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After-eighty generation

After-eighty generation

Overview
The after-eighty generation (means born-after-1980 generation) are those who were born between the year 1980 to 1989 in urban areas of Mainland China
Mainland China
Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...

. These people are also called "Little Emperor" (or at least the first to be called so) because of the PRC's one-child policy
One-child policy
The one-child policy is the population control policy of the People's Republic of China . The Chinese government refers to it under the official translation of family planning policy...

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  • The name after-eighty generation is only used in Mainland China
    Mainland China
    Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...

    .
Simplified Chinese: 八零后世代 (short form: 八零后)
  • People born in other periods are also named in the same way in Mainland China
    Mainland China
    Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...

    .
The after-ninety generation (九零后) means people born between the year 1990 to 1999 in urban areas.
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The after-eighty generation (means born-after-1980 generation) are those who were born between the year 1980 to 1989 in urban areas of Mainland China
Mainland China
Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...

. These people are also called "Little Emperor" (or at least the first to be called so) because of the PRC's one-child policy
One-child policy
The one-child policy is the population control policy of the People's Republic of China . The Chinese government refers to it under the official translation of family planning policy...

.

Name

  • The name after-eighty generation is only used in Mainland China
    Mainland China
    Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...

    .
Simplified Chinese: 八零后世代 (short form: 八零后)
  • People born in other periods are also named in the same way in Mainland China
    Mainland China
    Mainland China, Continental China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China , excluding Hong Kong and Macau, which are under the jurisdiction of the PRC but run on different economic and...

    .
The after-ninety generation (九零后) means people born between the year 1990 to 1999 in urban areas. They are usually concerted to brain-disabled characters
Brain-disabled characters
The brain-disabled characters is the name of a kind of Internet slang used by some after-ninety netizens . For this, the after-ninety generation has a disparaging name as brain-disabled people. These kind of characters can be usually seen in user's names or signatures of some after-ninety netizens...

 and non-mainstream culture. The early part of this generation, at least, is often classed as a part of China's Generation Y along with 80s-born.
The before-sixty generation (六零前) means people born before the year 1960.

Dispute


Some after-seventy people think that the after-eighty people are depraved. However, with more and more after-eighty people devoting in the society, we can see more worthies among them are reported by medias. Especially after the Wenchuan earthquake happened in 2008, after-eighty volunteers who went to disaster area to help impressed many people and many people began to change their attitudes about the after-eighty generation.