The National Time-Use Survey is perhaps the best window into how 1.4 billion Chinese split their days between work, play, and sleep. Here are some of this year’s answers.
In contemporary China, it’s time — and not love — that’s a battlefield.
Workers complain of grueling schedules with no time to relax. Kids and parents say that homework is keeping them up late into the night. No one is sleeping enough and everyone spends too much time glued to their phones.
But is any of it true? China’s National Bureau of Statistics keeps surprisingly detailed records of how Chinese spend their days. Released roughly once a decade, the National Time-Use Survey is perhaps the best window into how the country splits its days between work, play, and sleep.
Here are some highlights from the most recent results, as selected by Sixth Tone.
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