Xiao Wu the tattoo artist. Changsha.

Massage parlor. Changsha.

Karaoke club. Jishou City.

Transvestite. Kunming.

Outdoor pool hall. Changsha.

Waiting for the night bus. Changsha.

Football match. Changsha.

Choosing songs for video karaoke. Changsha.

Restaurant opening. Changsha.

Her fist pair of glasses. Jishou City.

Skaters on the banks of the Xiang River. Changsha.

Chen Yu and his newborn son. Shaoyang.

Apartments. Changsha.

Recovering from addiction together. Kunming.

'Super GIrl'. Changsha.

Fallen skater. Changsha.

Gay teens embrace. Jishou.

Nail House. Changsha.

University military training. Changsha.

Karaoke girl. Jishou City.

Li Qiang's wedding portrait in the house his father built. Xiangtan.

On his wedding day. Xiangtan.

Drinking contest. Wuhan.

Dancers at the 'Night Cat' gay bar. Changsha.

In their dorm room at the 'Night Cat'. Changsha.

Graffiti artist 'REN' at home. Changsha.

Fall harvest. Dali.

Outside the 4698 nightclub. Changsha.

4698. Changsha.

Sonny and his karaoke girl. Jishou City.

Xiao Au and his gun. Changsha.

Shan Shan smoking. Changsha,

Tattoo champion. Beijing.

Choked out. Changsha.

Xiao Yan the goat butcher. Changsha.

Military training for college freshmen. Changsha.

Smoking in a construction tube. Changsha.

Crossdresser at home. Kunming.

Moments after he attempted suicide. Changsha.

Lovers from Tianjin. Beijing.

Transvestite prostitute and friend. Kunming.

Martyrs park. Changsha.

Home for the Spring Festival. Xiangtan.

Riding home drunk during the Spring Festival. Xiangtan.

Audience at an opera. Zhangjiajie.

Boat rides sit idle on the Jishou River. Jishou City.

Mao Ce and his grandmother. Changsha.

Suicide attempt. Kunming.

Yang Zhi the restauranteer. Changsha.

Firemen clear snow from around a shopping mall. Changsha.

Maggie Cheung. Beijing.

Home for the Spring Festival. Nan Ling.

Young family at a tattoo contest. Beijing.

Graffiti artist 'REN' inspects a grounded ship on the outer banks of the Xiang River. Changsha.

Girl in staircase with numbers. Changsha.

Christian couple at mass. Zhangjiajie.

Wedding photos. Changsha.

Mao Ce and his girl. Changsha.

These are the stories of a generation working to resolve its interests amid an atmosphere of cultural conflict. The product of an unprecedented experiment in population control, Chinese born since 1979's Planned Birth policy have also come of age in a period of tremendous social change. The China they know is a place entrenched in the struggle between old and new - between poverty and opulence, mahjong and hip-hop, arranged marriages and homosexuality. Their legacy is one of new freedoms and expanded opportunity, internationalization and a shifting cultural identity. But within this climate of social liberalization, China's youth are still shadowed by recent history and the burdens of tradition.

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