A record number of Chinese college students will graduate this summer, but landing their dream job may be a long shot as there aren’t enough highskill, highwage occupations. More than one in five young people are out of work with many in China becoming “fulltime children,” spending all their time at home doing chores for their parents.

WSJ takes a look at why China’s youth unemployment continues to hit record highs.

0:00 ‘Fulltime children’
0:46 China’s youth
2:43 Job expectations
3:22 Repercussions

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