After a full year of unemployment, I just received my last unemployment benefit. Starting this month, I have zero income. Living alone in a big Chi...

I’m Li, turning 39 today. I’m unemployed, living on a tight budget in southern China, and today is my “payday” — but not from a job. It’s the day m...

In China, thirty-five has long turned into an invisible watershed for ordinary adults, an unwritten age barrier deeply rooted in both the job marke...

This is no exaggerated story or staged performance, but my genuine life as a 38-year-old single man dwelling on a big city’s suburban outskirts. Ca...

Welcome to my personal blog! I’m Li, an ordinary middle-aged single man residing at the urban-rural junction in the south of China.For years, I’ve ...