“I Sweated So Much I Never Needed to Pee”: Life in China’s Relentless Gig Economy
- Posted on October 30, 2025
 - By Wired
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                                                                            “I Sweated So Much I Never Needed to Pee”: Life in China’s Relentless Gig Economy

In his newly translated memoir I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, Hu Anyan captures the brutal labor and quiet grace of life at the edge of China’s booming ecommerce industry.