Big Brother Warns Young Chinese: Don't Be Slackers
China's Ministry of State Security has warned young people against adopting a 'lying flat' attitude, accusing unnamed overseas forces of promoting defeatist ideologies to erode youth ambition. The agency claims foreign organizations are funding influencers to spread narratives that hard work is futile and class mobility is impossible. It urges vigilance and diligence among youth, framing the issue as a national security concern. The message has drawn skepticism and criticism online, with many attributing the trend to domestic issues like high youth unemployment and labor exploitation.
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Big Brother Warns Young Chinese: Don't Be Slackers John Sexton 9:20 PM | April 28, 2026 Yao Dawei/Xinhua via AP The Chinese Ministry of State Security sounds like something straight out of Orwell's 1984. That's because it is. The MSS is a civilian intelligence agency that not only handles foreign intelligence (like the CIA) but also monitors domestic dissidents in order to protect the communist party. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_4"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_4"]]) }); Today the MSS issued a warning that unnamed overseas actors were pushing a dangerous message on China's youth: Give up.
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