Young Chinese in US speak out for peace, love
NEW YORK: It was the dawn of a new day; a day when China's children of the 1980s took charge of their motherland's image in the Western world.
As a brisk, gray morning on Sunday gave way to warmth and sunshine, red and white collaged with red, white and blue as Chinese and American flags, T-shirts, banners and balloons decorated lower Manhattan next to City Hall. Digital connectivity begot a rock concert setting, only this one was all about China and its young people speaking about what makes them tick.
With the theme "Go Olympics, No Politics!" a rally to support China drew more than 7,000 participants and onlookers, as young Chinese students and professionals took to microphones and loudspeakers to inspire their fellow countrymen in the Olympic Spirit. In doing so they indulged in history, staging this rally exactly 89 years after the May Fourth Movement of 1919.
