Plight of older unemployed Chinese stirs emotions on social media

'It makes my eyes tear up,' says daughter of jobless 50-year-old man

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Older job-seekers check out the recruitment posts at a labor market in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province. © AP

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- The adult children of older unemployed workers in China are turning to social media to express sorrow over their parents' plight in a dramatic sign of public discontent with the state of Asia's largest economy.

Writing last month on Xiaohongshu, sometimes referred to as China's Instagram, a woman named Juju kicked off one discussion by describing how it felt to help her 50-year-old father prepare his resume after he lost his factory job.

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