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Jul 10, 2019

Working 9 to 9

Can changing zoning help with with housing crisis? African nations ready a new, massive trading bloc. Chinese tech workers push back against the grueling 72-hour work week as a matter of life and death.

A food delivery worker in Shanghai takes a rest. Chinese workers on average work 12 hours more per week than their American counterparts according to U.S. and China government statistics for May. Photo credit: Charles Zhang/Marketplace
A food delivery worker in Shanghai takes a rest. Chinese workers on average work 12 hours more per week than their American counterparts according to U.S. and China government statistics for May. Photo credit: Charles Zhang/Marketplace
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