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As it faces a glut of unemployed graduates despite labour shortages, China should end its worship of qualifications over skills, argues Qiang Wang. Access through your institution Buy or
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AFFILIATIONS * Qiang Wang is director of the Western Research Center for Energy and Eco-Environmental Policy at the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
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