Opinion Today: The jobs data China doesn’t want people to see

The country’s response to high youth unemployment has been revealing. 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Consumer and business [confidence](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm3ZJWP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8yNS9idXNpbmVzcy9jaGluYS1lY29ub215LWNvbmZpZGVuY2UuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDkwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDIyMjkmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ0MDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-lYN-2Qk1_CiUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) is dismal. Concerns over debt [dissuade](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm3ZJWP4Q3AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tLzIwMjMvMDcvMDgvYnVzaW5lc3MvY2hpbmEtZGVidC1leHBsYWluZWQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDkwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDIyMjkmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ0MDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyM6fjp0ZXh0PVRoZSUyMHN0ZWVwJTIwaW5jcmVhc2UlMjBpbiUyMENoaW5hJ3Msb2YlMjBDaGluYSdzJTIwYW5udWFsJTIwZWNvbm9taWMlMjBvdXRwdXQuVwNueXRCCmT6Vg37ZCTX8KJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~) future investment. For young people in cities, the economy looks worse — around [one-fifth](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm3ZJWP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOC8xNS9idXNpbmVzcy9jaGluYS15b3V0aC11bmVtcGxveW1lbnQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDkwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDIyMjkmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ0MDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-lYN-2Qk1_CiUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~) of them are out of work. The Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s policy solution boils down to telling young people what my parents told me when I didn’t want to do my homework: “[Eat bitterness](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm3ZJWP0TiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wNS8zMC9idXNpbmVzcy9jaGluYS15b3V0aC11bmVtcGxveW1lbnQuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zOSZlbWM9ZWRpdF90eV8yMDIzMDkwOCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMDIyMjkmbmw9b3Bpbmlvbi10b2RheSZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MTQ0MDYyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0Qgpk-lYN-2Qk1_CiUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAM~).” In other words, suck it up. Will they? In a [guest essay for Times Opinion](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm3ZJWP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8wOC9vcGluaW9uL2NoaW5hLXlvdXRoLXVuZW1wbG95bWVudC14aS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwOTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMjIyOSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDQwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6Vg37ZCTX8KJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~), the political economist Ho-fung Hung evaluates the extent to which young people’s economic dissatisfaction will translate into social unrest in China. He finds that youth unemployment has been a perennial problem for the Chinese state throughout history; after all, jobless young people helped the Chinese Communist Party get its own revolution started. In response to its economy, the Chinese government could pursue policies that expand economic opportunity or double down on repression. The government has chosen the latter, just as it has repeatedly over the decades. Authoritarian tactics like tightening state surveillance and censorship of dissent are, in this sense, economic policy. As Hung puts it, “it is clear that these actions are aimed at least in part at containing the political fallout of a worsening economy.” Xi may very well succeed at consolidating the state’s control, but at what cost? [Read the essay here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRm3ZJWP0TkaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMy8wOS8wOC9vcGluaW9uL2NoaW5hLXlvdXRoLXVuZW1wbG95bWVudC14aS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjMwOTA4Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTEwMjIyOSZubD1vcGluaW9uLXRvZGF5JnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0xNDQwNjImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCmT6Vg37ZCTX8KJSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAw~~). 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