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    DEATHS, SELF-IMMOLATION DRAW SCRUTINY ON CHINA TECH GIANTS

    Jan 22, 2021 4 minutes
    Image: Andy Wong

    E-commerce workers who kept China fed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their billionaire bosses even richer, are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest.

    China’s internet industries already were known for long, demanding days. With millions of families confined at home, demand surged and employees delivered tons of vegetables, rice, meat, diapers and other supplies, often aboard scooters that exposed them to sub-freezing winter cold.

    For white-collar workers in the technology industry, pay is better than in some industries but employees are often expected to work 12 hours a day or more.

    The human cost caught public attention

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