Coronavirus has dealt class of 2020 a bad hand, but China’s class of ’77 offers an encouraging lesson

As we nosedive into the world’s worst recession in the better part of a century, this is clearly not a good time to be a student, despite the brave and enthusiastic faces of the 50,000 18-year-olds who on July 22 received their Diploma of Secondary Education results.Frankly, it is not a good moment for most families – as I was reminded this week, sharing farewell drinks with a long-serving Cathay Pacific pilot friend whose once secure future has crumbled around him and his family. This pandemic…

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