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Kong Yiji: The memes that lay bare China's youth disillusionment

2023-06-11 06:22
A short story from 1919 becomes a code word for discontent among jobless graduates.
Kong Yiji: The memes that lay bare China's youth disillusionment

"Our generation has no expectations," says 24-year-old Yin.

The medical student, who only wanted to share her last name, has a licence to practise, and is pursuing a graduate degree, hoping to get a job at a big hospital. But she is not sure it will help. Degrees, once highly valued in a competitive...