11/24/2021_editorial

The Covid pandemic has also triggered mental problems, uncertainty, and crises of meaning in many Chinese. In addition, many suffer from stress and long working hours. This lead to a real run on meditation, rest, and mindfulness. And China wouldn’t be China if there weren’t a multitude of new mindfulness apps that are already competing fiercely with each other. Fabian Peltsch took a closer look at the Chinese meditation hype.