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Young Chinese are getting paid to be 'full-time children' as jobs become harder to find

Li, 21, now spends her days grocery shopping for her family in the central city of Luoyang and caring for her grandmother, who has dementia. Her parents pay her a salary of 6,000 yuan a month, which is considered a solid middle-class wage in her area. “The reason why I am at home is because I can’t bear the pressure of going to school or work,” said Li, a high school graduate. “I don’t want to compete intensely with my peers.

They still eat at their parents’ house, live with them or have them pay for their apartments or cars. Their living expenses are partially paid by parents,” she said. Sociologists say China’s traumatic experiences with strict pandemic measures has contributed to the number of young people radically rethinking their life goals and the parents supporting them.

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