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CX Daily: Cost-Cutting Freezes Over 35s Out of China's Job Market

Published: Aug. 6, 2025  9:20 a.m.  GMT+8
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In Depth: Cost-cutting freezes over-35s out of China's job market

In March, Xu Yang lost her job after a decade working at the Beijing office of a U.S.-based multinational company. The software firm, caught in the fallout from rising trade tensions and U.S.-China frictions, slashed its China operations — laying off about 70% of its local workforce, including nearly the entire marketing department where Xu worked.

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