Logo 17 May 2023

The young and the jobless

China’s youth unemployment is at a record high.
On Tuesday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) dropped the monthly employment data for April.
The headline: Urban unemployment for 16- to 24-year-olds hit a record 20.4%, up from 19.6% in March.

The overall urban unemployment rate was 5.2%, a smi...

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