China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’
China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’
www.wsj.com China’s Youth Are Quitting the Rat Race to ‘Let It Rot’
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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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.
Fuck yeah China! (not the government)
Fuck the CCP. China is cool.
Also referenced in the article was the phrase 'tang ping’ (lying flat, 躺平)
Will they be planking soon?
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