professor pheng cheah: once i was in the san francisco branch of the departmental store barney's.hen i looked around, the only shoppers were from the mainland. that's the image that i have of the chinese dream, especially when they're overseas. it's to consume as much as you can and to show how sophisticated your consumption is. professor zha daojiong: it can be a little bit risky if people take the china dream to imply, number one, we do whatever we have been doing and somehow we stop thinking about, critically about ourselves. assoc. prof. xie zhering: the china dream for us means, stable life and not fascinating life, but stable life with the person you love, with a job you like to do. a spiritual life is very important. ane baecke i thinkt's a pretty empty phrase but it indicates a lot of aspirations. it indicates hope. it indicates a certain direction. narrator: the digital revolution brought hollywood block buster movies, american music, and pop culture to cha's millnial genation. exposure to western culture has inspired new attitudes about individuality and personal freedom