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Class of 2020: A lost generation in the post-COVID economy?

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The South China Morning Post has a lengthy article explaining how young people starting out in the jobs market face a hit to their prospects that could endure years after the Covid-19 downturn runs its course. As job offers get … Continue reading →

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China’s college graduates hit by jobs downturn amid coronavirus

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The Nikkei Asia has reported a chilling job market in China as the outbreak has wreaked havoc on the country’s economy. Companies are reluctant to expand their operations and even if they are hiring, few are interested in those fresh … Continue reading →

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Science says creativity hits its peak either around age 27 or 57

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In a new study (Creative Careers: The Life Cycles of Nobel Laureates in Economics) published in the journal De Economist (a quick and easy-to-read summary can be found here), researchers found that creativity peaks in your mid-20s or your mid-50s. The researchers analyzed the life cycles of 31 winners … Continue reading →

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My parents moved to the U.S. for a better life, but I’m returning to Asia for job opportunities

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Fast Company has profiled several Americans who, as summed by the title of the piece: “My parents moved to the U.S. for a better life, but I’m returning to Asia for job opportunities.” It was noted how for many Asian … Continue reading →

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Wealthy, successful and miserable

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Charles Duhigg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of “The Power of Habit,” has written a fascinating piece for the New York Times about attending his 15th reunion where he learned that not only were many of his former … Continue reading →

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Young Chinese workers aren’t like their elders

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Jason Tu, co-founder and chief executive of MioTech (an artificial intelligence platform for financial institutions), has written a piece for the Nikkei Asia noting how outspoken young Chinese employees are no longer rare given the 400 million Chinese born between … Continue reading →

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American Entrepreneurs Who Flocked to China Are Heading Home, Disillusioned

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The Wall Street Journal has a lengthy article about how it’s gotten much harder for expat entrepreneurs in China. Specifically, “soaring costs, creeping taxation, tightening political control and capricious regulation that makes it ever tougher to maneuver the market and … Continue reading →

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The American Dream Is Alive. In China.

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According to a recent New York Times’ article, the American dream is alive – in China. The article noted how not only are incomes drastically rising within families, but sons are outearning their fathers. For example: “It feels like there … Continue reading →

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How Taiwan lost its roar and its young talents

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CNA Insider recently did a segment about Taiwan’s brain drain of young talents with the summary being: Once one of the 4 Asian Tigers – Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong – Taiwan began losing its roar in the … Continue reading →

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US university degrees lose mystique among Asian students

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A lengthy Nikkei Asia article has pointed out that studying in the U.S. has long been a natural choice for ambitious young Asians, but now they are increasingly staying close to home. And while the article first attempts to blame … Continue reading →

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