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A record of more than one in five young Chinese are out of work, their career ambitions derailed by a depressed job market as the economy struggles to regain momentum after its long bout with COVID-19 TAIPEI, Taiwan -- When she first moved to the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen after graduating from college, Marguerite Wang imagined she would spend her career working hard in a big city. Instead, she's living with her parents in her hometown in northeastern China. A record of more than one in five young Chinese are out of work, their career ambitions at least temporarily derailed by a depressed job market as the economy struggles to regain momentum after its long bout with COVID-19. Wang, who was laid off from a gaming company in December, is among an estimated 16 million young Chinese who, daunted by the difficulties of finding decent jobs, have moved back home. She asked that her English nickname be used out of concern that speaking to foreign media might hurt her job prospects. Afte...

Some of the most progressive actions on installing arbitrary bike lanes amidst the opposition of property and store owners is happening in Washington, DC. An active and well connected bike lobby group and a well connected citizens advocacy group have routine encounters. As in most cases, it is not the issue of bike lanes , but the inappropriate placement of them in terms of safety and common sense. The DC Safe Streets Coalition meets by ZOOM every Saturday morning to address the issue and to interact with other cities impacted by identical bike lobby efforts. They followed the Rhode Island case of the experiment to put bike lanes on East Side’s Hope Street where homeowners and store owners opposed. Their last effort was to present a Pet ition to Mayor Brett Smiley to assure that the bike lane project doesn’t return, but goes to a more suitable and common sense location. The Hope Street Merchants Association members are now advocating for sidewalk repairs and...