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Building India’s ‘iPhone city’: Lessons from Zhengzhou’s transformation By Dia Rekhi Nov 17, 2024 The Economic Times Jenny Chan, associate professor of sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University said Chinese local governments were instrumental in luring the likes of Foxconn to build these sprawling facilities. “They not only offered land at very subsidised ratesContinue reading “Interviewed by Dia Rekhi for The Economic Times, in “Building India’s ‘iPhone City’: Lessons from Zhengzhou’s Transformation,” 17 Nov 2024”

Interviewed by Chris Lau, Marc Stewart and Martha Zhou for CNN, in “‘Really Squeezed’: Why Drivers in the World’s Largest Food Delivery Market are Having Meltdowns,” Oct 18, 2024. “They are working long hours, really being squeezed,” said Jenny Chan, associate sociology professor at Polytechnic University of Hong Kong. “[And] they will continue to faceContinue reading “‘Really squeezed’: Chinese food delivery riders (CNN) 18 Oct 2024”

In China over the past few years, a stagnating economy and a cutthroat job market have given rise to an entirely new lexicon to talk about modern-day burnout. “The competition is just overwhelming,” said Jenny Chan, associate professor of sociology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, adding that economic anxiety among her students is growing. “Even with theContinue reading “China’s youth retreat centers (LA Times, 12 Sep 2024)”

“Finding a decent job in big techs is a dream shared by young aspirants from elite universities,” Jenny Chan, an associate professor of sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, told BI. But succeeding in China’s tough tech industry requires full devotion of time and effort, which blurs the boundaries between work and home, sheContinue reading “Jenny Chan interviewed for Business Insider, “Chinese Millennials and Gen Zers Have Had Enough of Work, So They’re Embracing ‘Naked Resignations’” (6 July 2024)”

Jenny Chan, associate professor of sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, added that tech companies were “looking for young, unmarried talents who have time flexibility in megacities, while letting go of the older and ‘less competitive’ ones”. “Conflicts between work and household are acute for those with families,” she said. Interviewed by Ryan McMorrow andContinue reading “Jenny Chan interviewed on Chinese tech staff, labor and management (24 June 2024, The Financial Times)”