Guo hopes the struggles of ‘wall-hanging youth’ will no longer go unnoticed, and that they will face less prejudice
For months, such places had served as his makeshift shelter. At his lowest point, he found himself with merely 20 yuan (US$3) left in his pocket.
Just a few years earlier, Guo was far removed from the image of a young man living on society’s fringes. Raised in a relatively affluent family in Hunan province, central China, he graduated with a degree in economics and management and once envisioned a predictable path towards success.
