This is a very interesting thread by @kevincarrico about the Warwick Chinese student leader that puts things in a much more troubling context — interviewed by state media The Global Times, CCTV, and given a column. Just another normal college kid, practicing democracy! https://twitter.com/kevincarrico/status/1265549290665062403

"They're just harmless kids" when talking about China is about the worst foot-in-mouth comment when you consider that Beijing has a history of manipulating young people, otherwise known as the Cultural Revolution when the Party unleashed kids to wreck everything.

Also for folks who don't know, @kevincarrico is a professor and also translator of Tsering Woeser's book, Tibet on Fire published by @VersoBooks: https://bit.ly/2Xz01ic