China's Gen Z Face Increased Pressure As They Reshape China's Future | CNA Correspondent
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2022
- Many labels have been placed on China’s post-1990s generations who now make up the bulk of China’s workforce. With 190 million of them, they have been labelled everything from being individualistic to wasteful and caught up with consumerism.
But are the millennial and Gen Z generations just a mere product of their times? Or are they a driving force that’s shaping the country? CNA Correspondent looks into how China’s millennial and Gen Z generations are navigating attitudes towards work, housing, national identity and societal pressure in a new era of change.
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From the young ppl who were interviewed, I feel that they r no difference than the majority of working ppl in this world: Try to find a life that’s balanced between work & their personal interest/development. I think the pandemic made ppl paused & reflected on what’s important in their lives, thus, sped up the changes in lifestyle, goals & attitude.
China needs rule of law, same law for Everybody ,respecting constitutional rights democracy meritocracy privacy
@@henk3202 seems you families with china, otherwise it's bullshit
@@henk3202 I think the whole world needs it, not just China
I think young people in China have a very strong sense of identity with Chinese culture, and they may make Chinese culture better
No they are not different. Humanity is becoming something new. We should not stop it. The past is done. It's time to move on. It's time to look to the ancient teachings not the past teachings.
For myself, I found that having fewer material things in my life makes me happier. I do not feel the need to have branded goods. I rather seek knowledge and experiences to fulfill my life.
It's why I am exploring the world, not tie down by mortgage and kids. This Portuguese poet Fernando Peseoa saids it all ...
Want nothing, you will have everything
Want nothing, you will be free
I see many of these young people in this report possession fill up their apartment with collectables.
. We enter the world with nothing and depart with nothing.
Oh Gucci will not like u saying that🤣
that's being a sanyasis meaning. India had ton's of them. but after british colonized india. very few left.
I wish more ppl will think like you, these designer stuffs are constantly finding new ways to sell insecurities.
Well yeah but experiences and knowledge in life requires money
As a genz myself, I would say globally we’re looked at as a “lazy” generation or “lying flat”. I think the main cause of this is the internet and that we can access more knowledge.
Better to focus on actually living life than wasting it away by working oneself into an early grave or chronic illness don't you think?
I like your profile photo
Every succeeding generation is always looked at as being the "lazy" generation. Idk who started it, though. And it should honestly stop. Just because one had lived longer or earlier doesn't automatically make them better than those younger than them.
Nothing bad, me I'm also a gen Z but I guess we are fed up or we don't want to be a slave for a huge company like in the late 60's up to 90's but I guess we have this vision that we can do the things that make us happy which is fine. The only bad thing about us is that we are too anxious and not confident enough with ourselves because we want to be perfect and not have this fear of rejection or I think we are too independent that one can feel lonely and make us anxious to speak to other people.
Work-life balance is really important! It is not only about quality of work life but also about mental health issue. I know the same feelings how much how hard you work, you don't reach forward and feel meaningless. Yeah, it is time to take a break and think about what's are important in your life, goals, personal space/hobbies and your family.
What family?
I remember my fellow gen z advice is that "Always remember, If you're useless no one can use you."
Listening to Zhou Yan POV: her life looks fullfilling. She lives on her own, has 2 jobs ( one i call the "serious" job and one that looks like she took a hobby/interests and makes a profit ) and still has time to be part of a band.
She works almost all the time. Are you serious?!
China used to be family oriented. After the 1 child policy, it made the people compete with one another. Relative, or not. And that's sad to see. I'm from the Philippines. I'm from what I consider a lower middle class family. We have only enough money to live comfortably, no extra money to go on vacation but we do seldom go on road trips near us if everyone is free. I had plans to move out of my parents house but then the pandemic hit. The world stopped. Even my plans got derailed. I experienced worker burnout after working 14hrs/4 days a week. When my company closed the site I worked at, I also handed in my resignation. I took a rest for a year. As well as stop all social media interaction because for me, social media just reminded me of work since that's how my old team communicated. I almost tapped my savings out. Luckily, my parents understood me and let me be free to do what I want tp recover. And since I had no vices, I just spent the year doing household chores, doing sidelines, reading novels online, and sleeping in. Currently, I finally had the confidence to start working and finally have a new job that has decent pay and a pretty good work/life balance. And if everything works well, I could restart my plan in a year or 2. This is something that most Gen Z adults in China would probably not be able to experience.
10-20 million dogs annually are slaughtered in China, 2 million in South Korea, 1 million in Indonesia, and around 5 million in Viet Nam; 80,000 or so of this last group are imported from Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
There are over 600 different cities in China. You will only encounter problems when you want to own a house IF you want to live in tier 1, or tier 2 cities. If you don't want to live a stressful life, living in a small city isn't a bad choice.
I think for most of chinese they dont have choice to live where. for better life, the only choice is to move to big cities.
the problem with small cities is the lack of work / much lesser salary. Same as everywhere. Unless you work remotely, your pay will be much less than that in a big city, which means the cheaper housing might become unavailable as well.
Thats not how it works. People that live in small cities/towns/county's still have stressful life, without the financial gains. Last time I visit my relatives, they didn't have heaters in the winter, the room was -10C because they can't afford the energy bills. I get that China have come a long way, but for the average Chinese citizen, there is still a long way to go to catch up to first world countries. Thats how I honestly feel as a Chinese.
@@eternalobi When was your last time? And which city was that?
@@biboloxo 2018 and where my dad side of family grew up Ganyu County/District Qinkou Town. I mean the city averages 10k USD per capita. Its way better than before I'll be honest with you. But like I said not as good as first world country yet. The relatives that I had that moved to Shanghai are all making 1 million yuan plus a year. pretty good even for Shanghai standards I say. But I am talking about the average Chinese that are struggling here.
I just wanted to say that I really love those home bloggers' style and taste.
For me, also in early 20's , also want life that balance between hustle and inner peace
We all feel the same wherever we are
Ah hah I see your comment everywhere.
过去我的父母觉得在中国很幸福，现在我们觉得作为中国人很痛苦。我仇恨我们的政党并且把一起不幸归咎在它们身上。其实不是的，我不够聪明，太粗心，而且懒惰，早八晚五的工作我总是要故意逃避至少三小时以上，但我不觉得我有错，现在的工资根本配不上我认真对待它。中国的劳动法太不完善，中国的政府又没有认真对待违法的企业，他们必须要为此负责，更重要的是，共产党并没有做得十全十美，我觉得他们在100分的考卷中最多打30分，但他们接受不了任何批评，虚假的夸奖让我更加反感，三十分给他们带来的基础社会和稳定的大环境（人民纳的税，这是他们本来就该做的，只不过有些国家的政府更加垃圾，衬托得共产党好像也不是100%无可救药）
It’s saddening knowing the time they work doesn’t resonate with their property home
nothing unexpected, just young people realising its better to rent + turn consuming local culture and goods because of the external countries turning against them.
Thank you
Laying flat 🤔🤔
CNA is obviously shallow on China issues. You will see "lying flat" everywhere on Chinese social media, but you can never see them give up oppotunities, if your conclusion is right, there will not be so fierce competition between our young people. Young parents tend to pay more money for their children in education. I've never experienced less competition in my real life, otherwise young Chinese won't be so anxious now like me. Many Chinese are eager for the opportunity to overwork actually, if there are good job oppotunities.
While I agree with you on your point about shallowness of the report, I think the message of what CNA or this reporter is trying to raise is the issue of post-90s gen Z, i have one of my own post-90s, all the things these gen Z were saying resonate with what we as parents face with our own kids. I have also seen another good info-documentary program from HK where I am now, conducting similar interviews with HK post-90s, you will find exactly the same attitude and the ideas of “laying flat” it’s because of some, though not their own faults, less mature and awareness of the reality and challenges ahead, they are not giving up or anything but is finding their own way to fight and survive in this rat race, which they are not interested in.
Overthrow the CCP if you care about the future of young Chinese people. Death to Ping the parasite, freedom for China!
@@iammeandmyself2083 I was teaching in Guangzhou china from 2009-2013. I saw the laying flat mentality then from rich kids. I also noticed the workers didn't spend work hours productively. Working long hours in the 996 rat race doesn't yeild productivity. My teaching assistant took long time to finish thier translation and with mistakes. I asked them to cross reference, but they just find the first thing on Baido. I'm not German but we know how productive it's workforce are.
One example, there are 2 international trade shows in Guangzhou. They have 4 greeters standing by the hotel shuttle buses to greet hotel guest, it makes no difference to the visitors if there's 4 ladies saying welcome or no one greeting by the shuttle buses.
I have to agree to the shallowness of reporting. The self censoring for fear of offending the ccp doesn't tell the full extend of the story.
.... you do know why they can't dig in deeper information... For obvious reason.... Right?
Growing up in the San Gabriel valley among Asians. They focus on school but also there family and friends. Life goes bye fast 💨 and you can’t take it with you.
Nice video
They only became driving force if they see what they doing will bring benefit for them not for someone that they dont even know where those come from.
The guy with plaid shirt, when I saw him I was guessing he is from Chengdu! Haha I’m from Chengdu too …miss the vibe there
I loved the apartment transformation! you go guys! also I kinda wonder when will come the time that Chinese youth will move from big cities into countryside. an exodus that have already started in other countries.
Nothing beats my father, my uncle generation ( born in 1920’s ) when they migrated to nanyang ( south east asia ) with less than $30 to their names. They are the 吃 苦 generation, I was born in 1950’s ( call myself the Anything Can ) Generation . Why I say that? To those of us who did well in school, the future is bright . To those who don’t do well in school, they excel in business, driving big cars to old boys gatherings in the 1980’s. 😅
i love trip fuel，i love manager Chen❤
The Home Blogger Boyfriend\BF And Girlfriend\GF Home Renovation Team Should Start A Show Where They Do Home Renovations For People. (Refering To Their Customers) (It's Basically A Mandarin\Chinese Rip Off Of Fixer Upper And Love It Or List It)
Capitalism n Consumerism can bread toxic generation. Needs to have moral guidance
those said "lazy" young generation are way more productive than me. XD
Just do what you think is important for you guys. I'm also gen Z but really, for me I'm just learning how the world is now.
Good luck to these kids.
Xiao Zhou 很漂亮
CCP won't be able to deal with it when these new gens asking for more liberty and political involvement... can NOT wait. it will be a huge blessing to the entire Asian region
19:28 "as long as today the young people are not demonstrating on the street..."
According to some people, demonstrating on the street is a bad thing in China
Working to get nothing but survival wages not living wages. Pointless to do even work hard.
All Urban interviewers 🤔🤔
Videographers voice is weird.
She is looking like a Doll from a doll store
wheres bobba fett please answer me im darth vader.
This just seems to be a little out of sync with what I've been seeing from reliable sources. I hope we're not looking at some form of censorship
Would you honestly be surprised with what we know about China and its government?
What do you mean?
This's was outdated 2 years ago.
那个成都男孩很像藏族也很像活佛
Is CNA Insider trying to tell me 32+ isn't considered young anymore?
They should learn more about the cultural revolution and carve how brutal it was into their mind.
Taiwan 🇹🇼 is a good example of what China can be
when the Chinese people have freedom.
You are an Indian pretending to be Chinese. Shame on you. Please save the girls being raped in India first.
Freedom (TM), brought to you by American corporations
That’s why 2 million “Taiwanese”, 10% of its entire population chose to live in China.
Why I feel Chinese young ones are cooler and wider-view than Taiwanese young people
@@gzuo5973 Well, it's what happens when you reside on Reddit Island.
XI is back in power for another 5 years XI will fix it or stuff it. The person who XI threw out of the assembly got it going, but XI has a better plan. All eyes are on the XI.
Chinese guys are handsome. I'd love to have a Chinese boyfriend :D
Wow ok China isn't just a giant sweatshop?
But whatever Gen Z does for creativity, Xi disagrees, it disgraces china's chinese characteristics.
any real example?
Get them or us(Generation Z) to have 4 or more children, China is facing a population decline.
everyone same. even india birth rate is declining.
@@greyknightcharpter6689 infinite population growth is not realistic, the entire world needs to earn to live with smaller populations
New Chinese chives
Are you talking about yourself? Poor man
新加坡更卷·，这些普通韭菜，要是过去的活，得更惨
Hahaha , CNA another CNN
Better,and Best 🗽🗽🗽
And better more correct
27岁为什么要装嫩
Hell on earth, with masks.
Which sector of Singapore's economy is ahead of China?
Which sector of Japan's economy is ahead of China?
Which sector of Germany's economy is ahead of China?
Which sector of the US' economy is ahead of China?
Which sector of advanced countries' economy is ahead of China?
Early Chinese generations have brought China to be a superpower of today; the job of next two generations of Chinese is to surpass the combine of all advanced economies.
Shallow mini-BBC should look at the sea of despair in Singapore first. More than half of future generations of Singaporeans will be born in HDB 4-rm flats and eventually retiring in HDB 4-rm flats.
Ha ha ha!
You want landed property huh ? Go china lor. But one thing. Do they want you ？
The questions obviously show you are living in a well.
The answer is "everything" to all of them.
Chinesium a phrase we use to describe the cheap copy and paste garbage you export all over the world, which quickly gets sent out to a landfill site. What bothers me is the amount of coal and gas you burn producing this worthless shite. you have brought global warming closer by fifty years
@Ahmet Tekin Where you get that.
most chinese are well educated, polite, hardworking ppl.
compare to india that shihol.
Most ppl are lazy, that fits your North korea category
China has youth?