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Mar 2025
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Upper-intermediate | Job Shopping in Mod...

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The days of the "iron rice bowl" are long gone, a daughter reminds her mother in this lesson. Just as in many other parts of the world, modern Chinese young people aren't staying with any one employer for too long. Find out more about this viewpoint on the Chinese job market in this lesson. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1528

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