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Q: Do most Chinese people work outside of the 9-5 bracket?
I used to work as a teacher at a private training center, which meant that I would have a lot of the week off. I was always surprised at how busy parks, subways, malls, bars and cafes were outside of the "traditional" working hours. There seemed to be a large amount of people just chilling out most for most of the week like I did.
Now that I've moved on to a 9-5 job, I've noticed an equal amount of people on the subways in the morning as there were during my weekdays off, and the streets outside seem to be bustling with people chilling out.
i heard a few years ago that the government in Beijing changed the start time of many government employees in order to stagger the rush hour and reduce pressure in the subway and the roads. But in most cities there still seems to be the same traffic pressure at certain times of the day. Most cities are still growing so with the increased number of people, many of whom could work shifts, public places seem to be busy all the time.
