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Q: Is the 'Chinese dream' dead?

I've heard many young Chinese saying their parents' generation had it best, because anything was possible in terms of social mobility. If you worked hard (or had good guanxi), you'd end up wherever you wanted. Nowadays, it seems many of them believe that 'window of opportunity' is closing. There's almost a frenetic competition going on.

Granted China isn't like Europe yet, where everything is pretty much set and climbing up the social ladder is nigh-impossible, but is that really what's happening in China?

12 years 27 weeks ago in  Business & Jobs - China

 
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It is probably happening everywhere, I say this because as corruption is exposed then the ranks will close, letting outsiders in can destroy the the base camp. People become wary of letting new blood in because the new blood questions, and are hungry for control and power. Education has always been a mitigating factor in bringing down empires. The more people are educated, can and will cause upheavals and disent. The rich educated younger class magnifies it even more. China is a strong country and I think it will prevail through the social transformation it is going through, because it knows how to deal with many peoples. Some countries with small populations in comparision to China, just can't play the game, so they fall.

GoldenBoy:

How do they handle the 'peoples' at gun point?

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They probably shoot them!

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actually the dream is not dead, there are opportunities to achieve all around them, in a country that lacks innovation and new ideas. a creative person with an imagination can make it big or end up in jail for thinking. so the problem is while the opportunity is there the willingness or ability is lacking.

xinyuren:

Agree with you here. For example, anyone who can run an honest and clean business with good customer service is bound to prosper here since it is so rare.  

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My wife grew up in hut with a dirt floor. Now she pulls in 12,000 a month. Sure, not a lot of money for us. It's a crappy English teacher salary, but considering how many people she grew up with pull in half that, she's pretty happy. As far as she is concerned she's carved a good life out for herself. And she has. The "dream" doesn't mean you own a factory, it means you're happy.

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The dream is still alive for people with an education and who are from the cities. If you're a migrant worker with no education then just be glad you have a minimum wage job. Keep your head down and don't say anything because you're so easily replaceable it's not even funny.

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Why do you think the security has more than quadrupled in China, this is the end of good times...

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