Ideological and Political Elements of the Unit
I. Achieving cultural self-confidence and cultural identity.
II. Explanation on "Pride of a generation".
Pride of a generation
中国年轻人有多爱国?
Celebrating Western holidays, following K-pop bands and going abroad to study ...
过洋节,追韩团,出国留学……
Many young people are thought to be not as patriotic as their parents or grandparents.
很多年轻人都被认为不像他们父母或祖父母那样爱国。
But data has shown that young Chinese people have demonstrated a growing sense of national pride and patriotism in recent years.
但数据显示,近年来,中国年轻人更有民族自豪感,也更爱国了。
Each post related to topics such as national unity, patriotism and the country’s development has received thousands of comments and “likes”.
每一条有关民族团结、爱国主义和国家发展话题的帖子都收获了数千条评论和点赞。
On March 5, the league wrote a post celebrating the 123rd anniversary of the birth of China’s first premier, Zhou Enlai,
3月5日,共青团中央发微博纪念新中国第一任总理周恩来诞辰123周年,
with thousands of young internet users leaving comments expressing how lucky and happy they felt to be living in the country.
数千名年轻网民留言,感慨生活在中国是多么幸运幸福。
One user, “Xu Baobao”, posted: “We’ll contribute our young energy to national rejuvenation.” Another wrote, “May we use our youth to protect China.”
一位昵称为“徐宝宝”的网友评论道:“我们将为民族复兴注入青春活力。”另一位网友写道“愿以吾辈之青春,护卫这盛世之中华。”

Young people not only expressed their patriotism in words, but also through action.
年轻人不仅用言语,也通过实际行动来表达爱国情怀。
Chinese youths’ patriotism may actually be stronger than ever, and with good reason.
有充分的理由证明,实际上,中国年轻人的爱国情怀可能比以往更强烈。
Guo Yuanyuan, associate dean of the School of Culture and Communication at Capital University of Economics and Business,said, “The great material improvement can give young people more room for spiritual life.
首都经济贸易大学文化与传播学院副院长郭媛媛表示,“物质生活的极大改善可以使年轻人的精神世界更加丰富。”
“Our older generations experienced a very difficult time, and before reform and opening-up, the economy was far behind those in the West.
“我们上一辈经历了一段非常困难的时期,在改革开放之前,中国经济也远落后于西方。
Now, with China rising to become the second-largest economy in the world, making us roughly on par with the West in many respects, young people’s patriotic sentiment has naturally risen.”
现在,随着中国成为世界第二大经济体,我们在许多方面与西方国家不相上下,年轻人的爱国之情自然也就提高了。”
III. Discussion
Discuss the following questions with your group.
1. Have you ever had the experience of studying or living abroad?
2. Have you heard the terms of cultural self-confidence and cultural identity? And how much do you know about these two terms?

