The Life of Nostalgic Content: On Li Ziqi
Stephanie Wong contemplates the realities of migrant labor in China, alongside the aestheticized content of rural lifestyle vlogger Li Ziqi.
Stephanie Wong is a writer and doctoral candidate in History at Brown University. She is co-editor of Public Books’ Antiquities section, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times and Eidolon.
Stephanie Wong contemplates the realities of migrant labor in China, alongside the aestheticized content of rural lifestyle vlogger Li Ziqi.
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