Millennials changing the way China thinks about money

Shanghai

MA Yiqing, 24, is typical of China's younger generation - he uses his credit card frequently and borrows from online platforms to fund his shopping habits. In a pinch, he is happy to fall back on a lender closer to home - his mum and dad.

Interviews with Mr Ma (a single-child), his mother and grandmother show how rapidly attitudes towards credit are changing as the millennials' generation - roughly those aged between 18 and 35 - embraces debt like never before.