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Extreme competition and the dark side of success in China (www.youtube.com)
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An article with the same themes for those who prefer to read: https://www.whatsonweibo.com/the-concept-of-involution-neijuan-on-chinese-social-media/

The video talks about the nature of competition at schools and workplaces, 996 working hours, the phenomenon of involution, and the extremes they have reached.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Unless you divide China in 40, 50 states, you can't. There's just too many of them. Plus they used to have a 10 kids per family tradition, so... that's how you get to a few billion people and an endelss supply of workers.