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consumerism and entrepreneurship and acceptance of its historic role in<br />

transforming modern China into an economic power. There is also the similarly<br />

named Post-90s (Chinese: 九 零 后 ), referring to modern teenagers and college<br />

students. A<br />

broader<br />

generational<br />

classification<br />

would be the<br />

"one-child<br />

generation"<br />

born between<br />

the<br />

introduction of<br />

the one-child<br />

policy in 1980<br />

and its<br />

softening into<br />

a "two-child<br />

policy" in<br />

2013. The<br />

lack of siblings has had profound psychological effects on this generation, such<br />

as egoism due to always being at the center of parents' attention as well as the<br />

stress of having to be the sole provider once the parents retire.<br />

<br />

<br />

People born post-1980s in Hong Kong are for the most part different from the<br />

same generation in mainland China. The term "Post-80s" ( 八 十 後 ) came into use<br />

in Hong Kong between 2009 and 2010, particularly during the opposition to the<br />

Guangzhou-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, during which a group of young<br />

activists came to the forefront of Hong Kong's political scene. They are said to be<br />

"post-materialist" in outlook, and they are particularly vocal in issues such as<br />

urban development, culture and heritage, and political reform. Their campaigns<br />

include the fight for the preservation of Lee Tung Street, the Star Ferry Pier and<br />

the Queen's Pier, Choi Yuen Tsuen Village, real political reform (on 23 June),<br />

and a citizen-oriented Kowloon West Art district. Their discourse mainly develops<br />

around themes such as anti-colonialism, sustainable development, and<br />

democracy.<br />

In Germany, generations widely follow the Western world pattern but have many<br />

aspects of different Vergangenheitsbewältigung. In German history the start and<br />

abolishment of Gleichschaltung in mass movements (Nazi Hitlerjugend and later<br />

communist Free German Youth) also shaped generations. [citation needed] The baby<br />

boomer generation was heavily challenging their parents and relatives with their<br />

past in Nazi Germany and in World War II as well as their (individual)<br />

responsibility for the Holocaust but also the survival of the Third Reich in (West)<br />

German administration, science, legislation and culture due to claimed<br />

unsuccessful denazification. It formed German student movement which<br />

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