Maybe you've heard before of a "third-generation youth" or "young clans." No? Then you're behind the times! Some people say that those born before World War Ⅱ are the "first generation," those born after the war are the "second generation," while their children are the "third generation," who are also the same youths who make up the current "young clans."
In Japan, those born after 1965 have been accustomed since childhood to having their every wish fulfilled. They don't know what it is to "eat bitterness" (face hard-ship), and they have no inclination to do so. They share a life philosophy which the older generation does not understand; they have even been called "the new humans."
This generation of youth in Taiwan has grown up in a quite similar environment. One writer described today's high school and junior college students as being "born right as the economic development of Taiwan reached its peak."
What is on their minds? What are they saying? Just what is "the subculture of youth"? Perhaps we may find some clues to the answers to these questions in their numerous "fashions."
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Young people satisfy their urge to perform under the eyes of an appreciative audience. (courtesy of Hu Fu-tsai)