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China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

Update: 2024-09-18

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China’s drive to upgrade its struggling economy has left millions of people facing job losses or pay cuts, fueling an existential crisis among some of its best and brightest workers.

On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg's Lulu Chen about the impact Xi Jinping’s push is having on professionals, from banking to tech, and what this anxiety could mean for the outlook of the world’s second-largest economy.

Read more:
China’s CICC Demotes Senior Bankers, Cuts Pay to Slash Costs

Further listening:

Why China’s Investment Bankers Are Breaking Up With Capitalism

What Does China’s Economic Slowdown Mean For the Communist Party?

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China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

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