ThePost-90 generation[a] is ageneration inChina, especially in urban areas, generally considered to be born between 1990 and 1999 though sometimes considered to start with those born in the fall of 1989 (as they would graduate in the same class as those born in 1990).[1] It is the Chinese counterpart to the lateGeneration Y in theWestern world. They are also China's last 20th-century-born cohort.[2]
They are alleged to have traits that are similar to thePost-80s generation, such as theLittle Emperor Syndrome and a knack forinformation technology andcapitalism, but in a much more highly developed way. On the other hand, the post-1990 generation is also characterized as being more realistic about their place in society than the post-1980 generation.[3]
The Post-90 generation is also alleged to have less of a sense ofhierarchy in the workplace and more of a sense ofindividuality compared to older generations.[1][4][5]
The Post-90 generation have distinct cultural characteristics and are often stereotyped as "lazy, promiscuous, confused, selfish, brain-damaged and overall hopeless".[6][7]
Unlike the Post-80 generation, which witnessed a glimpse of pre-affluent China in the late 1980s and 1990s, all but the oldest members of the Post-90 generation have only known abooming urban China for most of their lives.[6][8][9]
