Note: Below are translations by friends of the Nao project, starting with Xu's departing poem and an obituary, followed by other poems from 2011 to 2014. By translating these poems, we aim to ...

Toronto-based musician and theatre artist Njo Kong Kie doesn’t have a lot in common with migrant Chinese factory workers. Njo grew up in the bustling city of Macao and attended a preparatory school ...

In late September, 24-year-old Xu Lizhi killed himself by jumping out of a dormitory window at a factory in Shenzhen, China. Foxconn, his employer, is the electronics manufacturing company that ...

"Xu Lizhi's poetry just really sung themselves to me, and miraculously matched the songs that Michael was crafting, " said Mason. "Some poems just seem to have a melody built into them and you can ...

Composed, directed, coproduced, and performed by Njo Kong Kie and set to the poetry of Xu Lizhi. Livestreamed on February 4 at the Push International Performing Arts Festival. Two more performances ...

PHOTO: DAHLIA KATZ When poet-worker Xu Lizhi took his own life at Foxconn’s worker dormitory in Shenzhen, China, in 2014, he left behind a collection of 200 poems about the brutal work conditions he ...

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Shortly before midnight on September 30 this year, a 24-year-old worker named Xu Lizhi jumped to his death from the 17th floor of a Shenzhen residential building that belonged to his employer Foxconn.

Xu Lizhi was a Chinese poet and factory worker. Xu worked for Foxconn and attracted media attention after his suicide, after which his friends published his collection of poems. The day before the ...

I want to take another look at the ocean, behold the vastness of tears from half a lifetime I want to climb another mountain, try to call back the soul that I’ve lost I want to touch the sky, feel ...