"Last summer, on a trip to the mountains of Wudang, one of the birthplaces of Taoism, I saw temples teeming with young Chinese eagerly studying tai chi and yangsheng, the art of bodily wellbeing. The pandemic seemed to have awoken many Chinese to the realisation that, for several years now, they had been living a sort of lie: a life of scarcity in an age of abundance. Now was the time for self-correction. The search has just begun."

#ChangChe, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jan/27/the-man-making-a-business-out-of-chinas-burnout-generation-podcast

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Where journalism skills go to die;

"Li eventually attended the prestigious Peking University, where he planned to be a journalist. By the time he graduated, in 2008, the global economy was in recession. The newspaper he joined laid him off, and the resulting financial pressure caused him to abandon journalism for a public relations job at a new online fashion retailer. Within two years, he was leading the company’s PR strategy."

#ChangChe, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jan/27/the-man-making-a-business-out-of-chinas-burnout-generation-podcast

"Though the Communist party has tried to re-energize the country under the banner of “Xi Jinping Thought” – which envisions a muscular future powered by hi-tech industries and a revival of Confucian traditions – many Chinese have begun to wonder about the wisdom of striving endlessly for a better future that never seems to arrive."

#ChangChe, 2025

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2025/jan/27/the-man-making-a-business-out-of-chinas-burnout-generation-podcast

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