Chinese tech startups post job listings seeking 'good-looking' candidates

Chinese tech startups post job listings seeking 'good-looking' candidates

An LAIX ad posted on Liepin refers to “foreign and Chinese beauties and hunks” in its job benefits section. Photographer: Sanjit Das/Bloomberg

A year ago, China’s largest technology companies were lambasted for posting job ads seeking male employees by using “good-looking” female workers to try to lure coders. The giants scrubbed their posts in response.

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