Explainer | What is ‘lying flat’, and why are Chinese officials standing up to it? | South China Morning Post
Lying flat, or tang ping in Chinese, means doing the bare minimum to get by, and striving for nothing more than what is absolutely essential for survival, but this ethos poses a threat to President Xi Jinping’s “Chinese dream”.
Advertisement China society Economy China Economy What is ‘lying flat’, and why are Chinese officials standing up to it? China’s Gen Z and its youngest millennials are finding solace in lying flat amid a collective swell in antipathy toward working themselves to the bone Lying flat, or tang ping in Chinese, means doing the bare minimum to get by, and the ethos poses a threat to President Xi Jinping’s ‘Chinese dream’ 7 -MIN READ 7 -MIN 12 Ji Siqi , He Huifeng in Guangdong and Brian Peach Published: 2:00pm, 24 Oct 2021 Updated: 2:35pm, 12 Apr 2023 “Lying flat” is a movement about doing nothing.
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