In Depth: China’s ‘No-Show’ Jobs Market for Disabled Deepens Employment Woes

In China, a silent crisis is intensifying among disabled people, who face a tougher job market post-pandemic, due to the growth of an underground industry designed to help unscrupulous businesses avoid fines that is making it harder for them to find actual well-paid work.

Long faced with formidable barriers to employment, people with disabilities are now finding even fewer opportunities as many companies, feeling the pinch of China’s shaky post-pandemic economic recovery, are taking measures such as downsizing hiring to save costs.