Comments by "GTW" (@gtw4546) on "Why China Isn’t Providing Enough Jobs for Its Young" video.

Two things that weren’t mentioned but are important to understanding. 1 - China counts working only ONE hour per week as “employed” compared to 15 or more hours in other countries. If a similar criteria were applied in China, the youth unemployment rate would be significantly higher! 2 - China only counts urban unemployment. So encouraging young people to go to rural areas would simply remove them from the equation, whether actually employed or not. In other words, the stats can appear to improve even when no actual situational improvement occurs.
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Political instability can have spill over effects. Youth are the most likely to rebel, especially when educated. That is why the Soviets “disappeared" the educated first, so no counter leaders could organize the masses.
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@DailyGPT365 China has only 9 years of compulsory education. A 16-year-old can be finished with all required schooling.
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@treeist Ah, yes, the “let it rot” people protesting the CCP in the best way they know how!
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@obsidianstatue I’m looking on line and so far can’t find anything to support your assertion. Do you have references to support your claim?
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@spider6660 We’ll see how that plays out. Right now it’s just wishful thinking.
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@yd2206 Why is “not finding a job after graduation not unemployment?” Aren’t people expected to work after they graduate? The difficulty of finding a job for recent college graduates is the problem being discussed.
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@trenvert123 I understand that all rural people are counted as fully employed because survival is precarious so that if you don’t work, you starve. But I’m passing on what I’ve gleaned from other channels covering China and since there are several, I can’t pinpoint the source.
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