Born and raised in China; I went through top-tier schools in Beijing until I came to the US for college, so I know I’m better off than most people there, but I’d like to offer my own perspective.
Because of intertwined cultural, historical, and socioeconomic factors, Chinese people tend to be more:
Focused on material and concrete life outcomes — namely school, job, marriage, car, house, kids. The economy isn’t doing great, as a college grad it’s really hard to find a job, so those goals crowd out almost everything else.
Born and raised in China; I went through top-tier schools in Beijing until I came to the US for college, so I know I’m better off than most people there, but I’d like to offer my own perspective.
Because of intertwined cultural, historical, and socioeconomic factors, Chinese people tend to be more:
- Focused on material and concrete life outcomes — namely school, job, marriage, car, house, kids. The economy isn’t doing great, as a college grad it’s really hard to find a job, so those goals crowd out almost everything else.
- Conformist and less likely to push bac
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