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China’s Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, how China’s big policy shift is upending the lives of millions of professionals, erasing jobs, cutting pay and crushing dreams.

Commuters at a subway station in Shanghai.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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By K Oanh Ha, Yang Yang, and Jessica Beck

September 18, 2024 at 11:09 PM UTC

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September 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM UTC

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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.