Hong Kong university students fleeing campus clashes are offered jobs by Chinese tech companies
- Hong Kong’s eight publicly funded universities are home to roughly 18,000 non-local students
Chinese tech companies have offered internship positions to university students studying in Hong Kong after some of the city’s campuses turned into battlegrounds amid ongoing anti-government protests.
Hong Kong has been rocked by five months of protests triggered by a now-withdrawn extradition bill, with universities the new frontline for clashes between protesters and police.
Hundreds of mainland Chinese students have already left or are leaving, while Taiwan has coordinated with its national carrier China Airlines to evacuate 81 of its students studying at Chinese University of Hong Kong, the scene of pitched battles this week.
The companies, including TCL Electronics, Zhengjiang Uniview Technologies, Chinese electrical appliance manufacturer Midea Group as well as artificial intelligence companies Fano Labs and 4 Paradigm, are offering paid positions exclusively to college students in Hong Kong, according to their postings on social media.
The positions include programme developers, market officers, human resource officers and administration officers, among others.