Chinese president Xi Jinping is “concerned” about the working conditions of those performing taskwork, according to the front page of People’s Daily, the main propaganda channel of the Chinese Communist Party, on 10 May. A total of 84 million workers – just under 10% of the country’s workforce – work with online platforms and this number is growing rapidly. In particular, the Chinese leader cites the lack of social security among “new forms of employment” (xīn jiùyè xíngtài), a term that...
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Éric Sautedé
Freelance