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Moncrieff

The daily dose of madness and intrigue from Sean Moncrieff and his rebel radio crew. Listen and subscribe to Moncrieff on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'

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Why has pretending to have a job become popular in China?

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Why has pretending to have a job become popular in China?

China’s youth unemployment rate has stayed stubbornly high since Covid, and is currently above 14%. As a result, some young people have taken to pretending to have a job. They are facilitated in this by The Pretend To Work Company, but what exactly is this company, and why are they so popular? Professor Xiang Biao is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and joins Seán to discuss.