A netizen posted on a whistleblowing platform a 1998 recruitment advertisement from a plastics company in Guangzhou, whose salaries for positions such as production manager and clerk largely overlap with those of ordinary white-collar workers today, sparking discussion about a "torn-apart thirty years" and the regression of wage levels.
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老北京茶館 - 幽默時政
2026-09-24 09:29 · 老北京茶館 - 幽默時政 发布了新视频:官宣郭德綱停演!一句話惹禍?習近平卸磨殺驢:追回“大白”全部獎金!工資水平回到1999年?中共驚人倒車計劃曝光!(老北京茶館/第1715集/2026/08/14)
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Netizen Posts 1998 Guangzhou Job Ad, Sparking Debate Over Wage Regression
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