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France's High-School Protests Swell to 250,000 as Clashes Bring 490 Arrests
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France's High-School Protests Swell to 250,000 as Clashes Bring 490 Arrests

France's high-school protests over school conditions entered a third week and escalated on October 6, when roughly 250,000 people joined nationwide, left-wing groups merged in, and clashes with police led to about 490 arrests. The crowds included teachers, parents, and unions, and much of the movement stayed peaceful. Japanese netizens split between exasperation at the destruction, ribbing of France's protest culture, and envy of its politically engaged youth.

France's High-School Protests Turn to Riots
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France's High-School Protests Turn to Riots

High-school protests over education conditions — teacher shortages, overcrowded classes, aging buildings — spread across France, with arson at Paris schools, fireworks fired at police, and about 2,000 detained as of the 2nd. Sensational video of fires and attacks spread in Japan, where some consumed it as a warning about immigration. But a substantial strand pointed out the trigger was schooling, not an 'immigrant riot,' and that the violence came from groups piggybacking on the protests. The far-left LFI attached itself to the movement only after the fact.

China's Jobless Youth and 15-Hour School Days
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China's Jobless Youth and 15-Hour School Days

A video compiling young people collapsed or sleeping on streets in Wuhan, Shanghai and Shenyang circulated with a figure of 24.1 million homeless, and a Chinese student's description of six-day, fifteen-hour school weeks as 'a prison' was translated into Japanese. The 24.1 million figure has no traceable source. Japanese commenters spent most of their words comparing the two countries, usually to Japan's disadvantage.