Business is tough for the illegal taxi driver searching for fares among the handful of people waiting at the bus stop outside Picun, a migrant worker village on the outskirts of Beijing.
“I used to make about 600 to 800 yuan ($86 to $115) per day, but now I’m down to 80 to 100 yuan”, he told the Financial Times, before he was asked to move off — without passengers — by traffic officials.
Data suggest that the coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than 80,000 people in China, is being brought under control. However, months of restrictions on travel, work and daily life are putting enormous pressure on families at the margins of Chinese society.