15 Jun 2022

Where are the jobs?

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There’s a youth unemployment crisis brewing in China.

The percentage of unemployed people in the 16-24 age bracket hit 18.4% in May – the highest since records began in 2018 (China News).

And that record is likely to be broken again – and again – in the coming months, as:

The economy absor...