3 things the West gets wrong about Chinese Millennials | Zak Dychtwald |...

CA 9+ 3 things the West gets wrong about Chinese Millennials | Zak Dychtwald | TEDxQingboSt 100,251 views •Apr 26, 2019 1.6K 68 Share Save TEDx Talks 31M subscribers "Most often when Westerners look at China they look at one of two things: either a big, "Communist" government, which we find scary, or a rising, robust macro-economy, which we find exciting. We rarely look at the people, particularly China's 417 million Millennials who will soon be guiding the country's powerful step and redefining every market they touch. In this talk, Zak Dychtwald, author of Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World, explores three major ways Westerners misunderstand China's young generation." Zak is the author of critically acclaimed Young China: How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World (2018). He and his work have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, BBC World News, and China Global Television Network. Young China explores how the country’s young generation, born after 1990, feels about everything from money and sex, to their government, the West and China’s shifting role in the world—a people first approach based on Zak’s research and experiences living in China as a post-90s himself. Zak’s Young China Group, a think tank and consultancy, focuses on the emerging East and West millennial mindset and the interactions of rising China and the world. This 28-year old Columbia University graduate has spoken at forums and summits across four continents as a rising authority on the subject. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx​ 231 Comments Auggie Giuseppe Add a public comment... xing288 xing288 1 year ago Here is a young American who who thinks critically, is adventurous, and is willing to articulate. Wish there were more of them. 94 Jeremy Han Jeremy Han 1 year ago I was born in 1978, a centre-west province of China. I still remember clearly, when I was a little boy, my parents made around 100 RMB/month (15 USD)totally, and we do not have much meat to eat, at that time, almost everything can only be purchased by certain kind of ticket, without ticket, without purchasing. After not many years, I was able to study overseas, and I had lived in western world for few years. Our family can afford overseas holiday annually nowdays, we could do almost everything we want. This is what have happened on me during past 40 years. And if there is so-called brainwash you western people criticized, I thought its my personal experience has shown me the reality. China is not perfect, we still have so many problems to solve, but who doesn't. As human being as whole, I think we really need a better understanding between each other, never judge somebody base on your experience, since that is not your life. 44 BigTex 123 BigTex 123 1 year ago (edited) Well said my brother . ( From a Mexican American in Dallas. ) U gotta open mind. Accepting ND learning from all cultures is step towards making the world a better place. ' I love China ! 8 Doublescoop BS Doublescoop BS 1 year ago Spoken like a true and knowledgeable teacher. If more people in the US understand half as much as this young man, the world could be a better one.