Urban stayers cash in on Spring Festival

都市留守者春节期间收获颇丰

Round Table China

2026-02-12

27 分钟
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While the nation powers down for Spring Festival, some workers are powering up. They are skipping the family banquet to deliver yours, guard the temple fairs, and keep the city humming through the holiday lull. Meet the new wave of urban stayers choosing holiday shifts over hometown reunions and cashing in on the busiest downtime of the year. On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushan
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • While the nation gets ready to power down for spring festivals, some workers are powering up.

  • They're skipping their family banquet to deliver yours,

  • guard the temple fairs, and keep the city humming through the holiday lull.

  • We meet the new wave of urban stairs, choosing holiday shifts over hometown reunions,

  • and cashing in on the busiest downtime of the year.

  • After that,

  • a new private academy in the United States in Silicon Valley and other local is shaking up the education world.

  • It's promising to condense a full day of school into just two hours.

  • For $65,000 a year,

  • each student gets an individual AI tutor in place of a traditional classroom teacher,

  • a model that aims to shatter the century-old one-size-fits-all approach to education.

  • We're live from our studios in Beijing.

  • This is Roundtable.

  • I'm Steve.

  • Thanks for sharing your time with us today and for the show.

  • I'm with Fei-Fei and Yushan.

  • Up first.

  • The Spring Festival is just a few days away.

  • It is really just around the corner.