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As one of the 10 internet buzz words of 2021, 躺平 (tǎngpíng) offer a glimpse into what’s on the minds of Chinese internet users. It first appeared on the Chinese internet in June last year as a reaction of China’s youth to another social phenomenon in China — involution (内卷 nèijuǎn), or intense economic competition for ever scarcer resources.

To lie flat is to choose to escape involution and high-pressure city life, to disengage from the intense social competition of China’s 996 work culture, and to opt for a life of low consumption and little social interaction.

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