Demonstrations are the healthy sign that a society is moving forward in spite of the (often) outdated traditions.

China is very much stuck in its old ways and even though there are some youth out here who try to appear "cool", they are only pretending to be, the appearance is here (hip hop clothing, caps, etc...) but the substance of what makes young people around the world "cool" (to go against traditions, to create their own subculture, etc...) simply does not exist in China. These young guys and girls always fall back in line and end up submitting to their elders' will and views on what life should be, they have no backbone and no guts to stand up to outdated traditions.

So I can't help but laugh when I see young Chinese acting cocky as if they were hip and cool, they are not, just because you wear a NY cap and hoodies does not mean you are cool, the appearance is nothing without the actual substance, period.

In the end, this lack of substance is the very reason why China has zero soft-power which is surprising for a country and an economy of its size, very few people abroad actually think that China is "cool" and most of them are ethnically Chinese.