Social Media: The Overlooked Critical Infrastructure…

The report describes the cramped, tightly controlled living and working conditions of China’s migrant factory workers and how they rely on QQ and other social media as their main means of self-expression and emotional support. It warns that disruption of these online outlets—whether through censorship, outages, or cyber attack—could demoralize workers, reduce productivity across major manufacturing towns, and produce ripple effects that harm the Chinese economy and global supply chains.