Labour-intensive manufacturing is vanishing and millions of jobs could be lost, with repercussions for stability and growth
The poor urban neighbourhoods that powered a manufacturing boom are once again on the front lines of Beijing’s plans
Employers and cities offer subsidised rent to woo labourers who powered economic transformation
Factory machinery is evolving fast. Can the workers who will use it keep up?
Chinese president prioritises employment creation a year after he told the young to toughen up and embrace hardship
Four years after Tang Mingfang called out the injustices he witnessed at a Foxconn factory in China, nothing has changed — except for him
The plight of disillusioned, pessimistic youth is a blight on the economy — and society
Crackdown on tech and slow post-Covid growth have left a generation of graduates with fewer options
Weak property sales, industrial output and consumption sap confidence in rapid bounceback from Covid
One in five is now out of work
State media says university-leavers should put their professional ambitions on hold and consider lower-skilled roles
Post-Covid rebound fails to reach ageing migrant workers as trade slumps and limited roles go to younger generation
Taiwanese manufacturers in Kunshan are cutting staff and wages and pushing orders abroad over geopolitical risk
Migrant labourers who formed backbone of antivirus effort stranded after Beijing scrapped restrictions
Mom-and-pop enterprises crucial to driving post-Covid revival after GDP expansion slows in 2022
Beijing’s assault on Big Tech has led to mass dismissals as Covid-19 lockdowns batter economic growth
Alibaba and Meituan criticised over labour practices after government official poses as driver
Companies offer bonuses in bid to meet booming global demand
Reluctance of millions of rural residents to apply for city permit threatens a Beijing goal
Tell us how graduating into a pandemic economy is affecting you personally and professionally
Measures to contain outbreak interrupt travel and spark job-seeking closer to home
US tech group and manufacturing partner admit using too many temporary workers
Households say domestic concerns far more worrying than US tariff actions
Latest interbank market squall spells more trouble for private company financing
Reliance on old economic driver reflects failed efforts to boost private companies
