BEIJING: Jenny Bai was among 10 high-performing computer science students from different Chinese universities selected by a Beijing-based Internet firm for a job upon graduation, following four rounds of arduous interviews.
But last month, the company told the students their contract offers were cancelled due to Covid-19 headwinds and the bad state of the economy in general – obstacles facing a record 10.8 million Chinese university graduates this summer.
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