When China's youth unemployment rate reached a record high of 21.3% last year, Beijing did what authoritarian governments do whenever ugly truths emerge - it stopped publishing the data.
Even the previous data excluded millions of rural workers, who face greater challenges in securing full-time employment than those in urban centers.
The official figures don't accurately capture the true situation on the ground. Even after questionable methodological revisions, the numbers are still rising, highlighting the gravity of the problem.
Blame structural issues, COVID-19, the sluggish post-pandemic recovery and trade tensions with the West.
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