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I'm not chinese but i read about how they divide generations in that country:

Post-70s (70 hòu, born 1970–1979): The transitional bridge group. They remember early economic reforms, tend to be hardworking and career-driven, and often balance traditional family duties with modern financial pressures.

Post-80s (80 hòu, born 1980–1989): The first cohort raised entirely under the one-child policy and the opening-up era. Often labeled the "Little Emperor" generation, they are typically optimistic, ambitious, and focused on consumerism, homeownership, and global status.

Post-90s (90 hòu, born 1990–1999): True digital natives who grew up with widespread internet and mobile phones. They are often seen as more individualistic, creative, and prone to job-hopping than older cohorts, prioritizing personal experience over rigid corporate loyalty.

Post-00s (00 hòu, born 2000–2009): Raised during China's era of peak modern prosperity. They feature higher financial resources, greater exposure to international travel, and deep integration with smartphone culture.

What do you think? Should the same method of dividing generations by decade be applied in America?

I find it curious how many countries around the world name their populations with Anglo-Saxon generational names like "Boomers," "Gen X," "Millennials," "Gen Z," etc., when these generations were literally invented in the USA based on historical events in that country. For example, the birth rate increase that occurred between 1946 and 1964, which they called the "Baby Boom." This was a demographic phenomenon that occurred only in the USA in those specific years. Although it also occurred in other European countries, it occurred in different years. For example, in Spain it occurred between 1958 and 1977, or in France it occurred between 1946 and 1973.

Or in the case of Millennials and Generation Z, the Pew Research Center in the USA uses 100% American parameters to divide these two generations, for example:

- 9/11

- The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq

- Obama's election in 2008

- The 2008 real estate crash

- Greater racial and ethnic diversity

- The launch of the iPhone in America

In other words, events that originated and mostly affected American society, and that have little or nothing to do with many countries, especially countries outside the so called "Western World" (USA, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand). I believe that historians and sociologists in each country should invent generations for each country based on the history and culture of those countries. Events that truly marked a turning point in the history of those countries and affected an entire generation. For example, in the case of USA's neighbor and biggest trade partner: Mexico.

There was no "Baby Boom" between 1946 and 1964 in Mexico. However, there was a period of sustained economic development called "The Mexican Miracle" between approximately 1950 and 1970, which was an indirect consequence of Mexico's (forced) tiny participation in collaboration with the United States during World War II. Mexican youth was never sent to Afghanistan and Iraq, the 2008 crisis didnt affect Mexico's employment as hard as it did in the States, Mexican youth never had a racial based election (because races arent a relevant topic in Mexico), and the iPhone isnt something most mexican youth can afford, even today. Other latin american countries such as Cuba dont even have regular access to the internet today, and the same can be said about Asian contries such as North Korea and even Russia and China who have a very deep state control over the internet and western apps. I know that this stuff about generations is all made up and arbitrary, lacking any real scientific basis, but it still seems to me to be a curious and very trendy phenomenon. Nowadays, as a history fan, I would like historians not to be so lazy and to let their imaginations run wild a bit so each country can create their own generations without falling into the comfort of importing US-centric generations.

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