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As Covid-19 eases, China faces huge unemployment challenge
Millions of people are out of work, with number set to continue rising this year due to slowing annual growth
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Mon, Apr 27, 2020 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
LIU Zhang, who runs an events company in Beijing, should normally be recruiting more people ahead of China's marathon season as he always does in the month of April.
Instead, he has laid off six employees before filing for bankruptcy, having also shut the three other branches of his company.
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