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South China Morning Post on 2024-05-05 12:00

China’s provinces trim thousands of government jobs to spend more on Beijing’s science and control priorities

Facing budget blowouts and new policy directions, local governments are finding ways to shed ‘iron rice bowl’ positions without mass redundancies.

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