4 posts tagged with "Social Issues"

Old Fang, that's what people called him, though he didn't feel quite that old. It was just that his back was a little stooped, like a carrying pole long bent under the weight of life. He had drifted like a speck of dust for decades in this enormous, roaring city—Shanghai. The city was a forest of steel, waterfalls of glass, a phantasmagorical river of neon lights. And Old Fang was merely a shadow huddled in the cramped lanes of the old city quarters, a whole world away from the grand narratives of glamour and success.

Night falls, and it is not starlight, but the shimmering light of countless screens that illuminates the city. These lights, like the bars of a cage, imprison young souls within.

Yao Ming, this giant, his voice once resonated throughout the basketball court, but now, with a hint of helplessness, it echoes in the empty conference room: "24 hours without screens, give the children a chance..." This voice is like a giant wave crashing against a reef, trying to awaken a sleeping society.

Li Xiaomei knelt on the ground, her head buried deep between her legs, like an ostrich hiding all her fear and grievances in the darkness. Her body trembled slightly, and her white nurse's uniform spread out on the cold hospital tiles, like a helpless flower.

Chen Pi first felt that something was wrong with his face during his senior year's final exam. The invigilator, Old Wang, stared at his face for a full three minutes, then took off his reading glasses, rubbed his eyes, and looked for another three minutes. Chen Pi felt his cheeks burning, not because he was too nervous about the exam, but because Old Wang's gaze was like an X-ray, scanning for some secret.