China’s young want to work. For the government
Youth unemployment is now shockingly high
China is a land of remarkable statistics. But an official figure published on May 16th still managed to stand out. The unemployment rate among China’s urban youth, aged between 16 and 24, exceeded one in five in April.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “The job search goes on”
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