Sage

Shunning the political hub for years, I arrived in Beijing three months ago for the first time —and unexpectedly, we had a spark.

Paying to "fake a workday" is the latest social trend sweeping through major cities like Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Chengdu — in China, where young people are facing a tough job market and are eager to reconnect in person after three years of pandemic lockdown.

“He was born to be an emperor.”