‘They Don’t Need People’: The Workers Left Behind by China’s Robot Drive

Scritto il 11/07/2026
da Vivian Wang

For out-of-work factory workers in Kunshan, a region made rich by electronics manufacturing, a park is the only place to go.Men looking for daily gigs in Kunshan, the heart of China’s manufacturing industry. As the country pivots toward automation, lower-skilled workers are finding fewer steady opportunities.