China: What do young people dream of?

What do young Chinese people dream of? What hopes and goals do they have? Do the grandchildren of the "rising generation” still believe in progress through work, and prosperity for all? Or do they have different values?

In China, people rarely talk about their own dreams. There is the government’s "Chinese Dream,” of course: It promises prosperity to those who work hard and propel their country forward to the top of the world. But the boom is over, and China’s economy is stagnating. Many young people can’t find jobs. Many also no longer want to work as hard as their parents did.

In two episodes "A Day with Paintboxers, Influencers, and Millionaires” and "A Night with Rock Stars, Rebels, and Princesses,” the filmmakers meet young people who are breaking with their parents’ hopes and dreams. The subjects let the filmmakers into their homes, and open their hearts. The filmmakers, in turn, don’t talk about the young people — instead, they let them tell their own stories.

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