How do Chinese graduates *really* feel about the job market?🥀| Following the yuan

"Three unemployed individuals who collectively spent 6M RMB on studying abroad," one post on RedNote reads.

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Almost exactly two years ago, China stopped publishing youth unemployment data, which had hit a record-high rate of 21.3% in June 2023. It’s back six months later, calculated with…