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How China's Youth Jobless Rate Is Reshaping Its Tech Talent Pipeline
China's youth unemployment has been a persistent worry, but in this episode we dig into a less-discussed angle: how the jobless rate is now reshaping the country's tech talent pipeline. With internet giants like Alibaba and JD.com cutting roles and slowing hiring, the once-lucrative path from elite university to tech campus is narrowing. We look at the latest trade and market data—JD down 13 percent in a week, KWEB off 7 percent—and ask what this means for the next generation of engineers and product managers. Drawing on a recent survey of 2026 graduates, we explore how the downturn…
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