With graduation less than a month away, many college students in China are still scrambling to find a job. At a free live-stream webinar by a jobseeker training company in mid-June, many of the 800 participants—primarily unemployed 2023 and 2022 graduates—logged eager comments to claim free templates for resumes. “Many of my trainees told me…

News Analysis Chinese state media has recently published numerous articles encouraging urban youth to “revitalize the countryside.” China experts believe that the Cultural Revolution has returned, although in a form that may not be immediately recognizable. Amid China’s struggling economy and high unemployment, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is attempting to allure young people to…

Commentary China reported a year-on-year economic growth of 18.3 percent in the first quarter of 2021, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 16. Then on April 27, the NBS announced that industrial enterprises above designated size achieved a 1.4 times increase in profits in the first quarter. Chinese state…