Read Article by Javier Hernandez, May 21, 2020
“The massive loss of jobs is bad for all governments, but for the Chinese government it is a question of regime survival,” said Diana Fu, an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto.
Professor Fu said that to avoid unrest as the slowdown continued, the government would need to move forward with plans to expand the social safety net.
“If college graduates, the urban middle class, and China’s 300 million migrant workers cannot find jobs quickly enough, who will they blame?” she said.