Thanks for the response. I responded to the population issue in an above comment.
I just want to ask about the overworking of students bit. I recognize China banned after-school tutoring of core subjects, but I have heard there are massive amounts of illegal tutoring now that has effectively become the norm if you want to remain academically competitive, is this true? And if so are there actions happening to address this?
I conceded that the mannerisms argument is probably subjective, and I'll need to visit China myself to come to an informed conclusion.
Yeah that was the consensus I obtained from reading western news sources on the issue. I understand now reporting the unemployment rate of people still in school age is pretty disingenuous. However like my response to an above comment, I want to ask is there statistics showing the distribution of where the unemployment comes from in this 16-24 age range? I'm specifically interested in the 22-24 age range as that would be the average new-grad, and this would paint a much more interesting picture to analyze.