"Lucky are those without pressure, and stressed-out ones are stressed-out in their own ways."

38-year-old Shi Zhengyang, who is an account director with a communications company in Shanghai, has a pace of work that others could hardly imagine: communicating with six to seven clients per day, dashing for 10 conferences and often stays till midnight when rushing to meet the project deadline. "You cannot rest for a moment while you're watched by your company and expected by your team," Shi said frankly.

Read the Chinese version: 你壓力大嗎？——社會群體性“高壓鍋”現象調查; Source: Xinhua

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