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The grim outlook for Chinese unemployment

A series exploring the causes and consequences of the domestic unemployment crisis China may face following the coronavirus pandemic.

Updated: 08 Sep, 2020
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China faces crisis as pandemic sends unemployment soaring

For the first time in decades, China’s labour market is under pressure on multiple fronts as the economy struggles to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

11 May, 2020
As China struggles to shrug of the impact of the coronavirus, the number of unemployed in the country is swelling. Illustration: Brian Wang
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‘Nobody will pay’: China’s jobless problem worse than before

The coronavirus has sent unemployment soaring in China, placing pressure on its state-run benefit system, which is seen as being ill-equipped to deal with the current crisis.

12 May, 2020
China overcame previous waves of unemployment in the late 1990s and during the global financial crisis in 2008-09, but the current system is seen as ill-equipped to deal with the problems presented by the coronavirus. Illustration: Kaliz Lee
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Chinese students grapple with first economic downturn of their lives

The economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic is threatening to scuttle the dreams of almost nine million college students expected to graduate this summer.

14 May, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has tightened competition in China for a dwindling number of graduate jobs. Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
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China’s tech industry workers face something new amid Covid-19: job uncertainty

Once immune from economic hardship, China’s internet-fuelled tech sector is starting to reduce costs and cut jobs as the impact of Covid-19 spreads beyond traditional industries.

15 May, 2020
Illustration: SCMP