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Xibei Says It’s Fine. Its Employees Are Waiting Until 2028 to Get Paid.
From a Weibo Post by Luo Yonghao to the “Total Collapse” Trending Topic: Xibei’s Darkest Year On September 19, 2026, “Xibei Reportedly on the Brink of Total Collapse” trended on Weibo.
By Jin18 days ago in Journal
That’s My Biz: A Low Cost Ad Creation Service for the New Shoestring Budget Resources Network
By now, most online workers realize that getting noticed online can be difficult when you’re trying to build a business on a shoestring budget.
By Justiss Goode19 days ago in Journal
The Typhoon on the Ledger
The Typhoon on the Ledger At four in the morning, the seafood wholesale market. Old Chen squats in front of a box of ribbonfish. Flashlight in his teeth. Beam on ice. Xiao Lin stands beside him, phone glowing. Weather app says typhoon may land. Xiao Lin says, "Don't buy. What if it gets stuck." Old Chen doesn't look up. He pulls a cigarette pack from his pocket, tears it open, writes on the back: probability 40%, loss 8,000, no typhoon profit 12,000, cold storage 3 days, two buyers. He hands it to Xiao Lin. "You calculate." Xiao Lin punches numbers. Old Chen says, "Buy half. Buy insurance. Leave half for Old Li." Xiao Lin asks, "What if the typhoon comes." Old Chen says, "Then we lose. After losing, we keep going." He stands. Knee cracks. Takes stomach medicine from his pocket. Swallows two dry.
By Jin19 days ago in Journal
The Day I Stopped Chasing My Team
At 8:50 on Monday morning, Zhou Ming posted the week's to-do list on the whiteboard. Seventeen items. He circled three in red and wrote, "Must do today." At 9:10, the first person came in and asked, "Which one first?" He pointed to the first. At 9:40, the second person came in and asked, "The client changed the requirements. Do we still follow the original plan?" He froze. At 10:00, the third person posted in the group chat: "Done, please check." He opened the file and saw it was not what he wanted. He called the three of them into the meeting room. Seventeen items on the whiteboard, like seventeen forks in the road. He realized he was not managing a project. He was plugging holes.
By Jin19 days ago in Journal
The Real Reason McDonald’s Can’t Beat KFC in China (It’s Not the Burgers)
Why McDonald’s Cannot Catch KFC in China 1. The numbers In 2025, McDonald’s had 45,356 restaurants worldwide. Systemwide sales were about $139.4 billion. KFC had 33,897 restaurants and about $36.4 billion in systemwide sales. McDonald’s is the global leader in Western fast food.
By Jin20 days ago in Journal
The 6 Networking Rules I Wish I Knew Before I Started Job Hunting
Networking Is a Skill You Can Practice I. Nicole Leverich grew up in a small town in Oregon. After college, she moved to San Francisco. She knew no one in communications.
By Jin21 days ago in Journal
I Let an AI Phone Be My Assistant for a Month. Here’s What It Actually Did.
The work that drains you is rarely the work you trained for. It is email, group chats, meeting notes, client replies, last-minute requests. By evening there is no time left for thinking. Energy goes into collecting, sorting, communicating, reminding, executing. Some weeks that means overtime.
By Jin21 days ago in Journal
The 35-Year-Old Programmer Crisis Just Got Rewritten by AI
After 35, the value of a programmer is being repriced 1. The old algorithm For more than a decade, China’s internet industry ran on an age algorithm.
By Jin21 days ago in Journal
He Was Warned. Then He Brought Black Dog Blood to a Video Game Match.
From match-fixing to glutinous rice and black dog blood: Wayward’s self-exile and a doomed internal war On the night of September 14, Wayward said two things on stream.
By Jin22 days ago in Journal
The Factory Is Gone. The Debt Isn’t. The Court Just Sealed the Door.
A Seal on the Door: The Hulin Wahaha Factory and the Housing Provident Fund Arrears Case I On August 20, 2026, a court seizure notice from the Jiguan District People’s Court of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, was pasted on the door of the office building of Hulin Hongsheng Beverage Co., Ltd.
By Jin22 days ago in Journal
The High-End Lie: You Can’t Buy Real Service With Marble
Low Pay, No High-End I Last winter, I was waiting in the lobby of a hotel that called itself the "city's living room." The marble floor was polished enough to reflect the ceiling. A crystal chandelier hung above like frozen rain. The sofa was leather, and when you sat in it, it let out a soft sigh. A waiter passed with a tray. On the tray were two glasses of sparkling water. He set one in front of me. Condensation slid down the glass and left a dark ring on the coaster. He smiled. The curve of his mouth looked measured with a ruler. Then he turned and walked away, back straight, steps even. At the corner, his shoulders dropped. He raised a hand and rubbed the back of his neck.
By Jin23 days ago in Journal
The Last Hurdle: Liu Xiang’s “Third Path” Was Never a Path
The last hurdle, eleven years late: Liu Xiang and the "third path" that was never there I. A number bib On August 26, 2026, Liu Xiang posted a photograph on Weibo. The 2004 Athens Olympics, men's 110-meter hurdles final. The number bib pinned to his chest. White background, black numbers: 1363.
By Jin23 days ago in Journal