

Don’t say I’m being emotional but but seeing this entire field of helplessness and sadness my eye were indeed moist…
You guys?

网易广东省深圳市龙岗区网友:

Fucking even driving their cars over to take the turnips, what kind of mentality is this?

天乙Freemason[网易河南省洛阳市网友]:

This happening in China is very normal. Something has gone wrong with people’s values, you can’t blame them.

吃了吗你[网易浙江省宁波市网友]:

No wonder Hong Kong people say that wherever mainlanders go it is as if locusts are passing through.

扯蛋侠[网易浙江省宁波市网友]:

A kind-hearted person person has once again been trampled. What a disgusting country.

娱乐我在前[网易广东省珠海市网友]:

That’s because you’ve overestimated human nature.

崇石[网易广东省深圳市网友]:

Everyone has it rough, so everyone being forgiving of each other and everyone helping each other is the way to go.

gztrademark[网易广东省广州市网友]:

I don’t get it! 5 mao per half kilogram in the market and no one buys, but when they hear they can go pick turnips for free they all drive their cars there and line up!

What do you think?

Free turnips. Personals @ chinaSMACK.

 ]]> http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/henan-farmer-offering-free-turnips-plundered-by-mob.html/feed 94 “Pure Gold Can” 1992 Olympics Award Discovered to be Fake http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/stories/jianlibao-pure-gold-can-1992-olympics-award-discovered-to-be-fake.html http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/stories/jianlibao-pure-gold-can-1992-olympics-award-discovered-to-be-fake.html#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:19:39 +0000 Fauna http://www.chinasmack.com/?p=30361

]]> 1992 Barcelona Olympics Chinese jude champion Zhuang Xiaoyan shows that a Jianlibao "pure gold" can she was awarded is not pure gold at all.

From NetEase:

Olympic champion accuses Jianlibao “Pure Gold Can” prize as fake

Summary: On November 5th, 1992 Barcelona Olympics Judo champion Zhuang Xiaoyan claimed that she recently discovered that the pure gold drink can Jianlibao [a Chinese drink manufacturer that became famous after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and was the official sports drink of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games] awarded her 19 years ago may be fake, is not pure gold, and that a professional gold retailer appraises its value at only 50 yuan. The assistant for the general manager of the Jianlibao company responded to this saying, “Currently our company has already taken legal procedures to investigate.”

A Jianlibao "pure gold can" that was awarded to Chinese 1992 Olympic champions.

From Sina Weibo:

@老鬼阿定:

1992 Barcelona Olympic Games champion Zhuang Xiaoyan: “The Sports Commission told us specifically that the gold can was awarded to us by Jianlibao, is pure gold, a good 200 grams.” She treated it like treasure, even keeping it in a bank safety deposit box for 3 years. This year in July, she accidentally discovered a small bubble that the gold can. She peeled off the exterior metal of the gold can only for a silvery color to be exposed. After going to a large-scale gold retailer in Shenyang, she was told the value was only 50 yuan.

Comments from Sina Weibo:

黑_择_明:

Jianlibao is such garbage.

呆呆的狗狗:

Look carefully on the bottom of the can, Jianlibao definitely marked an expiration date for the gold.

吉吉_gigi:

What isn’t fake these days?

麦穗猫:

Is the problem with Jianlibao or the Sports Commission?

要用心灵看世界:

The feeling of being cheated I think is something those shameless people should also be made to feel~ I bet the Jianlibao cans were real, but were swapped out by the Sports Commission. So evil~~

胡文-驴友-登山徒步:

This is exactly what China’s Sports Commission is like, thinking the athletes wouldn’t sell them, would treat them like treasures [forever]. Fuck the Sports Commission.

米脂杜:

Is it possible that the Sport Commission people also didn’t know, that they were deceived? Otherwise it is truly absurdly unbelievable.

康旭炎:

I know that one shouldn’t laugh when encountering this kind of thing… but I can’t stop myself… Hahahahahaha…

蓝黑队魂萨内蒂:

So wrong…even cheating Olympic champions. Too bad it was discovered too late, sigh.

假模三道:

1. The price of good at that time was just tens of kuai. Two hundred grams is no more than a a little over ten thousand. So its unlikely [Jianlibao would make fakes]. 2. There probably was more than one of these things given out, did no one cash/sell one immediately at the time?

闲散xiansan:

Feels like it has been switched. At that time, the price of gold was no more than 100 yuan a gram. There were were no more than 10-20 champions [from China] that year and what Jianlibao did at that time created a big sensation, so there was no need for them to make fakes over such little money. To be honest, between companies and certain people, I’d be more willing to believe/trust Jianlibao.

Wilson陈伟:

It was switched, the Sports Commission is as black/corrupt as the Railway Ministry. [哈哈]

小脆K9:

That year there were 16 champions, and the price of gold was 100 yuan per gram. If what Jianlibao made was real, then who switched [it for a fake]? The evidence shows that… people’s hearts already began going bad since 1992…

梁围脖:

Putting on appearances/only caring about superficial image is the favorite pastime in China.

希尔达是大河马:

At the time, Jianlibao’s boss was from Henan. [Henan people have a reputation for being cheats and fraudsters.]

BB滋:

You should be able to tell if it is real gold the moment you pick it up… Real gold is much heavier~ No common sense at all??

Crusor皓:

How could Jianlibao have been that generous?

冉雄飞:

This is the true result behind over 100 Olympic medals. We see the shiny and beautiful exterior of the gold medals, when actually behind them are hidden so many demons and monsters! The Gold Medal Strategy has given the country and the ordinary common people empty face, has torn off the outer clothes of the Sick Man of East Asia, but the weak and frail body of the Chinese people has not–through sports–changed. Moreover, it has given China the infamy of being the “Cheaters of East Asia” in the eyes of the world, while the Sports Bureaus and Department over several decades have gotten hundreds of billions.

清水荷塘处处蛙:

This kind of company without integrity is one everyone should boycott.

边界Eric:

Our countrymen were already making fakes 20 years ago.

吉林好友:

Only the fake goods are real.

auger48:

In 1992, the integrity of society was already lacking.

What do you think?

 ]]> http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/stories/jianlibao-pure-gold-can-1992-olympics-award-discovered-to-be-fake.html/feed 42 Zhengzhou Sex Culture Festival Features Bondage & Lingerie http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/zhengzhou-sex-culture-festival-features-bondage-lingerie.html http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/zhengzhou-sex-culture-festival-features-bondage-lingerie.html#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:14 +0000 Fauna http://www.chinasmack.com/?p=29873

]]> Two Chinese women bound in ropes at China's Central Plains Sex Culture Festival in Zhengzhou of Henan province.

NetEase:

Zhengzhou Central Plans Sex Culture Festival opens, exhibits lingerie show and S&M performance

September 30th, the 4th Central Plains Sex Culture Festival opened at the Zhengzhou International Exhibition Center with exhibitions of ancient sex relics, exhibitions of modern sexual health products, a underwear modeling show, a body painting exhibition, pole dancing performance, SM [sadomasochism] performance, and others. According to information, the Central Plains Sex Culture Festival has already been held 3 times, and is aimed at disseminating sexual science, spreading sex education, and updating sexual attitudes. The S&M show and the underwear modelling show were very popular. [click to enlarge]

A Chinese sado-masochism performance at the Central Plains Sex Culture Festival in Zhengzhou, China.

A Chinese bondage performance at the Central Plains Sex Culture Festival in Zhengzhou, China.

A Chinese S&M performance at the Central Plains Sex Culture Festival in Zhengzhou, China.

A Chinese SM performance at the Central Plains Sex Culture Festival in Zhengzhou of Henan province.

A Chinese woman modeling lingerie underwear at the Zhengzhou Sex Culture Festival in China.

A Chinese female model showcasing lingerie underwear at the Zhengzhou Sex Culture Festival in China.

Photographers shooting a Chinese woman modeling lingerie underwear at the Zhengzhou Sex Culture Festival in China.

Sex dolls on display at the Central Plains Sex Culture Festival in China.

A Chinese woman modeling lingerie at the Zhengzhou Central Plains Sex Culture Festival.

Comments from NetEase:

qinlongbiao [网易广东省珠海市网友]:

Never imagined that this sofa would be mine, heh heh. Old me has only ever thought of sex, never thought of culture. There’s no need to cover one’s desire/lust with culture. Lust is lust, don’t talk about culture. Has anyone ever seen an impotent eunuch express interest towards sex or so-called culture?

轮地域公鸡者全家釹银 [网易河南省网友]:

Sex as art, the vulgar as elegant/refined, now any random thing is being branded as art, like a blatant sex shows now a sex culture festival. I really don’t know what the goal of holding a sex culture festival is! Using a kind of legal coat to showcase something that should have been in a dark corner, is this the responsibility of you media?

小君43 [网易北京市网友]:

The cameras are almost all shooting from the bottom up.

sanjiguang [网易安徽省巢湖市网友]：

Henan once again.

网易江苏省盐城市网友:

Publicly promoting sex, might as well allow opening brothels.

黄土朝天 [网易广西南宁市网友]:

You fucks, once again teaching [people] how to rape and rob! [How to] first tie them up and then “gang” [rape].

bkc110110 [网易辽宁省鞍山市海城市网友]：

Looks like the world really has changed.

dwl140 [网易山西省大同市网友]:

Public opinion should not pay too much attention to this type of commercial news, and the officials should no longer be doing these sort of pointless events. If there is any household who are engaged in SM, they’re definitely crazies or perverts/deviants.

野有蔓草baby [网易中国网友]：

I still like the real person next to the blow-up doll more.

caloftlee [网易上海市网友]:

All I see are perverts!

网易北京市手机网友:

If I speak bluntly, the girls are pretty, but with the words Henan my appetite is turned.

haojianzhi2006 [网易广东省佛山市网友]:

The girls and guys in the 5th photo are going to be popular!!!

丁丙乙甲甲 [网易江苏省苏州市网友]:

Sex is normal just like sleep. Some education isn’t a bad thing. You can “play” however you want to “play”. Learn some variety, then go home and practice.

yunanjing [网易安徽省网友]:

Sex can definitely have culture, because sex has always been extremely important. Without sex, all of humanity’s culture and civilization would not be able to continue on. Sex has always a sacred thing, though the character of humankind at present has not yet reached the level of regarding the business between men and women in a noble manner.

Continuing human culture and civilization. Personals @ chinaSMACK.

 ]]> http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/zhengzhou-sex-culture-festival-features-bondage-lingerie.html/feed 35 “iSpeak China”: What Are Young Chinese Thinking About? http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/adrian-fisk-what-are-young-chinese-thinking-about.html http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/pictures/adrian-fisk-what-are-young-chinese-thinking-about.html#comments Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:54:14 +0000 Fauna http://www.chinasmack.com/?p=29643

]]> Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

From NetEase:

What are China’s young people thinking about?

In today’s China, the population of people 16 to 30 years old has reached 322 million but in the mainstream media, these ordinary young people’s thoughts and voices are often drowned out. British photographer Adrian Fisk traveled 12,500 kilometers and had a group of young people write down their thoughts on paper. Their future is also China’s future.

Rainbow Su. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I’m currently worried about certain things. China’s girls are becoming materialistic. Without a house, my girlfriend won’t marry me. My parents aren’t able to help me either, so I want a high-income job. This is what I want.” Guangdong, Rainbow Su, 22 years old, software engineering student.

Chow Liang. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“In adults’ eyes I am a bad person in society, but in fact I am a very obedient person.” Gansu, Chow Liang, 17 years old, hair stylist student on way to see father who works in another province.

Lu Zheng Chui. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“After watching television I have many ideas, but am unable to realize them.” Yunnan, Luo Zheng Chui, 30 years old, farmer.

Li Nan Song. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“The Olympic Games proved that China is a powerful modern nation.” Yunnan, Li Nan Song, 21 years old, returned from migrant labor job, now wants to try and set up business trading local fungus.

Yan Long Long. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

(Illiterate) “When I go to the big city, I feel like I don’t know anything.” Gansu, Yang Long Long, 30 years old, farmer.

Song Jing Ping. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“When people leave their village to live in the city, it becomes very hard for them to go back.” Hubei, Song Jing Ping, 22 years old, migrated from 400 km away, runs two basic restaurants with her fiance.

Su Dong Ping. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“People care about money more than the past.” Guangdong, Su Dong Ping, 22 years old, works in a tea shop.

Feng Long. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Why aren’t there any employers setting up factories in the countryside? We don’t want to work as migrant laborers.” Shanghai, Feng Long, 21 years old, first-time migrant laborer working on new building interiors.

Jell Zhu. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I think it’s time for us to STAND UP FOR OURSELVES & be WHO WE REALLY ARE!” Guangdong, Jell Zhu, 22 years old, communications student.

Jia Jia. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“These days there are a portion of young people who are not very concerned with the development of China and the world, only caring about themselves, ignoring many of the people and matters around them.” Guangxi, Jia Jia, 25 years old, (day) mobile phone after sales service / (evening) self-studying marketing management / (night) professional nightclub dancer.

Jhoana Pan. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I HATE the WEATHER in CHINA!” Guangdong, Jhoana Pan, 21 years old, international economic trading student.

Heng She Dong. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I want to save people’s lives.” Qinghai, Heng She Dong, 16 years old, junior high school student.

Guan Ying Ni. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“City should be slow down. Country side should be speed up!” Shanghai, Guan Ying Ni, 25 years old, computer systems analyst.

Xu Ai Hua. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I believe China’s economy will continue to develop forward.” Yunnan, Xu Ai Hua, 19 yars old, high school graduate.

Ma Xiao Lian. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

(Illiterate) “My husband and I want to become migrant laborers so we can work hard to make ourselves and our parents happy.” Qinghai, Ma Xiao Lian, 19 years old, farmer.

Jiang Min. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I want to walk my own path, I don’t want other people telling me what to do.” Henan, Jiang Min, 24 years old, farmer.

Hu Lin Shuan. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Living here, I feel frustrated!” Shanghai, Hu Lin Shuan, 27 years old, migrant worker as room service boy in hotel.

Qiang Chow. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“My dream is to one day be able to pilgrimage to the Potala Palace in Lhasa.” Qinghai, Qiang Chow, 25 years old, construction worker.

Liu Gu. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“If I have a sister would be better!” Beijing, Liu Gu, 26 years old, mobile phone hardware designer.

Meng Hai Lin. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Why people must get married?” Beijing, Meng Hai Lin, 29 years old, mobile phone engineer.

Wong Jing Yi. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I don’t want children!” Hong Kong, Wong Jing Yi, 30 years old, works in a sex toys shop.

Chan Jie Fang. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I’d like to see any supernatural thing such as alien, UFO, mysterious thing.” Chan Jie Fang, 28 years old, supervisor in bag making company in Guangdong province but learning English in Guangxi province.

Lim. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Do not judge China from the media, because the real China is not on the papers.” Beijing, Lim, 22 years old, political science student.

Li Qi Sheng. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Huge cultural differences exist between the East and the West. Do not tell us what to do.” Guangxi, Li Qi Sheng, 30 years old, computer science teacher from Liaoning Province, currently studying English in Guangxi Province.

Ray Chuang. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I want to associated with people from different cultures.” Guangdong, Ray Chuang, 20 years old, economic trading student.

Xiang Xue. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“I like English very much. I want to go on English. But I don’t much money. So I don’t to know what I will go.” Hubei, Xiang Xue, 18 years old, almost done with studies preparing to go to Shanghai factories for work.

Sarah Yip. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Do whatever you want in your life. Because you might DIE tomorrow.” Hong Kong, Sarah Yup, 22 years old, investment bank receptionist.

Zhang Shuang. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Right now I am really enjoying exploring China by myself.” Inner Mongolia, ZHang Shuang, 18 years old, traveling high school graduate from Liaoning province.

Avril Lui. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“We are the lost generation. I’m confused about the world.” Guangxi, Avril Lui, 22-years-old, post-grad student.

Wendy Xhang. Adrian Fisk's ISPEAK CHINA photo series featuring young Chinese sharing their thoughts on camera.

“Before I die, I want to see a united China. Both united with itself and with the world.” Great Wall of China, Wendy Xhang, 20 years old, law student studying in Canada.

Most of the above photos can be found on Adrian Fisk’s personal website. The overview for the “iSpeak China” photo series:

For the last few centuries the West has dominated economics, politics and culture. But now there is a shift towards the East, in particular China, a country of 1.4 billion people of which we know little about.

It is the young Chinese who will inherit this new found global influence, but who are they and what do they think about life.

I traveled on a 12500 km journey through China to find an answer to this question. I looked for young Chinese aged 16 – 30 years, gave them a piece of paper and simply told them they could write what ever they wanted to on the piece of paper, I then photographed them holding the paper.

The results are fascinating.

Comments from NetEase:

请叫我天使 [网易浙江省宁波市余姚市网友]:

Is using Chinese going to kill you? You think you’re so niubi just because you know a few sentences of English?

wanze [网易四川省自贡市网友]:

When I saw that so many people used English to express their own feelings, I knew what this generation of youth is thinking.

My statement is: I and the wu mao cannot coexist under the same sky.

邪先生 [网易江苏省网友]：

I just want to eat without being poisoned, drink milk without being poisoned, be able to afford medical care, be able to afford having a child, not be 70 km/h’d when walking on the street…etc.

hjdufk [网易上海市网友]:

I want 10 wives, so I can sleep with whomever I want at night!

笑看残阳的猫 [网易吉林省长春市网友]:

[I want to] live with dignity.

小小小书童 [网易福建省泉州市网友]：

Very realistic, very lively, very vivid…

profjphoe [网易四川省宜宾市网友]:

He should see what the youth of the UK and USA are thinking.

网易四川省成都市网友 [chrdw0896]:

I see a lot of people who are angry with those who used English. This is a foreign journalist taking photos for the entire world to see, so of course they hope and it would be best to use English.

Students these days all have to learn English, and English currently is the world’s common language, so what is wrong with [them using English]? What more, the English they wrote were all relatively simple, the vocabulary probably only about middle school level.

fs某猫 [网易广东省佛山市网友]：

The different levels of the youths based on educational and geographic differences I think is still quite representative. We are a society in a state of change, and often I feel we are full of ideals but without the inadequate to rise to the task.

superhanliu [网易天津市网友]:

Those who used Chinese with one wrong character after another I think is not funny at all and instead very sad. Most of those who wrote in Chinese may be migrant workers. They normally don’t have to write and the work they do is all manual labor, dirty and tiring work. Aren’t all people, regardless of their profession, supposed to have their own cultural life? But obviously they don’t.

What are you thinking about?

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