Coming of age in an era of prosperity - Meet China's 'bubble generation'


  • World
  • Tuesday, 17 Oct 2017

Zhang Weixuan, an assistant secretary of the board at a software company, poses for pictures near her office in Beijing's financial district, China, September 3, 2017. Picture taken September 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

WUHAN, China (Reuters) - Call them China's bubble generation.

They were born after the crushing of the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests, raised mostly without siblings during an unprecedented economic boom, and came of age as Xi Jinping, China's strongest leader in decades, ascended to power.

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