This article was adapted from a speech delivered on May 19 at the University of Chicago.
Most of the students here [at the University of Chicago] were born after 1990. In China, we call people like you “90hou,” meaning the post-90 generation. You share one thing in common — you are in synchronization with latest developments of the world.
For my generation, by the first time I heard of an operating system called Windows, Mr. Bill Gates was already the richest man on earth. Now trendy Chinese wait on tenterhooks for every iPhone launch just like here. “Fast & Furious 7″ was released in Beijing cinemas at about the same time as in Chicago.
Since so much information is shared among young people all over the world today, shouldn’t the younger generation be more open and more ready to understand each other? Isn’t it possible to find a new way to build a global order capable of ensuring lasting peace?
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