I Followed a Chinese Delivery Rider for 12 Hours. What I Found Shocked Me.

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• BR

  @brimmed · 2 months ago

  lol peaking over the window into that dude just chilling on his bed is diabolical.

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• JO

  @jonathanjarvis6509 · 4 weeks ago

  Thanks! As a retired American, I may be too old to visit China except by looking through the magic window of Internet, thanks for your reporting service.

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• HO

  @HotRod16 · 2 months ago

  I been a delivery driver during Covid. I was also an Ehailing driver. And I been to China and use delivery service. I can connect and understand their life. I respect each of them. They do not steal, they are right honest, humble, and hardworking fighting for survival. Customer never care of their hardship. For me, I tip every single delivery rider and told them to take your time. Yet they deliver very quick anyways. Everyone have their own life path and stories. Do not look down on them just because we may be slightly luckier to be at better situation.

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• TE

  @terencekoh1991 · 3 months ago

  This guy is so humble and thoughtful. What a gem of a human being. Wish him all the best in his life...

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• RI

  @ries9422 · 3 months ago

  The reward for working harder is more work…😢

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• TE

  @terminox · 3 months ago

  The quiet and humble dignity he has even beneath the weight of that debt, and the depressing inescapability of his general life situation is something you really have to admire. I hope there's better days ahead for him.

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• KO

  @Konushku · 2 months ago (edited)

  What I admire most about the subject is that there is no trace of bitterness in him, even though he was cheated out of a big portion of his life. I truly wish for a better life for him.

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• CH

  @chienlongkelvinlee1080 · 3 months ago

  As someone who watches a lot of YouTube videos of such related content, I must say that your videos are quite different. You are able to get your interviewee to really sharing their feelings and thoughts about their lives. As a result you capture a more realistic essence of their lives from them. Maybe it's because almost all your interviewees are people you actually know personally, so they are more comfortable to share a lot with you. Thanks for bringing us Steven's story.

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• JA

  @jamestreanor182 · 2 months ago

  Some Chinese people are so friendly and humble. This is a great guy

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• IF

  @ifeelallfidgetyandwarm6098 · 2 months ago

  1000 orders per second and 22million delivery riders are absolutely fuxing insane numbers 😂😂😂😂

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• VI

  @VietnamonTwoWheels · 2 months ago

  The moment where the other delivery rider used his bike to block traffic and protect the cameraman was beautiful. Even though these riders are often marginalized by society and trapped in a grueling daily race, their kindness and solidarity toward one another remain untouched. They are cogs in a massive corporate machine, but they treat each other with pure humanity.

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• MU

  @Munishin · 3 months ago

  Insane. Did not know they were under time limits. That's a crazy amount of unnecessary pressure. They're basically playing Crazy Taxi IRL.

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