The article reports this happening in countries that are quite comfortable at the moment and have strong safety nets. This isn't being reported from Venezuela or Ukraine or even Poland or the UK.
China has something else - the "lying flat" movement.[1][2] This is just "dropping out", something China is now rich enough to allow. It's not about isolation, just not working much.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/03/world/asia/china-slackers...
[2] https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/arti...