Where can cleaners rest?

清洁工人在何处休息?

Round Table China

社会与文化

2025-04-22

24 分钟
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Step into any shopping mall, school, or hospital in China, and you'll find gleaming floors, spotless halls, and perfect order. But behind that immaculate facade are the cleaners—always moving, rarely resting, often without a proper place to pause. As our buildings and cities shine brighter, it's time we shed light on the need for proper rest spaces for cleaning staff. On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Yushun
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • This is Round Table.

  • We also refine how we care for the people who keep them clean.

  • Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Ram Table.

  • I'm He Young.

  • For today's program, I'm joined by Steve Hatherly and Youshun in the studio.

  • First on today's show.

  • As shoppers browse, students rent a class or patients wait in the corridor.

  • Cleaning staff are in the background, sweeping,

  • mopping, disinfecting, turning the place squeaky clean.

  • They move quickly, rarely stopping because their work doesn't wait.

  • And yet, when it comes to taking a moment for themselves, their options are few.

  • No couch, no kettle, sometimes not even a chair.

  • We've normalized cleanliness.

  • But are we overlooking the people who make it possible?

  • Recently, this issue has caught fire online.

  • Online posts, news articles,

  • and personal stories are shedding light on the lack of proper resting areas for the cleaning staff.

  • So where did this outcry all start?

  • Yeah,