Like a growing number of digital nomads in China, he’s turned his back on big-city living and moved to the tourist hub in Yunnan province, famed for its snowcapped mountains, ancient temples and pagodas. (Story continues below)The Dali Hub offers accommodation, co-working spaces and other amenities for digital nomads in the city long known as a backpackers’ paradise in Yunnan province. Digital nomadism will take on a “bigger part of the future of work”, said Rachael Woldoff, a professor of sociology at West Virginia University and co-author of Digital Nomads: In Search of Freedom, Community and Meaningful Work in the New Economy. Jingdezhen, a city in southeastern Jiangxi province known for its porcelain making, also hosts a digital nomad hub. “Ideally we hope to build a self-sustained economy here,” said a former English tutor who identified himself as Glitch Boy, as he’s known in the local group of digital nomads.
