Dagong Diary, Part 1: Job Hunting

Dagong Diary, Part 1: Job Hunting

The following is part 1 of a seven part series recording a short excursion into the lives of dagongzai and dagongmei at the beginning of China’s working year. —– It was a few days after the lunar new year when I first got here. The 5th, by that...
News Update

News Update

Image source: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/business/dealbook/in-china-a-building-frenzys-fault-lines.html Chuang will blog a news update about once a week. This is our first installment.   “In China, a Building Frenzy’s Fault Lines” by DAVID BARBOZA, New...
Four years later, still a graveyard of Chinese youth

Four years later, still a graveyard of Chinese youth

Reposted from Nao.12 —– In 2014, on the eve of China’s national day celebrations, scenes recalling those of four years ago appeared in Chinese headlines. Foxconn became known to the world four years ago when thirteen of its young workers jumped to their...