I have many foreign friends in my school and they come from different countries. Helping people is my couple of tea. Sometimes I will help them practicing Chinese and we would hang out together and I would to be their guide.It is not easy to explain that people from different countries hold various point of views for this issue. Therefore, I have inquired the opinion from some international students. As you can see the following is the list of the questioners collection:

Nancy（USA）:Young Chinese people look up to western culture whereas young Americans or people from European countries don’t necessarily look up to Chinese culture.Westerners may find it interesting but I think their general outlook is influenced by stereotypes and what they see in mainstream media and pop culture.Though this doesn’t apply to all western young people, it describes the population’s general outlook and their views throughout history .

Dylan(Canada）:The most obvious one to me is that Chinese youth have a higher level of respect for their parents than the youth of many western countries,I also suspect that Chinese youth treat romantic relationships while in their 20s more seriously, while westerners tend to wait until their 30s.

Cameron(New Zealand）:Chinese people are maybe more obedient and less independent,Because they live with family more and are used to obeying their rules,But in western counties people usually move out younger and live on their own after 18.

Barry(Italy):Chinese youth places high values on the morals of their people.Marriage is not encouraged until the late twenties.The Western culture is much more relaxed and some couldeven argue that there needs to be more moral emphasize.

Naveed(UK）：The biggest difference the youth of China and West is the value. Chinese people are very rigid in their values while in west values are not taken very seriously.

  In my opinion，I think this question need to be more specific,differences in terms of what？  Life,culture,thinking,working style etc. I will give some example about several aspects.

1.Individual.Young Chinese will look at himself as part of the society rather than an individual. Their friends and family have a great role in their life. In west individuality is considered as a power. In WestOne’s personal goals and motives are more prioritized over collective ones. This culture is believed to encourage individuals to be more ambitious and they use it to drive individuals to succeed. They also put a focus on being different and making a difference. Chinese youth, on the other hand, base their decisions on how they will be perceived by those around them. They will first consider how their decisions will affect their family, colleagues and friends.

2.Reputationof the individual is very important in China.If an action will humiliate someone or ruin a reputation, it is avoided.In West, reputations come and go overnight and in the end usually does not matter.

3.Pressure and freedom.Chinese young people face too many pressures from family and society. Western young people are enjoying their school time and social activities while Chinese young people are worried about their future life. Chinese parents put a ton of pressure on young people’s relationships and tell them when should they get married. They also told young people what they need to do instead of letting young people do what they want.

4.Traditional culture.The Chinese youth recognize their traditions while West is more declined towards modernization. For instance Once a year, all members of a family visit the gravesites of each ancestor and pay their respects.Honoring ancestors is very important in Chinese culture.This is in direct contrast to mostwestern youth who rarely know where the majority of their ancestors are laid to rest.

4.Politeness.Being sensitive to another person’s needs is very important in Chinese culture and also in youth.It is expected that you will respect the other person and treat them well.Their needs are met at each encounter.I think Wset p people are very upfront in their manner of speaking. This may often cause a lot of misunderstanding or sometimes even hurt the feelings of some Chinese people especially if they are very sensitive. People in the West are encouraged to defend their ideas which may even lead to a confrontation or debate for the purpose of getting the other person to agree with their way of thinking. Some Chinese people would simply nod on your opinion even if they don’t really agree with what you are saying. They do this to respect and honor others’opinions.

  Although, we have different culture background, from my view, young people are same all around the world, we cannot differentiate as we have different physical appearance or the continent we live in. We have same hobbies, we both like social media, meet new people, watch movies, play computer games and so on. I like to make foreign friends and you can share your ideas with them, this is a very happy thing xD.