It is really good to know that westerners begin to pay attention on Chinese teens. Maybe it is a sign that China is becoming a threat to some other countries that adults need to investigate into the future of China—Chinese teens.

People in the US care a lot about their kids and teens, every time the election of the presidents or something else will play the card “for our children”. However, the result seems to be not so pleasant, there are still lots of problems among American teens. Then, what about the teens in China?

It is true that nowadays Chinese teens are influenced greatly by western culture, especially in the city areas. They do a lot of things like the adolescents in the US. Thanks to the internet, the world is flat. They love on-line games, American TV series and songs from the billboard. They also purchase the fancy electronic equipment like Iphone 4. Judging by these superficial elements, you might get the conclusion that Chinese teens are nothing different from the teens in the western countries. If you really think so, you can not be more wrong.

Well, the fact is that most teens in China are still not connected to the fashionable way of life listed above because most people are still suffering their lives in the rural areas. I am not endorsing that teens in China are starving most of the case. But, Chinese teen are undertaking great responsibilities and pressures in their lives. Despite the competition in school and the extremely fierce college entrance exams, they are also embracing the love issues which they dare not tell their parents. And Chinese teens prefer to remain conservative on the issue so sometimes they may torture themselves in mentality. What’s more, Chinese teens realize that their parents are depending on them since they are the only child. Thanks to the traditional culture, Chinese teens are willing to take the responsibility. However, they are frightened by the current high housing price and competitiveness to get a job. Chinese teens have no childhood, once they know the reality; they are on their way to the adult road immediately.

Chinese teens are not satisfied with lots of things in life, especially the government. They are not happy about the freedom of speech restrictions; they are not happy about not having access to lots of resources on line; they are not happy about seeing the son of the governor get into a good university without taking the exam, and so on. But most of time, they are just not happy. They know they can do little to change the situation, let alone they have the burden to feed the family in the future.