BEIJING — Ground down by the sapping realities of modern city life, China’s youth are “lying flat”, the latest buzzword for those tapping out of a culture of endless work with little reward. ADVERTISEMENT“Tang ping” — or “lying flat” — has emerged as the latest internet-crafted principle to navigate the pains of finding a job among thousands of applicants, plodding through long days and then paying exorbitant rents in China’s oversubscribed cities. After a four-month trawl for work Wang, 24, said “lying flat” chimed with him when he realized his college classmate had been given a leg-up into his family business. “You’re beaten up by society and just want a more relaxed life… ‘lying flat’ is not waiting to die. ‘Lying flat’ appears to have emerged from a now-deleted post on Chinese forum Tieba after an anonymous poster wrote “lying flat is my wise men’s movement”.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 03, 2021 06:33 UTC