It appears there may be a high price to pay for the ease of owning your own online business. On July 17, a 24-year-old online business woman (name withheld in accordance with the family?s wishes) from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province died in her sleep after a long day of work in her online shop. ?According to records on her micro blog, she had been extremely busy trying to keep up with orders, taking pictures of new arrivals, and asking her friends for advice on how to improve the business. ?A post on the deceased?s blog stated ?After spending more than 12 hours a day in front of the computer these days, I am extremely tired, but I cannot give up my shop. It?s an important way to make money.?
When the news of this woman?s reached China?s online community, bloggers flooded the net, posting over 377,865 times by 4:30 pm on July 20. Many netizens expressed their sorrow over the woman?s death and reflected on their own similar lifestyles. One commented ?I heard of her death, and was frightened because I have a lifestyle similar to hers?Managing such a shop is exhausting and time-consuming.?
According to Zhang Haicheng, a cardiologist at Peking University People?s Hospital, approximately 540,000 sudden cardiac deaths like the young shop owner?s happen in China every year. ?Although the Internet makes running a business more efficient than ever, it does not reduce the amount of stress business owners must face when they have hundreds of customers to attend to. ?For bloggers who kept up with her posts, this is a rude awakening.
For more information, please visit:
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2012-07/22/content_15606048.htm
Source: http://blogs.lmu.edu/asiamedia/2012/07/26/china-internet-business-woman-worked-to-death/
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