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BEIJING — The young man standing outside the shopping mall would prefer to be writing poetry or acting in a play. Instead, he’s waiting to pick up a plastic bag containing someone else’s lunch.
Tu Xuxin (pronounced Shoo-shin), 30, has been making deliveries by electric scooter for six grueling years. He works up to 14 hours a day, six days a week, balancing boredom and exhaustion. In a good week, he earns the equivalent of $500 — a healthy income here — but is left with no time to read the Ernest Hemingway novels he enjoys.
