<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 10);" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">South China Morning Post [ Hong Kong ] </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Published 24 Oct, 2021</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Explainer </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #ba8a06" class=""><b class="">|</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""> What is ‘lying flat’, and why are Chinese officials standing up to it?</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 12, 54);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.scmp.com/author/ji-siqi" class=""><b class="">Ji Siqi</b></a></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000a2a; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class=""> </b><a href="https://www.scmp.com/author/he-huifeng" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000c36" class=""><b class="">He Huifeng</b></span></a><b class=""> </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #376cff; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">in Guangdong</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000a2a" class=""><b class=""> </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000a2a; background-color: #ffffff" class="">and<b class=""> </b><a href="https://www.scmp.com/author/brian-peach" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000c36" class=""><b class="">Brian Peach</b></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Excerpt </b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #000000" class="">“‘Lying flat ‘ essentially </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">means doing the bare minimum to get by, and striving for nothing more than what is absolutely essential for one’s survival.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26);" class=""><a href="https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3153362/what-lying-flat-and-why-are-chinese-officials-standing-it" class="">https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3153362/what-lying-flat-and-why-are-chinese-officials-standing-it</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-lying-flat-took-chinas-overworked-millennials-by-storm" class="">Chinese Millennials Are Giving Up the Rat Race to 'Lie Flat'</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-lying-flat-took-chinas-overworked-millennials-by-storm" class="">https://www.thedailybeast.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › how-lying-flat-took-ch...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Jul 7, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">, or tang ping in Chinese, describes a phenomenon among young people who, instead of striving for higher pay and social status in life …</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">—————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/opinion/lessons-from-those-prone-to-protest" class="">Lessons from those prone to protest | Brantford Expositor</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/opinion/lessons-from-those-prone-to-protest" class="">https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › opinion › lessons-f...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Oct 8, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Around the world, young people are fed up with an empty, driven, materialistic lifestyle — and they're taking it </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">lying down</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3149958/why-many-gen-z-youth-are-lying-flat-climate-change" class="">Why many Gen Z youth are 'lying flat' on climate change</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3149958/why-many-gen-z-youth-are-lying-flat-climate-change" class="">https://www.scmp.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › Comment › Opinion</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Sep 25, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Why many Gen Z youth are '</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">' on </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">climate</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> change. Apocalyptic memes and the 'smiling face with tear' emoji express the sentiments of a …</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #13009b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/3139558/what-chinas-lie-flat-youth-and-global-climate-strikers-have-common" class="">What China's 'lie flat' youth and global climate strikers have in ...<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b" class="">https://www.scmp.com</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › Comment › Letters</span></a></span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b" class=""><br class="">
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</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Jul 4, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Youth using their own bodies as a site of resistance is not surprising, as embodying resistance is the most common and accessible way to ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Bloomberg October 31, 2021</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">Young People Lying Flat Has Been a Long Time Coming</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">By Erin Lowry</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Closing paragraph</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">“It’s quite possible that after decades of wealth accumulation being heralded as the route to success, we can start shifting toward a better balanced life — one in which work is just a piece of who you are and ambition and career success needn’t define you nor be what gives your life meaning. This doesn’t mean we’re without ambition, only that our desire to achieve can encompass more than the traditional, work-centric milestones.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-31/ok-boomer-lying-flat-has-been-a-long-time-coming-for-millennials" class="">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-31/ok-boomer-lying-flat-has-been-a-long-time-coming-for-millennials<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(9, 79, 209);" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-23/tang-ping-lying-flat-generation-rejecting-chinas-work-culture/100477716" class="">'Lying flat': The millennials quitting China's '996' work culture ...</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-23/tang-ping-lying-flat-generation-rejecting-chinas-work-culture/100477716" class="">https://www.abc.net.au<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › news › tang-ping-lying-flat-ge...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Sep 22, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This simple act of resistance is commonly known as tangping, or "</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">". These days, Li often practices tai chi in the mornings and, when ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/the-lying-flat-movement-standing-in-the-way-of-chinas-innovation-drive/" class="">https://www.brookings.edu<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › techstream › the-lying-flat...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Jul 8, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">“</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">Lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">” is an answer, passive and desperate, to the dehumanizing nature of the struggle, both national and personal. Why should one stand …</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/opinion/lying-flat-work-rest.html" class="">Work Is a False Idol - The New York Times</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/opinion/lying-flat-work-rest.html" class="">https://www.nytimes.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › opinion › lying-flat-work-rest</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Aug 22, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> movement, or tangping as it's known in Mandarin, is just one expression of this global unraveling. Another is the current worker …</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">———————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://qz.com/2019322/why-lying-flat-a-niche-chinese-millennial-meme-alarms-beijing/" class="">A niche Chinese Gen Z meme is ringing alarm bells for Beijing</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://qz.com/2019322/why-lying-flat-a-niche-chinese-millennial-meme-alarms-beijing/" class="">https://qz.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › why-lying-flat-a-niche-chinese-millenn...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Jun 18, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> is an even deeper response to the sense of being exploited both by the demands of work and the exhortations of the government to be </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-lying-flat-stress/2021/06/04/cef36902-c42f-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html" class="">Young Chinese take a stand against pressures of modern life</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-lying-flat-stress/2021/06/04/cef36902-c42f-11eb-89a4-b7ae22aa193e_story.html" class="">https://www.washingtonpost.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › world › 2021/06/04</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Jun 5, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Young Chinese are rebelling against society through a simple act of resistance: </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">lying down</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">. Examples of the tangping, or “</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">,” way ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/economy/china-japan-korea-youth-intl-dst-hnk/index.html" class="">Exhausted and without hope, East Asian youth are 'lying flat'</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/28/economy/china-japan-korea-youth-intl-dst-hnk/index.html" class="">https://www.cnn.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › 2021/08/28 › economy › china-ja...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Aug 28, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Talk of "</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">" has spread rapidly through China as young people contend with intense competition for the most attractive jobs, especially ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqStHkW2dzU" class="">Unlike Taiwan and the US, the price of lying flat is too high for ...</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqStHkW2dzU" class="">https://www.youtube.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › watch</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Oct 12, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">, or tang ping in Chinese describes a phenomenon among young people who, instead of striving for higher pay and social status in ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_china-youth-lie-flat-good-life-seems-unattainable/6207063.html" class="">China Youth 'Lie Flat' as Good Life Seems Unattainable</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/east-asia-pacific_china-youth-lie-flat-good-life-seems-unattainable/6207063.html" class="">https://www.voanews.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › east-asia-pacific_china-you...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Jun 15, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> includes opting out of getting married, having children, purchasing a home or car, and joining the corporate money-making machine, ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57348406" class="">China's new 'tang ping' trend aims to highlight pressures of ...</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57348406" class="">https://www.bbc.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › world-asia-china-57348406</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Jun 3, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">"</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> is my wise movement," a user wrote in a since-deleted post on the discussion forum Tieba, adding: "Only by </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">lying down</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> can humans ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.insider.com/disenchanted-chinese-youth-join-a-mass-movement-to-lie-flat-2021-6" class="">Disenchanted Chinese Youth Join a Mass Movement to 'Lie Flat'</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.insider.com/disenchanted-chinese-youth-join-a-mass-movement-to-lie-flat-2021-6" class="">https://www.insider.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › News › International</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Jun 8, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">Why are some Chinese youths "</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">"? ... The idea of "</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><b class="">lying flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">" is widely acknowledged as a mass societal response to "neijuan" (or ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/09/chinese-youth-announce-that-theyre-lying-flat-and-resisting-the-pressures-of-modern-life.html" class="">Chinese Youth Announce That They're "Lying Flat" and ...</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #18191b; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2021/09/chinese-youth-announce-that-theyre-lying-flat-and-resisting-the-pressures-of-modern-life.html" class="">https://www.openculture.com<span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""> › 2021/09 › chinese-yout...</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #5d6267" class="">Sep 1, 2021 — </span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The “</span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Lying Flat</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">” movement taking hold among young people in China involves doing exactly what it suggests: working little, resting a lot, ...</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">————————————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">“ … we are committed to a high level of consumption because, whether we need the goods or not, we very much need the employment their production provides.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">John K. Galbraith.“How much should a country consume?”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">In Jarrett, Henry (editor), Perspectives on Conservation. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">John Hopkins Press. 1958</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><br class=""></span></div></body></html>