Chinese teens most happy when surfing Internet

New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI): A survey has found that Chinese teens are most happy when they are spending time surfing the Internet than when they are spending time with their family and friends.

The poll was carried out by the Shanghai Teenage Research Center on 2,425 teens from elementary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools in the city to "explore the inner world" of those born between 1990 and 1999, reports China Daily.

"We are always misunderstood by society," a number of the Shanghai teenagers in the study said.

The findings and responses were similar to the issues members of another age group had to face from older generations as they took their place in a changing society.

Members of the post-80s generation, or those born between 1980 and 1989, earlier bore the brunt of doubts expressed by older generations over their abilities and values in the face of modernity and commercialism.

Such scepticism has grown stronger toward the post-90s group, with criticisms found in media reports and the online community that label the young generation as an idle one.

An objective understanding of the post-90s group is necessary in light of these views, said Huang Hongji, a professor with the Shanghai Teenage Research Center who led the research project.

"Special attention should be paid to the emotional fluctuations of the teenagers. That is crucial," he said.

The changing environment of Shanghai, a modern metropolis with rapid social and economic development, is expected to further affect its teens.

Still, youngsters said the latest research results do not paint a completely accurate picture of today's teens.

"I like drawing and reading novels," Chen Nuan, a final year junior high school student in Yangjingjuyuan experimental school, said.

"I like to spend some time on the Internet, but that is not all my life is about.

"I'd rather spend more time practicing my drawing, because I want to study fashion design in the future," she added.

Chen also said she used to visit her grandmother regularly together with her parents, but she has not done so for a while because of the increasingly pressures of study.

However, many teenagers still resist spending time with their parents and family in these ways.

"I don't want to talk to them," Wang Jingying, a first year high school student in Shanghai's Changning district, said.

"I can't communicate with them effectively," she stated.

Wang said she has also been feeling a lot of pressure since she entered the high school last year.

"I don't have enough time to digest the content of my classes. My schedule is full from Monday to Sunday," she added. (ANI)