"Runology:” How to "Run Away" From China | Council on Foreign Relations
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China's forever lockdowns have caused some to look for a radical solution: to emigrate, or run away from what they see as a lost future in China.
China’s forever lockdowns have caused some to look for a radical solution: to emigrate, or run away from what they see as a lost future in China. By experts and staff PublishedJune 1, 2022 9:56 a.m. In years past, some young people tried to escape the pressures of life in China—high housing prices, fierce employment competition, lack of work-life balance—by dropping out, or what was known in Chinese as “lying flat,” tangping. Now, China’s forever lockdowns have caused some to look for a more radical solution: “runology,” or runxue in Chinese. The term plays on the romanization of the…
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