💬 Opinion 3d ago · Daniel Cheng

Between Chinamaxxing and the Kill Line

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On my trip to China last month, I was surprised to learn about China’s latest viral meme: the kill line (斩杀线). The term originates from video games and refers to a point at which a player’s health is so low that they’ll be defeated after a single hit. The Chinese internet has reconfigured this metaphor […]

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