CCP’s Revamped ‘Down to the Countryside’ Movement Doomed to Failure: Experts

Young people attending a job fair in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2022. China's slowing economy has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images

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Chinese state media has recently published numerous articles encouraging urban youth to “revitalize the countryside.” China experts believe that the Cultural Revolution has returned, although in a form that may not be immediately recognizable.