Producer 1990 Institute 
Overview We sent a film team onto the streets of China to conduct candid interviews and find out what people think about America. Do you wonder if the way your counterparts in China think is different from what’s shown in the news? Do they have an accurate impression of America? Watch the video and hear in-depth interviews from different millennials in China. This page contains additional resources for further exploration of the subject, as well as a lesson guide and other materials for 9-12 grade teachers.

Time Code: 

0:17 What do you think of the United States?

1:14 What do you think are the strengths of the United States and China?

2:06 What do you think of American millennials?

3:18 What is your favorite American product?

3:37 What issues do you care about and what are your concerns?

5:26 Do you feel that you have a better quality of life than your parents’ generation?

6:40 Where do you get your news or information?

7:28 What has been the most life-changing moment in your life?

Publish Date April 8, 2022
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Reference Materials Read: 

Chen, Elsie, The Chinese Millennials are “Chilling,” and Beijing Isn’t Happy, 2021, The New York Times

Dychtwald, Zak, Chinese Millennials are about to kick US millennials’ butts, 2018, New York Post

Guo, Sebastian, 5 things you need to know about Chinese Millennials, 2017, Wall Street Journal, Business Section

Huifeng, He, China’s millennials, Generation Z leading nation away from Hollywood films, American Culture, US Brands, 2021, South China Morning Post

Kafura, Craig, Generational differences on US-China Relations, 2022, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Running Numbers Blog

Mishra, Varun, Apple becomes largest smartphone brand in China in October, 2021, 2021, Counterpoint

Toh, Michelle, Apple is back on top in smartphone sales worldwide after a record win in China, 2022, CNN Business

Watch:

Dychtwald, Zak, 3 things the West gets wrong about Chinese Millennials, 2019, TedXQingboST

New Rule: Losing to China | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO). 2021 Real Time with Bill Maher (warning:  some offensive language)

This is how the Chinese See America, 2017, Asian Boss

What do Chinese People think about Chinese Americans?, 2018, Asian Boss

What do Chinese people think of America?, 2015, New China TV

American Perceptions of China, 2022, USC US-China Institute

Listen:

Liu, Lucia, Dating and Masculinity in China with Caiwei Chen, 2021, 1990 Institute Bund to Brooklyn Podcast

Kuo, Kaiser, Talking ’bout my generation; Alec Ash and Chinese millennials, 2017, Sinica Podcast

Dychtwald, Zak, How Chinese Millennials are changing the World, One Selfie at a Time, 2018, Council on Foreign Relations,  Asia Unbound Podcast

Books:

The Want Generation, Eric Fish, 2015

Wish Lanterns: Young LIves in New China, Alec Ash, 2017

Young China: How the Restless Generation will Change Their Country and the World, Zak Dychwald, 2018

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