Chinese youth revolt against culture of overwork by lying flat
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Some Chinese shun grueling careers for low-desire life
A small but visible handful of urban Chinese are rattling the ruling Communist Party by choosing to âlie flat,â or reject high-status careers, long work hours and expensive cities for what is called a low-desire life
By JOE McDONALD and FU TING Associated Press
July 4, 2021, 2:39 AM
⢠6 min read
The Associated Press
In this photo released by Guo Jianlong, Guo reads a book at the balcony of his home in Dali in southwestern China s Yunnan province on June 29, 2021. Guo joined a small but visible handful of Chinese urban professionals who are rattling the ruling Communist Party by choosing to lie flat, or reject grueling careers for what they call a low-desire life. That is clashing with the ruling party s message of success and consumerism as its celebrates the 100th anniversary of its 1921 founding. (Guo Jianlong via AP)
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Some Chinese shun gruelling careers for low-desire life
Guo Jianlong reads a book at the balcony of his home in Dali in southwestern China s Yunnan province on Jun 29, 2021. (Photo: Guo Jianlong via AP)
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BEIJING: Fed up with work stress, Guo Jianlong quit a newspaper job in Beijing and moved to China’s mountainous southwest to “lie flat”.
Guo joined a small but visible handful of Chinese urban professionals who are rattling the ruling Communist Party by rejecting gruelling careers for a low-desire life . That is clashing with the party s message of success and consumerism as its celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding.
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