[Manthink]

....to start their dream business...

One started a coffee-house at an old quarry  while another rebuilt an abandon 1,800 years Han-era old village into a rustic resort.

[Scythian]

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Where will young jobless Singaporeans fled to?

???

[Manthink]

Where will young jobless Singaporeans fled to?
???

Why not, especially for Chinese SGrean who will have easier access to the Mainland businesses and the enormous opportunity thanks to cultural affinity and living in the same time zone...

[Manthink]

Chinese graduates today will be forced to think beyond the usual career dreams and wants in a tight labor market just like any increasingly developed countries.

The question one has to ask - will jobless young SGreans be prepared to go to "kampong" and seek alternative opportunities rather than fighting for jobs typical modern offices ?



https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/interna...-17-1-july

[Manthink]

Book cafe in a village

After a decade of working in the city, Liu Bin left his job at a tech company in Shanghai in 2022. In March 2023, he moved to a village in Fujian to lead the rustic life that he had been wanting for some time. In a rented 100-square-metre second-floor attic in Qiantou village, Xiling township, Ningde city, amid lush mountain forests and flowing waters, Liu opened the Mingxin Book Cafe (明心书屋) at a cost of 1,000 RMB per month (US$140).
Liu, 33, used to work in software development in Hangzhou and Shanghai. In 2021, at the peak of retrenchments by Chinese internet giants, he left Hangzhou for Shanghai. But after experiencing various city-wide lockdowns in Shanghai, Liu was even more convinced that an urban lifestyle was not for him.

Liu, after working in the IT industry in Shanghai, decided to move out and opened a cafe (明心书屋) in a forested village.


https://www.thinkchina.sg/society/big-re...nas-youths

[Manthink]

I am very curious what would those unemployed young pple do in other economies in Asia like S Korea, Japan, HK, TW or India ? 

Go to other countries as migrant workers ?

https://mothership.sg/2019/03/taiwanese-...ork-tough/

[revealer]

Doubt the youth today would want to seek jobs as farmers in villages.. they would rather stay at home and 躺平 。 tt y the youth unemployment rate is going up and not coming down.

[Manthink]

Doubt the youth today would want to seek jobs as farmers in villages..  they would rather stay at home and 躺平 。  tt y the youth unemployment rate is going up and not coming down.

Isn't that a Generational Difference ?

We all know each era has youth who are different from their parent.... And this has been always the case.

The problem with such narrative is often each generation of youth are often called "Strawberry" by their seniors.

For e.g.,  many lao reservist/NSmen tend to label today's NSF as "softies" or ah-sia-kia...

Yet, after every war, modern soldiers are capable of doing far more killing and destruction than those veterans from past conflicts...

[revealer]

Isn't that a Generational Difference ?

We all know each era has youth who are different from their parent.... And this has been always the case.

The problem with such narrative is often each generation of youth are often called "Strawberry" by their seniors.

For e.g.,  many lao reservist/NSmen tend to label today's NSF as "softies" or ah-sia-kia...

Yet, after every war, modern soldiers are capable of doing far more killing and destruction than those veterans from past conflicts...

R u referring to youth in China? Unlike in the 60s, Many family today has only 1 child becos of the 1 child policy. Their parents would not want their only child to suffer.

[Manthink]

R u referring to youth in China?  Unlike in the 60s,  Many family today has only 1 child becos of the 1 child policy. Their parents would not want their only child to suffer.

I suggest you read my comment again.

[Harry Lee]

It's a good sign. Just like the migration to SE Asia 100 over years ago for survival and feed families in China. But, when China first opened up it was the overseas Chinese who returned to invest and kick start the economy

[Manthink]

It's a good sign. Just like the migration to SE Asia 100 over years ago for survival and feed families in China. But, when China first opened up it was the overseas Chinese who returned to invest and kick start the economy

It was hunger and chaos that drove countless to migrate and seek opportunities outside of China in over last 200 years.

Naturally under those circumstance, those generations learn to 吃苦, which had always been part of Chinese upbringing for thousands of years...

The more difficulty Chinese faces, the more resilient they will become.