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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
It's actually not. Lots of older generations came out from stone age in the 60 70s basically eating trees in one of the worst droughts. It's not too long ago even for the younger generations like 20 years ago chinas economy was basically zero. They won't complain.

gpt
Well if you mean financial difficulties than that's for sure, but if you mean actual starving, than no. Most Chinese born after 1990s never experience that harsh period.