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China’s Graduate Glut

A record 12.7 million students in China are about to enter the workforce, putting an already strained job market under unprecedented pressure. Mariko Oi is joined by Chen Yan and Shen Kailing.

A record 12.7 million university students in China are about to enter the workforce, putting an already strained job market under unprecedented pressure. China’s youth unemployment rate has been relatively high, hovering around 15%, but the growing challenge of AI has some analysts forecasting a youth jobless spike. Asia Specific podcast host Mariko Oi is joined by journalist Chen Yan from Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ World Service Chinese and economics professor Shen Kailing from the Australian National University.

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