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Lay-offs by China’s top firms in key industries show unemployment biting through economic turmoil
“With low profit margins amid a sluggish economy, private companies are understandably adopting workforce reductions,” said Ding Shuang, chief economist for Greater China with Standard Chartered. “State-owned enterprises, on the other hand, may resort to …