The timing is very wrong. Just last week, few days to Christmas, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), released its latest labour force statistics. Total number of the unemployed increased from 17.6 million in Q3 2017 to 20.9million in Q3 2018. Official unemployment rate moved from 18.8% in Q3 20
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