World NewsEnglish • 11 months ago

China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’

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China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’

World NewsEnglish • 11 months ago

cross-posted to:
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Demoralized young Chinese are looking for pathways out of the carefully scripted lives their elders want for them

Young people in China are becoming more rebellious, questioning their nation’s traditional expectations of career and family

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105•11 months ago
摆烂 bai3lan4

A slang term that means “stop striving”, I’d say it’s loosely akin to the phrase “quiet quitting” but a bit more general.
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  38•11 months ago
  Fuck yeah China! (not the government)
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    5•11 months ago
    Fuck the CCP. China is cool.
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  10•11 months ago
  Also referenced in the article was the phrase 'tang ping’ (lying flat, 躺平)
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    3•11 months ago
    Will they be planking soon?

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