by chuang | Feb 5, 2021 | Blog
By Soe Lin Aung 1 2 As night fell in Yangon this week, the city echoed every night with the sound of residents banging pots and pans and drivers honking their horns—noise to drive away evil spirits. In Mandalay, medical workers gathered in formation, their masked...
by chuang | Nov 20, 2020 | Blog
Chuang-o-lantern courtesy of @creatinefiend Below is a repost of our recent interview with Matt Dagher-Margosian of the Asia Art Tours blog, where it was published in two parts on October 25th and November 9th, 2020.1 Asia Art Tours: As you outline in your article on...
by chuang | Nov 12, 2020 | Blog
Around the world, previously invisible delivery personnel have achieved a new prominence in popular consciousness as “frontline workers” throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As the emergency has highlighted both the importance and the dangers of delivery work, strikes...
by chuang | Sep 24, 2020 | Blog
First intake in a series from our friend G. —Chuang The following is the first of a new series of investigations into Chinese social media, compiling information on trends in social phenomena that I believe can provide additional context for readers outside the...
by chuang | Jul 21, 2020 | Blog
Below is our translation of an anonymous Chinese article from the mainland left blog Worker Study Room (工人自习室), originally published in May 2020. It is the only attempt we’re aware of to provide a systematic overview of workers’ lives and job conditions, labour...
