The word discontent has appeared in 370 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Dec. 10 in “Even as China Eases Covid Rules, Some Youths Still Fear a Grim Future” by Daisuke Wakabayashi, Claire Fu, Isabelle Qian and Amy Chang Chien:
Many young people had followed what the Chinese Communist Party told them to do, only to be left disillusioned, Ms. Liu said. “What we are seeing is that people are struggling to survive.”
That discontent bubbled over in recent weeks as throngs of students, job seekers and young professionals stormed the streets in major cities across China to protest the government’s iron-fisted Covid rules. The unrest brought into view the party’s longstanding concern that a shortage of jobs and economic opportunities for young people posed a threat to social stability.
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