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‘Involution’ Engulfs Hong Kong: The Triple Impact of Real Estate Debt, Talent Mismatch, and Consumption Outflow

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Hong Kong is grappling with a severe real estate crisis and economic downturn.

‘Involution’ Engulfs Hong Kong: The Triple Impact of Real Estate Debt, Talent Mismatch, and Consumption Outflow

A woman pushes a cart with cardboard boxes in front of a vacant shop with posters of rental advertisements in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong on July 13, 2018. Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images

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The phenomenon of “involution,” or “nei juan”—a Chinese buzzword meaning “inward curl” that describes intense competition to survive ongoing socioeconomic woes in mainland China—has rapidly rippled over Hong Kong.

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