A young person born in the 1980s said jokingly to a reporter, "No, you are a post-90s. I am a post-80s, not a post-90s, nor a post-85s." In his view, he was not of the same generation as the post-90s, who are a few years younger than him. They were egotists, selfish, obstinate, and hedonistic, lacked any sense of responsibility, and frequently mouthed strange expressions that ordinary people did not understand. In a word, they were a "failed generation" ("kuadiao de yidai"). Like the baton in a relay race, the title "failed generation" is being passed from the post-80s to the post-90s. The year 2008 is when the first batch of post-90s reached maturity and when some of them got into college. This article addresses the differing perspectives of the post-80, post-85, and post-90 youth, revealing how quickly developmental trends, technology and China's emergence globally have affected generational characteristics.