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La juventud china estaría menos dispuesta a la cultura del esfuerzo. La inteligencia culpa a la influencia extranjera

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Por Sylvie Zhuang, CNN

La principal agencia de inteligencia de China ha salido a la luz para advertir que fuerzas extranjeras están engañando a sus jóvenes para que eviten el trabajo duro y prioricen sus emociones individuales en detrimento del desarrollo nacional.

La noticia no ha tenido buena acogida en internet.

“Los jóvenes son el futuro de China y también se han convertido en un objetivo primordial para la infiltración ideológica de fuerzas hostiles antichinas en el extranjero”, afirma un apuesto joven vestido con uniforme militar en un video publicado la semana pasada por la cuenta oficial del Ministerio de Seguridad del Estado.

La publicación advertía a las nuevas generaciones que se mantuvieran alerta ante las “trampas de opinión complejas” y cualquier narrativa simplista que propague el mensaje de que el trabajo duro es inútil.

La idea de que el trabajo duro en la economía cada vez más despiadada de China es inútil es una opinión que ha ido ganando terreno en los últimos años, y que se resume en la frase “quedarse tumbado”.

Al parecer, la frase tiene su origen en una publicación de 2021 en un foro en línea administrado por el gigante chino de búsquedas Baidu.

El autor de esa publicación, ahora eliminada, sugería que, en lugar de pasarse la vida trabajando para conseguir un apartamento y adoptar los valores familiares tradicionales, la gente debería optar por una vida sencilla.

Ha tenido mucho éxito en los últimos años.

Si bien la economía china es cuna de la inteligencia artificial y los avances tecnológicos de vanguardia, se ha visto afectada por la pandemia de covid-19 y la caída del mercado inmobiliario, además de sufrir las consecuencias de la reciente guerra comercial con Estados Unidos.

En marzo, Beijing fijó su objetivo de crecimiento más bajo en décadas, mientras la segunda economía más grande del mundo lidia con una débil demanda interna y un panorama global incierto.

La publicación del ministerio añadía que recientemente había descubierto casos de Gobiernos y organizaciones extranjeras que financiaban a personas influyentes en China y utilizaban plataformas en línea para amplificar la ansiedad social entre los jóvenes del país.

“Al generar emociones negativas, intentan convertir las dificultades individuales en antagonismos grupales más amplios, lo que provoca que los jóvenes sean sutilmente engañados y arrastrados sin darse cuenta”, decía el comunicado.

“En última instancia, esto pretende erosionar el espíritu de trabajo duro entre la juventud china e incluso socavar los cimientos de los valores sociales”, concluía la publicación.

La publicación no tardó en volverse viral en las redes sociales.

Algunos usuarios preguntaron por qué la agencia de espionaje no había sido más específica sobre qué países extranjeros supuestamente estaban pagando el dinero, para que pudieran ponerse en contacto con ellos.

“Llevo tanto tiempo tumbada, ¿por qué nadie me habló antes de esto?”, decía una publicación.

“Vaya, incluso las fuerzas extranjeras saben que deben pagar a la gente por su trabajo”, decía otra publicación, haciendo referencia a incidentes ampliamente difundidos de algunas empresas en China que retrasaron el pago de salarios durante períodos de recesión económica.

Ruby Osman, asesora política sénior especializada en China en el Instituto Tony Blair para el Cambio Global, declaró que la reacción negativa demuestra que “hay una gran discrepancia entre cómo las autoridades y muchos jóvenes ven el concepto de ‘quedarse tumbado’”.

“Para la mayoría de los usuarios de redes sociales, ‘tumbarse boca abajo’ es en parte una broma en línea, en parte un mecanismo para sobrellevar la situación, no algo que deba elevarse a la categoría de asunto de seguridad nacional”, comentó Osman.

El Ministerio de Seguridad del Estado de China ha aumentado su

CIF playoff results for boys volleyball and tennis

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Bishop Diego boys volleyball advances to semifinals

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

CIF-Southern Section Boys Volleyball Division 5 Quarterfinals:

Bishop Diego 3, Brea Olinda 2: Cardinals will host El Dorado on Saturday semifinal

El Dorado 3, Dos Pueblos 0: Chargers fall on the road 18-25, 19-25, 19-25. Keenan Bower had 8 assists and 11 digs while Caleb Damron had 6 kills and 4 blocks.

CIF-Southern Section Boys Tennis First Round:

Division 3: Cate 10, Santa Barbara 8: Kakeru Hirofuji won all 3 of his singles matches for the Rams who will play on the road against Webb in round 2 on Friday.

Camarillo 13, Riverside Poly 5: Scorpions will host Oaks Christian in round 2 on Friday.

Division 4: Buckley 9, Foothill 9: Buckley advances on games.

Division 5: San Marcos 18, Rancho Mirage 0: Hudson Chossek won all 3 of his singles matches to lead the Royals into Friday's second round match at Temple City.

Golden Valley 10, Laguna Blanca 8

Division 6: Garden Grove 9, Carpinteria 9: Garden Grove advances on games

Division 8: Century 13, Rio Mesa 5

Nogales 12, Hueneme 6

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Refuse to lose! Gauchos rally back and pull out wild game one win at Big West Championships

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Gauchos advance at Big West Championships
Gauchos advance at Big West Championships

FULLERTON, Calif. (KEYT) - The No. 3 seed UC Santa Barbara Softball team opened the 2026 Big West Championship with an intense 10-9 win over the No. 6 seed UC San Diego. The Gauchos walked it off in the bottom of the ninth to advance in the winner's bracket of the tournament and will take on No. 2 seed Hawai'i tomorrow.

HOW IT HAPPENED
In the opening game of the tournament, the Gauchos competed in an offensive battle featuring five home runs and six lead changes before delivering the final blow in extra innings. UC Santa Barbara took the lead first in the opening frame when Emily Carr grounded out to third base, allowing Dani Rauscher to score for a 1-0 lead.

After a quick second inning for both sides, UC San Diego plated three in the top of the third to take a 3-1 lead over the Gauchos. A few hits and fielding errors led to the runs. This was not unfamiliar territory for the Gauchos, as they trailed after three innings in two of three games against the Tritons in the regular season. Ainsley Waddell responded in the fourth when she launched a two-run home run to right field to tie the game at three.

Following a four-run outburst in the fifth inning, the Tritons regained the lead, 7-3. The Gauchos responded with four runs of their own to tie the game again. Bella Fuentes crushed a two-run homer to left field before Giselle Mejia earned an RBI walk and Dani Rauscher tied the game on a fielder's choice, scoring Delaina Ma'ae. The sophomore catcher delivered again in the sixth inning, with an RBI double to tie the score at 8-8 after UC San Diego reclaimed the lead with a solo home run in their half of the sixth.

After a scoreless seventh and eighth inning from both sides, another solo home run in the top of the ninth gave the Tritons a late lead. With their backs against the wall again, Waddell completed her standout performance with a second home run to tie the game. Following the Waddell home run, the Gaucho offense continued to put pressure on UCSD as they loaded the bases. Freshman Ella Myers singled to bring home Mejia and secure the 10-9 walk-off win for UC Santa Barbara. Malaya Johnson earned the victory after starting the game and then re-entering to pitch the final 2.1 innings and 6.1 in total.

UP NEXT
UC Santa Barbara advances in the Big West Championship and will continue tomorrow at 4 P.M. against Hawai'i. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ with live stats available.

(Article courtesy of UCSB Athletics).

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China’s youth are ditching the rat race, and its spies say foreign countries are to blame

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By Sylvie Zhuang, CNN

Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development. It hasn’t landed well online.

“Young people are China’s future and have also become a primary target for ideological infiltration by hostile anti-China forces abroad,” says a handsome young man wearing military uniform in a video posted by the State Security Ministry’s official account last week.

The post warned young people to stay vigilant against “complex opinion traps” and any “lying flat” narratives that propagate the message that hard work is futile.

That hard work in China’s increasingly cutthroat economy is indeed futile is an opinion that’s been gaining ground in recent years – and is encapsulated in the phrase to “lie flat.”

The phrase apparently traces its origins to a 2021 post in an online forum run by Chinese search giant Baidu. The author of that now-deleted post suggested that instead of working one’s entire life chasing an apartment and traditional family values, people should pursue a simple life.

It’s taken off in recent years.

While China’s economy is home to cutting-edge AI and technological developments, it has taken hits from the Covid-19 pandemic and a property market slump, as well as being buffeted by a recent trade war with the US. In March, Beijing set its lowest growth target in decades, as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with weak domestic demand and an uncertain global outlook.

The ministry’s post went on to say it had recently uncovered cases of foreign governments and organizations funding influencers in China, and using online platforms to amplify social anxieties among Chinese youth.

“By manufacturing negative emotions, they attempt to elevate individual hardships into broader group antagonisms, causing young people to be subtly misled and swept along without realizing it,” it said.

“Ultimately, this aims to erode the spirit of hard work among China’s youth and even undermine the foundations of societal values,” the post concluded.

It didn’t take long for the post to get burned on social media.

Some users asked why the spy agency hadn’t been more specific on which foreign countries were allegedly paying out money – so they could get in touch.

“I already lay flat for so long, why didn’t anyone tell me about this good thing sooner?” one post read.

“Wow, even foreign forces know they must pay people for their work,” another post read, referencing widely reported incidents of some companies in China delaying salary payments during periods of economic downturn.

Ruby Osman, a senior policy adviser specializing in China at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, said the backlash shows “there’s a big mismatch between how authorities and many young people see ‘lying flat.’”

“For most social media users, ‘lying flat’ is part online joke, part coping mechanism – not something that needs elevating to a matter of national security,” said Osman.

China’s State Security Ministry has raised its profile in recent years. It regularly posts articles on WeChat, China’s most popular social media platform, warning people to stay vigilant against foreign forces seeking to gain access to state secrets.

According to the ministry, foreign spies are infiltrating everything from mapping apps to weather stations. It has also posted details of what it claims are espionage activities carried out by American and British

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