In recent years, a veritable guokao craze has arisen as more fresh university graduates take a chance at securing “iron rice bowl” jobs. Despite issues such as delayed salaries and reduced ...

China plans to lay off up to 6 million workers in the next two years. That’s nothing compared to the 1990s.

a state-backed bus company in the central province of Henan has sent an unsettling message that the security once seen as guaranteed by the iron rice bowl could also be compromised. Screenshots of ...