A viral job ad for shepherds exposes deepening fissures in China’s job market, highlighting a disconnect between graduate aspirations and economic realities.
FO Take · Score 83
China’s youth are shunning manual labour, even as graduate jobs dry up. This shepherd ad going viral exposes the absurd disconnect. The Party has engineered a lost generation, adrift in an economy that demands obedience, not innovation. Where exactly are 11 million new graduates supposed to go?
The strongest counter
This isolated incident is hardly indicative of systemic labour market issues. China’s economy is merely rebalancing, and vocational roles are vital. Youth will adapt, as they always do.
