Oh, sensational headline...
They’ll be put down like dogs...
While the Communists in China and the United States would love to put them down like dogs, the fragile economy in China needs them for the next few decades until their attempts to undo the single child policy might possibly work out.
The "Tang Ping" (Lying Flat) movement in China is leading to more and more of this. Once people realize the only way to win is not to participate, it's game over. Beatings don't change the mindset of people who already know they don't have a future in the system.