“Students drawn overseas as prospects dim in China” | SCMP

Figures above: 21.4% youth unemployment in China. So, many heading overseas for education. Which includes, for them, learning about other cultures and practices. Good on them. Joining the 8 million who’ve already studied o/s to 2021.

There’s a thing I don’t get. That we keep reading about youth unemployment around the world; and we also keep reading about labour shortages around the world. How to square that circle? Riddle me that.

An interesting comment from a student in the story above: too much political indoctrination in Chinese universities. “They don’t respect my time”, she says. 

As usual, most will go to the US. Australia will receive some of them  Whether or not welcomed in Oz I don’t know.