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Generation gaps widen as Chinese lifestyles change

By Neil Arora | China Daily | Updated: 2011-03-02 07:50

I have a Chinese colleague who studied in New York during the 1990s and has fond memories of day trips to the Hamptons, lounging in East Village coffee shops and spending the bloom of her youth in a new and exciting city. So, when we had some downtime once during a business trip to the Big Apple, she was eager to relive her past.

After our meetings were finished and the rest of our colleagues were preparing for their ninth consecutive Chinese meal, we called a cab and revisited her old haunts. Although nearly 20 years had passed, she could recognize the landmarks: "That's the coffee shop I used to read in although another one is now a flower shop."

Another friend, a government official, also visited New York in the 1990s and held it in awe. The city, she said, was everything the newly open Chinese cities aspired to be. She returned last year eager to recapture that same feeling, but even though she found New York almost as she had left it, just older and more tired, the feeling was elusive. After experiencing China's dynamism, New York left her disappointed.

Generation gaps widen as Chinese lifestyles change

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