Supporting data for “Class, ideology and nationalism: The case of Chinese 5G digital infrastructural workers"

To understand the relationship between class and nationalism, workers in the making of the national 5G digital infrastructure were recruited and interviewed. They were asked about their job experiences, thoughts on the infrastructure, and perceptions of nationalism. Also, their individual class actions and collective class struggles are discussed during the interview. The interview guide, some interview transcripts and the chat history of an informal group form the first dataset. <br> To understand the general discourses and ideology related to the infrastructure and workers, discussions on Zhihu, a popular Q&amp;A site in China are recorded and analysed. The top five most popular questions and all the answers are documented and contribute to the second dataset.

为探究阶级与民族主义之间的关联，本研究招募参与国家级5G数字基础设施建设的工人并开展访谈。访谈内容涵盖受访者的工作经历、对该基础设施的看法，以及对民族主义的认知；访谈期间还探讨了受访者的个体阶级行动与集体阶级斗争。访谈提纲、部分访谈转录文本及某非正式群组的聊天记录共同构成第一数据集。<br>为理解与该基础设施及工人相关的一般性话语与意识形态，本研究对中国热门问答平台知乎（Zhihu）上的讨论内容进行记录与分析。其中，前五条高热度问题及其下的所有回答均被整理归档，共同组成第二数据集。