The post-1990s generation（九零后）is often described as self-centered and always asking for help.

However, research results have painted a rather different picture. The post-1990s generation is independent, strong-minded and hardworking, according to a Peking University report.

When it comes to learning and working, over 60% think their own interests are more important than others’ opinions.

Most of them see successful businessmen as their idols（偶像）. But not because they are rich. Their strong belief in themselves and never-give-up spirit have won the hearts of the generation, the report said.

In addition, the post-1990s generation has a strong sense of social responsibility （责任）. Many of them have taken part in volunteer work. They also try to be responsible by studying hard and behaving（表现得体）online.

In the UK, many of the post-1990s generation have given up the drinking habits that the past generations had. Most of them now have healthier hobbies, such as knotting（编织）and cooking.

“It’s hard to find time for a hobby if you are going out drinking,” Kate Payne, author of The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking, told the Telegraph.

Changes in their hobbies have also helped them learn good manners. The 2013 Youth Justice Statistics report in the UK showed that young people are less rude and noisy in public.

However, a generation’s traits （特征） don’t belong to （属于） every single person in it. “It’s what you do that can make you the kind of person you want to be,” said Cheng Dongfeng.

Director of the youth ideological and moral education（思想道德）center of West Anhui University.

You may know the English letters A, B and C, but do you know there are people called “ABC”? You may like eating bananas, but do you know there are people called “banana persons”? If you don’t know, I will tell you about it. They are some Chinese people like you and me, but they aren’t in China. Why do people call them like that?

If we call somebody an ABC person, we mean he or she is a Chinese but was born (出生) in America. Sometimes, people also call them “banana persons”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So if somebody is a “banana person”, he or she is “white” inside and “yellow” outside. By saying that, we mean he or she has yellow skin(皮肤) but does things in an American way. “Banana persons” were born in America and they live in America for a long time, so they think like Americans and do things like Americans. However, these people still have Chinese blood(血统). Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents are from China. They all have black eyes and black hair, so they look like us, Chinese people.

There are many famous “banana persons” in America. They do very well in America and they are really great in their own fields.

Do you have any foreign friends? Do you know their characteristics(特征)?