#China’s economic malaise is causing #disillusion among the young

source: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/08/17/why-are-chinas-young-people-so-disillusioned?etear=nl_weekly_2&

Scarce #jobs and punishing property prices have dashed their hopes of buying a home and starting a family. We scraped social #media and found that the mood is growing darker. Disillusioned youth talk of tangping (lying flat) and bailan (letting it rot), synonyms for giving up.

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