After 30 years of relentless growth and capitalism, a new trend has emerged in China. The search for a simpler, calmer life is leading some Chinese people to seek a life abroad. The trend is so popular that it’s gained its own internet buzzword: the “run philosophy."
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Chiang mai, in northern Thailand is the country’s second biggest city. It’s a tourist hotspot popular with backpackers but has recently become an unlikely second home for thousands of Chinese people seeking alternative lifestyles.
Chapters:
00:00 – The intense pressures of life in China
00:52 – Alternative lifestyles and back to nature in Thailand
02:45 – The artistic community escaping China's authoritarian slide
06:11 – The Chinese families seeking a less rigid educational system
07:52 – "In Thailand you are not judged"
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