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"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"--… (más)
With the ambitious objective of becoming fluent in Mandarin, Zak Dychtwald moves to China and completely immerses himself in the culture over the course of nearly a decade. In China's young adults, Dychtwald has observed a distinctive change from previous generations in their career aspirations, approach to finances, relationships, political philosophy and leisure interests, and it is his belief that this generation will mark a turning point in Chinese history.
Having picked this book up aware of only the most basic (and likely most stereotypical) facts about Chinese culture, it was a revelation from start to finish. Even had the focus of this work not been on the changes seen in young generations, it was super educational — I learned a ton about both traditional and contemporary culture. Some particularly eye-opening surprises included the percentage of young Chinese who are near-sighted and its speculative correlation with a memorization-centric education system, and that young adults today are significantly taller than their grandparents, many of whom grew up severely malnourished. Recommended for readers with interests in cultural awareness and global citizenship. ( )
A string of more or less believable anecdotes about China. At random places the authors sprinkles sentences straight out of a novel. The whole thing reads like a blog of a tourist. I assume the author wants to stay in China given the wildly uncritical views of the Chinese government presented in the book. ( )
"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"--
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Having picked this book up aware of only the most basic (and likely most stereotypical) facts about Chinese culture, it was a revelation from start to finish. Even had the focus of this work not been on the changes seen in young generations, it was super educational — I learned a ton about both traditional and contemporary culture. Some particularly eye-opening surprises included the percentage of young Chinese who are near-sighted and its speculative correlation with a memorization-centric education system, and that young adults today are significantly taller than their grandparents, many of whom grew up severely malnourished. Recommended for readers with interests in cultural awareness and global citizenship. (