Chinese Millennials Are About to Kick US Millennials’ Butts By Zak Dychtwald February 17, 2018

There is a big to-do about American millennials. What do we want to buy? What do we stand for? How do we see the world?

But China has around 400 million millennials, five times more than the 80 million we have in the States born between 1982 and 1998 (now ages 20-36). There are more millennials in China than there are people in the United States and Canada combined.

Yet, when the world talks about China, we often focus on the past: old stereotypes, old politics, old traditions and the older generations. A young generation is coming of age in China that has already begun to lead the nation’s powerful economic and political future. They impact and often define every market they enter — affecting the lives of Americans as much as their fellow countrymen. Whether you’re trying to score a job at your local manufacturing plant, get your kids into college, plan a trip anywhere in the world or sell soda, cellphones or solar panels (and we’re only getting started), this young Chinese generation will impact you personally and professionally over the next half-century.

Yes and no, KI

In my humble opinion:

Not all American millenials are hopeless cases. There are many exceptions, but yes, they are exceptions
Many of the best "Indian" millenials are in reality "indian-American millenials" - second or third generation. And many of the brainiest, most innovative and entrepreneurial Indian millenials from India want to come to the US as the USA has a culture that encourages new ideas, inventions, etc which is not yet replicated anywhere else

“Most of the Chinese millenials are not semi-literate and disease-infested. You’re thinking how Chinese was in the 70s or even 80s. It is a different country now and not to be underestimated. I would suggest a visit to Shanghai or to the Pearl delta megacity to understand the true ramificants of this giant country’s awakening.”

Actually, I was on an expat assignment in China for 2006 - 2008. Family and I lived in Shanghai, traveled extensively about the country. Only about 300m are living the middle class dream and these reside primarily along the east coast Pacific arc from Hong King to Beijing. Much of the remaining greater than 1b people located out in what’s referred to as the semi-autonomous regions are destitute subsistence farmers and workers. Most don’t have the equivalent of a high school education, medical care is poor to non-existent. There’s a lot of unrest among this population especially out west among their Muslim population. Naturally, same as here in the U.S. the young want to relocate to the “big city” where the action is. However, travel across provinces is controlled and limited. An intra-country passport is required to travel from one province to another. However, just as we have an illegal problem with migrants from other countries China has the same problem with illegal intra-country migration. Consequently, there’s a ring of hovels and shacks with little to no sanitation p, water, sewer, etc. the Chinese government periodically bull dozes these transit communities, kinda like the tent communities p, living in parks, under bridges in California, but the just throw up cardboard and plywood shanties somewhere else. The PRC is not the workers paradise presented to the outside word - unless a member of the Communist Party, then life can be pretty good.

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