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China
China’s youngsters are now ‘retiring’ outside cities
Young workers in China are increasingly opting for early “retirement,” retreating to rural areas as they struggle to navigate the country’s ...
Carl Samson
China to raise its retirement age for the first time in 7 decades amid demographic crisis
China on Friday announced plans to raise its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, addressing its aging population and mounting...
China’s rising unemployment rate creates ‘rotten-tail kids’
Rising unemployment in China is forcing millions of college graduates into low-paying jobs or dependence on their parents, creating a new &#...
Michelle De Pacina
Chinese students post unflattering graduation photos to reflect reality of China’s job market
Instead of holding flowers or throwing their caps into the air, Chinese graduates are posting photos of themselves lying on the ground to re...
News
Asian Americans face longer periods of joblessness, says report
While Asian Americans face a lower unemployment rate than those of white and Black Americans, this sole statistic masks the other ways in w...
Jane Nam
Report: Low-income Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders among those most negatively impacted by the pandemic
Low-income American Indian or Native Alaskan, Hawaiian and Pacific Islander households were among those who suffered the most negative econo...
Ryan General
AAPI Women Register Highest Long-Term Unemployment Rate During COVID-19
Women in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) and other minority communities experienced the highest long-term unemployment rates resu...
Asian American Women See the Highest Jobless Rates in the U.S., Data Reveals
Asian Americans recorded the highest jobless rates among U.S. women in the last six months of 2020, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Asian Americans Out of Work Due to COVID-19 Stay Jobless Longer than Others, Study Finds
Asian Americans are reportedly finding it harder than others in the United States to regain the jobs they lost in 2020 due to the pandemic. ...
Asian Americans Are Becoming More Unemployed Than White Workers, According to Labor Department
The COVID-19 pandemic has left Asian Americans more unemployed than Whites, according to a recent report from the Labor Department. As more ...
Asian American Unemployment Skyrockets 6,900% in New York
For much of the previous decade, Asian Americans saw the lowest unemployment rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. They also had th...
Asia
Japan Has an Insanely Low Jobless Rate, But the Country is Still Doomed
Japan has been making great strides in decreasing unemployment rates recently, but experts are warning of something terrible happening on th...
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