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China woman leaves city job to live on uninhabited island, relishing off-grid lifestyle

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Monday, February 9, 2026

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China woman leaves city job to live on uninhabited island, relishing off-grid lifestyle
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A woman has quit her job as a senior manager for a large Beijing company to work on an uninhabited island in the East China Sea. Despite paying just 3,000 yuan (US$430) a month, the remote job has sparked an outpouring of envy online. Yue Li, who was born in the 1980s, posts online about her new ...

A woman has quit her job as a senior manager for a large Beijing company to work on an uninhabited island in the East China Sea. Despite paying just 3,000 yuan (US$430) a month, the remote job has sparked an outpouring of envy online. Yue Li, who was born in the 1980s, posts online about her new job as a quality inspector at a fish feeding base on the uninhabited Dongzhai Island, the City Express reported. There are other islets nearby with no residents and the nearest inhabited one is Daishan...

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