China’s shrinking cities: ‘Most of my classmates have left’
As a young woman in one of China’s most economically stagnant cities, Ma Yingge has adopted what she calls a “Buddhist” attitude. The word she uses, foxi, literally means Buddhist, but has recently been embraced by young people to express a “generalised attitude of apathy toward career, society and even themselves”, according to China’s (disapproving) state media.
Source: China’s shrinking cities: ‘Most of my classmates have left’ | Financial Times