The founder of Drivers’ Alliance, which is a mutual aid network of Chinese delivery drivers, was recently arrested in Beijing for establishing a union-like civil organization to protect the workers’ rights. His arrest has attracted both domestic and international attention. Xiong Yan, a native of Guizhou Province and whose real name is Chen Tianhe, has been helping his fellow delivery drivers to defend their rights soon after he became a driver in 2018, according to Hong Kong based China Labour Bulletin. He founded Drivers’ Alliance, a group that currently has more than 14,000 members on Chinese social media, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). Last month, Xiong posted videos on the social media account of Drivers’ Alliance, accusing the major Chinese online food-delivery platform Ele.me of fraud and cheating its employees, according to Chinese media. This led to his most recent arrest. During the Chinese New Year (Feb. 12 to …