In the face of record high unemployment, young Chinese turn to prayer for help

Open this photo in gallery: University graduates attend a job fair in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on August 10, 2023.STR/AFP/Getty Images On a recent afternoon, 24-year-old Sharon Guan joined a sea of people queuing outside Yonghe Temple, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in central Beijing, just north of the Forbidden City. Dating to the Qing dynasty, the temple has always been a popular tourist site for those visiting the Chinese capital. But Ms. Guan had not flown an hour from her home in Shanxi province to admire the ornate architecture or golden statues — she had come to pray…