A blue box might be a cure for the increasing loneliness in large Chinese cities
China is reportedly on the way to succeeding Japan as the capital of Asia’s loneliness economy. Home life can be isolating in Chinese cities, where the majority of citizens now reside in a xiao qu, or ‘
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