What are 'full-time children'? Young adults in China are rejecting the rat race and getting paid by their parents to do chores while living at home

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Many Chinese young adults are opting to stay at home and get paid to care for their parents, rather than taking a traditional full-time job.

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Chinese people fed up with the rat race are calling themselves 'huminerals' — human resources to be relentlessly exploited and discarded

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A Chinese office worker wears a protective mask as she waits to take a public bus after leaving work on March 2, 2020 in Beijing, China
A Chinese office worker wears a protective mask as she waits to take a public bus after leaving work on March 2, 2020 in Beijing, China

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