When high summer temperatures hit several areas of China, college students in the provinces of Henan and Hunan living in school dormitories, shouted their demands for the installation of air-conditioning. The authorities feared that students would launch a campaign by imitating “revolutionary predecessors experience” from a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda TV drama. Even under 40 degree (104 degrees Fahrenheit) temperatures, six to eight students are crammed into one dormitory room with only a tiny fan to cool them down. Unable to sleep or study in such heat, students at Henan University of Science and Technology held a “collective shouting” in the dormitory on June 9. Mass appeals then happened at Hunan and other universities. Students talked about the events on Weibo, which drew a lot of public attention. With little to no concern for the students’ welfare during extremely hot weather, the CCP authorities focused elsewhere. A picture of …