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Rising Unemployment in China Leads People to Seek Shelter in Public Spaces

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Colombo, July 12 (IANS) The weakening job market in China is forcing a rising number of unemployed people to seek refuge in free public spaces, as they find jobs and in some cases, hide about their unemployment from family members, a report has claimed. Communist Party community service centres in several places in China, which once were used mostly for local administrative activities, are now being used by unemployed people as makeshift workplaces. The centres, which have free internet access, …