Gig economy spurs revival in Chinese worker’s literature

Gig economy spurs revival in Chinese worker’s literature

Chinese workers’ literature is undergoing a revival in the gig-economy era, with a raft of work coming out about, and by, working-class labor. Spanning poetry, fiction, and nonfiction — both online and in print — the writing has included translations such as and . But unlike works of generations past, when protagonists were “empowered as the masters of the nation, they now express disempowerment, marginalization, and isolation,” one expert told …