https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRe53tOGqDU Barely Fed, Back in Poverty! China’s Economy Enters Final Collapse, 50M Economic Refugees Go Global 223 Comments : @DarthRevan2.0117 20 hours ago Ccp created the problems world wide. @LazaroSteadman-y1m 18 hours ago Once you start connecting the dots you really cannot unsee it. @zaryomingau 18 hours ago "Pride always come before the fall" @aladin9274 13 hours ago Back from china recently, now experiencing more short changes when paying by cash( never before ), be careful always count or pay exact amount. Trancript : It is after 2:00 a.m. and my husband is gone. Why is life so hard? Our shop closed. We have no income. He quietly 0:1818 secondswent out to deliver food. He said it was his first time and he couldn't find his way. His very first delivery was late and the platform penalized him. Then he 0:2727 secondstook a phone call and missed an order from the system. So he was penalized again. He only took three orders and made less than 20 yuan. Why is it so 0:3535 secondshard? He used to be successful. Now he has to swallow his pride and deliver food. My illness cost us a lot of money. 0:4242 secondsAnd we still have a 7,000 yuan monthly mortgage payment. You know, 7,000 yuan feels like so so much money now. We 0:4949 secondscan't afford it anymore. We work hard, but without degrees or specialized skills, we feel like we're nothing. 0:5656 secondsMore people in China are struggling financially as factories halt production, companies cut jobs, and construction sites shut down. Some have 1:031 minute, 3 secondsleft office jobs to deliver food just to survive. Others, laid off in their 40s, sent out hundreds of resumes and still cannot find work. 1:141 minute, 14 secondsIt's hard to find a stable job now. A former coworker about my age had been unemployed for almost a year. Last month, a friend helped him find a sales 1:221 minute, 22 secondsjob at a mall. He started at the end of the month and by the 10th of this month, they told him the store wasn't renewing its lease and would close. They just 1:301 minute, 30 secondssettled his compensation over the last couple of days. He was still on probation, so he got a little over half a month's pay. Yesterday, he messaged me 1:391 minute, 39 secondsand said, "I'm going to be unemployed again. All I could do is comfort him." I said, "You worked less than a month.
It's like working 1 month and getting 2 months pay. That's not bad." But deep down, I understand. Losing your job again at this age leaves you anxious and 1:531 minute, 53 secondslost. Still, life goes on. What else can you do? 1:581 minute, 58 seconds[gasps] 1:591 minute, 59 secondsI'm 41, almost 42. Sorry. I used to wear a mask in my videos because I lost some teeth and I still haven't had them 2:072 minutes, 7 secondsreplaced. Now I'm about to lose my job for the second time. Unemployed and middleage, buried in debt. I really don't know where to go from here. I 2:162 minutes, 16 secondscan't keep driving for work. My body can't keep up. It's so hard. My family has already helped me so much now. There are problems with my divorce and my 2:242 minutes, 24 secondsfamily is unhappy. I don't know what to say to them either. I've struggled with depression for years. I see no hope for my future. None. Several more years have 2:342 minutes, 34 secondspassed and nothing has changed. I see even less hope now. I'm finding it hard to keep going. China's Bureau of 2:412 minutes, 41 secondsStatistics reported on October 19th, 2026 that nationwide fixed asset investment fell 7.2% 2% year-over-year 2:492 minutes, 49 secondsin the first three quarters. Property development investment dropped 20.6%. 2:542 minutes, 54 secondsNew housing starts by floor area fell 24.9% and private investment declined 10.4%. 3:023 minutes, 2 secondsWhen housing projects stop, deal fixers, brick layers, and carpenters lose work. 3:073 minutes, 7 secondsWhen homes do not sell, renovation companies, building material suppliers, and real estate agents also suffer. Many spent more than a decade or even decades 3:163 minutes, 16 secondsin the industry. Now they are suddenly out of work and trying to change careers in their 40s or 50s. Age often becomes another barrier to finding work in 3:243 minutes, 24 secondsChina. Some employers favor young workers viewing middle-aged applicants as too old and too expensive. Yet people at that age often carry the heaviest 3:333 minutes, 33 secondsfamily responsibilities. Their children are still in school, their parents are aging, and mortgage and car payments still come due. 3:433 minutes, 43 secondsMy husband is 38 and he can't find a job anymore. He left his job in May because he couldn't take the pressure and stress. Our family moved from the big 3:513 minutes, 51 secondscity of Wuhan to a tiny county town in Guangdong. Now four or 5 months have passed, and he still has no income. I 3:593 minutes, 59 secondsmake 2,000 yuan a month working part-time. His mortgage, renovation loan, and credit card payments total about 5,000 yuan a month. Then there's 4:074 minutes, 7 secondsrent and living costs for the three of us here. We need at least 8,000 yuan a month. He's also tried running a food stall. He went back to Wuhan to learn 4:164 minutes, 16 secondsfrom his brother how to make our local hube specialty braised dishes. But the flavor didn't seem to suit people here in Guangdong. So it didn't take off. We 4:254 minutes, 25 secondshave to face reality. Our main goal now is simply to survive. So he's going to look for a job again. He told me he sent out hundreds of rums these last few 4:334 minutes, 33 secondsdays. He's tried big cities like Guangjo, Shenzhen, and Forchan. All he gets are instant rejections. 4:394 minutes, 39 secondsThese people want to work. They cannot find companies willing to hire them. So more people are looking abroad. 4:484 minutes, 48 secondsGoing abroad will be one of the most worthwhile things you can do over the next 10 or even 30 years. Don't worry about what you'll do once you get there 4:574 minutes, 57 secondsor how you'll manage to stay. Take the first step and leave. There will be plenty of options and opportunities waiting for you. Chinese workers once
went abroad mainly to earn extra money beyond what they could make at home. 5:085 minutes, 8 secondsToday, some leave because they cannot find suitable work in China. Others have jobs but still cannot escape debt and financial pressure. The newspaper Lean 5:175 minutes, 17 secondsHood Zaba reported on the experience of Xiaoan, a 28-year-old man from China. 5:235 minutes, 23 secondsAfter submitting 200 to 300 rums in China, Shiauan still could not find suitable work. He later secured an 5:305 minutes, 30 secondsoverseas assignment in Indonesia, then moved to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa in October 2025. He 5:385 minutes, 38 secondsfaced a completely unfamiliar environment there and contracted malaria soon after arriving. Shiauan chose to stay. He told reporters he could save 5:465 minutes, 46 secondsmoney two to three times as fast in Africa as he had in Indonesia. He hoped to build up savings through several years of overseas work before eventually 5:545 minutes, 54 secondsimmigrating to Germany. For these workers, leaving China also means leaving behind the financial difficulties they faced at home. 6:046 minutes, 4 secondsLet me explain why I want to work abroad. I did the math. A regular job in China might pay 4,000 or 5,000 yen a 6:126 minutes, 12 secondsmonth. After expenses, I'd have 2,000 or 3,000 yen left. Abroad, I might earn 2,000 plus or 3,000 Singapore dollars a 6:206 minutes, 20 secondsmonth. Living costs are higher, but if I'm careful, I can still save a good amount. For ordinary people like us, the most important thing is to build up our 6:296 minutes, 29 secondsfirst real savings as quickly as possible while we're young. That gives us more choices. Where we work and what we do come second. Figures released by 6:386 minutes, 38 secondsChina's Ministry of Commerce on September 28, 2026 showed Chinese companies sent 315,000 workers abroad 6:466 minutes, 46 secondsfrom January through August, 44,000 more than a year earlier. By the end of August, 681,000 workers were on overseas 6:546 minutes, 54 secondsassignments. Those figures cover company arranged overseas labor assignments. 6:596 minutes, 59 secondsThey do not fully count Chinese workers who will find jobs abroad through individual applications, local recruitments, or other channels. As 7:077 minutes, 7 secondsChina's domestic job market remains under pressure, overseas jobs are drawing more interest from ordinary job seekers. Some consider leaving 7:157 minutes, 15 secondsrecruiting jobs at state-owned companies to become care workers in Australia. 7:207 minutes, 20 secondsOthers leave China's property industry to seek construction work abroad. Some head to African mining regions or wash dishes in Germany's restaurants. Others 7:297 minutes, 29 secondslook for income in Japanese factories, South Korean farms, and Singaporean construction sites. Even people who once 7:367 minutes, 36 secondshad stable jobs and happy families with lives others envied are beginning to leave China with their families. 7:487 minutes, 48 secondsMore people will leave China to live and work abroad. Many people around me have already done it. You probably know some, too. One of my college classmates is 7:577 minutes, 57 secondsfrom Beijing. After graduation, she went straight back and her family arranged a job for her at a public school. To all of us, she had a successful life, a 8:068 minutes, 6 secondsstable job, a happy family, and summer and winter breaks. It sounded great. A few days ago, I saw a post on her WeChat 8:148 minutes, 14 secondsmoments. She was studying in New Zealand. When we talked, I learned she'd been there for almost a year. Her husband and child had joined her later. 8:228 minutes, 22 secondsNot everyone can leave through study abroad or standard immigration pathways.
For people buried in debt and urgently needing income, construction jobs overseas can seem more practical. Israel is one of those destinations. Despite 8:368 minutes, 36 secondsthe long-standing threat of war and security risks, Chinese construction workers still travel to Israel for wages higher than they can earn at home. 8:468 minutes, 46 secondsI owe hundreds of thousands of yen. I'm buried in debt. So, I came to Israel to work and get back on my feet. I can only 8:538 minutes, 53 secondspay back less this month because there are more holidays. Right after the new year comes, Yong Kipper. It's a very 9:009 minutessacred holiday here. Paying off hundreds or thousands of yen through a regular job in China could take many years. Work 9:089 minutes, 8 secondsin Israel may pay more, but it also demands more physical effort and brings great security risks. In April 2026, 9:169 minutes, 16 secondsSouthern People Weekly reported on a young Chinese man named Sao. The 30-year-old had worked in sales with an 9:239 minutes, 23 secondsunstable income. He relied on credit cards and online loans to get by. 9:289 minutes, 28 secondsEventually, he was borrowing to repay other loans and owed hundreds of thousands of yen. His parents ran a grocery store in his hometown in Ja 9:359 minutes, 35 secondsJang. Business had been poor in recent years, leaving them with large stocks of unsold goods. They helped cover some of 9:439 minutes, 43 secondshis debt, but it was nowhere near enough. During a visit home, Song learned from a relative working on construction sites in Israel that 9:519 minutes, 51 secondsworkers there could earn 300,000 to 400,000 yen a year, about 42,000 to $56,000. 9:599 minutes, 59 secondsHe decided to go abroad. Song began contacting recruitment agencies in 2023, but did not get clear progress on his visa until August 2024. 10:0910 minutes, 9 secondsHe first paid a deposit of about 5,000 yen, then a balance of more than 90,000 yen. With airfare, medical exams, 10:1810 minutes, 18 secondsnotoriization, and other expenses, the total exceeded 100,000 yen, about $14,000. 10:2510 minutes, 25 secondsBefore even starting work, he had to come up with 100,000 yen, about $14,000. 10:3110 minutes, 31 secondsSong left China for the first time in December 2024, flying through Usbekiststan to Israel. Israel was still 10:3810 minutes, 38 secondsunder the threat of war. When Song first heard air raid sirens, he was frightened and rushed to check where missiles were incoming. Some workers around him, 10:4610 minutes, 46 secondsalready used to the alarms, kept working. As military conflict escalated in the Middle East in March 2026, the Chinese embassy in Israel again 10:5510 minutes, 55 secondsorganized evacuations of Chinese citizens. A missile strike in Deona, where Song worked on March 21st, injured 11:0211 minutes, 2 secondsseveral people. Two days later, a Southern People Weekly reporter asked whether he planned to return to China. 11:0811 minutes, 8 secondsHe said he was still working and had no immediate plans to go home. For someone buried in debt, leaving the construction site also means losing the income needed 11:1611 minutes, 16 secondsto repay it. However, daily life for Chinese construction workers in Israel is far harder than some recruitment ads suggest. 11:2711 minutes, 27 secondsI am a construction worker in Israel from Shujo Djangu. A lot of people have messaged me asking whether the work here 11:3311 minutes, 33 secondsis exhausting. Let me explain. First, it really is tough. Back home, you might work 10 hours a day. Here, it's 12 11:4111 minutes, 41 secondshours. I get up after 6:00 a.m. and have to be on site by 7:00. We work until noon. Then have an hour for lunch. After 11:5011 minutes, 50 secondsthat, it's straight back to work until 6:00 p.m. Then, I buy groceries, cook dinner, and prepare lunch for the next day. By the time I've eaten, it's around 11:5711 minutes, 57 seconds7:00 p.m. Then I still have to wash clothes. I'm busy until about 8:30 before I can lie down. Then I spend some
time on my phone. I usually fall asleep at 9:00 and get up at 6:00. So I get about 8 or 9 hours of sleep. That's the reality for construction workers here. 12:1512 minutes, 15 secondsPeople want to come to Israel because the pay is high. But honestly, if you can't handle this kind of hardship, don't come. The agency fee alone is a 12:2312 minutes, 23 secondslot of money. The vlogger's experience closely matches Songs. In his interview, Song said some tile setters and plasters 12:3012 minutes, 30 secondsin Israel were paid by the amount of work completed. Higher earners could make 40,000 to 50,000 yen a month, about 5,600 to 7,000. 12:4112 minutes, 41 secondsThat money comes through hard work. Song had to carry materials, clean construction sites, and repeatedly climb 12:4712 minutes, 47 secondsstairs every day. After 6 months of working abroad, he had lost 66 lb. To repay his debts quickly, he tried to 12:5612 minutes, 56 secondskeep monthly living expenses to about 1,000 yen. Some co-workers spent even less, avoiding outings on days off to 13:0313 minutes, 3 secondssave money. By the end of 2025, Song had repaid more than 100,000 yen owed to friends and about 100,000 yen in overdue mortgage payments, roughly $14,000. 13:1513 minutes, 15 secondsHis remaining online loan debts were still unresolved. Not everyone seeking work abroad eventually finds a job like 13:2213 minutes, 22 secondsSong did. Some lose their hard-earned savings to recruitment agencies before they even leave China. CCTV exposed an 13:3013 minutes, 30 secondsoverseas recruitment scam involving a Beijing agency in April 2026. The company said it could place Chinese 13:3713 minutes, 37 secondsapplicants in jobs such as driving and carpentry in Australia and New Zealand. 13:4113 minutes, 41 secondsIt promised easy earnings of 30,000 to $40,000 a month, about $4,200 to $5,600. 13:4913 minutes, 49 secondsApplicants visited an office with a business license and staff. They took that as proof the company was qualified to arrange overseas work. The agency 13:5813 minutes, 58 secondsfirst collected a 3,000 yen deposit. It then said applicants had being matched with overseas employers and passed an initial review. It demanded a final 14:0714 minutes, 7 secondspayment of $16,800 yen, bringing the total to 19,800 yen, about $2,800. 14:1514 minutes, 15 secondsHowever, the company did not actually have the required authorization to arrange overseas labor placements. In 14:2214 minutes, 22 secondsMay of that year, CCTV reported another overseas recruitment fraud case heard by the Shungi District People's Court in 14:2914 minutes, 29 secondsBeijing. It involved more than 10 million yen, about$ 1.4 4 million US and more than 530 victims nationwide. To 14:3914 minutes, 39 secondsconvince applicants they could work abroad. Those involved signed formal contracts, rented offices, and hired staff. They created the appearance of a 14:4714 minutes, 47 secondslegitimate recruitment agency. Many victims had struggled to find work in China and hoped to earn more abroad. 14:5414 minutes, 54 secondsSome may have borrowed money to pay the agency fees. They ended up with no job and even more debt. People who cannot 15:0115 minutes, 1 secondafford to study abroad or qualify for an overseas work visa face another more dangerous option irregular migration to 15:0915 minutes, 9 secondsEurope. Dutch Welli published an investigation in December 2025th. Its reporters traveled to Serbia, Bosnia, 15:1615 minutes, 16 secondsHerzuggoina, and Germany, interviewing more than 20 Chinese migrants taking irregular routes. Some had run small businesses devastated by pandemic 15:2415 minutes, 24 secondslockdowns. Others had been unemployed for a long time and struggled to find work. Some were in debt and feared being placed on a court blacklist for failing
to repay, which could prevent them from leaving China. Others had lost confidence in China's social conditions, education, healthcare, and their future 15:4215 minutes, 42 secondsthere. They hoped to start over in another country. A young man from Shanong named Wongqing was one of them. 15:4915 minutes, 49 secondsIn the winter of 2024, Wong, then just 19, risked crossing a freezing river on the border between Bosnia and 15:5615 minutes, 56 secondsHerzgovenia and Croatia. Soaking wet, he hid in dark wooden mountains and waited to be picked up. Croatian border police 16:0416 minutes, 4 secondshad pushed him back during earlier attempts. He eventually paid a smuggler €2,000 to get into the European Union. 16:1116 minutes, 11 secondsReaching Germany did not mean life would become easy. Wong struggled to adjust and returned to China for a time. He 16:1816 minutes, 18 secondslater tried to reach Germany again, but after more moves and setbacks, he ultimately returned home once more. The 16:2516 minutes, 25 secondsBalkan route, once used mainly by migrants from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, has seen more Chinese 16:3216 minutes, 32 secondsmigrants in recent years. On October 1st, 2026, Detector, an investigative outlet in Bosnia, and Herzgoina, 16:4116 minutes, 41 secondspublished a report on how human smuggling networks recruit Chinese clients on social media. The report interviewed Wei Bin, a 22-year-old 16:4916 minutes, 49 secondsChinese man. He said he had taken part in protests in Jang Yo Suchan and faced repeated police questioning and harassment afterward. He eventually 16:5816 minutes, 58 secondsdecided to leave China. He found content about irregular migration on Doí, the Chinese version of Tik Tok. Some brokers were charging as much as €10,000. 17:0917 minutes, 9 secondsThe investigation also cited figures from the EU's border agency, Fentex. It recorded just three irregular border 17:1717 minutes, 17 secondscrossings by Chinese nationals on the Western Balcon route in 2021. That rose 17:2217 minutes, 22 secondsto 462 in 2023, 620 in 2024, and 706 in 17:2917 minutes, 29 seconds2025. Another 240 crossings were recorded from January through July 2026. 17:3617 minutes, 36 secondsThe growing presence of Chinese nationals on this route has drawn attention from European media and border agencies. Some pay h 100,000 yen, about 17:4617 minutes, 46 seconds$14,000 in agency fees to work on Israeli construction sites under the threat of missiles. Others stay in Africa even after contracting malaria. 17:5517 minutes, 55 secondsYoung migrants pay smugglers and cross freezing rivers and wooded mountains along European borders, searching for a way forward. For some Chinese people, 18:0418 minutes, 4 secondsmoney meant to build a future must first pay for a chance to leave China. In the CCP's messaging, China is the world's 18:1118 minutes, 11 secondssecond largest economy with a comprehensive industrial system, a nationwide high-spe speed rail network, and modern cities. Officials regularly 18:2018 minutes, 20 secondspromote technological breakthroughs, industrial upgrades, and manufacturing achievements, presenting a picture of prosperity and continued improvement. 18:2818 minutes, 28 secondsYet ordinary Chinese people facing unemployment, debt, repeated job rejections, and pressure to earn a living abroad seem to inhibit a 18:3718 minutes, 37 secondsdifferent world. Their struggles rarely appear in CCP messaging. Even openly describing their hardship can bring censorship and account bans.
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Barely Fed, Back in Poverty! China’s Economy Enters Final Collapse, 50M Economic Refugees Go Global 223 Comments :
@DarthRevan2.0117 20 hours ago Ccp created the problems world wide. @LazaroSteadman-y1m 18 hours ago Once you start connecting the dots you really cannot unsee it. @zaryomingau 18 hours ago "Pride always come before the fall" @aladin9274 13 hours ago Back from china recently, now experiencing more short changes when paying by cash( never before ), be careful always count or pay exact amount. Trancript : It is after 2:00 a.m. and my husband is gone. Why is life so hard? Our shop closed. We have no income. He quietly
0:1818 secondswent out to deliver food. He said it was his first time and he couldn't find his way. His very first delivery was late and the platform penalized him. Then he
0:2727 secondstook a phone call and missed an order from the system. So he was penalized again. He only took three orders and made less than 20 yuan. Why is it so
0:3535 secondshard? He used to be successful. Now he has to swallow his pride and deliver food. My illness cost us a lot of money.
0:4242 secondsAnd we still have a 7,000 yuan monthly mortgage payment. You know, 7,000 yuan feels like so so much money now. We
0:4949 secondscan't afford it anymore. We work hard, but without degrees or specialized skills, we feel like we're nothing.
0:5656 secondsMore people in China are struggling financially as factories halt production, companies cut jobs, and construction sites shut down. Some have
1:031 minute, 3 secondsleft office jobs to deliver food just to survive. Others, laid off in their 40s, sent out hundreds of resumes and still cannot find work.
1:141 minute, 14 secondsIt's hard to find a stable job now. A former coworker about my age had been unemployed for almost a year. Last month, a friend helped him find a sales
1:221 minute, 22 secondsjob at a mall. He started at the end of the month and by the 10th of this month, they told him the store wasn't renewing its lease and would close. They just
1:301 minute, 30 secondssettled his compensation over the last couple of days. He was still on probation, so he got a little over half a month's pay. Yesterday, he messaged me
1:391 minute, 39 secondsand said, "I'm going to be unemployed again. All I could do is comfort him." I said, "You worked less than a month.
It's like working 1 month and getting 2 months pay. That's not bad." But deep down, I understand. Losing your job again at this age leaves you anxious and
1:531 minute, 53 secondslost. Still, life goes on. What else can you do?
1:581 minute, 58 seconds[gasps]
1:591 minute, 59 secondsI'm 41, almost 42. Sorry. I used to wear a mask in my videos because I lost some teeth and I still haven't had them
2:072 minutes, 7 secondsreplaced. Now I'm about to lose my job for the second time. Unemployed and middleage, buried in debt. I really don't know where to go from here. I
2:162 minutes, 16 secondscan't keep driving for work. My body can't keep up. It's so hard. My family has already helped me so much now. There are problems with my divorce and my
2:242 minutes, 24 secondsfamily is unhappy. I don't know what to say to them either. I've struggled with depression for years. I see no hope for my future. None. Several more years have
2:342 minutes, 34 secondspassed and nothing has changed. I see even less hope now. I'm finding it hard to keep going. China's Bureau of
2:412 minutes, 41 secondsStatistics reported on October 19th, 2026 that nationwide fixed asset investment fell 7.2% 2% year-over-year
2:492 minutes, 49 secondsin the first three quarters. Property development investment dropped 20.6%.
2:542 minutes, 54 secondsNew housing starts by floor area fell 24.9% and private investment declined 10.4%.
3:023 minutes, 2 secondsWhen housing projects stop, deal fixers, brick layers, and carpenters lose work.
3:073 minutes, 7 secondsWhen homes do not sell, renovation companies, building material suppliers, and real estate agents also suffer. Many spent more than a decade or even decades
3:163 minutes, 16 secondsin the industry. Now they are suddenly out of work and trying to change careers in their 40s or 50s. Age often becomes another barrier to finding work in
3:243 minutes, 24 secondsChina. Some employers favor young workers viewing middle-aged applicants as too old and too expensive. Yet people at that age often carry the heaviest
3:333 minutes, 33 secondsfamily responsibilities. Their children are still in school, their parents are aging, and mortgage and car payments still come due.
3:433 minutes, 43 secondsMy husband is 38 and he can't find a job anymore. He left his job in May because he couldn't take the pressure and stress. Our family moved from the big
3:513 minutes, 51 secondscity of Wuhan to a tiny county town in Guangdong. Now four or 5 months have passed, and he still has no income. I
3:593 minutes, 59 secondsmake 2,000 yuan a month working part-time. His mortgage, renovation loan, and credit card payments total about 5,000 yuan a month. Then there's
4:074 minutes, 7 secondsrent and living costs for the three of us here. We need at least 8,000 yuan a month. He's also tried running a food stall. He went back to Wuhan to learn
4:164 minutes, 16 secondsfrom his brother how to make our local hube specialty braised dishes. But the flavor didn't seem to suit people here in Guangdong. So it didn't take off. We
4:254 minutes, 25 secondshave to face reality. Our main goal now is simply to survive. So he's going to look for a job again. He told me he sent out hundreds of rums these last few
4:334 minutes, 33 secondsdays. He's tried big cities like Guangjo, Shenzhen, and Forchan. All he gets are instant rejections.
4:394 minutes, 39 secondsThese people want to work. They cannot find companies willing to hire them. So more people are looking abroad.
4:484 minutes, 48 secondsGoing abroad will be one of the most worthwhile things you can do over the next 10 or even 30 years. Don't worry about what you'll do once you get there
4:574 minutes, 57 secondsor how you'll manage to stay. Take the first step and leave. There will be plenty of options and opportunities waiting for you. Chinese workers once
went abroad mainly to earn extra money beyond what they could make at home.
5:085 minutes, 8 secondsToday, some leave because they cannot find suitable work in China. Others have jobs but still cannot escape debt and financial pressure. The newspaper Lean
5:175 minutes, 17 secondsHood Zaba reported on the experience of Xiaoan, a 28-year-old man from China.
5:235 minutes, 23 secondsAfter submitting 200 to 300 rums in China, Shiauan still could not find suitable work. He later secured an
5:305 minutes, 30 secondsoverseas assignment in Indonesia, then moved to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa in October 2025. He
5:385 minutes, 38 secondsfaced a completely unfamiliar environment there and contracted malaria soon after arriving. Shiauan chose to stay. He told reporters he could save
5:465 minutes, 46 secondsmoney two to three times as fast in Africa as he had in Indonesia. He hoped to build up savings through several years of overseas work before eventually
5:545 minutes, 54 secondsimmigrating to Germany. For these workers, leaving China also means leaving behind the financial difficulties they faced at home.
6:046 minutes, 4 secondsLet me explain why I want to work abroad. I did the math. A regular job in China might pay 4,000 or 5,000 yen a
6:126 minutes, 12 secondsmonth. After expenses, I'd have 2,000 or 3,000 yen left. Abroad, I might earn 2,000 plus or 3,000 Singapore dollars a
6:206 minutes, 20 secondsmonth. Living costs are higher, but if I'm careful, I can still save a good amount. For ordinary people like us, the most important thing is to build up our
6:296 minutes, 29 secondsfirst real savings as quickly as possible while we're young. That gives us more choices. Where we work and what we do come second. Figures released by
6:386 minutes, 38 secondsChina's Ministry of Commerce on September 28, 2026 showed Chinese companies sent 315,000 workers abroad
6:466 minutes, 46 secondsfrom January through August, 44,000 more than a year earlier. By the end of August, 681,000 workers were on overseas
6:546 minutes, 54 secondsassignments. Those figures cover company arranged overseas labor assignments.
6:596 minutes, 59 secondsThey do not fully count Chinese workers who will find jobs abroad through individual applications, local recruitments, or other channels. As
7:077 minutes, 7 secondsChina's domestic job market remains under pressure, overseas jobs are drawing more interest from ordinary job seekers. Some consider leaving
7:157 minutes, 15 secondsrecruiting jobs at state-owned companies to become care workers in Australia.
7:207 minutes, 20 secondsOthers leave China's property industry to seek construction work abroad. Some head to African mining regions or wash dishes in Germany's restaurants. Others
7:297 minutes, 29 secondslook for income in Japanese factories, South Korean farms, and Singaporean construction sites. Even people who once
7:367 minutes, 36 secondshad stable jobs and happy families with lives others envied are beginning to leave China with their families.
7:487 minutes, 48 secondsMore people will leave China to live and work abroad. Many people around me have already done it. You probably know some, too. One of my college classmates is
7:577 minutes, 57 secondsfrom Beijing. After graduation, she went straight back and her family arranged a job for her at a public school. To all of us, she had a successful life, a
8:068 minutes, 6 secondsstable job, a happy family, and summer and winter breaks. It sounded great. A few days ago, I saw a post on her WeChat
8:148 minutes, 14 secondsmoments. She was studying in New Zealand. When we talked, I learned she'd been there for almost a year. Her husband and child had joined her later.
8:228 minutes, 22 secondsNot everyone can leave through study abroad or standard immigration pathways.
For people buried in debt and urgently needing income, construction jobs overseas can seem more practical. Israel is one of those destinations. Despite
8:368 minutes, 36 secondsthe long-standing threat of war and security risks, Chinese construction workers still travel to Israel for wages higher than they can earn at home.
8:468 minutes, 46 secondsI owe hundreds of thousands of yen. I'm buried in debt. So, I came to Israel to work and get back on my feet. I can only
8:538 minutes, 53 secondspay back less this month because there are more holidays. Right after the new year comes, Yong Kipper. It's a very
9:009 minutessacred holiday here. Paying off hundreds or thousands of yen through a regular job in China could take many years. Work
9:089 minutes, 8 secondsin Israel may pay more, but it also demands more physical effort and brings great security risks. In April 2026,
9:169 minutes, 16 secondsSouthern People Weekly reported on a young Chinese man named Sao. The 30-year-old had worked in sales with an
9:239 minutes, 23 secondsunstable income. He relied on credit cards and online loans to get by.
9:289 minutes, 28 secondsEventually, he was borrowing to repay other loans and owed hundreds of thousands of yen. His parents ran a grocery store in his hometown in Ja
9:359 minutes, 35 secondsJang. Business had been poor in recent years, leaving them with large stocks of unsold goods. They helped cover some of
9:439 minutes, 43 secondshis debt, but it was nowhere near enough. During a visit home, Song learned from a relative working on construction sites in Israel that
9:519 minutes, 51 secondsworkers there could earn 300,000 to 400,000 yen a year, about 42,000 to $56,000.
9:599 minutes, 59 secondsHe decided to go abroad. Song began contacting recruitment agencies in 2023, but did not get clear progress on his visa until August 2024.
10:0910 minutes, 9 secondsHe first paid a deposit of about 5,000 yen, then a balance of more than 90,000 yen. With airfare, medical exams,
10:1810 minutes, 18 secondsnotoriization, and other expenses, the total exceeded 100,000 yen, about $14,000.
10:2510 minutes, 25 secondsBefore even starting work, he had to come up with 100,000 yen, about $14,000.
10:3110 minutes, 31 secondsSong left China for the first time in December 2024, flying through Usbekiststan to Israel. Israel was still
10:3810 minutes, 38 secondsunder the threat of war. When Song first heard air raid sirens, he was frightened and rushed to check where missiles were incoming. Some workers around him,
10:4610 minutes, 46 secondsalready used to the alarms, kept working. As military conflict escalated in the Middle East in March 2026, the Chinese embassy in Israel again
10:5510 minutes, 55 secondsorganized evacuations of Chinese citizens. A missile strike in Deona, where Song worked on March 21st, injured
11:0211 minutes, 2 secondsseveral people. Two days later, a Southern People Weekly reporter asked whether he planned to return to China.
11:0811 minutes, 8 secondsHe said he was still working and had no immediate plans to go home. For someone buried in debt, leaving the construction site also means losing the income needed
11:1611 minutes, 16 secondsto repay it. However, daily life for Chinese construction workers in Israel is far harder than some recruitment ads suggest.
11:2711 minutes, 27 secondsI am a construction worker in Israel from Shujo Djangu. A lot of people have messaged me asking whether the work here
11:3311 minutes, 33 secondsis exhausting. Let me explain. First, it really is tough. Back home, you might work 10 hours a day. Here, it's 12
11:4111 minutes, 41 secondshours. I get up after 6:00 a.m. and have to be on site by 7:00. We work until noon. Then have an hour for lunch. After
11:5011 minutes, 50 secondsthat, it's straight back to work until 6:00 p.m. Then, I buy groceries, cook dinner, and prepare lunch for the next day. By the time I've eaten, it's around
11:5711 minutes, 57 seconds7:00 p.m. Then I still have to wash clothes. I'm busy until about 8:30 before I can lie down. Then I spend some
time on my phone. I usually fall asleep at 9:00 and get up at 6:00. So I get about 8 or 9 hours of sleep. That's the reality for construction workers here.
12:1512 minutes, 15 secondsPeople want to come to Israel because the pay is high. But honestly, if you can't handle this kind of hardship, don't come. The agency fee alone is a
12:2312 minutes, 23 secondslot of money. The vlogger's experience closely matches Songs. In his interview, Song said some tile setters and plasters
12:3012 minutes, 30 secondsin Israel were paid by the amount of work completed. Higher earners could make 40,000 to 50,000 yen a month, about 5,600 to 7,000.
12:4112 minutes, 41 secondsThat money comes through hard work. Song had to carry materials, clean construction sites, and repeatedly climb
12:4712 minutes, 47 secondsstairs every day. After 6 months of working abroad, he had lost 66 lb. To repay his debts quickly, he tried to
12:5612 minutes, 56 secondskeep monthly living expenses to about 1,000 yen. Some co-workers spent even less, avoiding outings on days off to
13:0313 minutes, 3 secondssave money. By the end of 2025, Song had repaid more than 100,000 yen owed to friends and about 100,000 yen in overdue mortgage payments, roughly $14,000.
13:1513 minutes, 15 secondsHis remaining online loan debts were still unresolved. Not everyone seeking work abroad eventually finds a job like
13:2213 minutes, 22 secondsSong did. Some lose their hard-earned savings to recruitment agencies before they even leave China. CCTV exposed an
13:3013 minutes, 30 secondsoverseas recruitment scam involving a Beijing agency in April 2026. The company said it could place Chinese
13:3713 minutes, 37 secondsapplicants in jobs such as driving and carpentry in Australia and New Zealand.
13:4113 minutes, 41 secondsIt promised easy earnings of 30,000 to $40,000 a month, about $4,200 to $5,600.
13:4913 minutes, 49 secondsApplicants visited an office with a business license and staff. They took that as proof the company was qualified to arrange overseas work. The agency
13:5813 minutes, 58 secondsfirst collected a 3,000 yen deposit. It then said applicants had being matched with overseas employers and passed an initial review. It demanded a final
14:0714 minutes, 7 secondspayment of $16,800 yen, bringing the total to 19,800 yen, about $2,800.
14:1514 minutes, 15 secondsHowever, the company did not actually have the required authorization to arrange overseas labor placements. In
14:2214 minutes, 22 secondsMay of that year, CCTV reported another overseas recruitment fraud case heard by the Shungi District People's Court in
14:2914 minutes, 29 secondsBeijing. It involved more than 10 million yen, about$ 1.4 4 million US and more than 530 victims nationwide. To
14:3914 minutes, 39 secondsconvince applicants they could work abroad. Those involved signed formal contracts, rented offices, and hired staff. They created the appearance of a
14:4714 minutes, 47 secondslegitimate recruitment agency. Many victims had struggled to find work in China and hoped to earn more abroad.
14:5414 minutes, 54 secondsSome may have borrowed money to pay the agency fees. They ended up with no job and even more debt. People who cannot
15:0115 minutes, 1 secondafford to study abroad or qualify for an overseas work visa face another more dangerous option irregular migration to
15:0915 minutes, 9 secondsEurope. Dutch Welli published an investigation in December 2025th. Its reporters traveled to Serbia, Bosnia,
15:1615 minutes, 16 secondsHerzuggoina, and Germany, interviewing more than 20 Chinese migrants taking irregular routes. Some had run small businesses devastated by pandemic
15:2415 minutes, 24 secondslockdowns. Others had been unemployed for a long time and struggled to find work. Some were in debt and feared being placed on a court blacklist for failing
to repay, which could prevent them from leaving China. Others had lost confidence in China's social conditions, education, healthcare, and their future
15:4215 minutes, 42 secondsthere. They hoped to start over in another country. A young man from Shanong named Wongqing was one of them.
15:4915 minutes, 49 secondsIn the winter of 2024, Wong, then just 19, risked crossing a freezing river on the border between Bosnia and
15:5615 minutes, 56 secondsHerzgovenia and Croatia. Soaking wet, he hid in dark wooden mountains and waited to be picked up. Croatian border police
16:0416 minutes, 4 secondshad pushed him back during earlier attempts. He eventually paid a smuggler €2,000 to get into the European Union.
16:1116 minutes, 11 secondsReaching Germany did not mean life would become easy. Wong struggled to adjust and returned to China for a time. He
16:1816 minutes, 18 secondslater tried to reach Germany again, but after more moves and setbacks, he ultimately returned home once more. The
16:2516 minutes, 25 secondsBalkan route, once used mainly by migrants from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia, has seen more Chinese
16:3216 minutes, 32 secondsmigrants in recent years. On October 1st, 2026, Detector, an investigative outlet in Bosnia, and Herzgoina,
16:4116 minutes, 41 secondspublished a report on how human smuggling networks recruit Chinese clients on social media. The report interviewed Wei Bin, a 22-year-old
16:4916 minutes, 49 secondsChinese man. He said he had taken part in protests in Jang Yo Suchan and faced repeated police questioning and harassment afterward. He eventually
16:5816 minutes, 58 secondsdecided to leave China. He found content about irregular migration on Doí, the Chinese version of Tik Tok. Some brokers were charging as much as €10,000.
17:0917 minutes, 9 secondsThe investigation also cited figures from the EU's border agency, Fentex. It recorded just three irregular border
17:1717 minutes, 17 secondscrossings by Chinese nationals on the Western Balcon route in 2021. That rose
17:2217 minutes, 22 secondsto 462 in 2023, 620 in 2024, and 706 in
17:2917 minutes, 29 seconds2025. Another 240 crossings were recorded from January through July 2026.
17:3617 minutes, 36 secondsThe growing presence of Chinese nationals on this route has drawn attention from European media and border agencies. Some pay h 100,000 yen, about
17:4617 minutes, 46 seconds$14,000 in agency fees to work on Israeli construction sites under the threat of missiles. Others stay in Africa even after contracting malaria.
17:5517 minutes, 55 secondsYoung migrants pay smugglers and cross freezing rivers and wooded mountains along European borders, searching for a way forward. For some Chinese people,
18:0418 minutes, 4 secondsmoney meant to build a future must first pay for a chance to leave China. In the CCP's messaging, China is the world's
18:1118 minutes, 11 secondssecond largest economy with a comprehensive industrial system, a nationwide high-spe speed rail network, and modern cities. Officials regularly
18:2018 minutes, 20 secondspromote technological breakthroughs, industrial upgrades, and manufacturing achievements, presenting a picture of prosperity and continued improvement.
18:2818 minutes, 28 secondsYet ordinary Chinese people facing unemployment, debt, repeated job rejections, and pressure to earn a living abroad seem to inhibit a
18:3718 minutes, 37 secondsdifferent world. Their struggles rarely appear in CCP messaging. Even openly describing their hardship can bring censorship and account bans.
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