'I feel like I am delivering with my life': China's couriers reach breaking point

A spate of tragedies reveal an industry in crisis

20210126 A Meituan delivery worker

A courier working for food delivery giant Meituan cruises the streets of Shanghai in January. © Reuters

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- For the past 10 years, Li Xaoliang, a tanned and scrawny 31 year old, has been crisscrossing the streets of Shanghai on an electric bike, moving parcels for logistics companies.

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