Hundreds of thousands of Chinese employees die each year from exhaustion

1,600 a day, according to Chinese “Radio International”

About 600,000 Chinese people die each year from excessive hard work, according to Chinese newspaper Youth Daily, while Chinese “Radio International” reported that 1,600 people die each day.

Weibo’s website is filled with complaints and grievances of Chinese citizens of every age, which makes workers even die from exhaustion.

According to Bloomberg, a twenty-four employee at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, a twenty-five year old auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers and one of the main designers of the next generation of Chinese fighter aircraft, were among the victims of extreme labor.

“What’s the point to work overtime? To die?” Someone commented on Weibo, referring to his boss, who asked his employees to spend more time at work.