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Q: Will the next generation change China?
Do you think the next generation will change China (in terms of censorship, economy, government, internaitonal relations, etc.) or do you think they will remain complacent with the way things are?
Depends on what you mean by next generation.
If you mean the next generation of 'the people' i.e. university graduates, age about 25ish 'common people', then no, I don't think so, they lack any political power and will be too busy trying to make a life for themselves.
If however you mean the next generation of political leaders (probably about 60 years old) I think undoubtedly they will change China considerably, however in which direction remains unclear.
Anyone who's spent much time in China will have seen immense changes already - in political ideology, societal norms, living standards, urban development. I don't think there's another place in the world where the entire country has changed so radically from the 'Eighties to now. So I'm pretty sure that the next generation will continue this change.
The growth of the 'Netizen community even in the last 5 years reflects the changes that the post 'nineties generation is ushering in - divorce, sex before marriage, eating habits, overseas education, growing criticism and the growth of an Arts scene that is International in outlook.
Yep. The 'next generation' is already changing the China I first came to less than a decade ago.
Do you know, I believe they will, because, I believe the children are the future, just give them strength, and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside, etc, etc, etc.
Honestly, I am certain things will move forward and progress. It is the nature of things. Plus, the world has gotten smaller with the advent of the internet and so people are able to view a window into other countries and see what they're missing, whether that be personal freedoms, standards of living, whatever. When people get hungry for change it occurs.
If you are talking about the young people in today's China... I would say the may have the potential to change China, but they are not taught to grow in that potential or how to use what self-thinking, inovative skills they possess. If there is a China that is changed by today's Chinese generation, it will be done by those who have studied abroad for a considerable length of time (and have returned) and have the will and courage to push for a change.
It's kind of a long shot.
Change happens over time next generation
is too early to call and then you have to check
If they are even allowed to change. Change
their clothes in the evening time, change their
meals during lunchtime. I don't even see a change
machine around to give me any hope for change!
The only people of this generation who will attempt any change are the ones who went to college abroad and have since learned the truth.
Unfortunately 90% will never return after graduation for obvious reasons.
So no...nothing will change anytime soon.
China is on the cusp of a big change. Huge change. It is inevitable and quite logical. The leaders certainly see it coming. I'm not sure it will be for the better.
I think it will take the generation that will be born from the present college students.
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That's the same thing I was thinking. I posted my opinion about it like a week ago or so saying that, should there be any change, that's the generation, the yet unborn generation that would make a difference between what was and is going on in China. Hopefully that change won't be but for the best of this Country. Nonetheless, until this change can take place, we may need to wait at least 40 years or more.
I disagree with the above 2... that generation (the current unborn) won't be in a position to do anything for around 50-70 years - 5-10 years to be born, and then another 40+ to get into a politically powerful enough position over and above their elders (their parents and grandparents... who are the current university students and their parents).
I think, with the way that kids are today brought up with computers and the internet, the big changes will come in the next 30 years, as the current cream of the crop go to the high end (or low end) universities (in numbers never before seen), and after that, with money coming in so rapidly and abundantly (compared to the past) from so many different sources (mostly overseas, but transport technology has also changed that), that the current generation of university-goers will make MASSIVE changes to things on the political scene soon enough. They already have a different view of the world to their parents, they already have quite different priorities. Ask a student today who their favourite basketball team, and they'll go for the Rockets or someone else from the USA. Ask about football, and it's Chelsea, Arsenal or Manchester (fools!!!) Who's their favourite player? Messi.
They were brought up on Japanese cartoons, and love Japanese anime and computer games (hard to hate those people who gave them such enjoyment in their childhood.
Only paper mao's are respected, not the real-life one.
And, what's the best university to go to? Yale, MIT, OxBridge... not Tsinghua or Beijing or Shanghai...
NO, the current generation is painful aware of what they're missing.
Not to mention, they've had a decade to get used to western influence in their education, and know that going it alone is a really really bad idea!
