Zhu Guang,a 25-year-old product tester,is a university graduate,the only child of a pair of factory workers in Shanghai.He works for Lenovo,one of China"s leading computer-makers.He earns 4,000 yuan a month after tax and says he feels like a faceless drone at work.He eats at the office canteen and goes home at night to a rented,20-square-metre room in a shared flat,where he plays online games.He does not have a girlfriend or any prospect of finding one."Lack of confidence",he explains when asked why not.Like millions of others,he mockingly calls himself a diaosi.Vividly it is a declaration of F powerlessness in an economy where it is getting harder for the reg-ular guy to succeed.Calling himself by this nickname is a way of crying out,"like Gandhi",says Mr Zhu,It is a quiet form of protest

Zhu Guang,a 25-year-old product tester,is a university graduate,the only child of a pair of factory workers in Shanghai.He works for Lenovo,one of China"s leading computer-makers.He earns 4,000 yuan a month after tax and says he feels like a faceless drone at work.He eats at the office canteen and goes home at night to a rented,20-square-metre room in a shared flat,where he plays online games.He does not have a girlfriend or any prospect of finding one."Lack of confidence",he explains when asked why not.Like millions of others,he mockingly calls himself a diaosi.Vividly it is a declaration of F powerlessness in an economy where it is getting harder for the reg-ular guy to succeed.Calling himself by this nickname is a way of crying out,"like Gandhi",says Mr Zhu,It is a quiet form of protest