Article in question is here -> https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/why-garbage-time-lying-flat-are-trending-in-dragon-land-china-where-the-youth-are-just-giving-up-on-their-future/articleshow/113653839.cms
As part of their analysis, they are using as an argument the current fall of the real estate market to conclude that China is in a bad economic position.
It is garbage time in the game between socialism and capitalism, the West vs the world. Why else does the West feel the need to do something so desperate as to start a new cold war?