ByShare this storyEarlier this month, for the Chinese e-commerce giant Meituan took to city streets in Linyi, Shenzhen, and Tongxiang to protest a new policy that reduced how much they were paid per delivery. The demonstrations are part of a against e-commerce companies in China over how they treat their workers. Though there were fewer protests in 2020 during the pandemic, strikes in China involving delivery drivers between 2018 and 2019, according to one estimate. In January, a driver set himself on fire in the city of Taizhou to protest unpaid wages.by Harvard researcher Ya-Wen Lei found...…ByShare this storyEarlier this month, for the Chinese e-commerce giant Meituan took to city streets in Linyi, Shenzhen, and Tongxiang to protest a new policy that reduced how much they were paid per delivery. The demonstrations are part of a against e-commerce companies in China over how they treat their workers. Though there were fewer protests in 2020 during the pandemic, strikes in China involving delivery drivers between 2018 and 2019, according to one estimate. In January, a driver set himself on fire in the city of Taizhou to protest unpaid wages.by Harvard researcher Ya-Wen Lei found...WW…

By andShare this storyEvery second, the surveillance cameras installed in each classroom at Niulanshan First Secondary School in Beijing snap a photo. The images are then fed into the Classroom Care System, an “emotion recognition” program developed by Hanwang Technology. It identifies each student’s face and analyzes their behavior: a student rifling through their desk might be labeled “distracted,” while another looking at the board would be labeled “focused.” Other behavioral categories include answering questions, interacting with other students, writing, and sleeping. Teachers and...…By andShare this storyEvery second, the surveillance cameras installed in each classroom at Niulanshan First Secondary School in Beijing snap a photo. The images are then fed into the Classroom Care System, an “emotion recognition” program developed by Hanwang Technology. It identifies each student’s face and analyzes their behavior: a student rifling through their desk might be labeled “distracted,” while another looking at the board would be labeled “focused.” Other behavioral categories include answering questions, interacting with other students, writing, and sleeping. Teachers and...WW…

ByShare this storyChina’s online shopping holiday Singles Day usually represents something of a victory lap for Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan, three of the biggest e-commerce, payment, and entertainment companies in the country. But this year, the holiday spirit dampened when regulators announced a draft set of antitrust rules aimed specifically at internet platforms: On the back of the announcement, stock prices for Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, and other companies tanked, in market value in just two days.For years, China’s tech platforms have experienced relatively unfettered growth. Success...…ByShare this storyChina’s online shopping holiday Singles Day usually represents something of a victory lap for Alibaba, Tencent, and Meituan, three of the biggest e-commerce, payment, and entertainment companies in the country. But this year, the holiday spirit dampened when regulators announced a draft set of antitrust rules aimed specifically at internet platforms: On the back of the announcement, stock prices for Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, and other companies tanked, in market value in just two days.For years, China’s tech platforms have experienced relatively unfettered growth. Success...WW…