A China expert says the horrific attack with hot coffee on a nine-month-old baby by a Chinese man follows a trend of similar attacks in the country.
“Abhorrent” random attacks on children are so common in China that they have a name that translates as “revenge against society,” according to Will Sterzel, a prominent critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Sterzel, who lived in China for 14 years but left for the United States when the CCP made its displeasure known about his YouTube videos about local life, said he could explain why the man served the baby coffee in Brisbane.
The man, whose name police have refused to reveal, fled to mainland China after pouring boiling coffee on Luka, who was with his mother in a park on August 27.
“When his last visa application was rejected, he did what so many do in China: he lashed out and took revenge on society by attacking a child,” Sterzela said.
“He even told his friend that he wanted revenge on the white people.”
Sterzel said these types of attacks on children have been going on for a long time in China, citing two this year plus a Chinese man who attacked school children with a knife in Zurich in early October.
According to Sterzel, the phenomenon reflects a deep-seated impotent rage at the ruthless nature of Chinese living conditions under the ruling Communist Party.
China YouTube commentator Will Sterzel, who posts under the name SerpentZa, said he could explain why the Chinese man poured a thermos of boiling coffee over a baby in Brisbane.
“The root of it all comes down to injustice,” Mr. Sterzel said.
He said that while most countries had mechanisms to help those in disgrace, such as police and other authorities, government welfare, mental health care and charities, none of this really existed in China.
“When you’re down on your luck, the government doesn’t help you in China, there are no social programs, and if your family isn’t willing to bail you out, you’re done for,” Sterzel said.
‘There are simply no mental health facilities or systems to treat mental health.
‘So when people go crazy and lose their wits, they have no recourse, they are not allowed to blame the government, they cannot strike, protest, petition or take action.
“They have no one to turn to and so they selfishly lash out at society trying to inflict as much damage as possible and in China children are the most precious and important part of society.”
Chinese man accused of serving hot coffee to baby Luka has fled Australia
Sterzel explained that in Chinese society, with no social safety net, young couples were encouraged, or forced, to marry young and have children, after which the grandparents would take care of the children and do housework as a kind of family. “retirement”.
He said raising a child was also very expensive in China.
“The future of the entire family depends on the good job the child gets,” said Sterzel.
‘So by attacking and murdering young children, these disaffected cowards inflict enormous damage on society, disrupting the plans and livelihoods of multiple generations.
‘Grandparents can no longer retire, parents’ lives are destroyed and China’s already shrinking demographics are getting smaller.
“They have inflicted maximum damage on society.”
Luka, now 10 months old, suffered severe burns to his chest, neck and face and required multiple surgeries.
Sterzel emphasized that “revenge against society” attacks were not a cultural tradition, as they were not seen in other nations with majority Chinese populations, such as Taiwan and Singapore, but arose directly from the grim life in China.
“This is a problem that continues to grow in China and is unfortunately being exported abroad,” Mr Sterzel said.
Luka, now 10 months old, underwent multiple surgeries at Queensland Children’s Hospital after suffering severe burns to his chest, neck and face.
Chinese media reported that the suspect who fled Australia had entered and left Australia many times since 2019, initially using a working holiday visa before switching to a student visa.
During all this time he lived in various places on the east coast of Australia and worked in a meat processing plant.
But when his latest visa application was rejected, the man’s frustration allegedly erupted into the cafe attack, Chinese media also reported.
“Eventually, he vented his anger and (allegedly) hurt a baby before leaving Australia,” China’s New Tang Dynasty Television reported.
The man reportedly has “a brain problem,” according to a co-worker who posted on a Chinese social media platform.
“On the mainland social media ‘Little Red Book’, a Chinese in Australia who claimed to know him broke the news that this man has always been strange and difficult to deal with,” NTD Television added.
‘He has been working in a meat factory for a long time on a study permit. Later, the meat factory did not need a study permit.’
The TV station stated that the man “probably (attacked Luka) to take revenge on the whites, before fleeing.”
