💬 Opinion 15h ago · Xin Meng

China Needs Higher Minimum Wages

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China Needs Higher Minimum Wages
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Chinese policymakers long viewed workers’ grueling schedules as a byproduct of industrial catch-up. But this has become untenable: if Chinese workers are to become middle-class consumers and build larger families, they cannot be spending most of their waking hours chasing overtime pay, only to return exhausted to dormitories.

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