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Why China’s white- and blue-collar workers are worried about losing their shirts

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This is the final story in a three-part series exploring the domestic economic challenges China faces as it navigates an unprecedented trade war with the United States. In this piece, we explore the country’s cloudy employment outlook for workers across all sectors, and how truck drivers and high-powered lawyers alike are learning to adjust their expectations.

When his chemical company laid off a third of its team, Liang Wang felt a mix of emotions: relief that he was not among them, but dread that more cutbacks would soon be on the way.

Liang, a corporate culture director based in Dongguan – a manufacturing hub in the southern province of Guangdong – was able to keep his job, but had to take a steep pay cut.

“There just aren’t enough orders for production,” he said. “There’s nothing we can do.”

For years, he thought himself lucky to have landed a stable job in an established company with R&D labs and factories across several provinces. Now in his 40s, Liang said his salary was once sufficient to raise two children and pay a mortgage, but “it’s definitely not enough” at present.

“The problem is, it’s much harder than two years ago to find another job with similar pay.”

Liang is far from alone.



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