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meituan food delivery worker
Politics & Current Affairs

Chinese food delivery giants vow to treat workers better after brutal exposé of inhumane working conditions

An exposé published on September 8 details the exploitative and dehumanizing working conditions faced by Chinese delivery workers on a day-to-day basis. Today Meituan and Ele.me — the top two food delivery services in the country — have responded with open letters to the public, vowing to make significant changes in how they assess employees’ performance and to treat them with more respect.

Jenny Feng

china marriage registration
Politics & Current Affairs

China aims to make marriage registration more ‘solemn’ and ‘formal’

In its latest attempt to impose a moral view on marriage and family values, China has released a host of new guidance on how to improve marriage registration for Chinese couples, primarily by making the issue of marriage certificates more “solemn” and “memorable.”

Jenny Feng

period poverty china
Society & Culture

Online campaign for cheaper menstrual products emerges in China

A conversation about period poverty, the inability for low-income women and girls to purchase safe sanitary products, has erupted on Chinese social media this week, igniting an online campaign calling for a lower sales tax on feminine hygiene products in the country.

Jenny Feng