A deeply personal and chilling account of sexual assault from a female employee of Alibaba—the company known as “China’s Amazon”—has sparked public outrage and spurred a renewed look at gender bias and discrimination in Chinese work culture. According to an essay the employee posted to ...
Many Weibo users took a crack at renaming the place, with “Lakeside Club”, “Capitalist Club” and “996 Wealth Research and Promotion Center” — a reference to the Ma-approved punishing work culture at China’s tech firms — coming out on top. And what shoul...
he said it was a “blessing” to work 12-hour days, six days a week (a work ethic known as “996” – 9am to 9pm), and the long hours were crucial to China’s economic success. The comments sparked a backlash