China Finds: poetry in motion

从废品站到领奖台:外卖员的诗意人生。

Round Table China

2026-07-29

18 分钟
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We tend to look for great art in quiet libraries and university halls. But the literary world just got turned upside down by a man who spends his days weaving through traffic. At 56 years young, a food delivery rider has won one of China's most prestigious literary awards. Not in spite of his job, but because of it. On the show: Steve, Yushan & Yushun
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  • You're tuned into Round Table.

  • I'm Steve Hatherley today with Yushan and Yu.

  • Coming up, we usually search for great art in hallowed halls,

  • but the literary world just got upended by a man who spends his days navigating rush hour.

  • At 56 years old, a food delivery rider won a prestigious award, not despite his job, but because of it.

  • Coming up in China finds, we venture into the alleys to discover

  • how urban life is birthing a new chapter in Chinese poetry.

  • Perhaps you won't see your city the same way again.

  • It is time for the next edition of China finds.

  • It's the part of round table where we hand the reigns over to Yushan

  • because we love her beautiful artistic brain and where it likes to take her,

  • and it's often to artistic places, and it is happening again today.

  • I thought that was not the point of this segment.

  • Well, it was at least maybe I didn't express that out loud when we talked about it in the meetings.

  • But anyway, what a great story you have for us today.

  • It is we we do continue on today with our topics on art,

  • but this time we switch over to poetry and finding it in unexpected places.

  • Yeah, the story I'm telling you today belongs to 56 year old Wang Jibing.

  • By day, he races through city streets delivering takeout meals.

  • By night, however, or more accurately, during the tiny gaps between his deliveries, he writes poetry.