Too old at 35, ‘buried’ at 50

The future once seemed boundless for those who grew up during China’s reform era in the 1990s. Now in middle age, they are pinned between economic stagnation and institutional age discrimination. — Lisk Feng/The New York Times

HARRY Guo built a life that defined success in China.

Born in 1971, he came of age in the 1990s, when China deepened its economic reforms. He taught himself computing and found his way into jobs in multinational firms and then Chinese internet giants.