Food delivery rider wins China’s top literary prize

BEIJING – A collection of poems, some scribbled on slips of paper between food deliveries, has won Wang Jibing one of China’s top literary honours. Low Flight, inspired by the everyday challenges delivery riders face, has bagged the Lu Xun Literary Prize – named after a writer who has been referred to as the father of modern Chinese literature. Wang, 56, who became a delivery rider around 2019, gained traction on social media for his poems and essays. He is part of a growing group of blue-collar workers who are being celebrated for their literary works, which offer a glimpse…