ISBN:
9781250078810
,
1250078814
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 295 Seiten
,
22 cm
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
305.2420951
Keywords:
Generation Y Social life and customs
;
Young adults Social life and customs
;
China
;
Erwachsener
;
Sozialer Wandel
Abstract:
"The 24-year old author, who is fluent in Chinese, examines the future of China through the lens of the Jiu Ling Hou--the generation born after 1990. A close up look at the Chinese generation born after 1990 exploring through personal encounters how young Chinese feel about everything from money and sex, to their government, the West, and China's shifting role in the world--not to mention their love affair with food, karaoke, and travel. Set primarily in the Eastern 2nd tier city of Suzhou and the budding Western metropolis of Chengdu, the book charts the touchstone issues this young generation faces. From single-child pressure, to test taking madness and the frenzy to buy an apartment as a prerequisite to marriage, from one-night-stands to an evolving understanding of family, Young China offers a fascinating portrait of the generation who will define what it means to be Chinese in the modern era. Zak Dychtwald was twenty when he first landed in China. He spent years deeply immersed in the culture, learning the language and hanging out with his peers, in apartment shares and hostels, on long train rides and over endless restaurant meals"--
Abstract:
Organ stealing prostitutes: on walls, language, and butts -- Determined hearts: on studying, competition, and ambition -- Heavy hangs the head: on China's little emperors -- How to eat your parents: on pressure, housing, and the older generation -- The quiet revolution: on sex -- A leftover woman: on femininity, struggle, and government -- Singles market: on consumerism, Alibaba, and aspiration -- Beyond test monsters: on super-students and creating innovators -- The good comrade: on coming out in China -- Learning to play: on food, karaoke, hobbies, and gaming -- Be there now: on China's love affair with travel -- New to the party: on joining the Communist party and how young people see their government
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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