Early internships! Advantage or anxiety?

早期实习!优势还是焦虑?

Round Table China

2025-08-21

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Chinese university students are beginning internships earlier than ever, with some starting as early as their first year. Many are racing to build their resumes in this highly competitive job market. But does this early start truly provide an advantage, or does it merely create more pressure? On the show: Heyang, Steve Hatherly & Yushan.
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  • discussion keeps the world turning this is round table Better early than sorry.

  • Chinese university students are diving into internships earlier than ever,

  • sometimes as soon as their first year.

  • Many are racing to stack their resumes in a hyper-competitive job market.

  • But does starting so early actually give them an edge or just pile on more pressure?

  • And when celebrities pass away, tribute posts flood our social media feeds within minutes.

  • when friends lose jobs, relationships, or loved ones, we see carefully crafted announcements online.

  • Grieving has become both personal and public, intimate and collective,

  • in ways no other generation has experienced before.

  • But is social media a healing space?

  • Or does it blur the line between authentic mourning and social display?

  • Coming to you live from Beijing, this is Roundtable.

  • I'm He Yang.

  • For today's program, I'm joined by Steve and Yushan in the studio.

  • First on today's show.

  • Traditionally, internships were a finishing touch before university graduation.

  • In China, the clock has moved forward.

  • Freshmen and sophomores are already interning from fetching coffee and filing reports to shadowing real projects.

  • Students are racing to pad their resumes in a highly competitive job market.

  • And I don't blame them when the market swells with more than 10 million fresh graduates.