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The Documentary: China's Generation Gap: China's Generation Gap - Part One

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10/02/2018 GMT

China's Generation Gap - Part One

China's Generation Gap

BBC World Service - The Documentary, China's Generation Gap, China's Generation Gap - Part One

How have political, social and economic changes affected relations between generations?

How have political, social and economic changes affected relations between generations in China?

Chinese reporter Haining Liu travels to Beijing and finds out what it was like for people who grew up during the Cultural Revolution and how those who lived under strict communism relate to their children who have had much more material, individualistic lives. And she hears about new attitudes to work and education as more people choose to study and work and outside the state system.

(Photo: Chen family, courtesy of the family)

The Documentary: China's Generation Gap

After decades of huge political and social change in China, Haining Liu explores different attitudes between the generations.

China has changed beyond recognition over the past few decades, both politically and socially. Haining Liu explores how the huge changes in the country have shaped attitudes among people born in different decades, and asks how wide the generation gap is when it comes to ideas about education, work and lifestyles, marriage and family life.

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