The plague of disaffected over-connected and really, really emo youth has hit China! A recent study on the country's post-90s (born after 1990) generation, done by the Shanghai Teenage Research Center, has found that many teens feel happier surfing the internet rather than spending time with family or friends. These kids claim they are "always misunderstood by society." One, a freshman in Changning, says he doesn't like hanging out with his parents because "I can't communicate with them effectively." Wow! Watch out Shanghai - next thing you know, they'll be writing bad poetry on their livejournal equivalents and worshipping movies like Thirteen... and then they'll be virtually indistinguishable from American teens. more ›

Chinasmack's series on Chinese people secrets turns an inquisitive eye towards the ladies of our fair city this time around. Called "Perverted Girls, Experiences By Shanghainese Men," this grouping of netizen comments centers around the "crazy" happenings between them and Shanghainese women on the local Shanghai KDS forum. While some of the tales don't seem that salacious to us, it is an interesting look at China's post-80s and 90s generation sexual revolution which, depending on who you ask, is finally allowing a culture to shake off the shackles of a conservative - but ultimately hypocritical - mindset... or leading all of today's youth into a life of debauchery, loose morals and sin. Parts One, Two and Three. more ›