China steps in to regulate brutal '996' work culture
"996 work culture" - where people work 9am to 9pm, six days a week.
China's authorities have issued a stern reminder to companies that such punishing work schedules are in fact, illegal.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58381538
"tang ping" movement - literally meaning to "lie flat"
#Involution #LetItRot #996

#involution : the insertion of one or more clauses between the subject and the verb, in a way that involves or complicates the construction

- French: involution

- German: die Involution

- Italian: involuzione

- Portuguese: involução

- Spanish: involución

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#introduction (#involution #exaptation) I am between ideas at the moment. There has been some delay.
"structure is transcendent with respect to the terms which actualize it." (Deleuze)

Passionnant entretien avec l'anthropologue Xiang Biao sur l'usage récent du mot "involution" en Chine pour décrire le sentiment d'être coincé dans une spirale de compétition destructrice... #Chine #competition #involution

How One Obscure Word Captures Urban China’s Unhappiness

https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1006391/how-one-obscure-word-captures-urban-chinas-unhappiness

Some elementary schools are horrible in terms of highly stressful homework and fast teaching schedules. Can’t fall asleep…

:ablobcatwave: This is #china #involution