Also known as "lying flat" or "lie-downism," this expression of resistance to involution rose to memedom on Chinese social media in 2021. State-owned media have criticized lie-downism, and some ...

What actually is lying flat? How has its meaning shifted, and what does it have to do with COVID-19, a “Buddhist-like mindset” and the problem of so-called “involution”? Here, we will explore these ...