China's viral "lying flat" movement was the country's version of quiet quitting. But now, the "rat people" say they don't even want to do the minimum.

Quiet wallets, hidden rooms: Meet the Chinese youth who are rewriting hopes for a robust consumer-fueled economy as they doomscroll their days away One self-defined member of the "rat people" ...

Some young Chinese people are taking slacking off to a whole new level, celebrating a life of very little ambition — and even less work — as “rat people.” The phrase has spread on Chinese social media ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China's "lying flat" counterculture spawned the trend of doing absolutely nothing. Young people post videos of themselves lying in ...

A new demographic label has swept through China’s social-media feeds in recent months: “rat people.” The term, which describes young adults who retreat into small rooms, avoid socializing and spend ...

"After three years of hard work, I finally got my parents to realize that holding a job wasn't building wealth for myself," one woman said in a RedNote "rat person" post.Wang He via Getty Images They ...