Chilling new theory emerges about why Chinese man poured hot coffee on a baby in Australia

An expert on China claims the horrific hot coffee attack on a nine-month-old baby by a Chinese man follows a trend of similar attacks in the country.

Random ‘abhorrent’ attacks on children are so common in China they have a name that translates as ‘revenge against society’, according to Will Sterzel, a prominent critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Mr Sterzel, who lived in China for 14 years but left for the US when the CCP made known its displeasure at his YouTube videos about local life, said he could explain why the man poured coffee on the baby boy in Brisbane.

The man, who police have refused to name, fled back to mainland China after pouring scalding coffee on Luka, who was with his mother in a park on August 27.

‘When his latest application for a visa was rejected, he did what so many in China do: lashed out and took revenge on society by attacking a child,’ Mr Sterzela said.

‘He even said to his friend that he wanted to take revenge on white people.’

Mr Sterzel said such attacks on children had been happening for a long time in China and cited two this year plus a Chinese man attacking school children with a knife in Zurich in early October.

According to Mr Sterzel, the phenomenon reflects a deep-seated impotent fury at the pitiless nature of Chinese living conditions under the ruling Communist Party.

‘What it boils down to at the root of it all is injustice,’ Mr Sterzel claimed. 

He said that while most countries had mechanisms in place to help those in misfortune, such as police and other authorities, government welfare, mental health care and charities, there was effectively none of this in China. 

‘When you’re down on your luck the government will not help you in China, there are no social programs and if your family isn’t willing to float you you’re done for,’ Mr Sterzel said.

‘There simply are no mental health facilities or systems in place to deal with mental health.

‘So, when people snap and are at wit’s end they have no recourse, they’re not allowed to blame the government, they cannot strike or protest or petition or take action.

‘They have nowhere to turn 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.’ 

The Chinese man accused of pouring the hot coffee on baby Luka has fled Australia

Mr Sterzel explained in Chinese society with no welfare safety net, young couples were encouraged, or forced, to marry young and have children after which the grandparents move in to child-mind and do household chores as ‘retirement’.

He said raising a child was also very expensive in China.

‘All that the entire family’s future rides on how good a job the child gets,’ Mr Sterzel said.

‘So, by attacking and murdering young children these disgruntled cowards inflict huge damage to society disrupting the plans and livelihoods of multiple generations.

‘The grandparents can no longer retire, the parents’ lives are destroyed and China’s already shrinking demographics get smaller.

‘They have inflicted maximum damage to society.’

Luka, now 10 months old, suffered severe burns to his chest, neck and face and required multiple surgeries

Mr Sterzel stressed ‘revenge against society’ attacks were not cultural tradition as they were not seen in other nations with majority Chinese populations such as Taiwan and Singapore, but stemmed directly from the bleak life in China.

‘This is a problem that’s continuing to grow in China and unfortunately get exported abroad,’ Mr Sterzel said.

Luka, who is 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 the suspect who fled Australia had entered and exited Australia many times since 2019 – initially using a working holiday visa before later switching to a student visa.

Throughout that time, he lived in various places on Australia’s east coast and worked in a meat processing plant.

But when his latest visa application was rejected, the man’s frustration allegedly erupted in the coffee attack, Chinese media also reported.

‘Finally, he vented his anger and [allegedly] hurt a baby before leaving Australia,’ reported China’s New Tang Dynasty Television.

The man reportedly has ‘a brain problem’ according to a coworker who posted on a Chinese social media platform.

‘On the mainland social media ‘Little Red Book’, a Chinese person in Australia who claimed to know him, broke the news that this man has always been weird and difficult to deal with,’ added NTD Television.

‘He has been working in a meat factory with a study permit for a long time. Later, the meat factory did not require a study permit.’

The TV station alleged the man ‘probably [attacked Luka] to take revenge on the white people, before running away’.