#PRC: Unemployment and farm labor in Xi's Party. . Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hil
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#PRC: Unemployment and farm labor in Xi's Party. . Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://news.yahoo.com/beijing-encourages-jobless-youth-fields-164225858.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/there-may-be-more-chinese-police-stations-canada-minister-says-2023-05-14/
https://vancouversun.com/fp-finance/canada-pension-manager-china-investment-risks/wcm/f30aa11c-3933-4fa1-af00-249277d0e096
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| 0:39.9 | We're joined by our colleague Charles Burton of the McDonnellary Institute to comment on |
| 0:44.8 | unemployment in the People's Republic of China. |
| 0:48.4 | A peculiar topic that isn't much addressed by the leadership in Beijing, nor are the |
| 0:54.0 | statistics anywhere near useful. |
| 0:56.8 | However, there's anecdote that the Chinese economy is struggling mightily, especially |
| 1:03.2 | at the manufacturing level, falling below 50%, meaning it is not recovering quickly from |
| 1:09.6 | the pandemic. |
| 1:10.6 | At the same time, there are anecdotes of young people leaving university or college with |
| 1:16.7 | degrees, not finding employment and being advised to turn to manual labor. |
| 1:23.0 | Gordon, have I said all this correctly, manual labor, and where especially is the manual |
| 1:29.3 | labor needed or advised to these young people getting out of college? |
| 1:34.8 | You certainly are correct, John. |
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