The sports term refers to a time during a game when defeat becomes inevitable. Officialdom is warning against using it to take veiled jabs at the country’s political and economic system. By Yan Zhuang ...

When the result of a sporting match becomes a foregone conclusion and lesser players are subbed in to run out the clock, announcers often term it “garbage time.” The latest term to sweep the Chinese ...

Content notice: This article contains mentions of suicide and mental health issues. Some discussions could be triggering for some readers. A new buzzword, “the garbage time of history” (历史的垃圾时间), has ...