Friday 27 February 2009

of chinese girl puts her life up for sale online

For sale - One life in China: 26-year-old Chen Xiao (see photos below) discovers she didn't know what to do with her life and so she puts her life online, asking people to fill it with tasks. Chen Xiao charges $3 per hour and she will not do anything illegal, immoral or violent.
Chen Xiao had pretty much given up making her own decisions and so decided to throw open her life to the whims of China's hundreds of millions of Internet users, known in China as netizens. Since December, Chen has been allowing others to decide what she will do each day, because, for the most part, last year was awful, she said. Her hometown was hit by blizzards, her country rocked by a devastating earthquake, friends divorced and her clothing shop went bankrupt.


The 26-year-old native of Hunan province living in Beijing has created her own website on Taobao.com to sell her time.


Chen Xiao doing one of her task [photo via taobao.com]

Chen Xiao told CNN,
Every time I had a plan for what I wanted my life to be like, nothing would come of it. It was very disappointing. I figured if other people came up with things for me to do, I might stumble upon something new and better.
Click here and here for more photos of Chen Xiao.

Other Links:
- Beijing Woman Lets Her Life Be Arranged by Strangers
- Girl Sells Her Time on Internet
- Rent a Beijing Girl on Taobao

[via Celebgalz]

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