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CX Daily: How Middlemen Cash In on China’s Drive to Fund Young Entrepreneurs

Published: May. 21, 2026 9:00 a.m. GMT+8

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When a student we’ll call Yu Dongdong returned to China to launch a jewelry design startup, she did what many young entrepreneurs do: she turned to social media for information about government subsidies available to recent graduates.

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