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Q: Why do people/media always stress whether a person is 80后 or 90后?
I see this a lot in China. Whenever there is a news story or report about someone, be it a criminal or an artist, they clarify whether they are born in the 80s or 90s. Is the distinction that big? There must be a deeper meaning behind it, or?
It is the tendency to consider post-80s and 90s youth as being wild and different from older generations. These groups are the first to truly experience a "capitalism with socialist characteristics" upbringing and thus you see if they're a success or failure.
The childhood of a person born post 80s or post 90s is vastly different.
The post 80s were the first generation under the one child policy and remember a bit of what life was like before the rapid development. And the post 90s have (for the most part) enjoyed the economic development and don't understand what life was like back before they were born.
So the attitudes and perspective of each age group are not the same. Sometimes it is noteworthy when talking about someone in the news to give bit more clarity on the individual and where they are coming from.
