Coronavirus: China’s workers and graduates fear for their future
Disastrous shutdown brought by the coronavirus pandemic has left many workers and young graduates fear for their future as unemployment looms over their head.In a building which is half shut and dark, Huang waits by a workbench for the welder to pass the next metal tray. There's only a handful of staff in the factory.The boss is stranded in Europe. They haven't had any new orders from their American customers for months. This is a business that's desperately trying to keep the lights on."Up until now we haven't received any substantial mass production orders to keep the factory running and to be able to pay salaries and to be able to stay afloat," Yuliya Yakubova said.Speaking from Italy she said, "The last [thing] I want to do really is fire or let go employees." But she doesn't have long...
