Positive in that younger people tend not to be so hung up on stuff, to an extent. There is still this underlying problem if a miss-assessment of the overall situation though. Underlying everything China blames America for a lot of its problems.
To them, before the Brits came China was just some happy go lucky, without problems place where people just danced in the streets and had a jolly old time. Then the westerners came and screwed it all up... Part of the problem with their propaganda laden view is that the simple fairy tale-ization of old China.
It might be negative in that possibly younger people are too easy to control by the older people. Young dogs might not be willing to duke it out with the old dogs.
Also some of the younger crowd are not sure of the consequences of war and hence are too bold and assertive sometimes. They can sometimes lack patience in dealing with the pesky westerners.
On the other hand though, like I said above, they are a lot more open to understanding where we come from though.
Overall though I think it might make a better environment, especially in the long term after they settle in a little more.