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Young, Tired, and Still Trying: China’s Next Generation Rethinks Success

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Writer Peter Hessler and anthropologist Xiang Biao on the changing lives of young Chinese, the meaning of hard work, and why parents should cut their kids some slack.

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RECIT - Faced with the slowdown in the economy, new generations are looking for more fulfilling jobs, but often conceal that they are deprived of work.

·Paris, France
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The youth is hardly patriotic, warns a leading Chinese intellectual. It is apolitical, indifferent and self-centered. For the rulers in Beijing this is a problem.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Jeunesse (Les Tourments), a river documentary about young workers in the Chinese textile industry, is released at the cinema this Wednesday, April 2nd. The opportunity to come back with its director Wang Bing about his work, his relationship to the future and the youth of his country.

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Neue Zürcher Zeitung broke the news in Zürich, Switzerland on Monday, March 31, 2025.
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