If you are feeling dispirited at work or burned out by the general pressure of life, there is a perfect word for you: "involution." The Mandarin Chinese word for "involution" — neijuan — is now a ...

What will truly shape the industry's landscape over the next five to ten years is not who moves the fastest, but who can move more steadily and endure longer in an increasingly complex environment.

On November 26,  the Shanghai Metals Expo (SME) 2025, organized by SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd. and SMM Trading ...

The word “involution”, or neijuan – referring to excessive competition in social and economic life – has become a common slang term in China. Students, workers and even business leaders have been ...

Covid, hawkish policy stance is unwinding, and history suggests that this phase of the cycle tends to reward investors who move early rather than wait for consensus comfort.

Abstract: Currently, on the Chinese internet, the term “involution” refers to intense but meaningless competition for limited resources, also known as “the inflation of effort.” Involution is a ...

Employees work on the production line of a factory in Ningde, Fujian province, in May. Wang Wangwang / For China Daily Editor's Note: Since 2025, "anti-involution" has become a focus of China's ...