Lifestyle
Are you ready to be the slave of raising children?
2010-03-09 11:00
Recently, some young parents have started to list the cost of raising a child on the Internet.
Suicide a selfish act for 'Me Generation'
2010-04-01 07:53
Last week I caught a glimpse of a piece of news from the local paper which stopped me from looking through the following pages for a moment: a 26-year-old PhD student at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications committed suicide by jumping from the 13th floor of the university's main building.
Poll: Post-80s youth most conscious on rights
2010-04-06 16:37
Be it a pick of study group leader or a selection of work model, how much do you care about the grass-roots democracy? According to an online poll, China's post-1980s generation is most conscious on people's rights.
Post-80s feel the pressure
2010-04-19 09:31
Soaring housing prices, high cost of raising children, work-related stress become too much for many to bear.
Post-80s' generation blues
2010-04-27 08:35
Since people born in or after the 1980s are under tremendous pressure, I wonder how many of them really enjoy life.
Netting the youth market
2010-04-30 11:33
One area that always intrigues me as I travel the region of Asia, and indeed the globe, for business and pleasure is how similar or different people are. More recently, I have had the opportunity to spend more time in China and through this have been able to continue on my journey of comparing and contrasting the habits of different people.
Survey reveals youth attitudes on values
2010-05-04 19:39
A survey of three generations of youth has shown a gulf in the attitudes of those born after 70s, 80s and 90s.
Youths need more reproductive education: Poll
2010-05-05 08:10
Beijing - Youths in China are becoming more open about premarital sex, but their awareness of reproductive health and safe sex remains relatively low, the first-ever extensive nationwide survey on the subject suggests.
Young workers show high optimism, low commitment, survey finds
2010-05-06 07:39
Employers have been urged to find ways of getting young people born after 1980 to think more about work commitment and quality of effort and less about everything else.
Post-80s become major consumers
2010-05-19 17:32
The post-80 generation, which refers to people born between 1980 and 1989, has become a major force driving consumption in China's urban areas.