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2021: Legal Daily Daily: Tianjin U Law Student and Faculty Discuss “Lying Flat”

Law Daily: Tianjin University Law School Students and Faculty Discuss “Lying Flat” From the June 16 issue of Legal Daily [Fazhi Ribao] (Reporter Jiang Anjie Correspondent Liu Bingyang Wang Cao) In order to carry further the fundamental task of moral … Continue reading

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2021 Lie Flat Video Translated: Why Do “I” Lie Flat

There are now quite a few videos about the “Lie Flat”[tangping 躺平] movement on Youtube. This video by Zhen Fei entitled “Confessions of a Young Person: Why am I lying flat? Social pressure and class conflict are involved, by the … Continue reading

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2021: Liang Jianzhang: Too Many Force-Fed Baby Dragons — Abolish the National College Entrance Exam, Enable More Students to Attend University

The passive rebellion of China’s “lie flat” youth against declining socioeconomic mobility growing gaps in opportunity between youth in rural and urban areas and within urban areas is now a much-discussed topic in China. In the translation below, a Chinese … Continue reading

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2010: PRC Anthropologist Wu Fei on Suicide and Chinese Search for the Good Life

Cultural Anthropologist Wu Fei on Suicide — Chinese Need to Find a Way to Live the Good Life, Chinese Style 吴飞:自杀与中国式美好生活 2010年06月25日  南方人物周刊 [Wu Fei was one of the co-authors of the 2011 book Deep China: The Moral Life of the … Continue reading

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