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☆ Why youth unemployment is surging in China
  + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Christian Nunley | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
China is facing a growing list of problems — real estate, semiconductor bans and labor market gyrations. The world's second-most populous country also has a major youth unemployment problem. China's urban youth unemployment rate has risen to 21% as of May 2023, up from 15.4% two years earlier. "Let's not forget about the draconian lockdown measures," says Fang Xu, urban sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Watch the video above to learn more about China's urban youth unemployment picture and how the world's second-largest economy is responding.
Persons: Fang Xu Organizations: University of California Locations: China, Berkeley
☆ Young Chinese are getting paid to be ‘full-time children’ as jobs become harder to find
  + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Laura He Candice Zhu | Laura He | Candice Zhu | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
“I don’t necessarily need a higher paid job or a better life,” she added. College graduates looking for jobs at a fair in central China's Hubei province on July 20. A growing trendOn Douban, about 4,000 members of a group called “full-time children’s work communication center” discuss topics related to their daily “working” lives. By contrast, today’s “professional” children spend time with parents and do housework in exchange for financial support. In addition to her family duties, she’s busy applying for government jobs and taking exams for graduate school.
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☆ China's pessimistic Gen Z poses challenge for Xi post-COVID
  + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Casey Hall Josh Horwitz Yew Lun Tian | Casey Hall | Josh Horwitz | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
Some Chinese youth who spoke to Reuters reflected the sense of frustration. But China's Gen Z has its own characteristics that present a dilemma for Xi, some analysts said. A survey of 4,000 Chinese by consultancy Oliver Wyman found Gen Z to be the most negative about China's economic outlook of all the age groups. FIXING THE YOUTHIn a New Year speech, Xi acknowledged the need to improve the prospects of China's youth, without mentioning the protests against his zero-COVID approach. Making housing more affordable could mean allowing a sector responsible for a quarter of China's economic activity in recent years to collapse.
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