![Why China's young people are quitting their jobs and throwing 'resignation parties'](/i/c/b4641fd5-8ab4-997c-cde4-f6e0cb8c1921.webp)
Why China's young people are quitting their jobs and throwing 'resignation parties'
On the day Liang resigned from his banking job in China's Zhejiang province, his friends threw a party and congratulated him by beating gongs and drums, in an echo of traditional marriage rituals.
2023-10-05 16:23
![More Chinese graduates return to hometowns in depressed economy - state media](/i/c/9dd3aecd-8903-5ed2-421f-edcd6f242530.webp)
More Chinese graduates return to hometowns in depressed economy - state media
BEIJING Almost half of Chinese undergraduates returned to their hometowns last year within six months of graduation, state
2023-08-09 16:26
![Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns](/i/c/91336afe-1fa1-58c6-22a3-5603514e77f6.webp)
Deflation: Why falling prices in China raise concerns
The world's second largest economy has slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years.
2023-08-09 15:21
![China exports see biggest drop for three years](/i/c/061aab2f-dc05-0794-507f-6f24d9bae14e.webp)
China exports see biggest drop for three years
Global demand for Chinese goods has fallen as the cost of living and rising interest rates bite.
2023-08-08 16:20
![Young Chinese are getting paid to be 'full-time children' as jobs become harder to find](/i/c/09e16296-d2f6-6e68-0cf9-fa8a7ea2b7b1.webp)
Young Chinese are getting paid to be 'full-time children' as jobs become harder to find
Exhausted by the pressure to succeed as a photographer, Litsky Li accepted a better offer: quit work to become one of China's growing legions of children paid by their families to stay home.
2023-07-27 10:17
![Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5%](/i/c/6fa7dedd-4b00-7fd1-e9d9-9c3ab68d5000.webp)
Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5%
By Ryan Woo and Ellen Zhang BEIJING (Reuters) -An unusually public claim by a Chinese professor the country's youth jobless
2023-07-20 16:54
![For Hong Kong's youth, government-backed hostels offer a smidgen of housing hope](/i/c/f28b1ef4-ff75-b8fe-35d0-6b42be5df2f5.webp)
For Hong Kong's youth, government-backed hostels offer a smidgen of housing hope
By Clare Jim HONG KONG For most young adults, moving out of home is a rite of passage
2023-07-10 00:23
![China's Henan plans 'zero-dyanamic' end to youth unemployment](/i/c/0fc4abd5-fdf7-ab1a-30f6-a8fe1e21d44c.webp)
China's Henan plans 'zero-dyanamic' end to youth unemployment
By Farah Master HONG KONG China's Henan province has unveiled a 100-day plan to "dynamically clear" youth unemployment
2023-06-01 15:27
![Too few jobs, too many workers and 'no plan B': The time bomb hidden in India's 'economic miracle'](/i/c/40f7e742-d0ee-7009-9c74-40a941eeae06.webp)
Too few jobs, too many workers and 'no plan B': The time bomb hidden in India's 'economic miracle'
For young Indians, there's a flip side to the so-called economic miracle: too few jobs and too much competition.
2023-05-28 07:53