Editing Karoshi (section)

===China===
{{See also|996 working hour system}}

In China, the analogous "death by overwork" concept is '''''guolaosi''''' ({{zh|t=過勞死|s=过劳死}}), which in 2014 was reported to be a problem in the country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Is Work Killing You? In China, Workers Die at Their Desks|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-06-29/is-work-killing-you-in-china-workers-die-at-their-desks|publisher=Bloomberg|last1=Oster|first1=Shai|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=30 June 2014}}</ref>
In Eastern Asian countries, like China, many businessmen work long hours and then feel the pressures of expanding and pleasing their networks. Making these connections is called building [[guanxi]]. Connections are a big part of the Chinese business world, and throughout different parts of China, businessmen would meet up in teahouses to take their job outside of the work atmosphere. It was important for businessmen to broaden their guanxi relationships, especially with powerful officials or bosses.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Osburg|first1=John|title=Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality among China's New Rich|date=2013|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, California|page=24}}</ref>

There is a lot of pressure to go to these nightclubs almost every night to drink heavily to move up in the business world.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Osburg|first1=John|title=Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China's New Rich|date=2013|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, California|page=140}}</ref> It has been shown that this kind of work could lead to health related problems down the line. For example, a businessman named Mr. Pan discussed with John Osburg, an anthropologist who wrote "Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China's New Rich," about his health and the need to continue working. Mr. Pan, the 'biggest boss in [[Chengdu]],' was in the hospital for 'excessive drinking.' This has happened to him before. Mr. Pan said, "I can't stop or slow down. I have many people whose livelihoods depend on me (literally 'depend on me to eat'). I've got about fifty employees and even more brothers. Their livelihoods depend on my success. I have to keep going."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Osburg|first1=John|title=Anxious Wealth: Money and Morality Among China's New Rich|date=2013|publisher=Stanford University Press|location=Stanford, California|page=141}}</ref>