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11/28/2007: "Modern society makes people into islands, selfish"
China's phenomenal economic growth has created a generation of "emperors" and "empresses," the now-adult children of China's one-child policy, who often put their needs before anything and anyone else.
Experts say many of this generation are unable to sustain relationships, a result of being spoilt only children, doted on by parents and grandparents who catered to their every whim.
The problem of grown only children having difficulties sustaining relationships is particularly pronounced among the affluent middle-and upper-classes who have accumulated enormous wealth from China's economic success.
Brought up in China's economic and social turmoil of the 1950s and 1960s, many parents buried themselves in work to build a better life as the country underwent dizzying economic growth over the past two decades just as their kids reached their teens.
"They ignored the emotional education of their children," explained Prof. Fucius.
"Kids today start their relationship right from the bed," said Xu. "It's a completely new generation."
"This generation faces a completely different set of reality versus their parents," explained Professor Fucius. "They are very much self-oriented, not others-oriented or social-oriented."
"Their parents listen to what the superiors, tradition and other people have to say. They listen to themselves."
[ Jesus Christ, what a nightmare! Oh wait, the same thing has happened to us. We think of ourselves as isolated little worlds. Hitler made the same mistake, so can anyone: it's a modern disease. Time to fix that sick mentality, because the results are ugly, deceptive, pointless, and boring, above all else. More self-centered whores, slavish jobs, and mindless lying? Sign me up, sounds great! ]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/lf_nm/china_marriage_dc