A simple job advertisement for two shepherds in northern China has unexpectedly turned into a national conversation about youth unemployment, burnout, and the growing frustration many young workers feel toward the modern Chinese labour market. The ad, posted by farm owner Zuo Xiaoyong in late April, offered work tending sheep on remote grasslands near Inner Mongolia. Within hours: More than 700 people applied. Soon after, the story exploded acro…
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