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China

A collection of 5 issues

Peng Shuai is missing

From The Skimm today [https://www.theskimm.com/news/2021-11-18-3hriSbBsgxtLzfxPAv3u1y]: > Earlier this month, [Peng Shuai [https://link.theskimm.com/click/25745016.886455/aHR0cHM6Ly9za2ltbXRoLmlzLzMwdmFZWGQ/5bb525872ddf9c50a3ace324B7ec2e60f] ] the Chinese tennis star publicly accused a former top gov official of sexual assault. It’s the first time anyone’s made such an allegation

Maybe we want to edit that...

The Wall Street Journal reports [https://link.axios.com/click/24644466.393234/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy90ZW5jZW50LXBsdW1tZXRzLWFzLWNoaW5hLXRha2VzLWFpbS1hdC1vbmxpbmUtdmlkZW9nYW1lcy0xMTYyNzk2MjAxOD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2FtJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/5f80edf4da94b81728375c46B339b4f87] (subscription needed to read the article) > A state-owned newspaper in China denounced online gaming as "opium for the mind" yesterday, driving d

The jouissance of not 996?

From the NYTimes The Morning email newsletter [https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2?abVariantId=0&campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20210802&instance_id=36887&nl=the-morning&productCode=NN&regi_id=56891994&segment_id=65126&te=1&uri=nyt%3A%2F%

The Jouissance of Tangping

Following up on something I posted yesterday [https://www.surplusjouissance.com/how-does-the-ccp-respond-to-the-jouissance-of-slacking/] , the NYTimes reports [https://nl.nytimes.com/f/newsletter/R86iHrhAaDqOHJibPqx7mQ~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRixBNyP0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNy8wMy93b3JsZC9hc2lhL2NoaW5hLXNsYWNrZXJzLXRhbmdwaW5nLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDIxMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0zNDU2NyZubD10aGUtbW9ybmluZyZyZWdpX2lkPTU2ODkxOTk0JnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9NjI1ODkmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPTMxYj

How does the CCP respond to the jouissance of slacking?

From the Axios AM/PM newsletter [https://www.axios.com/signup/am-pm] today: > Rejecting China's work culture, some young people are embracing a loafing movement that includes traveling and living off savings — "lying flat" (tangping in Mandarin) This, in and of itself is not that