Breakfast Bites: China's unemployed youth are "retiring" to the countryside!?
Published on 8 Oct, 2024
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China's struggling economy has had one costly consequence - a rising youth unemployment rate.

Fed up with the lack of job opportunities in urban cities, the country's Gen Z and millennials are increasingly publicizing their discontentment, documenting their rural day-to-day "retirement" lives on social media.

Emaad and Ryan dive deeper into this growing trend.

 

Presented by Emaad Akhtar & Ryan Huang

Edited by Emaad Akhtar

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