Since 1980, China has been following in the footsteps of post-Stalin Eastern Europe in numerous ways, including coping with a serious "youth problem." The journal Chinese Youth, organ of the Young Communist League (Chinese Communist Komsomal), characterizes the discussion in China on youth as "a social current." Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), stated: "The youth problem is frequently talked about by the public and is of concern throughout the Party. "3 What this article attempts to do is to present Chinese descriptions and interpretations of the youth problem, including opinion surveys, Chinese Communist authorities' efforts to cope with it, and my own speculation concerning the light the Chinese youth problem might shed on the larger question of youth and society.