Students shield themselves from the sun as they line up at a job fair at a Guangzhou university last week. There are signs that China’s jobs market is weakening. Photo: Reuters
Students shield themselves from the sun as they line up at a job fair at a Guangzhou university last week. There are signs that China’s jobs market is weakening. Photo: Reuters
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China takes steps to support jobs as trade war starts to hit employment

  • Cabinet unveils measures including unemployment insurance refunds for firms that do not lay off staff and subsidies for all jobless young people aged 16 to 24

Sidney LengAmanda Lee
Sidney Leng and Amanda Lee

Updated: 1:02pm, 6 Dec, 2018

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Students shield themselves from the sun as they line up at a job fair at a Guangzhou university last week. There are signs that China’s jobs market is weakening. Photo: Reuters
Students shield themselves from the sun as they line up at a job fair at a Guangzhou university last week. There are signs that China’s jobs market is weakening. Photo: Reuters
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