‘All liberal arts graduates are joining the service industries! And all they need is grovelling’ said blogger Zhang Xuefeng to backlash. But thousands of students are speaking out on social media about their difficulty in a tightening job market that heavily favours STEM skills. — SCMP
Chinese education blogger Zhang Xuefeng was direct and damning when a woman asked him during a livestream whether her son should choose to study liberal arts at university.
Zhang, who has more than 24 million followers on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, is a regular source of advice for education and the job market.
