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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Eduardo Baptista

Analysis-As economy stutters, China's youth seek safety of civil service

FILE PHOTO: People walk across a street during morning rush hour, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the Central Business District (CBD) in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

As a physics student at the elite Peking University in Beijing, Lynn Lau was expecting big Chinese private sector companies to scour the campus this summer for upcoming talent.

But with the world's second-largest economy growing at its slowest rate in decades, many recruiters stayed away this year.

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