Passengers using mobile phones on Shanghai Metro Station. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Anna Zhang using mobile phone to locate her destination. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Lu Wang is an influencer, earning an income through her phone. Here she’s live streaming the promotion of a new bar. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Zihan Liu takes a selfie at a party to share with her friends. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Oli Wu watches a movie while waiting for her train on the metro. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Ning Gan playing mobile games on Taizhou Railway Station. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Yuyu Yang, a primary school student, is used to doing homework on smartphones. Some Chinese schools are promoting electronic products into classes to cultivate students’ independent learning. “My teacher will put all the questions into the question bank in the school’s app and distribute them to my electronic device. If I get wrong answers in mathematics, there will be a record and feedback to me. When I open the analysis guide, I could review it and get the answers.” Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

This eight month old seems as happy – maybe happier? – interacting with her parent’s mobile phone than with the world around her. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Jiang Wang, left, is trying to call a taxi to a remote village to get him home. Photo: Jiaxi Zhou

Ann Tang sells goods from her footpath stall and via her online shop. “Since the COVID-19 pandemic I could still make a living through my mobile phone.” Photo:Jiaxi Zhou