Renkuang

Young people mock the implication that they are little more than a renkuang—a “human mine”—for the nation’s exploitation. As a subtle protest during college-commencement season, graduates took to posting pictures of themselves sprawled face down, or draped over railings, in a manner they named “zombie style.”

This is part of the “What are words for?” project.

This word scored a eight on a three part scale of allusiveness, political oomph and cultural capital

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