Employees working long hours at Chinese tech companies are protesting the “996” culture. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

Inside China Tech: Analysing what’s behind the 996 GitHub protest in China

Millennial workers protesting against the gruelling work schedules in China’s tech companies
China’s impending cultural conflict as tech billionaires defend the 996 lifestyle as being the path to success

Topic | China technology

Zen Soo

Published: 4:30pm, 19 Apr, 2019

Updated: 11:08pm, 19 Apr, 2019

Employees working long hours at Chinese tech companies are protesting the “996” culture. Photo: K. Y. Cheng

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Zen Soo

Zen Soo joined the Post in 2015. She covers China technology, in particular e-commerce, online to offline and mobile payments. She also writes about Southeast Asian tech companies.