China during the 1970s inspired the book 'Japan in the Passing Lane' which described the relentless, grueling reality of Japanese salarymen's lives marked by forced overtime, physical exhaustion, and death from overwork (karoshi), and contemporary China is experiencing an equivalent phenomenon King calls 'China in the Passing Lane.'
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“Japan in the passing lane...relentless grueling reality of uh Japanese salary men's lives in the 1970s...death from overwork. And I think China's got a version of that going on right now.”
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China Just Dropped Its Jobs Target for the First Time in Decades | China Decode— The Prof G Pod – Scott GallowayCreated: 8/12/2026, 6:40:15 PM
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