I always thought that my basketball wisdom would end up being useful for work as well: Yan Zhuang, Dejected Social Media Users Call ‘Garbage Time’ Over China’s Ailing Economy.
In basketball and other sports, “garbage time” refers to the lackluster period near the end of a game when one team is so far ahead that a comeback is impossible. Teams sub out their best players, and the contest limps toward its inevitable conclusion.
In China, where the internet is heavily censored, a handful of writers have repurposed “garbage time” to indirectly describe the country’s perceived decline.