Amid the difficulty of finding employment, several Chinese citizens face the dilemma of admitting to being unemployed and bearing the anxiety of their families or pretending to still be working. To avoid being discovered as unemployed, they choose to leave their homes every morning, spend the day i»»»

BEIJING/HONG KONG – A photo of a home-cooked lunch almost exposed Coco Li’s secret. The 32-year-old, a former employee of a Chinese state-owned property firm, had been about to share it in her family group chat before catching herself. Her mother might ask why she was not at work. Li is one of many»»»

China's unemployed are pretending to go to work every day, here's why Tired of relatives asking, “So, where are you working now?” Some young Chinese adults have found an unusual way to dodge the question — getting dressed, leaving home on time and heading out for the day.But there is one catch: the»»»

A photo of a home-cooked lunch almost exposed Coco Li's ​secret. The 32-year-old, a former employee of a Chinese state-owned property firm, had been about to share it in her family group chat before catching herself. Her mother might ask why she wasn't ⁠at work. Li is one of many unemployed Chinese»»»