China’s shoppers are still on strike and youth unemployment is rising

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Description (Dublin Core)

This is a news story from CNN by Laura He. This article is on the economic impact of China's zero COVID policy.

Retail sales fell 6.7% in May according to China's National Bureau of Statistics. It is slightly lower than the 11. 1% drop in sales from April. Customer spending has fallen in about every category except for food, drink, and petroleum.

Youth unemployment is rising in China, as places that would hire young workers were forced to shutdown with lockdowns. The youth unemployment rate rose 18.4% between the 16-24 range in China.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 15, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

Laura He

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

news article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/economy/china-economy-consumer-spending-contraction-intl-hnk/index.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20220726144017/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/economy/china-economy-consumer-spending-contraction-intl-hnk/index.html

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Economy

English Consumer Culture (shopping, dining...)

English Business & Industry

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

China

unemployment

youth

production

shutdown

economy

development

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

economy

China

zero COVID policy

unemployment

spending

consumerism

retail

sales

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/26/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/19/2022

08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

06/15/2022

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