The battle for Chinese millennial minds

Are millennials in China becoming too westernized? A cultural and political shift appears to be occurring among young people—all under the watch of the Chinese Communist Party. A recent study found that more than 90 percent of Chinese university students say they’ve been influenced by Western culture. The Chinese government has been responding to these changes, reigning in Chinese media that falls too far outside the traditional narrative, and even engineering their own Marxist video programs aimed at youth. But what does this battle for Chinese millennial minds mean for the future of the country?

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