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In the silent movie “Modern Times,” Charlie Chaplin plays a factory worker turning bolts at such a frantic pace that he suffers a nervous breakdown.

Some young Chinese tech workers see themselves as 21st-century versions of the Little Tramp, working the dreaded “996” schedule—9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

Just ask Galvin Guo, a...