PhD student travels across China for 134 days without phone for ‘exciting’ experience
- Young man goes on journey to explore what life is like with no internet access or digital communication
For many people, a day without a mobile phone is difficult to imagine.
So the experience of a young man who travelled across China for 134 days without access to technology has amazed the mainland public, Ziniu News reported.
Born in the 1990s, Yang Hao, who is studying for a PhD degree at a British university, left his hometown in Taiyuan, capital city of central Shanxi province in November last year and returned in April. He had travelled to 24 provinces and regions.
Yang had no mobile phone or computer during his journey, taking only two cameras that could not connect to the internet.
Yang studies contemporary art at the British university and one of his research topics is the impact of digitalisation on people’s lives.
“I feel that the mobile phone is like a digital organ for us. We cannot do many things without one. So I’d wanted to explore what happens if we have no internet access at all. What’s the experience like, say, for a period of several months?” Yang said.