Young and jobless: Is the government letting down China's Generation Z?
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Hidden in March\\u2019s GDP figures was a shocking statistic \\u2013 a fifth of Chinese 16 to 24 year olds are out of work. This is a near record high, and the economic background to a fresh wave of disillusionment among China\\u2019s young.
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\\nIt has led to the creation of a new meme - you\\u2019ve heard of lying flat, but young people are now comparing themselves to a Republican-era literary character, Kong Yiji.
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\\nOn this episode, I\\u2019m joined by the journalist Karoline Kan, author of Under Red Skies: The Life and Times of a Chinese Millennial. We talk about the Kong Yiji trend, why prospects are so thin for the most educated Chinese generation, and what this all means for the government's claims to economic competence.
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\\nIt has led to the creation of a new meme - you\\u2019ve heard of lying flat, but young people are now comparing themselves to a Republican-era literary character, Kong Yiji.
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\\nOn this episode, I\\u2019m joined by the journalist Karoline Kan, author of Under Red Skies: The Life and Times of a Chinese Millennial. We talk about the Kong Yiji trend, why prospects are so thin for the most educated Chinese generation, and what this all means for the government's claims to economic competence.