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China’s Economic Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

China’s Economic Crackdowns Are Crushing the Dreams of a Generation

Big Take

September 27, 202417m 15s

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Show Notes

This week, China’s central bank announced a stimulus package designed to revive the economy, cutting an interest rate and reducing the amount of money banks need to hold in reserve.

But the country’s ongoing drive to upgrade its struggling economy has left millions of people facing job losses or pay cuts, fueling an existential crisis among some of its best and brightest workers.

On today's Big Take Asia Podcast, host K. Oanh Ha talks to Bloomberg's Lulu Chen about the impact Xi Jinping’s push is having on professionals, from banking to tech, and what this anxiety could mean for the outlook of the world’s second-largest economy.

Read more: 
Xi Unleashes a Crisis for Millions of China's Best-Paid Workers

China Unleashes Stimulus Package to Revive Economy, Markets

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