The document summarizes aspects of everyday life for three young Chinese people - Andy, Peiyi, and Ying. It discusses their marital status, living situations without cars, property, or experience with drugs. It also covers their use of foreign technology, dating habits, safety experiences, pets, daily routines, travel, styles, family backgrounds, education, languages spoken and access to local restaurants and international chains. The document provides insights into social norms and lifestyles for urban youth in China today.

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Andy, Peiyi, and Ying
Andy, Peiyi, and Ying

2. We all have 0 spouse.
We are 24 and 25, In China most people got
and we haven't married before 30. If a
got married yet. woman is still single after
30, she would probably
feel a lot of pressure by
being labeled
"Leftover-Lady"

3. We all have 0
Due to various tax duties,
the prices of the cars can
be several times higher
than the "original price", so
most young people
couldn't afford one.
And in Beijing, you are not
allowed to buy a car if you
don't have the permanent
residence registration in
Beijing or pay five
years' taxes...

4. We Price of real estate has
gone up like a rocket in
all the past few years in
China.
possess 0 A 100-square-meter
apartment (1076
square feet) in Beijing
property. could be sold from 2
million yuan (313k
dollars) to 6 million
yuan (938k dollars).
Nonetheless most young
Chinese are still keen to
have one before getting
married as an investment
and also a social tradition.

5. We all hug 0 person today.
Chinese are not used to
expressing feelings by
using body language,even
with the closest friends or
family.

6. Most Chinese
have never tired We all
used
"using drugs"
like heroin,
drugs
marijuana, 0
in their entire
life. time.

7. We all have used acebook 0
time last month.
Yeah, Facebook is blocked by the
Chinese government.
Oh, and Google,
and Gmail
and Twitter, Don't worry,
we are not Amish
and Youtube, people, we buy VPN to
and Flickr, "cross the wall" or
and Tumblr, we could use Chinese
counterpart websites
and Dropbox, that are mostly C2C
and Foursquare, (Copy to China).
and …

8. We all have spent 0 yuan
to buy any Microsoft
product.
Intellectual Property
Right is still an unsolved
problem.
And Chinese are used to
downloading software
free from the internet.

9. We all have sex 0 time...
in the past month...
...
Well, in China, there is no
such thing as "dating"
You are either in a relationship
or you are single.
Mao once stated that“You
are no more than a hooligan if
your relationship is not But some people say
marriage-oriented”, which young generation is
less irresponsible in
has been cited as a funny joke relationship these
among young people. days.

10. Our wallets all have been stolen
11 time.
In most places of China, it's still quite safe.
Robbery happens less. Guns are illegal,
so we don't need to worry about
somebody suddenly coming
shooting us while
we are enjoying
a wonderful
movie.

11. We all had raised 1 pet.
Andy
had Peiyi
1 had
dog 1 Ying
dog had
1
cat.

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We all drink
cup of hot
water after
getting
up.

13. We have all been to
Disney 1 time.
Andy went to the one in Shanghai,
Peiyi in HongKong,
Ying in Orlando.

14. We all changed our hairstyle 1
time this year.

15. Andy knows one, Peiyi
knows two, Ying knows
more than ten (She has We all
stayed around two years in
Bay Area near know at
San Francisco). least 1
more and more gay feel homosexual.
comfortable to come out in
big cities in China these
days.
gay marriage is still not
legal in China.

16. We all just have 2 parents.
Divorce is not
a common
option in our
parents' None of our parents
generation, for have divorced and
they might feel remarried.
a lot of
pressure.

17. We all follow 2
American TV series.
American and English TV series are
so popular among young people in
China.
Andy Nikita & Last Resort
Peiyi Gossip Girl & Lie to Me
Ying Modern Family & How I Met Your Mother

18. We all know more than 3
foreigners.
A lot of foreigners are coming
to China these days.
But neither Beijing or Shanghai
could be considered an
international city as diverse as
New York or San Francisco.

19. Mao encouraged the whole
nation to give birth to
more children, which Our parents
resulted in large families in
our parents' generation
all have
and caused plenty of social
problems.
more than 3
siblings.
In our generation, most
people are single child due
to the One Child Policy.

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We all have had 3 computers.
Andy Lenovo, HP, and Sony
Peiyi Lenovo, Lenovo and Lenovo
Ying ASUS, Macbook, and Macbook Air

21. We all have had
4
cellphones.

22. We all have learnt 4 languages.
Most young Chinese started to learn English from
middle school, and most of Chinese could speak at
least one dialect.
Andy learnt Mandarine, Cantonese, English, German;
Peiyi learnt Mandarine, Cantonese, English, Japanese;
Ying learnt Mandarine, English, French, Korean.

23. We are all able to find a hotpot
restaurant within 5 - minute
walking distance.

24. We all have had more than
6 pairs of eye-glasses.
Most young
Chinese are
nearsighted. Asian
people are genetically
easier to get nearsighted, and we
had worked too hard on studying,
because it's really competitive to get admitted
by colleges. The admission is done by just one
rational paper test.There are no such things as personal
statement, recommendation letter or special performance.

25. We all could reach a Starbucks
and a McDonald within
10 -minute walking distance.
We could see so many foreign logos
everyday.
McDonald is even more popular in
China than in the US; you could see
one or even two in every commercial
street.

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Andy, Peiyi, and Ying
Andy, Peiyi, and Ying